NHK 2023 Rhythm Dance - Big (GOE) in Japan

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I swear if someone like Poirier wins PORNIEST skater of the year again while ignoring Le Mercier, for example, I'll riot.

just for that, we should give it to Paul two times in a row and make an exception for that

 

[Rukia]

i forgot fear/gibson would be here alas

 

[Andora]

A bunch of tier-2 US teams always have this "i hope the sorority accepts me" vibe when they're doing anything before the music starts and after the bows. I like to wait to see who steps forward with some fierceness, like recent & past greats, but they all do give it their all.

Meanwhile, we Canucks steal interesting skaters abroad. Damn, I love L/LG. They're so "French." I used to say that about Dubreuil & Lauzon. I am willing to sacrifice one of the older Canadian teams not L/L to get them to the Olympics. I might be under extreme INXS bias.

 

[genevieve]

Dare I feel hopeful about the Sugarhill Gang/Sade program?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I feel like it was just yesterday we watched this Taylor Dayne program. I forgot how many of my husbands are indeed in this group though

 

[peibeck]

Were any coaches/choreographers a teenager in the 80's? Because they really missed the decade

Patrice is 47, so he would have been a young teen. Marie-France is two years his senior.

 

[Matryeshka]

Skaters need to give up on making INXS into great skating music. Like Fetch, it's just not going to happen. The best part of that routine was Ted's cough; even he was bored until the last four seconds.

 

[genevieve]

Guignard/Fabbri's costumer gets it

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Guignard/Fabbri's costumer gets it

I forgot what they’re doing, but from first glance, it looks like they could also be doing kiss

 

[peibeck]

I swear if someone like Poirier wins PORNIEST skater of the year again while ignoring Le Mercier, for example, I'll riot.

There are no repeat winners for PSOTY.

 

[once_upon]

Patrice is 47, so he would have been a young teen. Marie-France is two years his senior.

Then I questioned that they spent much time with the 80's music, certainly not watching MTV

The hair is a miss, the costumes are a miss

 

[FiveRinger]

i forgot fear/gibson would be here alas

Sorry to bitch about them again, but Rocky FP is too damn long. It might have been better as their RD

 

[tony]

There are no repeat winners for PSOTY.

Yes, but I said like Poirier. The same kind of... not porny.. vibe style he gives off

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I thought this song was from the 90s

 

[FiveRinger]

I thought this song was from the 90s

I can't remember but I remember it at the skating rink as a kid : It's a vibe

 

[Matryeshka]

I have no idea what D/M are doing, but they look damn good doing it, and that's what really matters.

 

[quartz]

Dang it! No clue this was starting this early! Thought it would be on like at 3am my time. Whoops. Well here now. For now.

 

[tony]

This team has my favorite FD of the year and the RD is probably almost at the top for me too. He's the stronger skater for sure but they both can be a whole lot tidier and gain more speed, although I think that is more of a Lola issue.

 

[Andora]

This year's rhythm dance should havevbeen so exciting. Even if they picked the 70s or 90s it should have been a blast for the skaters and the audience. So many teams missed the mark this season. So many choices and I'm just sad about it

Don't underestimate skaters' & coaches' ability to rot any decade/theme of music. If it were '90s. it would be a litany of programs to "Kiss From A Rose" or "What's Goin' On."

So, I want Reed & Ambrulevicius to medal. Don't judge me.

Same, and I'm obligated through DNA to take up for Finnish skaters.

 

[Rukia]

I feel like this team's vibe is what m/s is going for and failing at

 

[thvu]

Fab twizzles. This already looks so much better since Cup of China. Seemless transition into that rotation lift. The pattern steps were just awesome, so much flow and depth.

This choreography is so good, so unique, and so them. Team Villard is so good at remembering the importance of style in a program. I loved that so much. Just awesome.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Dang it! No clue this was starting this early! Thought it would be on like at 3am my time. Whoops. Well here now. For now.

I thought the same thing and then I asked Siri what time it was in Japan and I was like oh it’s starting in 15 minutes.

 

[Amy L]

Just figured out that this started already

 

[genevieve]

First half of that was so great! They lost focus on Apache (I'm in no teknik so I just mean program)

 

[Karen-W]

Hmmmm... until the midline step sequence, I really felt like DemLeM could have been skating to any music and there wasn't much '80s there. It also doesn't help that her dress is so contemporary.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Neither did I for.a while. But when you think about it, if the top two Canadian teams retire in the next couple of years, they're sitting pretty. They could be Canada #2 (or #3 if B/B should pass them).

I feel like that's a long road to maybe make it to worlds in your 30s.

 

[peibeck]

I love the chest isolations in the first part of the program, but I feel they are capable of better, more difficult holds throughout.

 

[her grace]

Ending with the midline might not be the best program construction, especially when other teams end with a crowd-pleasing bang.

Very nice twizzles.

 

[quartz]

I thought the same thing and then I asked Siri what time it was in Japan and I was like oh it’s starting in 15 minutes.

Heh. I was just finishing my glass of wine and about to go up to bed and read my book. Guess I’m pouring another glass of wine instead….

 

[genevieve]

I'm just here for Reed/Ambrudude