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

[TAHbKA]

And her outfit SCREAMS 90s to me.

For people who were teenagers in the 90 it does not

 

[peibeck]

I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but I actually liked Diana and Gleb today. Not the music but the actual skating.

Someone send a welfare check to make sure I haven't had a stroke.

 

[Karen-W]

I said it after they debuted at DTM and I'm going to say it again - this is one of the best RDs of the season. The music, their look - it's 100% pure '90s in a way that most of the other RDs fail to capture. Definitely some nerves today, I felt - possibly related to the very recent music change - but still quite good.

 

[npavel]

I really can't stand Davis/Smolkin dress

 

[tony]

For people who were teenagers in the 90 it does not

I was born in 86. Pretty sure I (became and) was a teen in the 90s.

 

[thvu]

I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but I actually liked Diana and Gleb today. Not the music but the actual skating.

Someone send a welfare check to make sure I haven't had a stroke.

Don't worry, the skating is much improved.

 

[Aceon6]

Bullhockey! No matter what you think about DavSmo or her mother, that was miles better than FBCiz.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Ice dance is too sexy for the 90s RD theme.

 

[Wyliefan]

I will refrain from joining the '90s-off in here, as I was too much of a dork at the time to follow trends or even notice what anybody else was wearing.

 

[peibeck]

Not cat claw hands on "catwalk" in the lyrics.

 

[tony]

Once again, 0.25 interpretation score for he who skates to a song about being too sexy for his shirt but keeps it on anyways. That's horrible interpretation to literal lyrics.

This is so predictable from start to finish, they've definitely found their genre and stuck exactly to it. And as I've been ranting for years, I don't think their skating is top 10 in the world worthy at all. Basics below both American teams, even. She's been doing this forever and he's much newer to the discipline but he literally skates circles around her and actually has some depth to the edges.

 

[Elisheba]

Why would you skate to this while wearing a shirt?? I am offended.

 

[TAHbKA]

The Lithuanians dance is freakin brilliant!!!

 

[Karen-W]

I'm really distracted by the red undertones in her dress in contrast to the dark olive green of his shirt. And the fact that her dress is in no way reminiscent of the '90s at all.

Another TES above FBCiz - let's see what the judges do with their PCS to ensure they're also behind FBCiz.

 

[her grace]

R/A

Nice unison through midline, ice coverage looks small, some nice little dance-y moments in the pattern. Technique is not as strong as top teams—but you’d never know looking at that TES score. I’d put them below the Canadians

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

This program might have been the once time that Plushenko's muscle costume would have been the appropriate choice.

 

[peibeck]

This is camp classic, and I am here for it. Skating be dawned.

 

[skatingguy]

Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius
Coach: M.F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R. Haguenauer
Music: I’m Too Sexy, Cantloop

Midline Step Sequence W:3 M:2
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 3
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

It's a fun program, and they fit the music well their performance, but it's missing an element of farce that the music video has.

80.98 = 1st Place

 

[thvu]

Reed & Ambrulevicius always entertain. And this program had alot of choreographic nuance during the no touch steps and the pattern steps. Overall, the program is empty and predictable, and they spend so much time just posing & vibing to buy time before the rotational lift and choreo steps.

For a top team, the program construction is really subpar.

 

[Firedancer]

I feel like she needs a different dress

 

[Private Citizen]

Deservedly first. Thank god for some semblance of fair judging even if Davis and Smolkin should also be ahead of FB&C

 

[peibeck]

I was born in 86. Pretty sure I (became and) was a teen in the 90s.

GET OFF MY YARD!!!!

 

[Wyliefan]

The plot thickens!

 

[Karen-W]

Whoa. Skate to Milano score apparently wasn't a fluke for ReedAmbru.

 

[PRlady]

That score is bizarre.

 

[thvu]

Do Guignard & Fabbri get sacrificed to the alter of politiks?

 

[thvu]

OMG CRINGE at the first 10 seconds of this program.

Upping the tempo of "Show me the Meaning" is such a poor choice too.

I hate Guignard & Fabbri's RD. It's so terrible.

 

[tony]

FB/C lost a good 4.5 points minimum from his 'fall' and then getting next to no GOE on an entire element. It "makes sense" that R/A went ahead but those PCS are something wild.

 

[Aceon6]

I’m not getting the costume reference. Mondrian with white boots was 60s. Did it make a sudden comeback in the 90s that I didn’t notice?

 

[tony]

I've defended Charlene and Marco for years and years but I really think he aged out of his peak a few years too early. The twizzles were fine but you could see him borderline about to struggle the entire way through, which started to creep in last year.

I said a few weeks ago I'm all-in for a team that just embraces how cringe the 90s were with these dances, but I feel like they don't ever know that they are being cringe.

There's still a lot of intricacy almost quietly done to appreciate, but I really think this team is dropping to 6th or 7th at best by the time the Olympics come.