Downtown Jason Brown - Let the Good Times Roll (uber thread #2)

[katmari]

Jason retweeted an article about the new British men's novice champion:

Ayrshire figure skater overcomes incredible odds to become British champion

Isaac Middleton's achievement is all the more remarkable because of the difficulties he faces in every day life.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

A virtual seminar with renowned American figure skater Jason Brown during lockdown gave Isaac further inspiration to succeed.

“He idolises Jason now,” said Debbie.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Mitten Bernie observing Jason at TCC

 

[hoptoad]

The Alvin Ailey choreographed performance piece Revelations includes Sinnerman. The Sinnerman part starts at 19:40 but the whole piece is worth watching. I can really see the homage to Ailey in Jason's choreography.

https://youtu.be/kDXerubF4I4?t=1180

Thank you for posting this! It just adds to my amazement at what Jason can do on the ice. I can't think of another skater who could do this.

btw, does anyone know whether Jason made it back to Toronto after Nationals, or if he has other plans?

 

[vesperholly]

Does anyone have a good link for Jason Brown's SP without messed up music? Please send me a PM if you don't want to post publicly. I have a friend who is a huge Nina Simone fan and I want to show her his skate. Thanks!

 

[semogal]

Jason’s exhibition number at Nationals is stunningly beautiful. Anyone found a link for it from the broadcast Sunday?

 

[katmari]

Jason’s exhibition number at Nationals is stunningly beautiful. Anyone found a link for it from the broadcast Sunday?

It's currently uploaded to youtube but could be taken down at any time:

Melancholy

It's magnificent and, wonder of wonders, there's no talking during the performance!

 

[semogal]

It's currently uploaded to youtube but could be taken down at any time:

Melancholy

It's magnificent and, wonder of wonders, there's no talking during the performance!

Thank you!

 

[katmari]

The footwork from Jason's Sinnerman SP from the On Ice Perspective viewpoint:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLbjsX8nStH/

p.s. Check out Rohene's comment: "That was NOT a COUNTER Jason"

 

[Impromptu]

In the new USFSA Rohene Ward article, there's a good chunk of it on his choreographic relationship and process with Jason.

"I was more nervous with Rohene watching through Zoom than I was when I competed the program at nationals," Brown said.

 

[Sylvia]

Polina Edmunds chatted with Jason for her podcast (uploaded on Feb. 22) and welcomes feedback: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpedbhpCZ3/

A link to listen: https://art19.com/shows/bleav-in-figure-skating/episodes/7d17bbf1-4a6a-4e5c-b1cb-519029c896d6

I talk to my Olympic teammate Jason Brown about his skating journey: growing up competing, being at the Olympics as our first time competing internationally as Seniors, Olympic sparkle moments, the artistic side of skating, the headspace that resulted in not making the 2018 Olympic team + the dark moments that came with that, to his current skating today and strategy for the 2022 Games!

 

[katmari]

Jason won the Best Performance Men EDI award from the Professional Skaters Association for his short program at Nationals:

Best Performance Men
Jason Brown – Championship Men Short Program
PSA Coaches – Tracy Wilson, Karen Preston
Choreographer – Rohene Ward
Music Selection – “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone
Costume Designer – Elena Pollack

Press release

 

[Laney]

Jason won the Best Performance Men EDI award from the Professional Skaters Association for his short program at Nationals:

Best Performance Men
Jason Brown – Championship Men Short Program
PSA Coaches – Tracy Wilson, Karen Preston
Choreographer – Rohene Ward
Music Selection – “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone
Costume Designer – Elena Pollack

Press release

This program is a masterpiece! Well deserved!

 

[Sylvia]

Jason's takeover today of USFS' Instagram stories is underway: https://www.instagram.com/usfigureskating/

 

[Orm Irian]

Jason's takeover today of USFS' Instagram stories is underway: https://www.instagram.com/usfigureskating/

And in it he showed off a pretty decent quad salchow...

https://twitter.com/myohmizmai/status/1370619366522331139

 

[Sylvia]

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Time to re-watch Jason's iconic "Riverdance" FS from 2014 Nationals (IGTV): https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMhteKRj9pD/

Also tweeted by USFS: https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/1372222393649922049

 

[Sylvia]

Nick McCarvel interviewed Jason before he left for Stockholm - this short video was tweeted with the first link below: https://twitter.com/Olympics/status/1374017328329990144

Olympic figure skater Jason Brown has eye on Beijing 2022 after missing out on 2018 Games

Jason Brown is a fan favourite in figure skating, known as one of the sport's true artists. But he only wants more.

www.olympicchannel.com

His Q&A transcript is here:

Jason Brown - The full interview ahead of world figure 2021

Read the full Q&A transcript from American figure skater Jason Brown's revealing interview on the eve of the Worlds

www.olympicchannel.com

 

[Sylvia]

Article by Lynn Rutherford:

Jason Brown, Rohene Ward seek to spread the light with “Sinnerman” program

When choreographer Rohene Ward contemplates a new program for Jason Brown, he asks himself: How are we trying to touch people? With frustrations in the Black community growing and COVID-19 tightening its grip, Ward thought it was time to honor Alvin Ailey.

olympics.nbcsports.com

Excerpts:

“I knew this was a special piece of music, it was a special time, and I knew Jason was special,” Ward said, adding that although the skater is not Black, “He has been close to people in the African-American community for so long, he has a different perspective than some people would have. He has the ability to make people stop and watch him and feel something. It doesn’t matter the race, the sex or the age, or anything.”
“Sinnerman” appears in the third and final section of “Revelations” – “Move, Members, Move” – and is danced by a male trio. Ward chose Nina Simone’s jazz-infused version of the spiritual, with its propulsive beat, for Brown’s short program.

