LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU
TRIBUTE TO VASLAV NIJINSKI
EVGENI PLUSHENKO'S 2003-2004 SEASON LONG PROGRAM
"A TRIBUTE TO VASLAV NIJINSKI" WAS PLUSHY'S 2003-2004 LP, AND PROBABLY HIS MOST BELOVED PROGRAMME BY SKATING FANS.
2003-2004 WAS A BITTERSWEET SEASON FOR PLUSHY. WITH NIJINSKI, HE GAINED TWO SILVERS, ONE AT GPF BECAUSE HE JUMPED TOO MANY COMBOS DURING LP AND WENT AGAINST
ZAYAK RULE, AND AT EURO BECAUSE HE KINDA....MESSED UP HIS LP.
KUDOS TO EMMANUEL SANDHU AND BRIAN JOUBERT FOR THEIR GPF 2004 GOLD AND EURO 2004 GOLD~ (NO I'M NOT BEING SNARKY)
HIS INJURIES WERE STARTING TO GET SERIOUS AT THIS POINT, HE WAS SUFFERING FROM TORN MENISCUS OF HIS KNEES, AND VARIOUS GROIN AND BACK PAIN. BUT HE LOOKED HAPPY WHEN HE SKATED ;__;
LOOK AT HIS HAPPY LITTLE FACE IN 2003, AWWWWWWW
FOR EVERY PERFORMANCE OF 'NIJINSKI', THERE IS A STORY. EVERY PERFORMANCE THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE HOW MUCH CHOREO CHANGE THIS AMAZING PROGRAMME HAD FROM ITS INCEPTION TO THE LAST TIME HE SKATED IT.
(YEAH THE GENERAL TREND WAS THAT CHOREO GRADUALLTY GOT TONED DOWN, PROBABLY BECAUSE POOR LITTLE PLUSHY WAS GETTING MORE EXHAUSTED ;___; PLUSHY WENT TO HOSPITAL WITH PNEUMONIA AFTER THE WORLDS *SOB*)
ALSO, IT WAS THE FIRST SEASON WHERE PLUSHY MET HIS BEST FRIEND, VIOLINIST EDVIN MARTON WE KNOW AND LOVE. THE MUSIC FOR THIS LP WAS A EDITED VERSION OF EDVIN'S 3 MUSICS, "ART ON ICE", "MAGIC STRADIVARIUS" AND "KING OF THE FOREST". PLUSHY'S BROTP~ YAGS IS CRYING, PLUSHY
IT WAS CHOREOGRAPHED BY YURI SMEKALOV, A BALLET DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER (HE WAS A SOLOIST IN BORIS EIFMAN BALLET THEATRE UNTIL 2009, NOW HE IS A SOLOIST AND RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER FOR THE LEGENDARY MARINSKY THEATRE. ALSO, HE IS CURRENTLY ARTUR GACHINSKI'S CHOREOGRAPHER)
IT IS A TRIBUTE TO THE LENGENDARY EARLY 20TH-CENTURY BALLET DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, VASLAV NIJINSKY (1890-1950). YOU CAN CONSULT WIKIPEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATION, BUT HE WAS CONSIDERED A LEGENDARY DANCER, A PEERLESS JUMPER, AND ALSO VERY CONTROVERSIAL DURING HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
(I knew Nijinsky before I knew Plushy, because I studed Stravinsky in high school. His life story is a sad one deserving a post of its own, but probably not in _skating. As much as I was whelmed by his choreography, he's not a skater. However, he was bisexual/homosexual (he married with his female fan, but I heard somewhere that his marriage was a beard, so not really sure.), and his career ended because he developed schizophrenia)
THERE ARE ELEMENTS IN PLUSHY'S CHOREO WHICH IS REMINISCENT OF VASLAV NIJINSKY'S DANCING. UNLIKE ANNA PAVLOVA, HIS CONTEMPORARY, THERE IS NO VIDEO RECORD OF HIS DANCING LEFT, BUT PLUSHY AND SMEKALOV RESEARCHED PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS TO RECREATE SOME OF THE CHOREOGRAPHS WHICH WERE 'TRIBUTES' TO HIM.
