Recent content by MaryClare

The difference is, a badly dressed Italian is surprise. A badly dressed German is never surprising

I think by some sort of Yurchenko vault, it means any round off entry

Yes she has AIN status. She’s a very classic AAer, nothing flashy and no particular standout piece. She has improved a lot in the last couple of years and seems to have benefited from not being thrown into international competition at 16.

I don’t think so. Top 10, yes. But she will probably lack the numbers

You absolutely can fail RG grades for WRONG FACE

No, I don’t think they do and most of them don’t seem happy in their gymnastics

Saw this floating around on social media. I wonder if the likes of Jade and Jordan might regret not doing elite this year

I’ve missed you

What happened when Zamo won in Sydney?

Every single time

The problem is that only works for the skill when done in completion or as a pirouette. It won’t work for anything that uses a piked stalder entry. The deeper the pike, the more momentum is lost. Imo they don’t need to be deep to be done well but some examples are basically just done as a toe...

There’s a lot of probablies in that statement. Yes, in bars are difficult to train/get back if you’ve have back issues but I see no evidence that they are the cause of back issues. Poor technique and insufficient conditioning on anything is asking for trouble, I don’t see anything particular...

Why are in bar skills “dangerous” and where does this rhetoric come from? I have seen this crop up on Reddit a few times but I’ve no idea why some people have such a big issue with in bar skills or why they are deemed dangerous?

Colas is like a junior from a different era

Absolutely fine? Given that a significant number of dancers and choreographers within street and commercial dance are from a ballet background. It’s the other way round that wouldn’t work.