2023 Skate America Free Dance - Don’t Miss with Texas

[miffy]

I much preferred their RD to the free. I’ll probably say that about every team tonight though. Bring back the 80’s voids!

 

[ilovepaydays]

I liked the speed and edges of the Mrazeks. Too bad about that missed lift.

And I’m not a fan of them grabbing the judges tables. Or whatever that was.

 

[VGThuy]

That one-foot sequence was very fast and kind of went with the ebb and flow of the music. That’s how I like it.

Then they didn’t stupid grabbing the judges’ table thing with those unattractive backwards kicks to follow.

 

[skategal]

We are really going back to the over used selections this year.

Could Carmen and POTO be next? Lol.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I would expect the TES to be a lot lower if they actually missed a lift.

 

[marbri]

All a bit day at the office from two very competent employees

 

[airgelaal]

Their lifts today are very strange.

 

[mtnskater]

I saw Swan Lake at the Colorado Ballet recently. This was not a night at the ballet for me. Missing the subtlety, nuance and grace. But their speed is fun. More work needed on posture, line, extension for her. Think I saw a big mistake in there. They skated this much better in practice this morning.

 

[floridaice]

Was that an aborted assisted lift or something?

Did something not happen that was supposed to happen for the Mrazeks? It looked like they skated through an element.

ETA: I guess not, since they have green boxes for everything, but that was a strange moment. The program doesn't particularly suit them(her).

It looked that way to me too -- something wasn't done that was planned.

 

[Rukia]

M/m absolutely stunning save the one big error. Twizzles literally covered half the rink. Even the isu people in front of me were talking about it. Incredible ice coverage and just beautiful skating.

 

[thvu]

Daniel is so good. Katerina's shoulders and back are bothering me so much. He's water and she's like a wall. They were so impressive as juniors, but compared to this field it's such a glaring weakness.

I like this program, and I think it's a good vehicle to have Katerina work on her weaknesses faster, because she has to for this program to work at all.

 

[Debbie S]

Did something not happen that was supposed to happen for the Mrazeks? It looked like they skated through an element.

ETA: I guess not, since they have green boxes for everything, but that was a strange moment. The program doesn't particularly suit them(her).

Looks like they missed either a choreo lift or the difficult entrance to their spin.

 

[Jay42]

We are really going back to the Uber-used selections this year.

Could Carmen and POTO be next? Lol.

I'd prefer both of those to Black Swan to be honest. I think the last Black Swan program I liked was Kaetlyn Osmond's.

 

[~tapdancer~]

Swan Lake works for a sibling team.
But her expression was Black Swan not Swan Lake.

 

[peibeck]

I appreciate the speed of this CZE team, but they are kind of sloppy and not in synch at times.

 

[Primorskaya]

I don't know what they're trying to do but it's neither Swan Lake nor Black Swan to me.
ISU commenter (can't remember his name, I only like Mark) throwing subtle shade saying "Skated like Junior World Champions".
OK not so subtle shade, now saying he finds them technically great but stiff. Can't disagree.

 

[LilJen]

Apologies, she is not very swanlike. More pterodactyl.

She even got a dinosaur stuffie

 

[Wyliefan]

I would expect the TES to be a lot lower if they actually missed a lift.

Yeah, you're right. But it really looked like they missed SOMETHING. Confusing.

 

[Kateri]

Judges are gonna start carrying pepper spray, with all these aggressive moves at the boards.

 

[Belsornia]

Mrazeks’ Swan Lake FD is really totally fine. Thanks Davis/Smolkin!

They are super talented but kind of messy today. Even though I generally prefer Mrazeks’ style of skating I think Lim/Quan are looking more senior ready.

 

[VGThuy]

They had the misfortune of following Lim/Quan as M/M’s lifts, which were already noticeably a struggle today became even more apparent in comparison.

 

[Karen-W]

Looks like they missed either a choreo lift or the difficult entrance to their spin.

That's what I thought when I saw the dance spin was only called a L2.

 

[Sally1214]

I enjoyed Ekaterina and Daniel but preferred the Koreans by quite a bit. Wonderful costumes for this program too. I'm not annoyed when skaters touch the boards but I fail to see how it adds anything to the performance ... maybe just me.

 

[marbri]

I don't know what they're trying to do but it's neither Swan Lake nor Black Swan to me.
ISU commenter (can't remember his name, I only like Mark) throwing subtle shade saying "Skated like Junior World Champions".
OK not so subtle shade, now saying he finds them technically great but stiff. Can't disagree.

Well she looked like roadkill in a few of those lifts so I think it's just their unique interpretation.

 

[LilJen]

How is All by Myself by Rachmaninov?

 

[Vagabond]

The Blues.

I mean the  Browns.

 

[tony]

How is All by Myself by Rachmaninov?

Because it samples Rach and I'm sure we will transition into it by itself.

 

[VGThuy]

They muted the lyric, “And making love was just for fun”… appropriate for a brother-sister team.

 

[airgelaal]

Strange choice of song "All by myself" for a pair

 

[~tapdancer~]

No, All by Myself does not work for an ice dance program. Really?