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

[Firedancer]

I always feel like this team looks sloppy

 

[Carolla5501]

As usual at least for the first group I feel like these programs are half baked

This is why I quit going to skate America when it’s the first event. It’s generally not the best skating you’ll see.


And it’s made worse this year by some pathetic music decisions by the ISU. Leading to what the heck were they thinking?

 

[thvu]

American dancers always find a way to make everything high school pep rally. Please can we just get SOME avant garde or weird team in there?

I've said this about Pate & Bye for years. At this point, maybe "high school dance" is just their style.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

I don't mean to say all blonde ice dance girls look alike, but if you put Emily and Eva and Emilea all together in a lineup, I'm not sure I could tell which was which!

Eva is the one with the OTT faces.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, now... I didn't pay for the Lombardia livestream and this is the first time I'm seeing PateBye this season. One of the better RDs of the season. Could do without her smiling throughout some of the more intense parts of the program, but this was quite good regardless. It's a real shame they don't have a 2nd GP.

 

[Wyliefan]

Great slo-mo shot of them jumping up and down in front of the stone-faced judges!

 

[Asli]

It's so unfortunate thatwe have thus RD in the Olympic year !

 

[TAHbKA]

Admitting am old: there was some decent music in the 90. Even in the night clubs. Why did they have to pick the worst?

 

[Karen-W]

I could do without the yellow wide trim on Jean-Han's shirt.

 

[thvu]

Fradji & Fourneaux have STYLE. Loving the vibes and interpretation.

Oy, really messy twizzles.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I guess Shawn Rettstatt's decades RDs are supposed to feel like they go on for decades.

 

[tony]

I loveeee this team but that was rough all around. They have problems with the elements time after time, just as Nabais does and that's what's going to allow the judges to keep pushing Arnaud.

 

[Aceon6]

FraFou, music = CBSTA*

* could be skating to anything

 

[her grace]

Fradji/Fourneaux

Yellow is a good color for her, A bit shy in presentation, out of sync on twizzles and she had to hang on, nice foundation of basics to build on

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Unpopular opinion, but Bills Bills Bills is Destiny’s Child’s best song.

 

[peibeck]

Fradji's canary dress very Chock-like.

These two seem extremely tentative.

I see ANL eyeing Fourneaux already.

 

[Carolla5501]

OK, I hate to complain, but my two puppies wrestling on the floor are more entertaining than this dance by F/F

And I was definitely alive in the 90s, where did they find that music? Was there a contest to find the most un-skateable music and that’s what we use?

 

[skatingguy]

Celina Fradji/Jean-Hans Fourneaux
Caoch: Karine Arribert, Mahil Chantelauze
Music: Bug a Boo, Bills Bills Bills

Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 1
Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:3 - Celina was spinning the 2nd twizzle
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:1
Choreo Rhythm Sequence
Rotational Lift 4

Love the music choice, but I don't think they had enough sharpness or staccato movement to really pull it off in the program. A few too many errors technically today to get a sense of where they fit in this season.

56.92 = 5th Place

 

[tony]

OK, I hate to complain, but my two puppies wrestling on the floor are more entertaining than this dance by F/F

And I was definitely alive in the 90s, where did they find that music? I mean, I know I was not 21 then but I was not moving towards Social Security like I am now and cash register music doesn’t ring a bell.

Destiny's Child?...Is this post for real?

 

[PRlady]

Never got this team as Juniors and that hasn’t changed.

 

[skatingguy]

duplicate

 

[victorskid]

After the 1st of 2 groups, the RD scores so far:
1 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 78.00 42.56 36.44 9.29 9.07 9.04 1.00 #1
2 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA 71.32 40.31 31.01 7.82 7.89 7.61 0.00 #4
3 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA 68.08 38.19 29.89 7.54 7.61 7.32 0.00 #2
4 Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA 65.09 35.50 29.59 7.54 7.25 7.46 0.00 #3
5 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 56.92 29.85 27.07 6.86 6.89 6.61 0.00 #5

 

[peibeck]

I've said this about Pate & Bye for years. At this point, maybe "high school dance" is just their style.

Which is sad, as they are old enough to have their PhDs.

 

[Private Citizen]

The arena forgot the British flag. For some reason they have the English flag instead. Good thing Lilah Fear brought it.

This announcer seems to be mispronouncing more names than he’s getting right.

 

[thvu]

One thing I love about the Villard teams is that their programs can be so divisive. At least Arribert is bringing interesting concepts to Ice Dance. She never just gives her teams easy cookie cutter programs. They are challenging, and she choreographs more for art than sport (which I sigh at sometimes, but always appreciate).

 

[Wyliefan]

Charlene looks like a deconstructed Wonder Woman.

 

[peibeck]

I assume all this whickety whack on Diana Davis is supposed to distract us from her feet?

 

[Karen-W]

I have no words for Romain's costume. It's as if decided he needed to one-up both Holly Harris and Lilah Fear in the crystals/bling department.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

The arena forgot the British flag. For some reason they have the English flag instead. Good thing Lilah Fear brought it.

This announcer seems to be mispronouncing more names than he’s getting right.

Someone needs to find a Scottish flag for Lewis.

 

[Private Citizen]

Based on the costumes I don’t think I’m going to like these programs any more than I liked the first group.