VGThuy
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I still haven’t gotten over L/LG’s misinformed “rap” faces and weird “gangsta hands” during their “Uptown Funk” program years ago.
they're a team that I just can't get on with - never have but no idea why. I know a lot of people (and judges) like the FD this year but I despise it. It feels quite junior. It feels like pairs not dance. Yes they have fancy acrobatic lifts, but there's more to dance than lifts. Just overall, cannot get on board sorry!I still haven’t gotten over L/LG’s misinformed “rap” faces and weird “gangsta hands” during their “Uptown Funk” program years ago.
My first thought when I saw Pink Panther was no one over the age of ten should be doing this. (And no I was not a fan of Aliona and Robin’s)they're a team that I just can't get on with - never have but no idea why. I know a lot of people (and judges) like the FD this year but I despise it. It feels quite junior. It feels like pairs not dance. Yes they have fancy acrobatic lifts, but there's more to dance than lifts. Just overall, cannot get on board sorry!
I regularly disagree with Johnny Weir’s takes on ice dance, but I completely agree with him about this Pink Panther program that it’s too “one note.” The concept just ceases to be interesting after the first 45 seconds.My first thought when I saw Pink Panther was no one over the age of ten should be doing this. (And no I was not a fan of Aliona and Robin’s)
Yes!I am baffled as to why F/G score the way they do. I understand the fun factor, of course I do. But following both L/L and Gr/P I think that their skating skills were glaringly obvious. I'm not saying they don't deserve success, but the way they are judged makes me not enjoy the event as much. It all feels a bit gimmicky and the twizzles were like sbs spins in pairs. If they beat H/B at the GPF with the same skates as each team had at SCI and SkAm..... Yes "dance" should be part of ice dance, but I think the "ice" is being forgotten. I want to see speed and a nice rise and fall with the knee and deep edges and fantastic carriage - as well as the waving arms and posing on the ice.
I mean this in a totally sincere way. But isn’t this why the powers to be made the changes that they did to the RD this season? That this is the direction they want ice dance to continue moving? IMO, it was the RD that kept F/G’s scoring in check somewhat last season. As in, a mid-70’s RD score at the Olympics isn’t going to be paired with a 125 in the FD, so both phases were somewhat more reasonable.I am baffled as to why F/G score the way they do. I understand the fun factor, of course I do. But following both L/L and Gr/P I think that their skating skills were glaringly obvious. I'm not saying they don't deserve success, but the way they are judged makes me not enjoy the event as much. It all feels a bit gimmicky and the twizzles were like sbs spins in pairs. If they beat H/B at the GPF with the same skates as each team had at SCI and SkAm..... Yes "dance" should be part of ice dance, but I think the "ice" is being forgotten. I want to see speed and a nice rise and fall with the knee and deep edges and fantastic carriage - as well as the waving arms and posing on the ice.
Yeah - but doesn’t mean I have to like it. I think the ISU technical committee have made some rubbish decisions the last few years in ice dance.I mean this in a totally sincere way. But isn’t this why the powers to be made the changes that they did to the RD this season? That this is the direction they want ice dance to continue moving? IMO, it was the RD that kept F/G’s scoring in check somewhat last season. As in, a mid-70’s RD score at the Olympics isn’t going to be paired with a 125 in the FD, so both phases were somewhat more reasonable.
This season, boom, they’re in the mid-80’s for the RD, and their FD scores rise into the same band.
I am baffled as to why F/G score the way they do. I understand the fun factor, of course I do. But following both L/L and Gr/P I think that their skating skills were glaringly obvious. I'm not saying they don't deserve success, but the way they are judged makes me not enjoy the event as much. It all feels a bit gimmicky and the twizzles were like sbs spins in pairs. If they beat H/B at the GPF with the same skates as each team had at SCI and SkAm..... Yes "dance" should be part of ice dance, but I think the "ice" is being forgotten. I want to see speed and a nice rise and fall with the knee and deep edges and fantastic carriage - as well as the waving arms and posing on the ice.
