Channeling my Inner Geisha

Free Skate Choreography Day 1 - OK, now I'm excited! First, Christopher cut the music to fit the 1:40 time limit and he did an absolute amazing job. It's seamless! Second, the choreography is pretty! I think it helps that he is a ballet dancer because the movements are so fluid and elegant (I mean, at least when he does them. We still have to get me to that point!). He paid attention to all the details including how my fingers should look! We got about 2/3 of the choreography complete before time ran out but what he gave me so far looks great! We have a lunge, a waltz jump, two foot spin, a half flip, and connecting steps in between. We still need a salchow, one foot spin, and forward/backward crossovers and somehow we have to fit it into the remaining 30 or so seconds. I asked him to throw a spiral in there too but now I'm thinking it may not all fit within the time parameters. I have a lunge so if we can't fit the spiral in, I'll still meet all of the required elements for the test.

I didn't want to forget anything so as soon as I got home we wrote everything down and, since I can't make it to the rink until later in the week to practice, I've been running the program in my living room (much to the amusement of my cat). Memoirs of a Geisha is one of my favorite novels (and the movie was well done too!). I think I may have to re-read it in order to really get the emotions between Chiyo and the Chairman down pat. I truly feel like I made a good choice with the music selection and I most definitely made a good choice with the selection of a coach. I'm lucky to have Christopher to work with me on everything.

Movez - Before my lesson, I had a good amount of time to warm up which I accomplished by running through the entirety of my moves test, including two passes of dreaded spirals. Everything looks fine, I think. I've been doing a lot of off ice spirals so those have improved in terms of balance but I still need more flexibility. They are "at least hip height" so I will get a pass from the judges but I would love for them to be better. I had some extra time so I threw in some circle 8s. These are hit or miss but at least they are not all miss anymore :)

"Every step I have taken has been to bring myself closer to you"