A FEW EXAMPLES (I'M A TOTAL NOOB WHEN IT COMES TO BALLET AND I CAN ONLY PICK OUT THE ONE WHICH COMMENTATORS POINT OUT, LMAO WHY DO I FAIL)
ETC, YOU GET THE PICTURE RIGHT? FYI, THE BALLET PROGRAMME WHICH WERE REFERENCED IN PLUSHY'S LP ARE "Scheherazade", "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune", AND "Le Spectre de la Rose"
AND YES HE HAS TWO COSTUMES FOR THIS LP, ONE WAS A RECYCLING OF HIS LAST YEAR'S SP COSTUME,
AND A NEW COSTUME FOR EUROPEAN AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
FOR BOTH EURO AND WORLDS, HE FELL ON HIS ARSE. ......JINX, PLUSHY, HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT? :P
VIDEOS
IF YOU HAVE TIME TO WATCH ONLY 1 VIDEO, PLEASE WATCH THE RUSSIAN NATIONALS. IT IS PERFECTION.
PRIMIERE PERFORMANCE OF NIJINSKY - ARTUR DMITRIEV SHOW, 2003. HE DID THIS TWICE, ONE AS AN ENCORE. THIS IS THE MOST CHOREOGRAPHY-HEAVY RENDITION OF NIJINSKI, AND HAS STRANGE, ANIMALISTIC POWER TO IT. BUT THEN IT MIGHT BE THE GREEN LIGHTING.
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FIRST TIME
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ENCORE
SKATE CANADA 2003. HE'S NOT IN HIS BEST SHAPE, BUT HNNNNNNGH, BEAUTIFUL.
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SKATE CANADA INTERVIEW, POOR PLUSHY, HE WAS SICK, AGAIN...;___; RUSSLISH, RUSSLISH, RUSSLISH~
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INTERNATIONAL FIGURE SKATING COMPETITION 2003. PLUSHY NOT IN BEST SHAPE, BUT MORE FAPPING BY ME.
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TROPHIE LALIQUE 2003. CONTAINS RUSSLIGH INTERVIEW. *OVARIES EXPLODING*
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TROPHIE LALIQUE INTERVIEW, OUCH, BIELLMAN CUTTING FINGER...D:
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CUP OF RUSSIA 2003. THANK YOU
bafflewaffle YOU'RE A LEGEND FOR FINDING THIS FOR ME.
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RUSSIAN NATIONALS. ALL PRESENTATION MAKRS ARE 6.0S. 11 6.0 PERFECT SCORE IN TOTAL. OH DEAR GAAAWD ASDFASVASDFJASDLFJASVUNAFAOSDNSDAF IS THE REACTION I GET FROM THIS. JS.
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GRAN PRIX FINAL, HE GOT SILVER, SANDHU GOT GOLD. STILL IT HAS HIS RUSSLISH AND OMG THE CAMERA ANGLE, MY VAG IS SO HAPPY~ LMAO, PLUSHY, CAN'T YOU EVEN COUNT~ FYI, HE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF UNTIL THE SCORED CAME OUT. HIS 'THE FUCK IS THIS????!!!' FACE WAS PRICELESS. ...BUT SAD PLUSHY BREAKS MY HEART ;__________;
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HIS FLUFF WITH MARTON. BROTP <3_<3
AND I WILL NOT INCLUDE EURO LP. YOU CANNOT MAKE ME WATCH EURO LP. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:
I WILL INCLUDE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP EXHIBITION BECAUSE HE DID NIJINSKY AGAIN, AND OMG THIS IS ALSO BEAUTIFUL. HE'S SKATING ON THE OCEAN OF LIGHT, I SWEAR *SOB*
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AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE HE FELL ON ARSE LMAO I LOVE THE AUDIENCE AND COMMENTATORS HORRIFIED WHEN HE FALLS (HE STILL GOT GOLD, VERY NARROWLY, HE JUMPED ALL OF HIS MOST DIFFICULT JUMPS, AND HIS FALL WAS KINDA RANDOM, JUST GETTING TRIPPED ON ICE, AND IT DIDN'T MAJORLY AFFECT THE CHOREOGRAPHY.)
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MARSHALLS CUP 2004. OMG HE'S SO ADORABLE TO HIS MAMA ;____;
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PICTURES
NEGL I LOVE NIJINSKI BECAUSE 2003-2004 PLUSHY IS SO BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS, ETHEREAL...AND PRETTY. AS IN ~OMG HE'S A PRETTY LITTLE TWINK I WANNA PEG HIM UNTIL HE CRIES~ PRETTY. YUP.
LOL ICU TAT
ICU PLUSHYBONER
HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH WHAT I'D DO TO HAVE THAT THING
GOD WHY DOES HE HAVE SUCH ERECTION FROM HIS SKATING? WHY? IS IT REALLY BETTER-THAN-SEX FOR HIM?
OMG JEWBEAR SO CUTE <3333333333333.........................PLUSHY DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:
PLUSHY RECEIVED YOUR STANNING HEART AND IS THANKING YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHT~