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(Disclaimer--I am so tired from practicing for my tests that this question may be incoherent; for that I apologize in advance)
Of the male dancers, do you see similarities (besides, of course, good skating skill) amongst the best ones? Charisma, stage presence...a willingness to let his partner be the star, but he is somehow in the lead?
Maybe a better question would be, "what is a successful male dancer?" One who wins a lot of medals? I don't know-- Maurizio Margaglio has won more medals than both Jerod Swallow and Povilas Vanagas, and surely, many believe that Swallow and Vanagas are better dancers than Margaglio.
Also, it seems that it is harder to produce a good male dancer than a good female dancer. For a while, American girls would try out with Russian males in the hopes of making it in ice dance (my favourites being Melissa Gregory & Dennis Petukhov; those two were just made for one another). Nowadays, it seems North America has a lot of great male ice dancers (not that their female partners are chopped liver, of course).
Of the male dancers, do you see similarities (besides, of course, good skating skill) amongst the best ones? Charisma, stage presence...a willingness to let his partner be the star, but he is somehow in the lead?
Maybe a better question would be, "what is a successful male dancer?" One who wins a lot of medals? I don't know-- Maurizio Margaglio has won more medals than both Jerod Swallow and Povilas Vanagas, and surely, many believe that Swallow and Vanagas are better dancers than Margaglio.
Also, it seems that it is harder to produce a good male dancer than a good female dancer. For a while, American girls would try out with Russian males in the hopes of making it in ice dance (my favourites being Melissa Gregory & Dennis Petukhov; those two were just made for one another). Nowadays, it seems North America has a lot of great male ice dancers (not that their female partners are chopped liver, of course).
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