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I actually wasn't talking about school figures (sorry, I don't really understand what that is ?). Just figures a 15/16 y-o would be able to do. I wanted to make that character a competitive skater so I'll make him train much more, thanks for telling me about it ! I didn't know that. Money is not an issue here ^^ I'll try to get my hands on a federation handbook ! For the music, can it be from different style (such as a mix between classical and pop music ? because I've heard medley but always of the same kind, for example I've seen someone skate with several cuts from the same movie OST, or some cuts from different Chopin tracks, but not different kind of music) ?
School figures = skating edges to form circles, e.g. figure eights. They were a part of competitive skating up to 1990. ]
If you know someone who skates, they might have a copy of their federation's handbook (AFAIK, they're only available to members, at least in Canada).
When you're editing your music, you would want it to flow - i.e., you wouldn't want the change in styles to be too jarring on people's ears. Christopher Dean described that kind of program music as being "bitty."
Example: Kurt Browning used Indian music, as well as a selection of Eastern European wind music from the "Amadeus" soundtrack, for his 1991 - 1992 short program. It fit together well, aurally.
Just a thought - figure skating is hugely popular in Japan. I freely admit that I don't know about their coaching and talent spotting systems, but still I can't help thinking that if your guy is "very talented" he would probably have been spotted by someone in the know; there are bound to be some people around who'd be able to pick out a talented kid and push him forward, get extra ice time, maybe find a good coach, etcetera. You're saying that this guy has been skating since he was maybe 5 years old, and if he had been "found" by the system, by the age of 15 he'd be competing at least at a national level, if not internationally. The national competitions in Japan are extremely high level, so at that level he'd master pretty much every trick in the books. And he'd be training for hours every single day.
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I actually wasn't talking about school figures (sorry, I don't really understand what that is ?). Just figures a 15/16 y-o would be able to do.
I wanted to make that character a competitive skater so I'll make him train much more, thanks for telling me about it ! I didn't know that. Money is not an issue here ^^
I'll try to get my hands on a federation handbook !
For the music, can it be from different style (such as a mix between classical and pop music ? because I've heard medley but always of the same kind, for example I've seen someone skate with several cuts from the same movie OST, or some cuts from different Chopin tracks, but not different kind of music) ?
Thanks for the ref !
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If you know someone who skates, they might have a copy of their federation's handbook (AFAIK, they're only available to members, at least in Canada).
When you're editing your music, you would want it to flow - i.e., you wouldn't want the change in styles to be too jarring on people's ears. Christopher Dean described that kind of program music as being "bitty."
Example: Kurt Browning used Indian music, as well as a selection of Eastern European wind music from the "Amadeus" soundtrack, for his 1991 - 1992 short program. It fit together well, aurally.
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