FSU Watch Party Sunday #1: 1991 Worlds part 2 [12pm CDT/6pm CET]

[VGThuy]

You know, Hubbell/Hubbell skated to this once. One performance had her in a red dress where the crotch part of the dress had white swirls so it made it look like panties as opposed to part of the leotard with the skirt that most skating dresses look like. So every time her skirt flew up or when her brother would pick her up, it seemed like we got crotch shots.

 

[alchemy void]

Fcking brilliant FD. Holy shit.

 

[SmallFairy]

This is epic! I haven't seen any of these dance programs before.
Yup, you're driving. We get it. But hey, why don't do that imaginative steering wheel thing once more.

 

[SmallFairy]

Welcome to the Soviet school of ice dance

 

[VGThuy]

Oksana Grishuk really was an incredible athlete. They were the prototype for IJS ice dance. I said it once but I’ll say it again, Dubova was the best coach for developing ice dancers. They could do things that were ahead of their time.

 

[Sonata]

Ah Oksana Grishuk. Just an innocent and humble peasant girl from the countryside.

In all seriousness, I always liked G and P, their skatings always engaging.

 

[VGThuy]

Ah Oksana Grishuk. Just an innocent and humble peasant girl from the countryside.

She probably was at the time before Zhulin came along and corrupted her...

 

[alchemy void]

I’m reminded why I didn’t like ice dance for a long time and why it was sometimes cringeworthy to watch. Yeah it’s fun but it was hard to defend and argue that it was a sport.

True. But I think it's possible for current IJS dancers to pick more creative music and innovative choreography than many do now.

 

[Aerobicidal]

That Usova and Zhulin program was also absolutely brilliant! I need to watch more old ice dance, apparently.

 

[SmallFairy]

Zhulin Love his tights and look, and Maya's dress. Love the program. Wow, that was great.

 

[VGThuy]

Too much sliding aside, that FD is a masterpiece. And I’d still rank it second here.

 

[meggonzo]

This is still one of my favorite free dances, so weird and angsty!

 

[SmallFairy]

BF liked it too!

 

[Sonata]

What’s with the hunched over egg hops??? It’s worse than the Kerrigan bunny hops.

 

[Aerobicidal]

True. But I think it's possible for current IJS dancers to pick have more creative music and innovative choreography than many do now.

This times a trillion. When the best ice dance team in the world is skating to slam poetry and the most raved about team of the last decade's best FD was to Carmen . . .

 

[alchemy void]

Paul is pissed about the costumes.

 

[VGThuy]

I’m going to say something unpopular, I think Grishuk was a better match aesthetically on the ice for Zhulin than Usova. Maya seemed too angular and long-limbed did Alex some times whereas I thought he and Pasha looked great together and complimented each other.

 

[VGThuy]

Paul is pissed about the costumes.

back then they took it seriously when you repeated programs in ice dance. Now, IJS killed creative integrity like that.

 

[alchemy void]

U/Z absolutely brilliant. First time seeing it, too.

 

[Aerobicidal]

Paul is pissed about the costumes.

I remember that comment! I guess I've seen this video before.

On a vaguely related note, if these Duchesnay programs ever made anyone want to see the movie Missing, I recommend skipping it. It's very dated and thoroughly mediocre.

 

[Jeschke]

BF liked it too!

BF has to watch 1991 FD?
Bless his soul!
#relationshipgoals
#grantolinewho
#c19brainattack

 

[SmallFairy]

I preferred U/Z to the French. Maybe it's a matter of personal taste, but I felt U/Z created a special mood and just kept on flowing on during the entire program. The French was more like, here's an element, here's an element, smile to the judges.... They were good, but not that good.....

 

[barbarafan]

This is epic! I haven't seen any of these dance programs before.
Yup, you're driving. We get it. But hey, why don't do that imaginative steering wheel thing once more.

me neither....is that where Gilles Poirier got their driving moves from. I thought they were being original.

 

[Sonata]

I love D and D’s program - love the hopeful message and choreography. But I can’t deny it probably should not have won - lots of two foot skating and it’s only 3 weeks old!

 

[annie720]

Love that Duchesnay skate, and the music!

 

[VGThuy]

If none of you ever watched the Duchesnays 1990 Worlds FD, do yourself a favor and do it.

 

[aliceanne]

I’m going to say something unpopular, I think Grishuk was a better match aesthetically on the ice for Zhulin than Usova. Maya seemed too angular and long-limbed did Alex some times whereas I thought he and Pasha looked great together and complimented each other.

I liked Maya with Platov better. Their long lines complemented each other. She was too tall for Zhulin and they always had to crumple her up to disguise it.

 

[VGThuy]

Love that Duchesnay skate, and the music!

This was a sequel to their 1990 Worlds FD. I promise you you’ll like that one even more.

 

[alchemy void]

back then they took it seriously when you repeated programs in ice dance. Now, IJS killed creative integrity like that.

I wonder if they could adjust one of the components to focus on creativity/innovation. Not like that would change much, but still...

 

[SmallFairy]

BF has to watch 1991 FD?
Bless his soul!
#relationshipgoals
#grantolinewho
#c19brainattack

He chose to himself, I didn't force him. But now he found some other YouTube stuff