Why isn’t the alien green? Could the astronaut not wear a helmet?
.) As the opening strains of a Daft Punk medley played for the routine, announcer Johnny Weir said, “This is a wonderfully theatrical free dance. Evan portrays the astronaut; Madison, the extraterrestrial.” Not your usual ice dancing narrative, but when you’re as good as Chock and Bates are, you can pretty much do whatever you want.
Chock wears gray-purple sequins and gauze. One could make the case that the high neck of her costume is ridged a bit like a Klingon’s forehead. Her sleeves extend to full gloves, perhaps covering uncanny anatomy beneath. As she skates, her arms again and again form a large circle—evoking planets? Or wormholes? On the other hand, a lot of Earthly things are circular or spherical.