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

[cris]

Nevermind Bigbird, I would worry for the eyes of the judges. According to them, C-B have skating skills equal to FB-C.

 

[Bigbird]

When speaking about flexibility I was referring to Lawrence not Evan. Their Vogue doesn't have the sass and irreverence that Gabby would have coloured it with. The couples are somewhat similar in terms of frame and flower, but I found C/B more engaging than FB/Ciz. As per skating skills, when since have ice dance judges scored according to actual performance? Skating skills of Cizeron will never trump back-room games in ice dance. Speaking as a purist though, I'm surprised the gap was that wide. Go figure.

 

[Bigbird]

Question, did France choose to not enter the FD portion of the team event, or did the team not earn enough points to perform on Day 2.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Question, did France choose to not enter the FD portion of the team event, or did the team not earn enough points to perform on Day 2.

France did not make the final of the Team Event.

Why would they ever sit it out if they had

 

[Amantide]

When speaking about flexibility I was referring to Lawrence not Evan. Their Vogue doesn't have the sass and irreverence that Gabby would have coloured it with. The couples are somewhat similar in terms of frame and flower, but I found C/B more engaging than FB/Ciz. As per skating skills, when since have ice dance judges scored according to actual performance? Skating skills of Cizeron will never trump back-room games in ice dance. Speaking as a purist though, I'm surprised the gap was that wide. Go figure.

I agree with you in regards to Laurence vs Gabby. I think Laurence is a better skater than Gabby, from a tech.pov and is a great match for Guillame in that sense.

However, in terms of musicality and fluidity of body movements and expressiveness Gabby is on top. However, this is a new partnership. Although they both have been skating (and winning, especially him) for quite sometime, they still need time to find their real DNA.

Kudos to them for doing such a great job in such a short time. Especially her, who is the "junior" (for lack of a better term) partner in this partnership, and has no medals to boost, yet. I hope they skate at their best at the individual competition. What the judges will think and do is out of their control.

 

[Katha]

Yah, what I noticed in their RD in the team event, which was otherwise well-skated and performed, is that their presentation styles still need to gel to some degree. I think it's easier to have this unified in the abstract FD. But Laurence was doing a very classical smiley program interpretation and Guillaume was also giving face, but fiercer and more remote. Both approaches are fine on their own, but they're understandably still in a stage where they need to make adjustments and unify.

I do think the new-ish lift in the RD is Guillaume somewhat pushing out of his comfort zone, we know Laurence can do more spectacular lifts. And yeah, boy do you see how much she was held back by her former partner. How good they are after skating one year together is insane.

 

[VGThuy]

Gabby and Guillaume have it. Laurence has the skills, she’s a pretty, and she’s not deficient in dance, but I already forgot what she looks like.

 

[Andrea82]

Guignard/Fabbri got their Olympic medal tonight. Now they can dumped as much as the judges want.

Now let's give that bronze to Gilles/Poirier.

 

[Karen-W]

Guignard/Fabbri got their Olympic medal tonight. Now they can dumped as much as the judges want.

Now let's give that bronze to Gilles/Poirier.

Skate Canada needs a bigger budget than Lilah Fear's dad and I don't think they've got it.