2000
World Cup Finals
New Freestyle for Anky
van Grunsven
's
Hertogenbosch, NED - Anky van Grunsven has something
special in store for her fans, cheering at her at the
2000 World Cup Dressage Final. Composers Cees Slings
and Victor Kerkhof were assigned to assemble a new freestyle
based on Anky's previously used soundtracks in this
Olympic year.
"The freestyle is not ompletely new. On request of
Anky and Sjef we manipulated older, previously used
material," Cees Slings commented. Therefore the "new"
Slees/Kerkhof composition is titled 'Something Old,
something New', which aims at reviving the experience
of the 1994 World Equestrian Games where Anky won her
first, grand freestyle title. Concerning quality and
perfection the new freestyle is a product of the composers'
duo, concerning concept, it is not. The freestyle should
answer to the audience's call for recognisability and
should ressemble Bonfire's balanced movements and Anky's
urge for perfection.
Image copyrighted: Mary
Phelps
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