Virtue and Moir #22 - To Russia with love

**HSGP21** · 11-11-2012, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by marikat

Hallelujah + encore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6UM5...ature=youtu.be

Thanks! Watch Tessa's skate in the slowmo of the final lift... Hope scott's leg is ok! ouch (I would think)

**HSGP21** · 11-11-2012, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by marikat

Hallelujah + encore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6UM5...ature=youtu.be

Thanks! Watch Tessa's skate in the slowmo of the final lift... Hope scott's leg is ok! ouch (I would think)

**Proustable** · 11-11-2012, 10:09 PM

When Tessa and Scott skate like they did in the Hallelujah gala at CoR, I'm not convinced they're two people - the level of connection they share is beyond peerless. It really is a privilege to be able to watch these two.

Originally Posted by aka_gerbil

Find me consecutive seasons as good as the age where U/Z, K/P, and the Duschenney's were all competing.

List off the great programs from the 88/89 season to the 91/92 season: OSPs, OD, and FDs. Artistic programs that use skate language in order to convey their artistry will be the heading. I'll do the 06/07 to 09/10 quad

re: Farrucas and Loudness

I KNOW. People who've only seen the NBC coverage don't know what they're missing. Watch the last half of the B. Eurosport coverage. Their first words after the dance: "I'm amazed they could hear their music by the end." Easily one of the most electrifying moments in ice dance ever.

**Lissa** · 11-11-2012, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by bmcg

Not sure where a link is now but I think it's referring to answers Igor gave in an interview after Skate Canada where he timed their SD lift off a youtube video and thought they should have had a time deduction. The when asked the inevitable question about the two Carmen FDs said he spoke to judges and they preferred C&Ls version. No mention of how many judges he polled

LOL I think he is full of it...

**Lexxandra** · 11-11-2012, 10:48 PM

Gala Finale - part with Tessa and Scott http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzdiL0s9t04

**girlscouse62** · 11-11-2012, 11:29 PM

Was wonderful to see the banners for Tess and Scott. The Rssian fans really embraced them.

**IoanaC** · 11-12-2012, 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by girlscouse62

Was wonderful to see the banners for Tess and Scott. The Rssian fans really embraced them.

Indeed, I was very happy to see that too. (Patrick Chan has a huge number of Russian fans as well, the audience loved him. So did I, his skating was sublime.)

Among the countless banners dedicated to the "perfect angel" Johnny Weir (not kidding, he had wings and all), there were two big ones for Tessa and Scott, placed in different corners of the arena. One of them was a picture of the Funny Face final pose, in practice outfits, and it said "Our dream is Sochi 2014". The other was a photo from the press conference at Finlandia and it said "To Tessa and Scott: From Russia with love".

**DaiKozOda** · 11-12-2012, 12:35 AM

Another link I got from Golden Skate forum. It contains photos of Tessa and Scott: http://magiageladapatinagememportugu...esultados.html

I was glad to see the evolution of "Carmen" from Skate Canada to the Cup of Russia. Things looked much more refined and I'm sure that by the world championships it will be beyond amazing. That last lift in the FD gives me chills. Poor Scott!!!

**ddtpdx** · 11-12-2012, 01:14 AM

British Eurosport FD up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_UriVC7EAM&feature=plcp

**Shayii** · 11-12-2012, 01:24 AM

Thank you to everybody that has provided links to videos, photos, etc. And to you Ioana for your reports. I'm going to contribute a bit too:

From Elena Ilinykh: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md...rap4o1_500.jpg
Look at this handsome man: Scott at the banquet
Look at this beautiful lady:Tessa at the banquet
Press Conference pics: http://www.fskate.ru/photo/282/

**martyross** · 11-12-2012, 01:31 AM

so much heart, passion and personality in this "Russian" Carmen! everything was magnificent! what a privilege to witness the progress of this work of art

**Twilight1** · 11-12-2012, 01:47 AM

I watched the SC fd and the CoR FD back to back and I preferred the silhouette poses they had at SC better than CoR but preferred CoR version more. Looking forward to seeing this again even more refined at the GPF next month

**sap5** · 11-12-2012, 02:14 AM

Was this interview posted yet? http://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskati...#id=2302960915

**sequins** · 11-12-2012, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by Proustable

I KNOW. People who've only seen the NBC coverage don't know what they're missing. Watch the last half of the B. Eurosport coverage. Their first words after the dance: "I'm amazed they could hear their music by the end." Easily one of the most electrifying moments in ice dance ever.

I never watched their coverage before of the Olys. Hearing the crowd is great, I didn't realize it was that loud. But I also can't believe some of their comments. I watched this and the FD and they actuallly thought the FD would be second and was less difficult than D/W? Also the comment about the OD how the beginning was 'out of sync' or something. What!?! What are you watching? Normally I love listening to them and their opinions but this combined with their insistance that V/M have a new coach this season has me yelling at my computer.

**Proustable** · 11-12-2012, 03:49 AM

Heh, yeah, their comments are rather confusing at the Olympics. But then they tend to be sometimes.

I don't know how the assisted lift/kick that leads into the "and and we're insane" part of the dance, but it feels pretty awesome even when off. I hope they can nail it. Especially since it kickstarts the greatest section of the dance.

ETA: I find it intriguing that the dancers Nicky mentions are Moiseeva/Minenkov and the Duchesnays in his comments, as opposed to any others.

**girlscouse62** · 11-12-2012, 04:11 AM

I don't watch Brit Eurosport version of Olys. Much prefer BBc with Robin Cousins who had Tess and Scott winning all the way. His comments about Mahler are especially strong

**Golightly** · 11-12-2012, 07:50 AM

Wow. Gifs were made for this: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md...vo1_r1_500.gif

**flowerpower** · 11-12-2012, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by sap5

Was this interview posted yet? http://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskati...#id=2302960915

I hadn't seen it. Thank you. They seem really moved by the support they received from the Russian audience and fans. Before this they had only competed in Russia once, but I think it must be quickly becoming one of their favourite places to skate. That's good for Sochi. Way to go, guys!

**marikat** · 11-12-2012, 08:43 AM

This is great. Tessa and Scott meet their russian fans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLss...layer_embedded

**IoanaC** · 11-12-2012, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by marikat

This is great. Tessa and Scott meet their russian fans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLss...layer_embedded

That was lovely. They looked so impressed! Great job, Russian fans!

Thanks for posting.

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