I didn’t read it as the poster meaning it literally. More of a figure of speech.
The most Gilles/Poirier could realistically get is bronze (and if it's going to happen, this is probably their best shot at it, with Worlds in Montreal, them being by far Canada's best medal prospect, and the scrapping between the two main US teams). We'll know if that's in the cards based on how they fare against the American teams at the Final and Four Continents.
I factored in that Worlds is in Canada.
Um, you did? Or at least that’s what you implied. No comment on the rest of post because I have no idea what you’re getting at.Who said any different? There are challenges to certain opinions that people differ with or that are stated harshly. Yep, it's a message board on the Internet, which is sometimes like navigating the Wild Wild West without a gun. Take it easy there Khaleesi. No high horses intended. Figure skating is a very emotional spectator sport.
They have the Russian Federation, they will be fine. I just hope the Canadian Federation is willing to support their team in the event that they throw down because in my eyes G/P and C/B really do have some cool set of programmes this season. At the very least momentum is building.
Are we back in Kansas yet Toto? Better yet, 'Who's on first?'
Hi and thank you for your reply. But you didn't get my point (or maybe, I expressed myself not clear enough, sorry for that). There is no problem at all with you loving their free dance. Actually I like it as well, and there is nothing wrong with that. My point is, it is not what they try to sell us, what they present to the public, media, judges.
Hi and thank you for your reply. But you didn't get my point (or maybe, I expressed myself not clear enough, sorry for that). There is no problem at all with you loving their free dance. Actually I like it as well, and there is nothing wrong with that. My point is, it is not what they try to sell us, what they present to the public, media, judges.
I completely agree they believe in their material, and that is great and very important, but there are also different ways to present it. You can say "we love our free, we put so much heart into it, we feel it. We were inspired this time by the poem and it is new to us, as we express its meaning with our movement" Or you say "it's groundbreaking, nobody has ever skated to slam poem. We don't skate to music and rhythm, but to the words. The movement is completely new and different." sorry, but this is not true and I find it both disrespectful and offending. Not only to fans but also to those, who really did it and invented these "groundbreaking" things. "C'est hyper novateur" says Haguenauer before Masters in Villard de Lans. Isn't it very unfortunate and ironical at the same time? Villard is hometown to Karine Arribert and her dancers. It's actually them, who were exploring contemporary dance and skating to slam poems many years ago. And please, don't tell me team Gadbois had no idea.
In the same interview, he also describes, how they changed the way of moving, with expressions like "more jerky gestures, more broken lines, with more breaks in movements, more contraction movement" (again, not really true) and adds it is very different from what they did before (again not true).
In a way, I have sometimes impression P/C are somehow disrespectful towards other skaters (both past and present) and arrogant. I've read not once sentences like "we don't watch our competitors, we are not interested in rewatching big champions from the past,...we are artists, we create ourselves". Of course, it is their right not to care for anybody else, but then, you shouldn't pretend you're first and the only one.
So again, my problem is not with the program itself, I have a problem with how it is judged (not P/C's fault !) and how it is presented (absolutely P/C's responsibility). As I said before, they're really talented, so I would love to see them really challenge themselves, not only to talk about that
Here you go, phrased to your liking
No we are groundbreaking, no first time anything, just we were interested to explore this road. From what I read over the years about P/C, Romain is the one who has a tendency to get ahead of himself, not P/C. He also distorted the reality when presenting Oddudua before the 2017 Masters.I am waiting for TAT to say her part for sure, but for altogether different reasons than what you are imagining. It seems there's no bigger P/C fan than Tarasova. She has been waxing poetic about them and practically gasping throughout in excitеment each time when she's been commentating them.
