Your top 5 '80s RDs

[Wyliefan]

Just for fun -- now that we've seen them all, which are your top 5? (And if you don't have 5, which are your top 4, or 3 or 2 or 1? )

These are mine:

Dupayage/Nabais: St. John/Cry Me a River/Should I Stay or Should I Go

Grimm/Savitskiy: No Way Out/Ticket to the Moon/So Serious

Gilles/Poirier: No More I Love Yous/Addicted to Love

Wang/Liu: Rock Me Amadeus

Neset/Markelov: Still Loving You/I Hate Myself for Loving You

(Links not required unless you feel like putting them in!)

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

Definitely Lopareva/Brissaud's RD. At first I was like WTF is this, but I loved it the second time I saw it. They have a lot if interesting shapes and movement and frankly it's the only RD that has stuck with me this season.

Skate America à Allen (Texas) Lopareva/Brissaud (Sans contrefaçon / Tristana) Mylène Farmer.

Lopareva/Brissaud at Skate America 2023Skate America samedi 21 octobre 2023 à Allen (Texas)Skate America - Danse rythmique21 Octobre 2023Evgeniia Lopareva et...

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[skategal]

In no particular order, these are my top 3 and I love them all.

Gillis/Poirier
Lajoie/Lagha
Lopareva/Brissaud

 

[StarryEyedSkate]

LaJoie/Lagha
Pate/Bye
Gilles/Poirier
Carreira/Ponomarenko

 

[Spikefan]

Neset/Markelov
Dupayage/Nabais
Gilles/Poirier
Lopareva/Brissaud
Lajoie/Lagha

 

[Wyliefan]

LaJoie/Lagha
Pate/Bye
Gilles/Poirier
Carreira/Ponomarenko

Carreira/Ponomarenko are my runners-up. I really like that RD too.

 

[her grace]

Speaking solely about interpretation of theme: Conceptually, I really like Smart/Dieck’s piece with the original costumes. Also think the Lithuanians really got the theme.

Best overall interpretation combined with technique, I’ll vote for Neset/Markelov.

 

[Karen-W]

Carreira/Ponomarenko are my runners-up. I really like that RD too.

I really like it too, though I liked it better before they took out the windmill arms section.

Top 5 RDs -

Lajoie/Lagha
Neset/Markelov
Carreira/Ponomarenko
Smart/Dieck - wish she'd go back to her original costume
Chock/Bates - the last section still needs some work to make it really sing, but the entire RD has improved with each outing so I'm hopeful it will knock our socks off by Nats.

 

[Private Citizen]

Smart and Dieck
Lopareva and Brissaud - I love the "new wave" look, and it's a very faithful interpretation of the period
Guignard and Fabbri, although I have some doubts about the middle section and how the two pieces go together

 

[PRlady]

Neset/Markelov, Lop/Bri and LaLa are also in my top five. I liked Zing/Kol and GUI/Fab as well. The Fun Finns are very fun.

 

[Wyliefan]

I really like it too, though I liked it better before they took out the windmill arms section.

I like it better without the windmill arms! Windmill arms are a polarizing thing, I guess.

 

[Cachoo]

1. Gilles/Poirier
2. Neset/Markelov
3. Dupayage/Nabais
4. Chock/Bates
5. Ilin/Cain (they are adorable and I love The Pointer Sisters!)

 

[Wyliefan]

That IS a good program from I/C. Made me wish more teams used The Pointer Sisters!

 

[Simone411]

Chock & Bates - Let's Dance! - 2023 Worlds

2023 Worlds. Madison CHOCK - Evan BATES. USA. Rhythm Dance. 24.03.2023

Мэдисон Чок и Эван Бейтс. США. Чемпионат мира 2023. Ритмический танец

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2023 Skate America - Chock & Bates - Another One Bites the Dust

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Gilles & Poirier - 2023 Worlds

2023 Worlds. Piper GILLES - Paul POIRIER. CAN. Rhythm Dance. 24.03.2023

Пайпер Гиллес и Поль Пуарье. Канада. Чемпионат мира 2023. Ритмический танец

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Papadakis & Cizeron - Roses - 2023 Japan Open

Papadakis & Cizeron on Jean-Michel Blais 'roses' at Japan Open 2023

At the Japan Open 2023, Olympic gold medalists Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron mesmerized the audience with their captivating ice dance to Jean-Mic...

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Guignard & Fabbri - Lombardia Trophy - Holding Out For a Hero

Charlène Guignard & Marco Fabbri - 2023 Lombardia Trophy Rhythm Dance

www.youtube.com

 

[Wyliefan]

Good list, but this thread is for this season's '80s RDs. Maybe I should have specified that!

 

[Simone411]

Good list, but this thread is for this season's '80s RDs. Maybe I should have specified that!

Sorry about that, my bad.
If you wish for me to delete my post, I will.

 

[Wyliefan]

That's OK, you can leave it. You did have some of this season's in there!

 

[BlueRidge]

Sorry about that, my bad.
If you wish for me to delete my post, I will.

You did better than me, I thought it meant RDs skated in the 1980s and then I thought wait we didn't have RDs in the 80s

 

[Belsornia]

My top five also include Lopareva/Brissaud and Smart/Dieck (and please go back to the Autumn Classic / Finlandia costume Olivia). Other picks are the Browns' Elton John, Orihara/Pirinen's Madonna and Karnes/Carr's Eurythmics.

Beyond that, my vote goes to Zingas/Kolesnik for best Michael Jackson, and a tie between Lim/Quan and Bekker/Hernandez for best Prince (but also boo to everyone who chose Prince and induced YouTube copyright stikes).

 

[Wyliefan]

I liked the Browns' program too. It doesn't stand out like some programs, but it has good choreo, and it suits their energy and style.

 

[Aussie Willy]

I looked and thought it was for RDs from the 80s. And then I had to think they didn't have RDs back then but OSPs.

 

[Wyliefan]

I definitely should have titled the thread more carefully.

 

[Wyliefan]

Also, it strikes me that I made a mistake in the original post: We have NOT yet seen all this season's RDs. We haven't seen Hawayek and Baker yet. (Even as I was typing it, I was thinking, "There's probably one somewhere that we haven't seen!")

 

[nuge]

I like Guinard and Fabbri Lajoi Lagha and The Fins Turkila.

 

[Frau Muller]

Best by a mile:
Kishimoto & Tamura: Mr Roboto!

Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA (JPN) | Junior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance| Gdansk 2023 | #JGPFigure

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Among the Srs: Browns and Guignard/Fabbri

 

[lauravvv]

I don't think I can make a joint top 5 of both senior and junior RDs, so I am going to do both.

My top 5 of senior RDs would be Gilles/Poirier, Chock/Bates, Lajoie/Lagha, Guignard/Fabbri and Lopareva/Brissaud. Honorable mentions are Fear/Gibson, Reed/Ambrulevicius, Carreira/Ponomarenko and Demougeot/Le Mercier (all of them could take the place of Guignard/Fabbri and/or Lopareva/Brissaud on another day).

Junior top 5 in no particular order - Neset/Markelov, Tkachenko/Kiliakov, Grimm/Savitskiy, Kishimoto/Tamura and Slatter/Ongay-Perez. Honorable mentions - Zehnder/Sieber, Mouaden/Bigot.

 

[Wyliefan]

I think Mouaden/Bigot have the best RD of the baby teams!