"Art Entertainment on Ice" / Interview
Japanese translation Chinese by Kira
Chinese translation English by taipeifollowers
If talk about today's most sophisticated ice show performances, Stéphane Lambiel's name will instantly float to mind it. 2005, 2006 world champion, the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics silver medalist, with the "Four Seasons", a series of unique program "Poeta" and passionate interpretation, Lambiel bring the audience moved beyond the athletic itself . Although as early as after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games he will retire from active service, but his name is already in the hearts of the world, skating athletics history have left a deep stroke. However, to interpret Lambiel's greatness, we seem to be more attention should quit athletics after his show's evolution.
Then transferred to performances, many skaters will choose a continuation of the active era style of performance, but Lambiel not the case. He has a romantic and sweet blowing from the "Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto" passionate piano and sliding on ice confrontation Rachmaninoff "Prelude", promising love ice rink bolted "Run", spoke more slowly cool jazz urban night noisy "Puttin on theRitz." He added at least four programs a year, each time presented to the audience are completely different side. Held in May this year, "Fantasy on Ice" on his show two programs - the " Nessun Dorma " and "Sense" is co-authored a loud voice in the silence of the night wandering the dark, the other for his heart with expand soul quiet dialogue. It's like the notes can affect physical performance, now richer depth and technically did not see decay. Although people call him "ice artist", but five years constantly sublimation, really amazing. In his performances, you can see the artistic skating extreme performance, stunning.
Q: Why you can keep evolution?
L:Because I loved skating, really love skating, which has nothing to do with the game or show, I want to use my body to speak on the ice, this is my way of expression, although the language is no way to completely express my ideas, but on the ice, I am free to speak, such as set foot on the ice, ice skates, upper body, wrist, leg or knee, through the use of body, see a lot of possibilities on the ice, I think all skaters should have more extensive insight, figure skating has a beautiful language.
Q: What new programs launched this year in Japan / SENSE?
L:I really like SENSE, when the music began, like deep dive into my heart, just like in meditation, a bit like the "water", although very different themes and dance steps, but I felt something very similar, very deep, I want to share my feelings with the audience, as I was looking at someone to tell my own story in the living room, but a lot of the audience at the rink, I was thinking that I tell my story to everyone, it is very intimate atmosphere.
Q: "SENSE" stressed a lot of the wrist, and move up and down motion?
L:This is the dialogue to the mind and heart, I am a very emotional person, but now in my life, I need to constantly to use my mind, because I have a lot of projects to be done, in the past, I tend to show my heart, now more tendency to ponder, SENSE is between the heart and thinking, like my skating school, show, choreography, my projects on this side, emotional performance on the other side, now my life back and forth between the two.
Q: How about the two angels?
Stephane said the same answer, like a fan meeting in Taipei, so I didn’t write it.
Q: How about Nessun Dorma?
L:About Nessun Dorma, This year should be the last time I slip Nessun Dorma in Verona, last year I sliding a whole year, I like Pavarotti and slippery this song, but I have to be more progress. I love this song at the beginning, actually the song didn’t initially pose, in general the track, the first pose is important, because you must let all the audience attention focused on the skaters, but when Nessun Dorma began to play, I need sliding right now, this track must be spread to the eyes of the audience, such as SENSE, I hope the audience into my heart, but Nessun Dorma, the viewer must move together to follow me.
Q: Five years ago, you transition from competition to ice shows, how the mood change?
L:This is a difficult question, I think skating can’t distinguish by race or ice show, after retirement I care about, even if not the game I was able to feel myself, I care about their own well or bad performance, which is important. When I retired, many people ask me: What I want to do in the future? It is difficult to answer this question, but in my heart, the most excited state has passed, we are still young, still has a long way to go, it is not easy, but if you really love skating, that is can be implemented in the ice show, you can share your passion for skating, and you have to embrace the enthusiasm and to confront your life, this is not a simple thing, but it is achievable.
Q: Do you feel the limits of the body?
L:I know there must be limits, but I hope freed from the limits of the body, I'm a perfectionist, so I try to keep the body's energy, and now I practice very thorough, I know that one day the body will be weak, but I want to try to delay .
Q: I think a lot of viewers they don’t care you jump, but they would like to see you perform on the ice?
