The Dance Hall 5: Ice Dance Fans 2017-2018

[levineismine]

There's no reason to worry, everything looked fine a couple of weeks ago in practice and I heard from other sources non related to Gadbois already a week ago that they weren't planning the team event, so it sounds like it's all part of a plan.

 

[kittysk8ts]

Well, it's almost upon us friends and foes! Let's hope for great ice dancing, decent judging and no scandals/controversies! LOL LOL. Tall order, I know.

I truly wish all of you the very best

 

[allezfred]

I can reveal Papadakis/Cizeron’s surprising changes:

Spoiler

Guillaume will wear sleeves!

 

[kittysk8ts]

I can reveal Papadakis/Cizeron’s surprising changes:

Spoiler

Guillaume will wear sleeves!

Nooooooooo! LOL.

 

[sap5]

I can reveal Papadakis/Cizeron’s surprising changes:

Spoiler

Guillaume will wear sleeves!

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Hopefully that's all he'll be wearing.

 

[Debbie S]

I can reveal Papadakis/Cizeron’s surprising changes:

Spoiler

Guillaume will wear sleeves!

Well, you're just a ray of sunshine, aren't you?

 

[chapis]

it seems that both Madisons have new costumes https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9spr7nh7r/?taken-by=rockerskating

 

[VGThuy]

Maia has her hair in a braid again. I wonder if she's going to keep it that way for competition.

 

[chapis]

Maia has her hair in a braid again. I wonder if she's going to keep it that way for competition.

If she's going to keep it, maybe she should try harder, haha.

 

[MRani]

Maia has her hair in a braid again. I wonder if she's going to keep it that way for competition.

If she does, I’m sure it’ll be a much nicer and fancier looking one than what she’s been using in practice haha.

 

[lauravvv]

it seems that both Madisons have new costumes https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9spr7nh7r/?taken-by=rockerskating

Thank you, chapis. Probably just a practice dress for Madison Hubbell? Although it has that shiny part on the top - perhaps a bit too shiny and elaborate for a practice dress.

 

[chapis]

Anna got a new SD dress, it is beautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/Be7sTYCH4VN/?taken-by=kapanna87

 

[Anyasnake]

Anna got a new SD dress, it is beautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/Be7sTYCH4VN/?taken-by=kapanna87

It's not new, it's the one she wore at their 1st competition in Minsk, IIRC.

 

[chapis]

It's not new, it's the one she wore at their 1st competition in Minsk, IIRC.

Really? maybe she is wearing it only for practice? it is a shame because I think it looks a lot better than the other one.

 

[Anyasnake]

Really? maybe she is wearing it only for practice? it is a shame because I think it looks a lot better than the other one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AvCcN9fOIA There it is. I kinda like the other one because she looks like a real-life doll in it

 

[chapis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AvCcN9fOIA There it is. I kinda like the other one because she looks like a real-life doll in it

yes, the white one is pretty and she looks like a doll but I think it's the least Latin dress of the competition. It looks like she should be skating to the soundtrack of the Barbie movie.

 

[laviemn]

yes, the white one is pretty and she looks like a doll but I think it's the least Latin dress of the competition. It looks like she should be skating to the soundtrack of the Barbie movie.

I've watched Latin ballroom competitions where some dancers wore dresses that don't look at all like stereotypical Latin dresses. Virtually every dress I've seen deemed "not Latin enough" by a skating fan this season, I've seen a similar dress on a Latin ballroom dancer. I think the definition of Latin in the ballroom world has evolved and modernized and the skating world is still catching up.

 

[RoseRed]

I've watched Latin ballroom competitions where some dancers wore dresses that don't look at all like stereotypical Latin dresses. Virtually every dress I've seen deemed "not Latin enough" by a skating fan this season, I've seen a similar dress on a Latin ballroom dancer. I think the definition of Latin in the ballroom world has evolved and modernized and the skating world is still catching up.

Okay, well then I don't think it suits the program at all.

 

[mollymgr]

I can reveal Papadakis/Cizeron’s surprising changes:

Spoiler

Guillaume will wear sleeves!

Is this supposed to be another family friendly change?

 

[Marta24]

Dance starts today!
It`s only the team event and we won`t even see all the top teams, but I`m sooo nervous. I wanted to sleep a littel bit before the competition starts, but no chance for that!

 

[Anyasnake]

Less than half an hour for the Team Event Short Dance.

Here are the judges :

OLOZAGARRE Marta (ESP)
ZHANG Tianyi (CHN)
ROGERS Sharon (USA)
CARON Leanna (CAN)
MAKAROVA Anastassiya (UKR)
OZKAN SILAOGLU Tanay (TUR)
TAKINO Kaoru (JPN)
ZAYDMAN Albert (ISR)
CUCHRAN Vladimir (SVK)

 

[Deleted member 74551]

Sharon Rogers had better not pull any of the nonsense judging she tried at last year's 4CCs. And I still don't think federation presidents should judge. A problem for another time.

Fingers crossed for a clean competition.

 

[Debbie S]

Are these the same judges who will judge the individual event?

 

[Anyasnake]

Are these the same judges who will judge the individual event?

No, since it's not the even same countries. For example, no FRA judge will be judging the Team event, but one might be picked for the individual. (according to the draw)

 

[levineismine]

Well the caller was really strict, did any if the teams actually get a sb? Virtue/Moir were the obvious highlights, but Muramoto/Reed and Wang/Liu skated pretty well too.
Maybe it was not a bad choice for P/C to skip the event..

 

[Anyasnake]

1 Virtue/Moir 80.51
2 Shibutani/Shibutani 75.46
3 Bobrova/Soloviev 74.76 4
4 Cappellini/Lanotte 72.51 5
5 Muramoto/Reed 62.15
6 Lauriault/Le Gac 57.94
7 Wang/Liu 56.98
8 Lorenz/Polizoakis 56.88
9 Min/Gamelin 51.97
10 Tankova/Zilberberg 44.61

The Tech Panel compared to the GP series is incredibely tough with everyone - a bit like Dostatni. No major mistakes, but absolutely everyone got much lower than their PB.

 

[VGThuy]

The Tech Panel compared to the GP series is incredibely tough with everyone - a bit like Dostatni. No major mistakes, but absolutely everyone got much lower than their PB.

Yeah, except the Shibs got a great score under Dostatni this season. At least the Shibs TES went up under review. Not as high as they'd like but they can use what they learned here for the individual.

So what are we going to do before the ladies event?

 

[Marta24]

The panel was really, really tough. B/S`s base value was 1.5 higher than the Shibs, but their GOE was 1.8 lower than the Americans. It`s going to be tough for the Russians to win Bronze in the individual event.

 

[AnaBM]

P/C should have been on the team event

 

[Anyasnake]

Wow, C/L lost a point because of a fall that did not happen. The end of their lift where she's in a split ? Counted as a fall... And now they have to think about that 7 days before the SD. Yepee.