2021 US Classic - Ice Dance

[PRlady]

The dress is fine and a big improvement on some past efforts.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

The following movements and/or poses are illegal in Rhythm Dance, Free Dance and in the Pattern Dances including the introductory and concluding steps (unless otherwise stated in an ISU Communication):
a) sitting on the partner’s head;
b) standing on the partner’s shoulder;
c) lifted partner in upside down split pose (with sustained angle between thighs more than 45 degrees);
d) lifting partner swinging the lifted partner around by holding the skate(s)/boot(s) or leg(s) only with fully extended arm(s);
e) lifting partner swinging the lifted partner around without the assistance of hand(s)/arm(s) and the lifted partner holds only with legs/feet around the lifting partner’s neck;
f) point of contact of the lifting hand(s)/arm(s) of the lifting partner with any part of the body of the lifted partner is sustained with the fully extended arm(s) higher than the lifting partner’s head (the supporting arm may be sustained and fully extended above the head);
g) Jumps (or throw jumps) of more than one (1) revolution except Jump Entry and/or Jump Exit. *; h) Lying on the ice;
A brief movement through poses a) to f) will be permitted if it is not established and sustained or if it is used only to change pose.
*For the season 2021/22 the exception for Jump Entry and/or Jump Exit does not apply and if the entry from jump(s) or exit with jump(s) of more than (1) one revolution is performed this will be considered as an illegal movement and will be treated accordingly

 

[~tapdancer~]

Taking a while...

 

[shan]

What is this music?

Drowning by Anne Silla

 

[Rukia]

Someone's looking up the rules

 

[Aceon6]

Methinks they are reviewing the lift.

 

[jlai]

They won (not surprising)

 

[PRlady]

I think “f” above might be a problem.

 

[mjb52]

Zach looks different this season but I can't put my finger on how?

 

[jlai]

They got a deduction all right

 

[mjb52]

aw, a special surprise. Don't cut away Peacock!

 

[wickedwitch]

Ouch. Well that's better than they got for the StaLiB disaster, but not by that much.

Why is Zach incapable of keeping his mask on?

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I guess this is where you want to experiment with legality of lifts

 

[Debbie S]

That score seems a little low but not low enough for an element to not have counted.

 

[mjb52]

noooooooooooooo (I wanted to see the special surprise!)

 

[~tapdancer~]

H/D - meh...and the partnering looks labored. As if he is twirling a sack of potatoes on his back.

Exactly what were you watching? Um, disagree.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

I need slo mo of the liftttt

 

[sk9tingfan]

Uh… that first lift makes me want to look up the rules… because the point of hold being above the head should be illegal.

Otherwise, I loved that FD from Hubbel & Donohue. I wasn’t hopeful considering how the last two FDs were so underwhelming.

I want to see if they were penalized for the over the head lift. In addition, I cannot fathom how that dance was judged to be more than two points lower than the one I saw Gilles and Poirier skate today at the Autumn Classic.

 

[Karen-W]

Zach looks different this season but I can't put my finger on how?

Hair cut?

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Hub/Don got 1 deduction for extended lift but not for illegal element

 

[wickedwitch]

The Hunger Games were the clear highlight here.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Zach looks different this season but I can't put my finger on how?

It’s because he spent three marvelous nights with ANL

 

[yeslek]

I want to see if they were penalized for the over the head lift. In addition, I cannot fathom how that dance was judged to be more than two points lower than the one I saw Gilles and Poirier skate today at the Autumn Classic.

I wasn’t a fan of either of them?

 

[mjb52]

haha @AngieNikodinovLove just as I suspected

 

[Karen-W]

I want to see if they were penalized for the over the head lift. In addition, I cannot fathom how that dance was judged to be more than two points lower than the one I saw Gilles and Poirier skate today at the Autumn Classic.

Because the judges here are better than the ones at ACI? No offense but the judging at ACI was suspect as heck in both pairs and dance, IMO.

 

[Debbie S]

Hub/Don got 1 deduction for extended lift but not for illegal element

The lift may have been allowed here, but I suspect a future tech panel might think differently.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

Well it is Canada.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

but this is better than the FDs of SinKats, GuiFab and GilPoir.

I know what happened to the music choice of Piper and Paul this time? They need to use last year’s, starry starry night or the Joni Mitchell program for their Olympic program

 

[Karen-W]

Madi also only got a L3 on her twizzles - I noticed an issue with hers live so I was pretty sure she'd lose a level and I'm mostly no-teknik when it comes to dance. I'm really surprised they didn't get dinged for an illegal lift though since I went back and rewatched it after everyone was commenting and it certainly looked like it was breaking the rules to me.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Zach looks different this season but I can't put my finger on how?

His shirt is not flattering at all. It makes him look like he has a beer belly when he’s actually fit.