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Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if she asserted, "Oh, well Andrei is 1/4" taller than he was 4 months ago. He's the ideal height now."
Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if she asserted, "Oh, well Andrei is 1/4" taller than he was 4 months ago. He's the ideal height now."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9gzL72lOLw S/K on show today not bad at all for the 1st skate together after a month of training. She, for sure, looks better with Nikita. For him, not that sure, Elena still would be my choice... As a dancer myself, something bothers me when Victoria skates. I am not sure what it is, either I want her to open shoulders more or to show more of her neck or maybe she could work more gracefully with her arms. Don't know how to explain it, but something about her upper body feels stiff.
Yeah, i do too. I loved I/K, something was extremely exciting about them. Now i now what: Elena. She just catches your eye. You cannot stop watching her. In S/Z Victoria was beauty on her own, but as far as performance wise Ruslan was better. Ruslan+Elena will be(really hope) just amazing! And it was right not to open all the cards today on the show, let them train for now)I agree. They look ok but she lacks extension in her upper body. It's only been a month but compared to Elena, S/K do not have the same eye popping chemistry. Elena was definitely the larger than life force in I/K. Personally I think Ruslan made out better.
I kept seeing parts of I/K's Swan Lake choreo - at 0:29, 0:54, the end is from I/K's Someone Like You ex... they aren't even trying. The lines are nice in the section when they are aprt though... but I think it would have been better to wait and present something more original when they had found their own style. This is just a mush of what V/M used to do with flashes of I/K, and that doesn't help when everyone has been saying that Victoria needs to bring more personality of her own to the ice.
The 2nd lift was a mess going up and the 3rd a mess coming down, looks like the concerns people had about Nikita's ability to lift her without putting on more muscle might have been right. But then again, it's only been 2 months, there's lots of time before the start of the season.
On a different note, uhh, I agree. I see a lot of similarities as well...which if I were them, I would want to get away from as fast as possible because people will already be comparing - why make it easier for them to compare? I hope that they find their own style instead of trying to merge their two former styles...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9gzL72lOLw
S/K on show today
not bad at all for the 1st skate together after a month of training. She, for sure, looks better with Nikita. For him, not that sure, Elena still would be my choice...
As a dancer myself, something bothers me when Victoria skates. I am not sure what it is, either I want her to open shoulders more or to show more of her neck or maybe she could work more gracefully with her arms. Don't know how to explain it, but something about her upper body feels stiff.
Yes, I agree. I think I wrote before that she needs express the emotions better. This being said,when I watched worlds videos, her facial expression were fine, that is why I am trying to find the reason why it can be so. Right now, I think it is the upper body movement and arms. Look at Elena's arms, they are exquisite!The problem I have with her is that she looks cold and distant. That's the feeling I have and the impression she leaves me when she's skating.
I'm talking when she was skating with Ruslan because now with Nikita I need to see more from them in order to have an opinion.
Yeah, i do too. I loved I/K, something was extremely exciting about them. Now i now what: Elena. She just catches your eye. You cannot stop watching her. In S/Z Victoria was beauty on her own, but as far as performance wise Ruslan was better. Ruslan+Elena will be(really hope) just amazing! And it was right not to open all the cards today on the show, let them train for now)
Yes, I agree. I think I wrote before that she needs express the emotions better. This being said,when I watched worlds videos, her facial expression were fine, that is why I am trying to find the reason why it can be so. Right now, I think it is the upper body movement and arms. Look at Elena's arms, they are exquisite!
I don't feel like this performance did any favors for S/K, especially when there are choreographic similarities to I/K programs.
I thought it was lovely, reminded me of V/M and P/I nice on the lines.
True, I can't see her face from that camera view but her body looks a bit stiff to me. Both of them look awkward and the lifts were not please looking. Considering it's just a short time so I will try to spare them this time.No but I agree with you. It's not her facial expression that I'm talking about. It's her body movement.
It's the expression through her body that I have a problem with, not her face.
And especially after all the hype that Zueva created around them. elif is right. This program is not at all technically demanding (like all gala programs, so fair enough) but where is the "fastest in the world" here, in their blue eyes?
Who's P&I? :think:
They have the Summer to work on the elements. It will be interesting to see how they make out once the competitive season starts. Victoria is definitely a looker, really beautiful but I don't think she emotes well. I felt that was when she skated with Ruslan. I don't feel like she puts a connection out to her partner or the audience. Time will tell. I definitely think it's wise for I/Z to just straight train and unveil their programs competitively. I don't feel like this performance did any favors for S/K, especially when there are choreographic similarities to I/K programs.
Paul and Islam. No connection to music or each other dd not help too. I really missed Virtue/Moir and I don't like even when they skate romantic stuff.