@rosewood originally posted this in the Japanese news thread:
Explanation of the program on his website:
http://tatsuki-machida.com/skating/20_donquixote_gala.html
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Google translation)
Google translate:
The stage is Barcelona, Spain. The story of a young basil who loves Katri 's daughter' s daughter 's daughter begins. This is a scene of the novel novel "Don Quixote" that the Spanish writer Cervantes (Moruel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1547-1616) published at the beginning of the 17th century (the second novel of the same novel, chapters 19 through 22). It is a famous scene set by the music of Leon · Minkus (Léon Fedorovich Minkus, 1826-1917) and ballet work by choreography of Marius · Petipa (Marius Petipa, 1818-1910) (premiered in 1869, Bolshoi Theater) .
This time Atelier t.e.r.m got inspiration from this classic ballet "Don Quixote" and tried to finish the vibrant world as a gala performance on ice.
This figure work is composed of all three acts focusing on that person who freely and vigorously lives freely and openly in Barcelona, as the sub title titled "Basil's Glory" (Basil's Glory). Therefore, the music also consists of the ballet "Don Quixote" from among the iconic songs that are the main point of the basil.
The first act is named "Technique Basil". Based on the basic structure of Basil's variations in the classical ballet (Ptita choreography third act), it was adapted as a variant of figure skating version of basil.
The second act is "Dreamy basil". I drew the inner face of a young man who pursues his dreams with a dynamic edge work of figure skating.
The third act is "festival basil". Basil with the ear of the harvested barley put in the best pocket, energetically dancing the festival space as you go, with fellowship filled with pleasure of fertility and love 's fulfillment, run through in front of you.
As a figure skating work, composition of the three acts that will start with the tuning sound of the orchestra is a new attempt. By doing so, we aim to condense and present the multi-faceted person of Basil as a three essence, as if it were on the ice as if it were set on the stage.
If you think about it, the "basil" which dances cheerily on the stage is a presence that has been performed by many dancers so far. For example, even if just listing the images that are currently seen, the American Ballet Theater (role of Basil: Mikhail · Balisinikov, video recording: June 1983, Warner Music · Japan), Tokyo Ballet Company (Carrier: Naoki Takashi, video recording Don Quixote, which was performed in October 2002, Shinkansenkan), K Ballet Company (Executive Officer: Tetsuya Kumagawa, video recording: November 2004, TBS) was a major stage stage indispensable for talking about "Basil" You can say that.
On the other hand, Minx 's music "Don Quixote" has been expressed by numerous skaters, even on ice beyond the theater world. Among them, John Curry (John Curry,
'75 - '76 season), Viktor Petrenko ('87 - '88 season), Mark Mitchell (Mark Mitchell, '92 - '93 season), Aleksei Urmanov ('92 -' 93 Scott Hamilton (Scott Hamilton, '99 - '00 Stars on Ice, Choreography: Sara Kawahara), Takeshi Honda ('00 - '01 / '01 -' 02 season, choreography: Raleigh · Nicole) . They are not necessarily playing the story of a youth "basil", but by excellent choreography and performance, attracting the viewers still, we will make our hearts embarrassed.
In this figure work we are pleasing tribute to these past masterpieces and performers. The so-called record is overwritten, but the creative rich choreography and the echoing performance will eventually become "molds", danced by many performers, and it will be woven into the memory of people. This work which exists on the extension line of "works" around "Basil" and the performance is also woven by exactly "quotation" of type and "idea of idea" idea.
By the way, in the pocket of the basil of the basics which appeared in the third act of this work, we are giving embroidery of golden fruitful rich wheat. In this ear of wheat, we put our own feelings of "living pleasure". A young basil who is never affluent, but still enjoying the present time and dancing freely and openly, is exactly the spirit of "capture this day" ("Carpe diem" Horatius' s spirit).
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He is so erudite! I'm (even more) in love!
I still can't accept his loss to the skating world - I keep hoping I'll wake up and hear he's changed his mind and plans to become the next Frank Carroll.
