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Express Yourself through Figure Skating

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Most people think of figure skating as both sport and art. Peggy Fleming has a short video on expressing yourself through figure skating:

Peggy Fleming On Why People Should Skate

 

If you’re a figure skater, here are four ways you can add to your artistic expression:

1. In your competition programs, create a character that inspires you to express the meaning of the program.

2. For ISI competitions, the artistic, spotlight, and couples spotlight events in particular are great places to be creative and act as well as skate. For USFSA, there are artistic events at certain competitions, and you can choose music for your programs that inspires you to be creative.

3. Be creative in setting your weekly, monthly, and yearly goals.

4. Some rinks have artistic skating, improvisation, or choreography classes. These are great classes to attend to enhance your creativity. You could also add extra skating time into the day and improvise to the music that is playing or that you put on. This can also improve your choreographing skills for the future.

Have fun expressing yourself through the sport and art of figure skating! 🙂

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  2. VampireWiki Blog says

    Skating is fun to watch, but I never had the coordination to get it, whether it was 4 wheels or a single blade. I guess I’ll just stick to arm-chair skating vicariously through those on TV.

    • Christina Chitwood says

      Thanks for your comment! Skating takes a lot of work, but it is possible to learn up to a certain level for anyone. There are classes and private lessons that can help you be able to skate easily around the rink and if you’re interesting in learning some tricks you can learn some of these, too. It’s great you enjoy watching skating! Have a great week. 🙂

  3. Stephen Mills says

    I agree with you, but I never had the coordination to get it, whether it was 4 wheels or a single blade. I guess I’ll just stick to arm-chair skating vicariously through those on TV. Thanks for sharing.