Michelle Kwan, Sarah Hughes opine on skating to lyrics
Five-time World champion Michelle Kwan said she would have incorporated music with vocal lyrics into her programs had it been allowed during her competitive career.
“I often thought about that when I was skating,” Kwan said.
New ISU rules will allow singles and pairs skaters to perform to music with words this season. Ice dancers were already allowed to skate with lyrics.
In the spring, active U.S. Olympic skaters were mixed about adopting the change for this season. But recent U.S. singles champions Max Aaron, Jeremy Abbott and Gracie Gold have debuted programs with lyrics with the Grand Prix campaign starting next week.
Rest of the article here: http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/17/michelle-kwan-sarah-hughes-figure-skating-lyrics-winter-olympics/
High time, if you ask me. What combinations of singles skater/music with lyrics are you most looking forward to?
“I often thought about that when I was skating,” Kwan said.
New ISU rules will allow singles and pairs skaters to perform to music with words this season. Ice dancers were already allowed to skate with lyrics.
In the spring, active U.S. Olympic skaters were mixed about adopting the change for this season. But recent U.S. singles champions Max Aaron, Jeremy Abbott and Gracie Gold have debuted programs with lyrics with the Grand Prix campaign starting next week.
Rest of the article here: http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/17/michelle-kwan-sarah-hughes-figure-skating-lyrics-winter-olympics/
High time, if you ask me. What combinations of singles skater/music with lyrics are you most looking forward to?