Ice Dance - Free Dance

[ImaginaryPogue]

Guan/Wang
“The Sands of Time” from The Prince of Persia

Love the opening pose. Unusual attitude position in opening set of twizzles, she wobbles a bit. She’s got a diva-vibe going on that I rather enjoy. The music isn’t all that great, though.

[ImaginaryPogue]

American pairs teams in the audience watching. Rockne's a bit of a ham. Amanda is gorgeous.

[icemusings]

O'Brien/Merriman, AUS: 35.72 TES + 26.30 PCS = 62.02 Total: 104.69
They're really bouncy on the ice and don't have a lot of deep knees or edges, she steps down early in the twizzles, unique stationary lift

Borounov/Borounov, AUS: 24.66 TES + 19.05 PCS = 43.71 Total: 72.23
Bent legs, came down early from the twizzles, she's hunched in the holds, not a lot of basic technique

Guan/Wang, CHN: 35.10 TES + 28.39 PCS = 63.49 Total: 106.26
She has some nice extension, they're very stiff with their hands which cuts off the line of the arm, some good lifts

Bruhns/Westenberger, MEX: 24.95 TES + 22.92 PCS = 47.87 Total: 88.55
Way off unison on the twizzles, could work on legs and arms in step sequences, some interesting moves, get into the performance toward the end of the program

[ImaginaryPogue]

Dylan's with the American pairs, all are loudly whooping and hollering for C/Z.

[ImaginaryPogue]

Paul seemed nervous throughout C/P's program, but they sold it - they were more expressive than they've been this season - Vanessa has clearly been working hard on that. The audience was quite enthusiastic, which was awesome.

[ImaginaryPogue]

90.17 for them. They'll likely miss the podium, but we have to see what W/P and the Shibs bring.

[bigsisjiejie]

Not a fan of this C/P program but they skated it well. Still lots of room above it for W/P and Shibs though.

[pangtongfan]

The Worlds scenario for dance is coming more into play. Davis & White and Virtue & Moir clearly fighting for gold again. Pechalat & Bourzat with a lock on the bronze barring a huge mistake (or a huge mistake by one of the top 2 NA teams above them). Then a big battle for 4th-10th places between the top 2 Russian teams, Shibutanis, the 2nd and 3rd Canadian teams, Kerrs, Faiella & Scali.

[icemusings]

Chock/Zuerlein, USA: 44.15 TES + 41.15 PCS = 85.30 Total: 142.44
Solid program, beautifully choreographed, great performance from both of them

Crone/Poirier, CAN: 47.27 TES + 42.90 PCS = 90.17 Total: 151.83
Still not in love with it but best I've seen this program, some nice lifts and good twizzles

Huang/Zheng, CHN: 40.01 TES + 37.35 PCS = 77.36 Total: 130.29
She doesn't really fully straighten her leg, good twizzles, good lifts, interesting music editing

Yu/Wang, CHN: 40.92 TES + 34.25 PCS = 75.17 Total: 125.75
Good lines and extension for her, nice lifts, great use of the upper body, looked a little tired by the end of the program

[Dodhiyel]

Thanks for descriptions and comments; I cannot get a visual.

[ImaginaryPogue]

Dodhiyel, icemusings has a blog where he (she?) goes further in details.. I stopped because it's clearly better to what I was doing.

[icemusings]

Thanks ImaginaryPogue! I'm a she If you have any comments I'd love any feedback!

[BackStage Barbie]

The gap between Crone/Poirier & Chock/Zuerlein was 15.37 at Skate Canada and its only 9.39 at here. Did C/Z get better or did C/P get worse?

[herios]

There will be a live stream of the Free Dance on fromsport.com YAY!

http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-0/18/110/v-191153.html

This says it starts at 9:45am , so it won't show it LIVE?

[pangtongfan]

The gap between Crone/Poirier & Chock/Zuerlein was 15.37 at Skate Canada and its only 9.39 at here. Did C/Z get better or did C/P get worse?

I dont think C/P have gotten worse. I think teams like C/Z are getting better. I also think C/P have been overscored this season at all their events until here.