ANOTHER "EXTRAORDINARY" performance of Nastia and Derek of "Jazz" to the tune of "Love Is An Open Door" of the BLOCKBUSTER movie "FROZEN". Nastia and Derek's performance is a GREAT WORK of "ART". You can not point to any one single item that makes the whole thing work; it is the ENTIRE WORK - all the pieces working together to create an overall effects - that leads to GREATNESS. And it is not just the big pieces, but also the itty-bitty details - the turn of phrase, the change in pace at just the right moment, the perfect off-center placement of a window, a subtle expression sculpted into the eyes - "God is in the details." That is a SUPERB execution and performance. Like GREAT ARTISTS or GREAT INVENTORS, Nastia and Derek THRIVE on the pursuit of an EVER-HIGHER standard of EXCELLENCE.
I am VERY, VERY PROUD of what Nastia and Derek are doing and I expect them TO DO EVEN BETTER in the coming weeks.
Nastia and Derek has a GREAT CHEMISTRY. They do not put in place any random set of mechanisms in the CHOREOGRAPHY. They put in place PIECES THAT REINFORCE EACH OTHER, "CLUSTERED TOGETHER" - TO DELIVER A "POWERFUL COMBINED PUNCH". They search for "SYNERGY" and "LINKAGES". Notice the CLUSTERING - and it is not just the big pieces, but also the itty-bitty details - a subtle expression sculpted into the eyes and into the face; the change in pace at just the right moment - the body motion and the footwork and the "lines". It is like being in a sound room equipped with NOT ONE but TEN SPEAKERS working to AMPLIFY EACH OTHER and send the same consistent messages from the floor, the ceiling, to the right, to the left, front, back, and sideways.
We ain't seen nothing yet from Nastia and Derek. WE WILL SEE "GREATER THINGS" THAN "THESE". And Nastia Liukin's FATHER (Also an OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST in Gymnastics) - will be VERY PROUD of Nastia.