From Russia With Love - Autumn 2012

[Piper]

SDs:
Sinitsina & Zhiganshin - I kinda like it! I feel bad for them in the sense that, while country western was technically an option, nobody expected anyone to actually use it!

Don't Orford/Williams use it too? They came to my mind immediately when I saw this dance.

[shah]

Apparently their chosen music was 'Once Upon a Time in West' which is in the first part of the dance, and originally the whole dance was choreographed to it, but Tarasova didn't approve, and then they stuck this 'Tosca' version in the second half (pani already wrote about it).

TAT has already ruined two programmes this season... I'd rather see a complete Morricone free dance than this atrocity with Marton and Tosca thrown at random... not to mention R/T's Pink Floyd that remained just a plan...

[Anya]

R/T' Pink Floyd was choreographed and apparently they said that they might use it as an exhibition piece... I hope it is true, I would really like to see them doing something different.

I also wish they dump the first have of their SD to "My fair lady" and re-do the entire dance in the character of "With a little bit of luck". It looked good to me and they seem to have an ability to pull off such a comic character-driven dance.

[DORISPULASKI]

Starygina/Volobiev - why is there a sudden witch doctor popularity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZjfXe7yYA0&feature=plcp

Because they only bought one new CD & they're passing it around?

Last year's horrible piece of music was Blah Blah Cha Cha that about 6 teams used

[love_skate2011]

Test skates of Davankova/Deputat SP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlB1v...1&feature=plcp

[misskarne]

The King is on the ice.

He's showed up in a new and interesting costume.

According to reports on Twitter:

RT @VasilyKonov: @EvgeniPlushenko skated brilliantly. Salchow with 4 turns with a small blot on the way out. Seven triple Axel's perfectly.

I presume the first bit means he did 4S, but I'm a bit confused by the seven triple Axels. Did he leave out every other jump and just do 3As in their place?

[love_skate2011]

Plushy lands seven triple axels ???

probably mistranslation

[lulu]

Plushy lands seven triple axels ???

probably mistranslation

I'm almost hoping they meant 7 triple jumps, because if Plushenko landed 7 triple axels in one routine...

[misskarne]

I'm almost hoping they meant 7 triple jumps, because if Plushenko landed 7 triple axels in one routine...

If he landed 7 triple Axels in one routine everyone can just fall at his feet now and bow before him, because that would mean they've found a way to bulletproof his body

I think 7 triples is a more likely thing.

[Jemestone]

V/T Short Program

[caseyedwards]

V/T Short Program

excellent unison and

[hanca]

How many Russian pairs and dance couples skate to the music from Godfather?
Volosozhar/Trankov, Davankova/Deputat, Riazanova/Tkachenko...

[oleada]

Loved that Great unison and they look in good shape. But ugh, the new lift rules make even Tatiana's look ugly!

[shan]

No pre-program choreography??

[rfisher]

Loved that Great unison and they look in good shape. But ugh, the new lift rules make even Tatiana's look ugly!

That was smoking hot. I feel the need for a cigarette.

I've already sworn not to comment about the lifts this season. I will cry when I see Vera forced to do them.

[quiqie]

I think 7 triples is a more likely thing.

It must be translation fail. Here it says: 4Sal with small mistake on the landing, seven triples, axel perfect.

[caseyedwards]

I wonder how far they will go with a quad salchow. UR because it is early in the season or he really has only ever done a toe really well? Keep and improve or abandon? If he thinks he can't do two quads but one higher scoring one he will try and imrpove it.

[rfisher]

No pre-program choreography??

Who cares about choreography when Maxim Trankov is sliding his hands down her body?

[babayaga]

Bobrova/Soloviev FD from test skates, this time from the judges side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQqlC...ature=youtu.be

[Domshabfan]

That was smoking hot. I feel the need for a cigarette.

I've already sworn not to comment about the lifts this season. I will cry when I see Vera forced to do them.

Remember: FS is best with Smoke and Drinks, so get a glass of ...