Japanese stars debut programs at 'Dreams on Ice'
Hanyu goes in surprising new direction; Miyahara shows exhibition number
Posted 6/12/15 by Wei Xiong, special to icenetwork
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＞Without a doubt, the biggest surprise of the night was reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu's new free skate.
＞He has chosen a very Japanese-style piece of music, "SEIMEI," a selection from the soundtrack of the movie Onmyoji.
＞In it, he portrays the character Abe no Seimei, an eccentric Japanese astronomer who lived in the 10th century.
＞"I want to expand my performing scale," Hanyu said in the post-show interview,
＞ "and I want to do something Japanese.
＞I think among all amateur male skaters I am the one who fits traditional Japanese style the most,
＞and I want to interpret the delicateness and strength, to pay more attention to body lines,
＞in order to create a program that reflects my characteristics."
＞In a shortened version of the program, he didn't change the opening elements from last season,
＞opening with a quadruple salchow (which he fell on). That was followed by a quadruple toe (which he turned into a triple),
＞a triple flip (preceeded by several 3-turns) and a flying change combination spin. After skipping the step sequence,
＞he raised the difficulty from last season, trying another quadruple toe in the second half of the program, resulting in another fall.
＞Nevertheless, he still did his trademark triple axel-triple toe wonderfully and excited the audience with a choreographic sequence,
＞in which he performed two more of his trademarks: his hydroblade and layback ina bauer.
＞Regarding the falls, Hanyu said, "I think I've found out the reason, so no worry on that."
＞He came into the evening with specific goals in mind.
＞"It might sound not so appropriate to the audience, who've paid so much money to come in,
＞but I want to be further polished and improve the consistency and completeness (of this program) by leveraging this show," Hanyu said
