Hanyu’s incredible drive
“He is a samurai warrior,” Wilson says of the superstar.
“He’s like a mythical ninja warrior.”
“The thing with Yuzuru is, he is such a competitive animal and such a tiger.
So when I get to do a show with him, I love it. As much as he is an amazing competitor and an athlete, he is also an amazing artist.
He has charisma for 10 people.”
“He can make the most pregnant pause nothing moment be so memorable, because he is feeling it. Then he can move his body like a cat. There is nothing he can’t do.”
Wilson discussed Hanyu’s musicality and dedication to perfection.
“He has the ear . . . we did this piece (“Haru yo koi”) for ‘Fantasy on Ice.’ I flew in one day early,” Wilson commented. “We choreographed it in 4½ hours and I saw him for 1½ hours the next day for follow-up. Then I was into group rehearsals and that was it.
He will spend hours in his hotel room going over each nuance of the music and each movement in the mirror with a fine-tooth comb.”
Wilson confessed that even he was amazed about how quickly Hanyu was able to be presented with the program and then execute it flawlessly.
“I watched him perform it three times and I was just blown away. We choreographed it on Monday and he was performing it on Friday. I was sitting often watching the show beside (Evgeni) Plushenko’s wife, and she just looked up in the air and was like, it’s from somewhere else.”
In all the years they have worked together, Wilson claimed he has never seen Hanyu lose his temper with another person.
“I’ve seen him get mad at himself, but I’ve never seen him get mad at somebody else,” Wilson stated. “I have seen him get obsessed (with his skating).”
“He has said some really heartfelt, sweet things to me of appreciation,” Wilson said. “He’s one of a kind, that’s for sure.”
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From The Japan Times
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