Yeah, poor Julie. She had one year a few years back where I wasn't all that stoked about the stuff she did but that was only one year.
Every choreographer has strengths and weaknesses and same is true for her I feel.
I have been reminded that choreographers are also held hostage by the limitations of the skaters which also includes what they will and will not skate to. I have been told by a skater that they recently skated to music that wasn't all that perfect of a choice because it was conducive to skating cleanly and that was the bigger goal. So there's often more to the story that you can't pin on the choreographer.
Julie choreographs well as @kwanfan1818 stated. I don't have a huge complaint about the music in isolation, however the selections often tend to leave me wanting more/something else for one of two reasons:
1. They don't seem to capture enough insight about the skater(s) and who they really are, on or off the ice in a way that makes them really stand out
2. While there is a bit of a range of selections, 80% of the choices are either contemporary music from different eras or some kind of French music. Seems like there's a comfort zone there
Neither of those two issues seem to be monster barriers as she's capable of driving good PCS with her athletes. Where I'm a bit skeptical is if she can take a top 5 athlete or team and create that '10' program that can put them on top when the competitors have all skated equally well at worlds or olympics. That's where the issues above might come to the forefront and show a kink the armor.
I want to be able to describe how MT/M, R/W and D/R are all different in their stylings...but i just can't. That's where someone like M-F excels and I'm craving that from the teams in that camp.
Every choreographer has strengths and weaknesses and same is true for her I feel.
I have been reminded that choreographers are also held hostage by the limitations of the skaters which also includes what they will and will not skate to. I have been told by a skater that they recently skated to music that wasn't all that perfect of a choice because it was conducive to skating cleanly and that was the bigger goal. So there's often more to the story that you can't pin on the choreographer.
Julie choreographs well as @kwanfan1818 stated. I don't have a huge complaint about the music in isolation, however the selections often tend to leave me wanting more/something else for one of two reasons:
1. They don't seem to capture enough insight about the skater(s) and who they really are, on or off the ice in a way that makes them really stand out
2. While there is a bit of a range of selections, 80% of the choices are either contemporary music from different eras or some kind of French music. Seems like there's a comfort zone there
Neither of those two issues seem to be monster barriers as she's capable of driving good PCS with her athletes. Where I'm a bit skeptical is if she can take a top 5 athlete or team and create that '10' program that can put them on top when the competitors have all skated equally well at worlds or olympics. That's where the issues above might come to the forefront and show a kink the armor.
I want to be able to describe how MT/M, R/W and D/R are all different in their stylings...but i just can't. That's where someone like M-F excels and I'm craving that from the teams in that camp.