THE ICE

from the official top page



Mao Asada & Jeffrey Buttle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pILjFW8jhE0

great montage

Waoh! THanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

mao and jeff interview

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=qbXi6i5mWlk&eurl

Mirai's exhibition!
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=61zHEqLU-b0

interview with Mirai and Miki
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=VhsCT6-QrV0&feature=user

Akiko Suzuki!
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=YKPtxVY40oI&feature=user

Mai Asada (lovely
)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=NTit5Lrn-iA&feature=user

Interview with Jeff & Mao!
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=qbXi6i5mWlk&feature=user

Any translations please?
thanks

I translated the Interview with Mirai and Miki!


narrator: Mirai nagasu and Miki ando's spacial talk show.
mc: 2008 U.S. national champion Mirai Nagasu and 2007 world champion Miki Ando are here.

mc: It's your second time to attend ''The Ice'' show, how was skating to it?

Mirai: I always enjoy coming here and i'm very thankful that i could skate in front of the Japanese audience.

mc: We are very happy to hear that.

mc: You guys seem very good friends.

Mirai: Im so grateful to Miki since she teaches me so many things.

Miki: Thank you too.

mc: I think Mirai is a brilliant young girl. Miki, what do you say?

Miki: I didn't teach her anything though.

Mirai: You teach me Japanese because my Japanese is very bad.

Miki: Oh, but Mirai teaches me English too especially the pronunciation because im bad at it.

mc: The other day, You tour around Nagoya right?

Mirai: Yeah, it was so much fun.

mc: what impressed you most from the tour?

Mirai: I had misokatsu for the first time and it was very good. Last year, Mao told me about it but I said that miso was good only in soup. But it was really good.

mc: She went to Yabaton restaurant to eat misokatsu.

Miki: Oh, which store? the main one?

mc: You really wanna know the information.

Miki: I couldn't eat misokatsu before, I used to eat it without sauce.

mc: Without sauce?

Miki: After I tried Yabaton's misokatsu, i kinda liked it, now i can eat with miso.

mc: Now you are true Nagoya person.

Mirai: Well, I became true japanese after i ate it too.

mc: Glad to hear that.

mc: Where would you like to take Mirai to when she comes next time?

Miki: I will take her to my house since we own a Cafe!

Miki: We have unique spaghetti in Nagoya, it's Ankake spa, a bit spicy and really good.

mc: Oh, Ankake spaghetti.

Mirai: I really like tarako spagetti!

Miki laughs

mc: Its totally different. you guys were not even listening to each other.

thanks!

Picture of the skaters after the show
it's from Akiko Suzuki's website

http://akiko-suzuki.com/2008TheIce/knlb2854.htm

Another translation of the Interveiw of Jeff and Mao


narrator: This year's world champions Mao Asada and Jeffery Buttle.
A special pair program and a talk show was produced from them!

mc: Dreaming collaboration! 2008 world champions, Mao Asada and Jeffery Buttle are here.

mc: You two are like a prince and a princess, What kind of a program will it be?

Mao: It's really like a prince and a princess.

mc: Just as we already said.

Jeffery: Its been very grate perfoming with mao.
I was very lucky because i got to train with her but now im extremely lucky cause I get to skate with her.

mc: I heard that the program has very sweet colliography.

mc: Sweet?

mc: Yeah, Their program is pretty romantic.

mc: What did you think of the choreography after you practiced?

Mao: Oh, I thonght like I shouldn't ruin the program. I have to work hard to do my best.

Jeff: I love skating to a romantic program. I thik the audience will very much enjoy it
because there is so much emotion and as i said even better cause I get to skate with Mao.

from the official top page

from the official website

http://www.maomaiasada.com/theice01.html


http://www.maomaiasada.com/theice02.html

Wow. Absolutely lovely.

photos

Tango
http://www.maomaiasada.com/theice03.html

Sing Sing Sing
http://www.maomaiasada.com/theice04.html

Opening & Finale
http://www.maomaiasada.com/theice06.html


THE ICE report
http://iceblue.cocolog-nifty.com/figure/2008/08/20083_0726.html

Gorgeous photos. The photographer has a gift for catching very picturesque moments!

I summarized the first part of the report:

And finally the exciting finale. As previously announced, it was the pair skate of two World Champions, enjoyed by everyone.
Asada Mao appeared as a princess, with a tiara to match her long program costume of the previous season. Jeffrey Buttle appeared on the ice next, and skating to "True Love's Kiss" they performed a story where a girl falls in love with a prince. No matter how you look, this setting suited them perfectly; with this summer Asada Mao richness of expression! And Buttle's prince-like nobleness of skating!

While Buttle reaches out gently, Mao Asada does a beautiful jump. While Mao reaches out, Jeff skates around her in the spread eagle position. Those difficult moves that are their pride, now mysteriously express love and move hearts.

To say the truth, until now it was rare to see a romantic performance in an ice show. I've seen mature-themed group numbers, but I've never seen such an adorable love story portrayed by two top athletes. Everyone loved it and no matter how you look, they were truly like a prince and princess from a fairytale. Both of them are skaters with a royal quality.

I'll try to summarize the second part when I'll have some free time. I haven't even proofread this part, I hope there aren't too many mistakes.

How adorable! Perfect match!
Mao and Jeff should do such a pair program together sometime again.
I would love to see it!

The photos are fantastic! I love that in the page with the tango photos the background was changed to match the tango theme.
The pair photos are adorable. Both Mao and Jeff have a royal quality to their skating, matching balletic lines and adorable smile.

Opening video!
Mao is very cute

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsjbZl8Ihc

Mao Asada & Mai Asada "Dream Girls"(no commentary version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em8VZUAJUdc

Mao Asada "Sing Sing Sing"(no commentary version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CdLR2ElSw

Mao Asada "Tango"(no commentary version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60olZbIpnQ

Mao Asada & Jeffrey Buttle "True Love's Kiss"(3rd public performance & 4th public performance!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIGZWgKJwZA

Thank you for the links! It was a truly amazing show

Does anybody know who choreographed the finale, especially Mao & Jeff's mini-program..?

inskate wrote:

Thank you for the links! It was a truly amazing show

Does anybody know who choreographed the finale, especially Mao & Jeff's mini-program..?

http://www.ctv.co.jp/zoom/2007/figure/0817/01.html

This article says that the finale was choreographed by Miki Sakagami.
she is a skater appearing on Disney on Ice.

coconut wrote:

This article says that the finale was choreographed by Miki Sakagami.
she is a skater appearing on Disney on Ice.

Wow, how fitting. Thank you for this info!

I loved the finale. I agree, Miki did a great job.