I keep seeing people say that so many teams seem to be doing P/C's style, but I feel like it's being a bit overstated. I mean, yes it's a popular style right now, but to me P/C style seems to be a bit too broadly defined to include lots of stuff that isn't really that close to what they do.
Like, just because a program is romantic doesn't make it P/C-like. I mean, V/M did a few programs that were light and romantic earlier in their career that were very different from P/C's style still. Actually I don't think romance is generally a focus of their programs (they might show some, but it's not what sets them apart).
BTW when I say something is not "P/C-like", I'm not saying P/C couldn't do it, just that it doesn't fit with the basic style they've been doing the last few seasons. And also I compare some teams stuff to H/D or V/M - these are loose comparisons, I'm not saying it's just like those teams. It's just to differentiate from the comparison to P/C.
Here's how I view the programs so far (obviously others may disagree). Comments aren't in response to anyone specific. And obviously I didn't include every single team.
US teams
- Hubbell/Donohue - I kind of get why you would say this is P/C-like, but R&J with voiceovers is something P/C would never do imo, and P/C's programs don't normally focus on romance the way R&J does
- Chock/Bates - Elvis is not P/C's current style
- Hawayek/Baker - this music has some similarities to P/C style for sure
- McNamara/Carpenter - I can see the comparison to P/C's style here, though I think they bring their own flavour
- Parsons/Parsons - well considering it's To Build A Home, yeah this is in P/C's basic style
- Carreirra/Ponomarenko - this feels much more young V/M than P/C to me, but YMMV
Canadian teams
- Weaver/Poje - you could call this P/C-like I guess, but this seems in keeping with their style, which they've had before P/C came along
- Gilles/Poirier - kind of soft indie music, so that's maybe something P/C would do, but I bet G/P will have their own style with it because they always do
- Soucisse/Firus - much more J/C than P/C
- Fournier Beaudry/Sorensen - not P/C-like, it's a flamenco
- Sales/Wamsteeker - a Celine Dion mix, romantic for sure, but more big ballad than P/C go
Russian teams
- Stepanova/Bukin - more H/D from last year
- Zagorski/Guerreiro - I haven't seen it yet, but it's "Blues for Klook" right? That's not soft, flowy and lyrical
- Sinitsina/Katsalapov - I guess you could say this is P/C's style
- Popova/Mozgov - definitely not P/C-like
- Shpilevaya/Smirnov - a bit different, modern, not soft and flowing, not P/C-like
Asian teams
- Komatsubara/Koleto - completely romantic, but also lively, if I had to compare, more young V/M than P/C
- Wang/Liu - again if you wanted to compare, more like H/D last season than P/C
- Chen/Sun - with Umbrellas of Cherbourg, again I think more of a young V/M
European teams
- Guignard/Fabbri - I don't see this La La Land program as P/C's style
- Lauriault/Le Gac - fun, they def have a style separate from P/C with this Bruno Mars
- Fear/Gibson - disco fun
- Hurtado/Khaliavin - you could say this is P/C's style, but it reminds me more of V/M's Pink Floyd FD from way back
- Smart/Diaz - Beatles medley doesn't feel like P/C
Top Juniors (I included all medalists so far on the JGP)
- Lajoie/Lagha - classical style piano piece, but it's not like a P/C program to me - more drama, less floaty quality
- Khudaiberdieva/Narazov - cool attitude, has Nathan's SP music from last season, not P/C style
- Ushakova/Nekrasov - quirky, loud, full of movement, fairly fast-paced, not P/C style
- Shevchenko/Eremenko - a mix of alt/indie music and electronic, quirky, not P/C style
- Nguyen/Kolesnik - this does have that nice lyrical quality, so I can see calling this P/C's style
- Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy - weird Samson and Delilah, story-telling, not P/C-like
- Ivanenko/Karpov - Peter Gunn soundtrack is def not flowing, lyrical
- Konkina/Vakhnov - classical ballet
- Kuts/Mikhailov - this is alt-indie and not flowing music at all, so I would say not P/C-like
- Gropman/Somerville - their own thing, telling a story, not P/C-like
- Popova/Byelikov - I honestly don't remember their program, but the music is a classical style, so maybe this is P/C-like style (although with none of the memorability imo)
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I thought some of the lifts and spins were creative. The sliding moves this year are going to be fun to watch.
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