GPdF 2025 PBP - Rhythm Dance: “Rock Around The Cock”

[skatingguy]

Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron
Coach: R. Haguenauer, M. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon
Music: Vogue by Madonna

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:3
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 4 (3 after review)
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence - Guillaume with a bobble on a knee slide, fall

Quality skating, and the performance was pretty good for such a new program from a very new team.

-1.00 = Falls
78.00 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

I fear I'm going to have to read about a bunch of trivial non-blade related stuff with this team all season but I think they are fabulously matched. They've already figured out a way to skate similarly and have appropriate lines. Strong skating, powerful pulls and ice coverage and no hesitation. Even with a new team and on top of that a new program. I don't think anything was overscored really. The lift got conservative GOEs and the levels for now were not overdone (Blumberg). ChSt I need to see again if they are going to get a fall call.

I don't think this RD nor any of the RDs I've seen this year are really all that, but there's about 10 seconds of time to actually sell the program and differ from one team to the next so that's whatever. I could do with about 1 less voguing arm movement while basically standing in place, but that's that.

Medal favorites already at this point for Milano, and I guarantee they will be in the picture for gold by the time February comes.

 

[Private Citizen]

Totally underwhelmed. Slow and with an obvious skill gap, seemed tentative in places. Look like a lower half of the top 10 team to me. Just don’t get the hype.

 

[Skaterbob]

OMG I'm going to lose my mind with these camera people. I can't even focus on the program.

 

[PRlady]

Well, they’re really good. What else can you say.

 

[peibeck]

Whoops a bit of a stumble on the choreography steps, but still big GOE.

 

[TAHbKA]

Its the slowest I have ever seen Cizeron skating and its the first time I saw him falling

 

[NinjaTurtles]

I found Guillaume really tentative and a bit slow, particularly in the twizzles. Thinking really hard and being deliberate to get through the elements. Real comfort with Laurence, the program, and competing just not there yet (unsurprisingly).

 

[Karen-W]

That was some pretty excessive GOE for rather slow twizzles - at least the judges didn't go over the top with the GOE after Guillaume stumbled on the choreo step sequence.

Meh - which, to be fair, is how I feel about almost all of the RDs this season, lol.

 

[tony]

That was some pretty excessive GOE for rather slow twizzles -

Bookmarking this.

 

[her grace]

FB/C

Nice twizzles, thought their unison looked better in warmup than in program, nice blade work, lift looked pretty easy, he stumbled on choreo sequence—wouldn’t know from the GOE, though

 

[thvu]

I think this was really good. Even if the program is mostly the same, it feels less "P&C" than their Depeche Mode RD. If I'm just evaluating the pairing and the skating, that was good. So much upside too.

 

[Wyliefan]

That's funny, they got the exact same score as Ami Nakai yesterday.

 

[thvu]

If Guillame didn't have a fall, that would have been an 84-85 RD.

 

[Karen-W]

Bookmarking this.

Whatever. I didn't criticize the ice coverage, which is your hobby horse.

 

[tony]

If Guillame didn't have a fall, that would have been an 84-85 RD.

Yeah exactly! That GOE increase is massive for anything in the positive-- and they walked away with almost nothing for the entire element.

 

[taz'smum]

I found Guillaume really tentative and a bit slow, particularly in the twizzles. Thinking really hard and being deliberate to get through the elements. Real comfort with Laurence, the program, and competing just not there yet (unsurprisingly).

It takes a long time to get fully back into competition shape, longer than fans realise

 

[TAHbKA]

That was 3 mins spent on 4 legs, but fun

 

[Lizziebeth]

I get annoyed at the overscoring on GOE for such a new team.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I can never not love a red-haired French woman ice dancer.

 

[her grace]

Lagouge/Caffa

Proof that skating skills are irrelevant to rising in the French program, looking happy and upbeat, good rotational lift, his turns need a lot of work

 

[skatingguy]

Natacha Lagouge/Arnaud Caffa
Coach: Maurizio Margaglio, Neil Brown
Music: Pure Love, What I Need, In de Ghetto

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Rotational Lift 4
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 2
Choreo Character Step Sequence

Fun, and entertaining team with a high energy program, but not the skating skills, depth of edge, speed, or flow to compete with the top teams.

68.08 = 2nd Place

 

[Private Citizen]

L&C were faster and skated closer together than FB&C. Just sayin’

His twizzles though

 

[tony]

I mean they are so fun but there are 5 other French teams that are so much better. France seems to want to push them up, though. And so do international judges. I find his basics the weakest of the bunch by quite a bit.

 

[alj5]

I’m surprised at how much I liked FB&C’s RD. Works so much better for them than their DuranDuran program. I was prepared to dislike it on principle. I think it could bring the house down in February.

I am happy that it feels like this program was made for them, instead of P&C.

 

[Skaterbob]

My husband just woke up and came into the room annoyed asking if I was watching Queer as Folk at 6am.

 

[thvu]

Lagouge and Caffa barely interpret this music at all until the choreo steps. The skating isn't great either. Shallow edges throughout, empty program.

They are so interesting until they start skating.

 

[peibeck]

Lagouge/Caffa are so bad they almost make FB/C look not so overscored.

 

[Wyliefan]

They are so interesting until they start skating.

Ouch.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

It takes a long time to get fully back into competition shape, longer than fans realise

Indeed. He will improve and likely quickly.

I think they’re interestingly matched; but disagree with those that say the line is already synchronized. Also, those twizzles were no different than Chock/Bates slowing down to precisely, but at a crawl, execute. If not a bit sloppier.