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And lastly, here are some compulsory dances that I'm not very familiar with at all as I've neither practiced them myself nor have I studied them in any real careful way. Midnight Blues (below are G&G, B&A, and N&K from the 2005 Worlds - I think I like N&K the best of the three)...

That Blues CD was fantastic. Much better than the one they did in 1994. I saw that video a little while ago but forgot all about it.

Yes, that was a wonderful tango romantica until that error. Sigh

Starlight Waltz Klimova & Ponomarenko - 1990 Goodwill Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5281kplnKY Silver Samba Grishuk & Platov - 1996 Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EKyAVbe9Qc Bourne & Kraatz - 1996 Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgYgJgHLJjM Not a fan of this team but...

Yes, was going to use this one for the Killian. That crossed open choctaw was brilliant. OTOH, K&P's crossed open choctaw in the same dance looked very shallow to me. IIRC, I think the British judge had K&P in fourth for that CD and I can actually kind of understand why. B&B also had a...

Paso Doble Torvill & Dean - 1984 Olympics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duA9IvzH4u4 Bestemianova & Bukin - 1988 Olympics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2jxXs_AzIc Grishuk & Platov - 1992 Olympics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbPk3-NWIG0 Quickstep Anissina & Peizerat - 2002 Olympics...

I like D&S's first pattern of their tango. I wasn't as impressed with their second pattern though. I could understand either V&M or D&S in first place for the Tango Romantica in Vancouver.

Argentine Tango Grishuk & Platov - 1998 Olympics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXJEVGCoUhg - nice to have a video of this without Tracy Wilson's commentary Anissina & Peizerat - 2000 Europeans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ospHuTZnME Delobel & Schoenfelder - 2008 Worlds...

Seeing VGThuy's thread about Ice Dancing to the Rhythm inspired me to start a similar thread but specifically with the compulsory dances. So if you were asked to provide a textbook example (or even just personal favourite example) of a compulsory dance or short dance or rhythm dance, which ones...

For tango, I neglected to mention Punsulan & Swallow's excellent FD from 1998. I thought they should've been 3rd in Nagano behind G&P and A&P. And 2nd at Worlds behind A&P. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPx7gs0_o4U

Waltz Combination aka Grand Ball (waltz + foxtrot, march, or polka) Klimova & Ponomarenko - 1986 Worlds FD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O85swOkgj8 Denkova & Staviski - 2003 Worlds OD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THYZzqk9JI8 Latin Combo (Meringue, Cha Cha, Samba, Mambo, Rhumba, etc...

Folk dance Klimova & Ponomarenko - 1987 Worlds FD (the music is Hungarian Rhapsody so I guess this would count as a Hungarian folk dance?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKE-c5-m2Ts Grishuk & Platov - 1991 Worlds FD (Italian folk dance) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eCvgLpfjpM I apologize...

If we had an Elvis category, can we have a Middle Eastern category? Grishuk & Platov - 1997 Europeans FD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMsoZSXp2-4&t=264s Arguably their best free dance although I personally preferred Memorial Requiem. I love how they used their powerful running edges to...

Their performance at Worlds was a bit better than their Olympic performance IMO but this was still pretty good. I also had them in third for this OD in Albertville. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TjNgAmsUro On a completely different note, these days I would actually rank Grishuk & Platov in...

Here are my picks although some of these are repeats. I'll just go with the single-themed dances for now. Waltz Klimova & Ponomarenko - 1987 Worlds OSP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7BN7KU8bmQ The grace and elegance is one thing but the way the way this program is constructed is just...