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what a blah program they will fall even further next year.So far so true
And as for 'Shallow' for H/D - to me it seems a pretty good, but safe choice for them, and it's definitely a step up from their R&J program.
This music and MF choreo can highlight their strengths (speed, power and chemistry between them ), but am not sure if it's enough for the breakthrow
I want someone to skate to Phantom of the Paradise, one of the rare musicals I like. With songs like Special to me , Phantom's theme or Faust I would love for my favs P/C to pull it off but alas I don't see anyone in MDF camp thinking of this.
I realize that "POTP" was aiming to become a "cult movie", next to "Rocky Horror", and it is not a bad film, but none of its music "stuck around", and for a good reason (imo) which is "nice, but nothing outstanding". "Special to me", and "Faust" are fairly typical ballad melodies of the late 70's, and Phantom's theme (again, imo) is a "poor version" of Allan Parson's Project "Some Other Time" which is again imo, is much more melodic and better suited for skating.I want someone to skate to Phantom of the Paradise, one of the rare musicals I like. With songs like Special to me , Phantom's theme or Faust I would love for my favs P/C to pull it off but alas I don't see anyone in MDF camp thinking of this.
The only thing that could make this worse is Keegan Messing also announcing he is skating to "It's Not Unusual" next season.Soucisse/Firus
FD: “It’s Not Unusual” by Tom Jones
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw-kjeclubh/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=pyubvbgkimzi
The only thing that could make this worse is Keegan Messing also announcing he is skating to "It's Not Unusual" next season.
Soucisse/Firus
FD: “It’s Not Unusual” by Tom Jones
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw-kjeclubh/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=pyubvbgkimzi
I think this will suit S/F nicely.I have a feeling that after the dirge we got last season with countless To Build a Shirt clones and seeing the reaction to Fear/Gibson and other more upbeat dances, more ice dance teams will try to have a "fun" FD this year.
Judging from that Instagram post, I bet S/F's FD will look like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbSCWgZQf_g
I have a feeling that after the dirge we got last season with countless To Build a Shirt clones and seeing the reaction to Fear/Gibson and other more upbeat dances, more ice dance teams will try to have a "fun" FD this year.
Judging from that Instagram post, I bet S/F's FD will look like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbSCWgZQf_g
For these two specifically I'd say they want to recapture the vibe of their "I Won't Dance" FD from two seasons ago, given that they had a lot of success with that program (the first time around; bringing it back for nationals at the last minute didn't go so well).I have a feeling that after the dirge we got last season with countless To Build a Shirt clones and seeing the reaction to Fear/Gibson and other more upbeat dances, more ice dance teams will try to have a "fun" FD this year.
Don’t understand the hate for “Shallow” and “A Star Is Born”.
Guignard/Fabbri did a Schindler's List FD in the 2015/2016 season - https://youtu.be/wpKjQHmwXmU.
Schindler's List was Guignard & Fabbri's breakthrough program. They defeated Stepanova & Bukin, Monko & Khaliavin, Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen, and Paul & Islam (all previous top-ten teams) with that program. It got G&F into the top ten, and that is where they finished at the Olympics and where they remain today (a couple notches higher). That FD wasn't as polished as what they have presented this season by a long shot. But it is the program that got them in the picture.
That said it wasn't the first (Zaretskis) or the second (Ilinykh & Katsalapov) or the third (Lewis & Bye) Schindler's list free dance I remember (I'd assume there are others that haven't stayed with me or missed my radar all together). Nor shall it be the last.
They have to do the Carlton dance (Fresh Prince of Bel Air) with “It’s Not Unusual.” https://youtu.be/zS1cLOIxsQ8I LOVE the choice for Soucisse/Firus.
Mind you just the other day I watched the Will and Grace ep with Karen dancing to it, so the idea already had some momentum with me.
I assume that will be their character step.They have to do the Carlton dance (Fresh Prince of Bel Air) with “It’s Not Unusual.” https://youtu.be/zS1cLOIxsQ8
Schindler's List was Guignard & Fabbri's breakthrough program. They defeated Stepanova & Bukin, Monko & Khaliavin, Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen, and Paul & Islam (all previous top-ten/eleven teams) with that program. It got G&F into the top ten, and that is where they finished at the Olympics and where they remain today (a couple notches higher). That FD wasn't as polished as what they have presented this season by a long shot. But it is the program that got them in the picture.
That said it wasn't the first (Zaretskis) or the second (Ilinykh & Katsalapov) or the third (Lewis & Bye) Schindler's list free dance I remember (I'd assume there are others that haven't stayed with me or missed my radar all together). Nor shall it be the last.
I wouldn't mind GoT becoming a new warhorse in figure skating...
That's a good choice imho for Tursy.Elizabetha Tursynbaeva - SP - Camille Saent-Saens "Dance Macabre"
The first Schindler's List program in ice dance that I remember was performed by Sophie Moniotte & Pascual Lavanchy from France (sorry if there are spelling mistakes in the names). I am not sure if it was a FD or an exhibition program, but I remember being moved while watching it. I think they skated it the season the movie was released.
Elizabetha Tursynbaeva - SP - Camille Saent-Saens "Dance Macabre"
"She explained that she will portray a Black Raven"
That's a good choice imho for Tursy.
Hope Gleikhengauz will put a decent program together.