The thing is I bet a lot of younger fans will totally get into a contemporary waltz RD.
The problem is not the fans or even the technical committee.
It's about defining what is the heart of ice dance.
Regularly, the technical committee, the judges (and sometimes the fans) act like they are the guardians of the temple of ice dance.
Sometimes to a such a degree than anything unusual is subject to rejection.
And the word "different" becomes a polite insult (I read that once and dismissed it, but I've seen it enough time to get that there is a real weight to that word in ice dance)
That's what the coaches are running away from. And if being "different" is an insult, everyone is just trying to be "more of the same".
To the point of stalling and losing relevance.
That the technical committee tries to open the windows of ice dance is a healthy reaction.
But they need to not lose the staples of their discipline.
They need to frame a corridor of research precise enough to guide and secure the coaches AND to prepare the judges to have different sets of expectations, to modernize ice dance while keeping its core safe.