L:But I also like to jump, because the jump is important in figure skating, as I see the ballet, I observe the actions and feelings, of course, I also like to observe the technical part, all technologies must be maintained at a certain height , so long as my body allows it, I will continue to slide.
Q: In the ice show, you think how to balance between entertainment and art?
L:I think the arts have to make people feel enjoy, I hope that one day, from the opening to the end, entirely from me to create, and then presented in an ice show, it is a work of art, maybe not everyone can accept, like ballet is also a limit the audience, but I know figure skating is for everyone, so when I making ice show to always remember it: ice show must have artistic component, also taking into account a wide range of customer base.
Q: In the process of performing, what kind of feelings flow?
L:When the music starts, my mind will be closed, which is very interesting, when I practice, I work so hard in my mind, such as rhythm, lyrics, dance steps, I have while thinking these, and how to combine all action, but the actual performance, these ideas are gone, when I went back to look at their own performances, and sometimes I would be very surprised, because the actual performance will be made more thought than practice, I just give myself a whole entrusted to me, and naturally manifested, I feel very good, of course, it is because I believe in myself.
Q: When you selection of music, what is most important?
L:Music must be combined with their feelings, even though I like the music, but if my heart can’t be combined with the song, I can’t choreography. Most of my time at the rink to play music with Salome, first we'll impromptu Move, looking for some new dance step, the same music playing at home, and in the ice rink is not the same feeling, maybe I listen to this music at home, I like it, but if in the rink, I couldn’t feel the same energy, perhaps the song is inappropriate, so I will make the final decision to the rink.
Q: In every year seems to be replaced with new tracks, because the mood different?
L:Yes, sometimes I miss the past performance of the track, but not slippery track in the same two years, and sometimes I have questions, such as why so many years Plushenko performing the same track, but I think maybe the music is not important for Plushenko, but for me, music is really important.
Q: For example your favorite skater of three tracks?
L:Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir of Carmen ; Carolina Kostner of Ave Maria ; Carolina Kostner with Kotaro Fukuma of Chopin / Waltz Op.64. The reason is that they are simple, they also have to feel the things I feel, and I liked their movements, like Carmen tracks are often to used, but Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir their actions very innovative without losing the original flavor of Carmen, I think they put a lot of bets, their degree of completion 100%, really great. In addition, when I saw the Carolina slide Ave Maria, I feel I also slide that song, and I also want to be a part of this song. Also on Chopin / Waltz Op.64, Carolina behave herself, that is a very personal song, my favorite Carolina's action is without any music, you know when there is no music, difficult to implement for skaters, but she has a strong personality conquest, she just stood there, you can feel a lot of things, I think Carolina is figure skating's "Anna Pavlova". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova)
Now I am 30 years old, really regrettable, everyone will grow old, but this is a good thing, because I really through wonderful 20-year-old life, and that is the best time in my life, now I have two new projects, skating school and ice legends, these two projects bring me great joy, how to nurture these two baby grew up, is a new challenge after my 30 years, last December, the "ice legends" in Switzerland organized its first show, the second edition now being planned. And with Peter Grutter coaches and Salome Brunner co-founder of the skating school currently has 25 students in the school, of course, I create school is to teach children the language of figure skating, skating is not just jumping, and what you want to say on the ice, the most important thing is you need to know who are you. They often ask me: How do I do it, but my answer is always these things that everyone can do it, but they said: You always look different from others, I think this is the key, not what you want to do, it's how you want to do, what method you use to tell one thing, in that moment, what kind of ideas you put is the most important, how can I convey what I feel, how to make kids understand how I feel, I know this is a difficult challenge, which is why I have to do.
Before an interview, Lambiel re-read Midori Ito (Ito Green) 1988 video at the hotel.
Lambiel: I moved again, she jumped 3A, and jump 3 + 3, and her first and second 3A are the same height, which is very powerful, she is the legendary in Japan, I was her big fans, from a young age I have been watching her game to grow up.
In Lambiel passionate conversation, he conveys a deep affection for the figure skating sport. Portrayed daily in his heart has been touched and inspired generate new feeling, let his performances become more attractive, surrounded Lambiel Skating journey will never end.