Crystal Skate

A friend recently asked me what the best music for figure skating is. I replied that the answer to that is too complex for me to crowd in one genre. However, now that I've had a chance to actually think about it, I believe that there is such a thing as the perfect figure skating music; it's called soundtrack. That's not to say though that soundtracks are for everyone or that they should be used more often than other genres - every skater is unique and has their own style, so the music they use should be as varied as they are. I do believe though that if you are talking about the sport in general, soundtracks are the best musical fit at this moment in time. From the costume to the interpretation, Ashley Wagner channeled her inner Satine Photograph: Atsushi Tomura / Getty Images Asia First of all, they are as close as modern music gets to the classics. That means that they can provide an alternative to classical music for those skaters who want lyricism and grace, bu...

Last season, Akiko Suzuki and Elene Gedevanishvili emerged as two promising names, winning a World bronze medal, for the Japanese, and a European bronze medal, for the skater from Georgia. This season, the fairy-tale came to a not-so-happy ending - Gedevanishvili ended 14th at the European Championships, while Suzuki finished on 12th place at the World Championships. Despite it, there is something about these ladies that will always catch our eyes. Akiko Suzuki managed to finish the season a lot less bruised than Gedevanishvili. In fact, if we look carefully at  her competitions and ignore the fiasco from the World Championships, we'll realize this was not a bad season at all for her - silver at the Four Continents, silver at both Grand Prix competitions, bronze in the Grand Prix Final and a brilliant gold at the World Team Trophy. Her short programme music was a mash-up between the Kill Bill  and Once Upon a Time in Mexico  soundtracks. The programme was a hit, even...