The Dance Hall 13: When You Dance on the Ice and Your Feet Twizzle Twice, That's Amore

[Bigbird]

I don't think just about anywhere will do. It's not like absolutely all other coaches are good with levels.

As for last season's RD, it was nice, but I didn't think it was particularly special or imaginative either. This season's programs are okay - they suit them well and are pretty well choreographed too (especially the FD).

Then I AM Ontario to Scott Moir. They have the right vibes.

 

[angi]

Is this the first Olympic season in a long while where none of the perceived top contenders for an Olympic medal (C/B, G/P, G/F) are doing a Challenger or a senior B event at the start of the season?
At this point, I'm not sure if it stems from overconfidence or from a bit of paranoia about what will happen if they get bad feedback while the rest don't. Almost like a weird game of playing chicken...

 

[Tesla]

Age and protecting bodies could be a factor.

 

[lauravvv]

Age and protecting bodies could be a factor.

I am not so sure. Do you think they are training less during off-season and at the beginning of the season than the younger teams and doing less full run-throughs? Otherwise it wouldn't make sense, as I assume training with full run-throughs is just as taxing on one's body as competitive skates. The only thing I can think of is that they want to do less traveling, especially with time zone changes, as it's also exhausting.

 

[Tesla]

I am not so sure. Do you think they are training less during off-season and at the beginning of the season than the younger teams and doing less full run-throughs? Otherwise it wouldn't make sense, as I assume training with full run-throughs is just as taxing on one's body as competitive skates. The only thing I can think of is that they want to do less traveling, especially with time zone changes, as it's also exhausting.

Yes, I do think it can be a factor. Aren't theses teams older than a lot of past Olympic favorites? They've also been competing for a very long time. Resting their bodies when possible doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility. Wanting to do less traveling potentially due to exhaustion relates back to age and protecting the body. I am not saying age and protecting the body are the only factors, just a factor.

 

[PRlady]

FB/C and the Shibs are also nowhere to be seen except for the former at French Masters. Are the Finns anywhere before the GP? Even Car/Pon and LaLa are relatively late (and withdrawn for LaLa.) Seems to be a strategy for the teams with most at stake.

 

[almiranara]

FB/C and the Shibs are also nowhere to be seen except for the former at French Masters. Are the Finns anywhere before the GP? Even Car/Pon and LaLa are relatively late (and withdrawn for LaLa.) Seems to be a strategy for the teams with most at stake.

T/V and Pirihara will be at Nepela, Lala will be at Budapest Trophy

 

[litenkyckling]

FB/C and the Shibs are also nowhere to be seen except for the former at French Masters. Are the Finns anywhere before the GP? Even Car/Pon and LaLa are relatively late (and withdrawn for LaLa.) Seems to be a strategy for the teams with most at stake.

FBC and CP will be at Nebelhorn along with FG and BS. The field at Nepela is deep this year with Finns, SD, GrP, LB and Taschlers. LaLa will now start at Budapest (non challenger this year).

I don’t think teams are actually starting that late, Nebelhorn is a week later than usual, Kinoshita was far to travel and Lombardia has a historically shallow field.

I think that the lack of a NA Challenger that includes dance has an impact too.

 

[angi]

FB/C and the Shibs are also nowhere to be seen except for the former at French Masters. Are the Finns anywhere before the GP? Even Car/Pon and LaLa are relatively late (and withdrawn for LaLa.) Seems to be a strategy for the teams with most at stake.

FB/C and C/P are doing Nebelhorn Trophy, FINs are doing Nepela, and L/L are doing Budapest Trophy. I don't think the top teams are the only ones not to debut at a challenger or a senior B, but it does stand out as odd given they will go into the Olympics season with no feedback (and given how G/F ended their season, it hardly feels like a smart idea).