Favorite American and Canadian Dance Teams

[OrioleBeagle]

Which American dance team is your favorite?
Which Canadian dance team is your favorite?

[OrioleBeagle]

I like Samuelson/Bates and Weaver/Poje.

[Tak]

Do you mean just the ones skating now? Or all time favorites?

[blue_idealist]

Canadian:

Of all time - Bourne/Kraatz
Right now - Virtue/Moir, Weaver/Poje, and Harvey/Gagnon

American:

Of all time - Belbin/Agosto and Navarro/Bommentre
Right now - Davis/White and Kriengkrairut/Giulietti-Schmitt

[kwanette]

I like Samuelson/Bates and Weaver/Poje.

The are mine, too.

Of all time, I loved Wilson/McCall, but really liked B and K, too.

Americans: Blumberg and Siebert

[VarBar]

Belbin/Agosto and Navarro Bommentre.

Virtue/Moir and Weaver/Poje.

Bourne without Kraatz.

[museksk8r]

Canada
Past: Dubreuil/Lauzon
Present: Crone/Poirier

USA
Past: Navarro/Bommentre
Present: Davis/White

[Proustable]

Canada: Virtue/Moir; Wilson/McCall in second.

USA: I like Davis/White, but I need to see more. I've enjoyed what I've seen of Roca/Sur

[Cloudy_Gumdrops]

Canada
All Time: Dubreuil/Lauzon (when they were voidy, before they went all shmoopy, lovey dovey)
Right Now: Paul/Islam

USA
All Time: Belbin/Agosto and Roca/Sur
Right Now: Kriengkrairut & Giuletti/Schmitt

[bbkenn]

Canada
All time: B&K
Right now: V&M
USA
All time: Jaimie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek (Loads of potential)
Now: Samuelson & Bates

[centerpt1]

Canada:current: Weaver/Poje,(retired: Dubreuil/Lauzon)
US:current: Davis/White , Shibutanis (retired: no specific fav)

[skatepixie]

USA
Past: Belbin/Agosto and Navarro/Bommentre
Current: Davis/White and the Shibutanis

Canada
Past: none
Current: Virtue/Moir, though I can run hot and cold with them.

[screech]

Current: Weaver/Poje. I really kind of don't get how they didn't win Canadians - or at least the SD portion. Seriously!

In the past I've loved Wilson/McCall (I occasionally still watch their Calgary FD), earlier years Bourne/Kraatz (their 1997 FD to High Society is my favourite), and Dubreuil/Lauzon.

For the US I'd say Davis/White. I never really followed US dance or knew much of it until recently, and I couldn't stand Tanith, so Davis and White are my favourite by a long long way.

[figure85]

US
Now: Davis and White ---before them I wasn't really watching ice dance so I don't know

Canada
Past: Bourne/Kraatz
Now: Virtue/Moir

[figure85]

Bourne without Kraatz.

why?

[miffy]

Past:

US - Lang/Tchernyshev, Canada - Bourne Kraatz.

Not fussed about the present teams - I loved NavBoms but even they are past now as far as competition goes

[walei]

Canadians:

B/K for making me enjoy Ice Dance. I loved their contemporary style in the midst of Euro theatricality.

D/L, I think they were the ones really upgraded the technical difficulties on the lifts. They were doing crazy positions but was still able to maintain their elegance.

V/M, don't need to say more.

Americans:

D/W, even though I want V/M to win every time, Meryl and Charlie is still exciting to watch and more often than not they bring the goods and put on a good show.

[NorthernDancers]

Canadiaans:
- Wilson/McCall for paving the way and setting a standard for future athletes
- Bourne/Kraatz for changing the sport - putting sport back into ice dance
- Wing/Lowe for proving that its possible to go to school and compete, and for continuing to live their love for the sport as coaches
- Dubreil/Lauzon for class, beauty, chemistry, and simply amazing lifts
- Virtue/Moir because they are one of a kind - talent like theirs is just once in a generation or two, can't wait to see what they will yet bring to the sport; and they're great people, too
- Weaver/Poje for sheer will, determination, hard work, and what they will yet become (so much talent)


Americans:
sorry, don't know as many here.
- Belbin/Agosto for proving that North Americans can win ice dancing medals, too
- Davis/White for just incredible athleticism and talent
- Samuelson/Bates for bringing their own style and flavour to skating; really hope they come back strong next year
- Shibutani's for incredible talent - clean lines, clean feet, balanced team - and bringing joy to what they do

[Blair]

Canadians:
Virtue/Moir, Wilson/McCall, Dubreuil/Lauzon.

Americans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqvN2SSZgHo

The best.
Need i say more?

[Tak]

US
All time - Silverstein/Pekarek
Current - Davis/White

Canada
All time - D/L [unless you count the Duchesnays as Canadians]
Current - C/P