GreenGan
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Well I was not the only one at Grenoble, so people might have different opinion than mine, but here goes.Why do you think Gilles & Poirier aren't getting scores such as theirs. (P.S. no haterzzz please.)
It was my first time ever seeing a figure skating competition live, so I was kinda curious to really see what speed really was, how it looked, etc.
I paid a great attention on practice. First impression that stayed during the whole practice : P/C are the fastest of the practice. They generate speed with less effort, are faster than everyone with each cross over, and have more presence on the ice. G/P are not really fast, they're also quite small compared to P/C or Sinitsina (Katsalapov's not that tall).
During competition, though, P/C didn't use their maximum speed while performing the program, there was variation between slow and fast, but the maximum speed was more or less the same as S/K. G/P, once again, didn't strike me as fast, they were not slow, but fast they are not.
Concerning G/P's program, I really liked some move, the choreography is really clever and nicely thought, but they, on the other hand, didn't add much to it. I didn't see their connection, I didn't see an interpretation. During the performance, I was thinking "that move is so cool", "Wow, beautiful"; but also "outch ugly", "meh".. You see what I mean ? I wasn't taken by the performance, and was criticizing the program, not them. They skated pretty tight there I think, but here is my opinion.
I didn't see a lot of connection between Hawayek and Baker either. He's watching her a lot of the time, but it's more like he's worry about not getting too far from her, to stay in touch, to help her remain alongside him. There was not a lot of eye contact between them for example, she's focused on her move and the audience/judge, not looking a lot at him. It is also obvious he's better than her.
The Parsons are great skaters, and they do have connection. I wish they get rid of the low straight line lift which is just ugly, and skating to Build a Home in France with P/C skating after sure should have gotten them some stress but they skated well. I don't like the program, but kudos to them.
S/K were indeed good when they performed, especially the lifts. I watched Nikita as much as I watched Vika. This program is not my favourite but they're making something with it. And skating after P/C was hard.
I'm a P/C fan before all, they brought me into ice dance then figure skating even though I only went to a rink once in my life. So I was anxious and excited to see them live for the first time : Would I be disappointed ? How their FD is gonna be ? The first things that striked me was that they are tall. The tallest of this competition. They also have great charisma, they look like they take more place than just their body. Hard to describe.
The second things that striked me was Gabriella's charism : the only time I looked at Guillaume was during the choreographic step sequence, because he's sharper than her who was too gentle. Anger suits Guillaume well, Gabi not yet. I remember I thought "Oh yeah, he's the one everyone is supposed to watch". But damn, Gabriella was a Woman out there. With capital "W".
I wasn't transported by the program, it wasn't Build a Home in Boston, you see ? It was a good program, a mix between the love mood of Mozart and the contemporary choreo of "Build a home" with more sharpness. But it was the best of the competition by far. I remember I thought "they should get more than 127" so I was impressed when I saw 132 points, I didn't think they'd have all the level after the TR1 on their RD.