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

[her grace]

Smart teams won’t choose tangos.

 

[Marta24]

I'm happy that the pattern is back, but I'm surprised that the IDTC went with such a difficult one as the Golden Waltz. I wonder what changed, because Rettstatt seemed so adamant to get rid of the pattern for Seniors.

It will be a challenge for a lot of teams, but it's finally a decision made by the IDTC that I like. Therefore, I can't wait for next season and watch some beautiful Waltz RDs.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm happy that the pattern is back, but I'm surprised that the IDTC went with such a difficult one as the Golden Waltz. I wonder what changed, because Rettstatt seemed so adamant to get rid of the pattern for Seniors.

It will be a challenge for a lot of teams, but it's finally a decision made by the IDTC that I like. Therefore, I can't wait for next season and watch some beautiful Waltz RDs.

Maybe a bit of "oh, you want a waltz, do you? we'll see how you feel about that after you're forced to do the Golden Waltz for a season..."

 

[DORISPULASKI]

Maybe it is a shot across the bow of skaters who complained about 120 bpm this season.- "This might be a good time to retire if you did not like 120 bpm: the Golden is 186 bpm."

 

[Karen-W]

Maybe it is a shot across the bow of skaters who complained about 120 bpm this season.- "This might be a good time to retire if you did not like 120 bpm: the Golden is 186 bpm."

I don't know that they were upset about the 120bpm requirement so much as it being required for the WHOLE of the RD. Had they been able to pair it with a slower section, I think the '90s RD concept would have worked much better.

 

[shan]

I don't know that they were upset about the 120bpm requirement so much as it being required for the WHOLE of the RD. Had they been able to pair it with a slower section, I think the '90s RD concept would have worked much better.

Yes!!!

 

[skategal]

I don't know that they were upset about the 120bpm requirement so much as it being required for the WHOLE of the RD. Had they been able to pair it with a slower section, I think the '90s RD concept would have worked much better.

Yes and there are so many great slower songs from the 90s that could have been used.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Maybe it is a shot across the bow of skaters who complained about 120 bpm this season.- "This might be a good time to retire if you did not like 120 bpm: the Golden is 186 bpm."

Is there a Chipmunks' waltz song?

 

[Karen-W]

This website has a list of songs with a waltz tempo of over 186bpm.

Songs for Dancing - Music4Dance: Shall we dance...to music?

music4dance catalog: All Viennese Waltz songs having tempo between 145 and 190 beats per minute. Sorted by Tempo from slowest to fastest.

www.music4dance.net

There are some interesting options and teams could really go in a lot of different directions with this theme.

Yes, skaters & coaches reading this - please, check out the link and sample all of these songs!

 

[Belsornia]

This website has a list of songs with a waltz tempo of over 186bpm.

Ice dancers I like, please do skate to Shostakovich Jazz Suite and not to Bublé or Meghan Trainor!

 

[Karen-W]

Ice dancers I like, please do skate to Shostakovich Jazz Suite and not to Bublé or Meghan Trainor!

I really want someone to skate to the Greek waltz on that list.

But, I actually like the Meghan Trainor song and wouldn't be upset if someone chose that. I just want to see a VARIETY. There's room for everything and a waltz tempo is so common across musical genres.

 

[skategal]

I'd be thrilled if any team skates to "The Tennessee Waltz" but I'm not holding my breath for that one.

 

[Karen-W]

I'd be thrilled if any team skates to "The Tennessee Waltz" but I'm not holding my breath for that one.

Well, no, seeing that it's a slow waltz with a bpm that is too low for this RD theme.

 

[Vagabond]

Ice dancers I like, please do skate to Shostakovich Jazz Suite and not to Bublé or Meghan Trainor!

Some of us demand nothing less than Johan Strauss.

 

[skategal]

Since Tennessee Waltz is out....this is my vote.

Even better if it is the Muppet version.

There's A Hole in the Bucket - Music4Dance: Shall we dance...to music?

music4dance catalog: There's A Hole in the Bucket dance information

www.music4dance.net

 

[Icetalavista]

I wonder how Fear and Gibson will do with this…

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Well, no, seeing that it's a slow waltz with a bpm that is too low for this RD theme.

It wouldn’t work for the golden waltz. Could a slow waltz not be the other rhythm? Or does it need to be something that is not a waltz at all?

 

[Taso]

I really want someone to skate to the Greek waltz on that list.

Ah, the wedding waltz.

(Having been to dozens of Greek weddings I can assure you this is never actually played. )

 

[Bunny Hop]

Ice dancers I like, please do skate to Shostakovich Jazz Suite and not to Bublé or Meghan Trainor!

That would be a great choice. I'm not usually a fan of Shostakovich, but that is one of his works I really like.

I wonder how Fear and Gibson will do with this…

I'm a broken record on this topic so please skip as needed, but they did a waltz for their exhibition a few years ago and it was nicely done. Yes, an exhibition is very different from a competition program but they would both also have been required to pass all the UK dance tests (NOBODY gets to skip them) and that includes a number of waltzes at all levels. Will waltz be a good fit for their usual style? Probably not, but I don't think it will hold them back in any significant way, and I'll be interested to see what they do with it.

I like Tango, but I do hope we don't see a large number of Wangos. Having said that, there is a ballroom dance called Tango Vals which is basically Tango but to 3/4 timing, so it could be made interesting.

 

[Orm Irian]

Putting in my vote now for at least one team to waltz to "Sibella" from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and at least one to attempt "Your Obedient Servant" from Hamilton. Preferably paired with "The Ten Duel Commandments" as the other rhythm.

 

[Katha]

Karl Jenkins, please!

 

[kwanfan1818]

One of my favorite waltzes is from Prokofiev's Cinderella, and it doesn't sound any slower than the cuts I listened to from the list, but I don't know if it meets the bpm requirements.

And, of course, Chopin had a few that should meet the requirements, but I'm not sure they'd be great for Golden Waltz. There are sections of Ravel's Valses nobles et wentimentales that would.

I just want Lajoie/Lagha to skate to a recording of Lagha playing the waltz. And maybe for the different rhythm, they could switch to Bach, because Bach composed all the dances of his time.