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

[NinjaTurtles]

Davis/Smolkin, my culture is not your costume.

Guess I should appreciate someone at least trying to do 90s grunge and punk.

 

[PRlady]

And again Charlene and Marco win Most Unattractive Costume.

 

[her grace]

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".

Agreed. I feel like half their Green/Parsons programs have been misses, though that team was strong enough to somehow make them work. They’ve done okay with Wolfkostin/Tsarevski, but the team that gets consistently well-packaged is Koncius/Shchepetov. Which you wouldn’t think would be the team that gets their best material.

 

[Karen-W]

Romain's belt placement is really giving him dad bod vibes - which I'm sure isn't the case at all, but it is what it is.

 

[Carolla5501]

And again Charlene and Marco win Most Unattractive Costume.

I think it’s their coaches method of making sure she’s the best looking person in kiss and cry

 

[TAHbKA]

Sexy Le Gac is something I never wanted to see

 

[tony]

Nice rotational lift, nice entry to the twizzles. Everything should be really fabulous and fun but there continues to be something missing for me with them. The international judges have made it very clear already this year that they should get the 3rd spot to the Olympics, so there's that.

 

[Wyliefan]

Unlike with so many teams, both partners bring the energy and expression here.

 

[Skaterbob]

I liked these Canadians better than anyone else so far...

 

[her grace]

Laurialt/Le Gac

Good spacing on twizzles, high level on pretend pattern, visually-stunning lift, the program looks well-trained, could work on the leg line, but well done overall

 

[skatingguy]

Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain le Gac
Coach: S. Moir, M. Hubbell, A. Diaz, P. Lauzon
Music: Thunder, Cream by Prince

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

This might be the most conventional program this team has ever done. Marie-Jade is smoking in the one piece.

73.75 = 2nd Place

 

[thvu]

I really enjoyed that. They're a team where I don't really sit there and agonize over the steps. I know they'll be some level of average, but Les Gacs really know how to maximize their talent, and then focus on entertaining us.

The twizzle entrance and exit on the "ding" is such a moment too.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, now... They won't get the PCS to match FBCiz's score, I'm sure, but TES is less than .5 behind. Let's see how close this score winds up being to the leaders.

 

[peibeck]

LesGacs always bring the energy if not the polish. They always find innovative positions to make them a bit memorable even when their blade skills aren't 100%.

 

[PRlady]

Bless LesGacs for Prince and Holy TES, Batman. I like the RD alright but they’re no better technically than the U.S. teams here.

 

[thvu]

I wonder how much "score suppression" is about to happen (even subconsciously) due to Guillame's stumble in the choreo steps.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I guess Gleb is moderately fly for a white guy.

 

[Wyliefan]

You wouldn't think the strings hanging off her pants would be the most distracting part of these costumes, and yet.

 

[tony]

Very cool midline shape and they are flowing much more effortlessly than before. Considering this is their second RD and they've had very minimal time to go through it, I think they did exceptionally well. I would get rid of the arm movements in the first twizzle pass.

Middle section risks not being oh so dance enough again but out of all the programs I've seen so far, this one stands out the most in the best way. Vibes all the way through and nuances throughout each of the elements.

And her outfit SCREAMS 90s to me.

 

[MsZem]

I guarantee nobody in the 90s was ever seen in outfits like this.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Do we think Romain has ever seen an episode of Ricki Lake.

 

[thvu]

Davis & Smolkin are much improved. The transitions are so much smoother.

They still lack any real style, but there's something so endearing about their inauthentic interpretation to this.

 

[Wyliefan]

TES above FB/C, at least for the moment ...

 

[her grace]

Davis/Smolkin

Nice to see something different in the sea of 90s sameness, nice speed and skating close together, good choreo, good performance

 

[PRlady]

I guess Gleb is moderately fly for a white guy.

He’s so good and literally skates rings around her. Love her pants is the best thing I can say about her skating.

 

[Carolla5501]

I wonder how much "score suppression" is about to happen (even subconsciously) due to Guillame's stumble in the choreo steps.

Considering what’s been put on the ice so far the skaters are suppressing themselves.

 

[tony]

I guarantee nobody in the 90s was ever seen in outfits like this.

Him I'm not so sure but her absolutely yes! I don't know what they were going for with his combination at all.

 

[Elisheba]

I hate how much I liked that.

 

[skatingguy]

Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin
Coach: M. F. Dubreuil, R. Haguenauer, P. Lauzon
Music: Pretty Fly, She Got Issues

Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:3
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 3 (2 after review)
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

I think Gleb is actually too cool for Pretty Fly - he's going to have bring out his inner dweeb to make this really work.

77.80 = 2nd Place

 

[TanithandBenFan]

The repetition of the first piece of the music in the third section is too much. I think they could use some variation there.