Brown announced he will keep “Sinnerman” as his short program next season, with hopes to compete it at the Beijing Games next February. Following the 2021 World Championships, where he placed seventh, the skater returned to Chicago to polish the program before the World Team Trophy.
“It still has a ways to go, and I’m definitely going to watch more Alvin Ailey pieces and continue to learn as much as I can from them,” Brown said, adding, “It’s all about the symbols, the shape, the lines. Alvin Ailey is such a modern, contemporary take on dance, unlike anything I’ve seen before with other styles. It’s really about this abstract movement on a piece of modern music.”

 

[Sylvia]

Directly related to the article on Jason's "Sinnerman" SP that I linked above ^^^ - belated thanks to @katmari for posting a link to the section of Alvin Ailey's "Sinner Man" back in January:

The Alvin Ailey choreographed performance piece Revelations includes Sinnerman. The Sinnerman part starts at 19:40 but the whole piece is worth watching. I can really see the homage to Ailey in Jason's choreography.

https://youtu.be/kDXerubF4I4?t=1180

I just came across Kaetlyn Osmond's upbeat chat with Jason before Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMGs-PJWIJ0

I meant to post some of what Jason said immediately after his Worlds FS (copied-and-pasted from the pertinent Quick Quotes document linked from the ISU's Worlds event page) but forgot until now:

(how he felt after he finished his FS performance) My face said it all -- it was a mix of grateful, relieved and proud. As you know it’s been a crazy season, this has been a crazy event and I wanted to pull my weight and do the best I possibly could for Team USA. I wanted to go out there and give it my all I said Tracy (Wilson) to give it my all and not hold back. When I got off the ice there was tha sense of pride that I was able to accomplish that goal and stay as focused as I possibly could.
(his plans after Worlds) I’m going to be going home to see my family so I’ll be in the U.S. for a while and, depending on restrictions in Canada, the plan is to go back (to Toronto) in May at some point. I can relax a little bit knowing I will be going back to an old program most likely [he must be referring to "Sinnerman"] so there is a little bit of sense of calm knowing the program is ready in the wings to work on when I’m in Chicago.
(his reaction on landing his first quad Salchow in competition) Tears of relief, joy --it was a huge goal of mine. Just as you are not shy asking about the quad I’m not shy telling you how much I want it. I’m drilling it as much as I can. This year I was talking to Tracy about everything being cancelled and an opportunity, last season my quads were getting stronger, the pre-Olympic year is a great time to do that and we didn’t have that opportunity. I rotated, I’m getting closer. It was not downgraded so it’s a huge first step.

Clip of Jason in the role of Bradie's coach for her FS at World Team Trophy in Osaka earlier today: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CNwxTELJ0rC/

A very proud WTT Team USA captain just shared the group selfie he took with their silver medals & flower bouquets after the awards ceremony: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxOPwknmqK/

 

[Sylvia]

Published in the Fan Zone (April 20) - link is also posted in the WTT thread in GSD:

World Team Trophy Reflections from Team Captain Jason Brown - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

The seventh World Team Trophy is in the books, and I am super proud of Team USA for fighting to a silver medal finish. We have made it onto the podium at this competition

usfigureskatingfanzone.com

Excerpt:

Before the competition started, Team USA made some fun videos that were posted online to show our enthusiasm for the event. Because I speak Japanese, I helped the rest of the team learn some key phrases in the language that we used in the videos for our Japanese fans. We also made up some little dances that we used in the team box during the event to cheer each other on. Our team was incredible, and I am so happy that I got to spend more time getting to know each one of them a little better.

Video before the comp.: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNhkF3FnYI3/
Thank You video posted after the comp.: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNzp4KsHFSG/

IGTV video of Jason's WTT exhibition performance of "Melancholy" by Alexey Kosenko, choreo. by Rohene Ward: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CNzO-R_pc1m/

Some photos he shared post-WTT: https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5AsNCnSnp/

 

[katmari]

Jason announced his 2021/2022 programs on Instagram and Twitter:

Sinnerman
Schindler's List

 

[katmari]

https://www.instagram.com/p/COY9uUnHJiv/

bow___bagley Thank you @jasonbskates for choreographing my new favorite program #saysomething

FYI ... Bow and Jason used to train together.

A few other Jason related items:

Close to the secret of high score even without 4 rotations!
If someone could translate the Japanese youtube video it would be fantastic. What I can gleam is that one skater shows the other skater a few of Jason's jumps with crazy transitions (hydroblade into double axel, etc.) and then the second skater tries to recreate them. A nice demonstration of the difficulty in what Jason does and why he earns high scores.

