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

[Wyliefan]

Well, Emily's costume is interesting.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

OMG - how many Vogue programs this year?

 

[MsZem]

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

Sounds like an excellent idea TBH. Other than the 6am part.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Paris is burning to this white bread vogueing.

 

[TAHbKA]

Imagining Somerville's coaches thinking 'he has a wonderful conduct of his blades. Let's put him on his head'

 

[tony]

It feels weird seeing Ian in an outfit like this. The skating skills are always strong, the choreography is okay but it's like they're almost stuck in this drama club high school project with everything they do.

It's like they took over where Lorraine McNamara left off.

Little trip by him, looks like he hit his heel in the midline and the score reflects it already.

 

[MsZem]

OMG - how many Vogue programs this year?

Yes.

 

[Private Citizen]

I like what Bratti and Somerville are trying to do, but it seems like they’re not quite able to skate the choreography just yet.

 

[Aceon6]

Welcome to the Madonna compulsories to be followed by the BSB compulsories. Y’all know they ditched them because no one wanted to sit through hours of the same music. You listening, Shawn?

 

[TAHbKA]

It feels weird seeing Ian in an outfit like this. The skating skills are always strong, the choreography is okay but it's like they're almost stuck in this drama club high school project with everything they do.

It's like they took over where Lorraine McNamara left off.

Little trip by him, looks like he hit his heel in the midline and the score reflects it already.

He also gave a little jump in the twizzle, but hope the judges 'blinked' that moment

 

[Karen-W]

Well, if I had to choose between the two Vogue programs, I'd give it to FBCiz. BraSom just don't have the same presence and intensity that's required for vogueing. Plus, Ian also had a slight stumble on an element. These men today.

 

[skatingguy]

Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville
Coach: Greg Zuerlein, Charlie & Tanith White
Music: Vogue, Walk 4 Me

Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 2
Sequential TwIzzles W:3 M:3 (W:4 M:4 after review)
Choreo Rhythm Sequence
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:2 - Ian caught an edge, and just barely stayed on his feet
Rotational Lift 4 (3 after review)

Ian hasn't outgrown his early Charlie White stage as he's still a little too on the edge to maintain control the whole time. This program is more interesting Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron, but the skating isn't as smooth or polished.

65.09 = 3rd Place

 

[taz'smum]

I wish someone would tell the commentator how to pronounce Guillaume!

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Felt such second hand embarrassment at the leg stands being so off. Bless them for trying.

 

[peibeck]

If Cizeron had chosen to skate with Sommerville that would have been heaven, go divas.

Oops now Ian with a bobble on the steps.

 

[her grace]

Bratti/Somerville

Battle for 4CC spots begins, don’t think they have the presence to pull off Vogue, excellent speed in twizzles but only level 3, he had off-balance troubles in midline and off sync on the stylized headstands

This program pales in comparison to Aboian/Veselukhin. They really ought to scrap it

 

[tony]

I wish someone would tell the commentator how to pronounce Guillaume!

He will be told and forget in 10 minutes so it won't matter. SOS why wasn't Mark put in permanently

 

[Firedancer]

I don’t feel like this is a good fit for them

 

[thvu]

It's like they took over where Lorraine McNamara left off.

This is such a poor program choice. MIDA struggles so much with packaging their teams. Bratti & Sommerville are nowhere near a team that can pull off Vogue. They are so good, but this program constantly makes me think "no".

 

[allezfred]

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.

Can’t believe we are in the same arena.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Eva and Logan plugging their ears while looping the rink, so they don’t hear the scores. Looks like they’re in a “I’m not listening to you anymore” immature fight.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Perky heavy metal time!

 

[Wyliefan]

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!

 

[thvu]

Just comparing to Bratti & Somerville, Pate & Bye are packaged so much better. The skating isn't as good, but I'm enjoying it more.

 

[tony]

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?

This choreography looks choppy to me which makes them look very sloppy and lose speed easily, and their faces are too OTT the whole time. Trade-off of packing in the content, I guess.

 

[peibeck]

Pate /Bye have skated together forever and are married... and yet have the the worst matching leg and arm lines of any team here.

 

[Private Citizen]

Hating this rhythm dance theme. That gave me a massive headache. I’d rather have had another badly edited Vogue

 

[her grace]

Pate/Bye

4CC battle part 2, lots of hand-in-hand skating, good ice coverage on twizzles, so much happiness to Metallica, well-skated as usual

 

[skatingguy]

Eva Pate/Logan Bye
Coach: P. Camerlengo, I. Shpilband, N. Deller
Music: Enter Sandman, Thunderstruck

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

Pate/Bye don't generally strike me as rock'n'roll, but it was pretty good. Eva as a rock chick is pretty good at drawing the attention - the leap at the beginning of the pattern dance was nice.

71.32 = 2nd Place

 

[Aceon6]

Please can we just get SOME avant garde or weird team in there?

All the cool kids are over at the X games.