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Post by tisha on May 1, 2017 18:17:42 GMT 1
I don't have a computer so can't provide links, but Stephane was recently in Moscow to visit Tonya, Max and their new baby. Stephane posted a picture of his trademark jump-in-front-of-an-Hublot-store; Tonya and Chris posted pictures taken at a Moscow restaurant on their IGs.
Looking forward to news later this month when Stephane is finally skating programs again - miss him on the ice so much! Hopefully at least one of the shows will be televised so there's video.
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Post by taipeifollowers on May 4, 2017 15:44:48 GMT 1
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Post by tisha on May 4, 2017 20:14:46 GMT 1
Thank you, taipeifollowers! I'm glad he was so pleased with The Water, which is my favorite of all his show programs, too.
I read the swissinfo article in Google translation so I don't know how accurate it was, but apparently Stephane wanted to switch to dance at a young age and his mom wouldn't let him? I hadn't heard that before (although he has said she didn't want him to figure skate because she thought it was only for girls, so she might have felt the same about ballet lessons).
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Post by pianomaya on May 6, 2017 9:23:43 GMT 1
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Post by taipeifollowers on May 18, 2017 8:52:14 GMT 1
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Post by jomeku on May 21, 2017 11:44:56 GMT 1
Thank you pianomaya and taipeifollowers for the clips. The interviews took place at the rink in 'Villars' (if I'm not completely wrong?), rink where Stéphane used to train for many years, with lots of memories, as he says at the end. Maybe the clips have already been translated elsewhere?
So just a summary for the first one, as there is no news, actually. Stéphane talks about the injury that made him retire from competitive skating in 2008 for the first time. Then his retirement after Vancouver in 2010 because during almost 10 years on international level he had more or less achieved his goals. He wanted to open a new chapter. He has regained his health and was able to push his limits and has the big chance now to continue skating in shows. He has his own skating school and this year for the first time he was at Worlds as a coach. Skating is his life, there's not one day without thinking of skating.
Second video: Today, Stéphane considers teaching to be a passion, because there's the need to engage completely in what you do. Stéphane: "Skating is a very emotional sport. Skaters are very sensitive, emotional personalities with much temperament. As a coach, what is great in fact, we need to have the means to channel the energy of the individual. That means to absorb the negative things. And then you have to be able to push and to give, so that you can develop the potential of the student. It's a pleasure and joy for me to work with Deniss, to see him every day on the ice, working on the exercises I give him and ... yes ... the flow of energy between us. It's true that I have to give much of my person. But it's his work and I hope to be able to take his as far as possible.
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Post by jomeku on May 21, 2017 12:08:37 GMT 1
Something completely different: Reut, I've just read the "glimpses" on the interview/talk you had with Stéphane and Deniss' during Worlds on your twitter account ( www.twitter.com/tuerush ) . It's so much fun to read (for example when they "discuss" who is the more emotional one of the two of them. Or your thoughts about the formal or informal Q&A-part of the interview. LOL ). You write: "Talented person is not a person who can do something well, it's a person who can educate himself to do everything well". Your question: "Who said? S? Or D? I'd guess it was Deniss' (as we would expect Stéphane to say something like that. So it's Deniss . ? ) I'm really looking forward to read your whole report/article/interview !!! ... And to see how you'll manage to untangle the "mess" of them both speaking at the same time and not letting you finish your questions .
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Post by reut on May 21, 2017 13:47:10 GMT 1
Yes, it was Deniss. I will try to write some more and will do my best to finish this talk soon. It's fun to work on it, pure joy and amazing memories and lots of laughter, but it requires a lot of work...
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Post by reut on May 22, 2017 16:34:24 GMT 1
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Post by jomeku on May 22, 2017 20:12:12 GMT 1
I guess it's about this: www.rts.ch/dossiers/2016/alors-on-danse/8061497-alors-on-danse-.html In this article from RTS - French Swiss TV - they talk about 'a new entertainment show' called "Alors, on danse?" ("so, shall we dance?"), a six shows broadcast in autumn 2017. A jury crowning 'the best dancer in French-speaking Switzerland'. Filming and recording according to the article takes -or took- place in May. And obviously Stéphane is in the jury ? ..... (Pity he's not dancing )
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Post by tisha on May 23, 2017 18:27:47 GMT 1
Thank you for the translations, jomeku. I've been following reut's tweets while she's transcribing the entertaining Stephane-Deniss interview (thank you to taipeifollowers for the retweets!); really looking forward to seeing the whole thing! Had to laugh at Deniss' comment about how "pissed" Stephane is during the shows; other skaters over the years have made similar statements so I guess they all try to stay out of his way!
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Post by jomeku on May 23, 2017 20:31:44 GMT 1
Thank you for the translations, jomeku. I've been following reut's tweets while she's transcribing the entertaining Stephane-Deniss interview (thank you to taipeifollowers for the retweets!); really looking forward to seeing the whole thing! Had to laugh at Deniss' comment about how "pissed" Stephane is during the shows; other skaters over the years have made similar statements so I guess they all try to stay out of his way! I'm very much enjoying those 'bits and pieces' from Reut too !! I've not been aware that Stef has the "reputation" of being "pissed" during shows. I thought it was mainly when he competed that he used to be ... 'tensed'. Well, maybe during FaOI he will get the chance to observe Shoma Uno and to learn from him how to relax. As I wrote in another thread, Stéphane during Worlds in Helsinki was so impressed by Shoma's calm. The day after men's competition Stéphane payed a visit to the moderators of Swiss TV RTS and said about him (in French): "It was amazing: Shoma skated like fifth of his group and he watched all his rivals. It's quite mind-blowing. He watched, completely relaxed, no signs of stress, and it did not bother him at all to see how Yuzuru had done all those quads and that Nathan also skated a wonderful program, Boyang the same. Then Shoma goes out, performs his program and also alignes four quads. It's just ... mind-blowing!" So, maybe observing Shoma can help . .
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Post by reut on May 25, 2017 13:47:02 GMT 1
Yeah, me too, I don't remember skaters complaining about Stephane's mood. Me personally I indeed found him sometimes in a "weird mood" when me met at shows. Also, he is usually more tense than usual during AOI, because it's a big show and a big responsibility for him (and a lot of after parties ). Maybe Deniss was relating to that experience mostly. I'm overloaded currently, but I'll really do my best to finish S&D interview soon. I'm glad you liked the "glimpses".
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Post by tisha on May 25, 2017 20:42:17 GMT 1
Oops, didn't mean to start anything negative! I didn't get the impression that skaters were complaining about Stephane, just responding to questions about the various ways they prepare to perform and what "really" goes on backstage. On the contrary, he seems to be as popular with his colleagues as he is with fans, just that they give him and other skaters space when they're getting ready. I took Deniss' remark to mean that Stephane prefers not to be chatting and goofing around before he takes the ice in front of several thousand eager fans, that he needs the inner focus to be ready so doesn't want to be interrupted; I think that's pretty common with performing artists, whether skaters, dancers or actors.
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Post by reut on Jul 2, 2017 11:02:21 GMT 1
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