The VK Russian fan site Jason Brown - Beauty on Ice posted his exhibition to Melancholy and tagged the composer, Alexey Kosenko (who is also a member of the site). He replied and posted the video on his page: Alexey Kosenko (Kos Sen) with the comment, "It's nice when you hear your track like this!)))))) Unexpectedly"

 

[Sylvia]

Jason is hosting Ice Theatre of New York's Spring 2021 broadcast tonight (registration required for free streaming at 8 pm ET; fee required for the artists' discussion afterwards):

2021 Virtual Spring Broadcast - Ice Theatre of New York

www.icetheatre.org

Rohene filmed 3 IG Live videos earlier today of Jason practicing re-worked sections of his "Sinnerman" SP:
#1: https://www.instagram.com/tv/COiUmJkpusQ/
#2: https://www.instagram.com/tv/COiVNf2Jpr7/
#3: https://www.instagram.com/tv/COimtVpJtE-/

 

[Sylvia]

44-second clip of "Sinnerman" filmed by On Ice Perspectives' Jordan at the Cricket Club (last spring?): https://www.instagram.com/p/COlBX_aHse-/

After the 21-minute mark [of last night's ITNY broadcast], Jason skated a self-choreographed excerpt from piece set to "Arcade" by Duncan Lawrence (recorded at the Cricket Club).

With a glowing introduction by ITNY's Moira North: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OMudI09gM&t=1249s

 

[Sylvia]

ISU feature from WTT - Do you know that Jason Brown (USA) speaks Japanese? https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...on-brown-usa-speaks-japanese?templateParam=15

 

[Sylvia]

I just found this hour-long Zoom video from August 23, 2020 today - Jason being Jason with skaters from the Peninsula Skating Club (Silicon Valley area of CA) and answering some really good questions/giving thoughtful replies (ETA that Jason's answer to the final question -- asking him for "some words of wisdom & motivation" -- got cut off, unfortunately):

Watch the 8/23/20 Community Zoom meeting with Jason Brown and the Junior Board

Watch the 8/23/20 Community Zoom meeting with Jason Brown and the Junior Board

www.peninsulaskatingclub.org

ETA this clip shared by USFS of Jason hugging the sweepers at 2020 4CC: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPByLG1ghYp/

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[Bookseller]

I just found this hour-long Zoom video from August 23, 2020 today - Jason being Jason with skaters from the Peninsula Skating Club (Silicon Valley area of CA) and answering some really good questions/giving thoughtful replies (ETA that Jason's answer to the final question -- asking him for "some words of wisdom & motivation" -- got cut off, unfortunately):

Watch the 8/23/20 Community Zoom meeting with Jason Brown and the Junior Board

Watch the 8/23/20 Community Zoom meeting with Jason Brown and the Junior Board

www.peninsulaskatingclub.org

ETA this clip shared by USFS of Jason hugging the sweepers at 2020 4CC: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPByLG1ghYp/

Thank you for posting this!!

 

[katmari]

Jason answers reader questions on CorrespondIt:

CorrespondIt on Instagram: "@jasonbskates answers your questions on CorrespondIt"

65 likes, 1 comments - correspondit on May 21, 2021: "@jasonbskates answers your questions on CorrespondIt".

www.instagram.com

 

[katmari]

Jason in slow motion courtesy of Rohene (Look at his extensions!):

Jason Brown on Instagram: "🎥 : @rohenew"

11K likes, 210 comments - jasonbskates on May 24, 2021: "🎥 : @rohenew".

www.instagram.com

Based on this video, it appears Jason is still in Chicago.

 

[Sylvia]

Jason's Instagram stories tonight celebrated Rohene's THIRD PSA Choreographer of the Year award!

ETA Rohene's Instaram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPZw-gtrGd8/
Jason excerpt:

I have to say a huuuuge thank you to @jasonbskates for trusting in me and believing in my vision!! He is the greatest pupil anyone could ask for!! He has inspired me to be a better version of myself everyday and that was reciprocated equally to him on the ice!!

 

[katmari]

Jason is back in Canada:

Jason Brown on Instagram: "14 Day Quarantine in Canada ✔️🇨🇦... Time to get back on the ice! ⛸ • カナダでのかくりが終わりました！ スケートの時間！！🥳 #quarantine #quarintineworkout"

11K likes, 161 comments - jasonbskates on June 1, 2021: "14 Day Quarantine in Canada ✔️🇨🇦... Time to get back on the ice! ⛸ • カナダでのかくりが終わりました！ スケートの時間！！🥳 #quarantine #quarintineworkout".

www.instagram.com

 

[katmari]

Jason's Instagram stories tonight celebrated Rohene's THIRD PSA Choreographer of the Year award!

ETA Rohene's Instaram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPZw-gtrGd8/
Jason excerpt:

Melanie Heaney won the photo of the year EDI award for her shot of Jason performing Melancholy at the US Nationals Gala.

Her instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPdlm16LwCg/