Imo, The way F/G constructed their FD plays to their supposed strengths - to have all 3 choreographic elements to finish off the program (that being said, G/P are doing the same).
For me, it's the equivalent of when a singles skater pre IJS would front load their programs with jumps.
Green/ParsonsWhich G/P?
Thanks! I thought that's who you meant, but just checking.Green/Parsons
Further proof that you have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to ice dance.Gilles' performance and dancing is waaaaaaaay too overcooked and I wish she'd stop. The first half of the RD and the rotational lift are decent choreography I guess, not very sure it's all really capturing the music tbh.
Even Diana Davis and Daisuke Takahashi have better skating skills than Lilah Fear. Amazing. Cringe RD from Fear/Gibson, sorry.
F/G scoring 125 for a program where most of the step sequence levels were L2 and skating skills were not wonderful while all last quad G/F struggled to break 125 and just last week H/B got 122 with all L3s/4s seems baffling to me. I hope if/when all the teams face each other, skating skills/tech prowess wins out.I am baffled as to why F/G score the way they do. I understand the fun factor, of course I do. But following both L/L and Gr/P I think that their skating skills were glaringly obvious. I'm not saying they don't deserve success, but the way they are judged makes me not enjoy the event as much. It all feels a bit gimmicky and the twizzles were like sbs spins in pairs. If they beat H/B at the GPF with the same skates as each team had at SCI and SkAm..... Yes "dance" should be part of ice dance, but I think the "ice" is being forgotten. I want to see speed and a nice rise and fall with the knee and deep edges and fantastic carriage - as well as the waving arms and posing on the ice.
You know, if you don't understand the word "opinion", you can go to a primary school again? Or do they just never teach you what that means in your schools?Further proof that you have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to ice dance.
I thought he was Che at first but think he was representing the Argentinian people.Just saw the Gilles/Poirier FD. Who is Paul supposed to be in this dance? I couldn't take my eyes off of him, because his lines and skating are so beautiful. But, I also got this vibe from him of "Look at me, I'm gorgeous, and Piper is Also Here." Is that supposed to be the story? Is Paul Argentina, skating with the ghost of Eva Peron? Because if so, that's a brilliant choreographical concept.
It's funny that you say that, because to me this FD looks like something Gilles/Poirier would do, and would skate in the same way.Too me, they are very French ice dance in their style - I still am surprised that they skate for Canada now because they seem so French.
If they're thinking long-term, I don't think skating for France would have given them a better chance in the long run, although it might have given them more chances to compete at Euros, if they were able to turn around the internal politics.Laurialt/LeGac have a fun audience-friendly program, but not a lot of complexity to their linking movement. They seem to be a firm CAN #4. Think they would have had a better chance at success if they had stayed French.
I thought another factor in their decision to switch was that they'd determined they wanted to remain in Montreal beyond the conclusion of their competitive skating career - they've really come to view Canada as home and the place where they will put down their roots.If they're thinking long-term, I don't think skating for France would have given them a better chance in the long run, although it might have given them more chances to compete at Euros, if they were able to turn around the internal politics.
While Papadakis/Cizeron were dominant, there really wasn't a strong French team behind them placing high enough to be swept into the vacuum once P/C left the field. Without P/C, France couldn't hold two spots, let alone three. Canada is down to two this year by being one placement short at 2022 Worlds, the first time since 2010, after V/M won bronze and first-year seniors, Crone/Poirier, finished 12th at 2009 Worlds.
I think L/LG have a better chance of being swept in and up when Gilles/Poirier and the Danadians leave the field, especially since they and Lajoie/Lagha are getting respect now, and I think B/B will eventually be next in line, but still working their way up from debuting as Canada #3 in the teens at a future Worlds. They could also decide to stay in past 2026, too, whether a couple of years or for the next Olympics, since 33 and nearly 35 aren't unheard of ages for Ice Dance, which they'd be in 2030.