Now That's a Tango!

Ladskater · Jan 1, 2017

I was looking for a particular song from the show "Chicago" and remembered Bourne and Kraatz skating to this music - "Cell Block Tango" from the musical "Chicago" It was their OD program 2001-02 Grand Prix final; It's one of their best programs ever and probably the best tango ever done on skates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_EWG4HpTFo

:points:

anonymoose_au · Jan 1, 2017

Wow that was totally awesome! Loved Shae-Lynn's commitment to the tango face! And they certainly had the moves! I love a good tango!

But OMG, is that a young Morozov there? It is! I'm saddened that we didn't get any voodoo-ing from the boards (or maybe he didn't do that back then...)

pETEs (Sasha Fan) · Jan 1, 2017

More like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlb35bBfbcQ[/COLOR]] is The (Figure Skating) Tango Canon.

skateluvr · Jan 1, 2017

Ladskater said:
I was looking for a particular song from the show "Chicago" and remembered Bourne and Kraatz skating to this music - "Cell Block Tango" from the musical "Chicago" It was their OD program 2001-02 Grand Prix final; It's one of their best programs ever and probably the best tango ever done on skates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_EWG4HpTFo

They were divine and when I saw them in Nagano doing Riverdance I did not understand why they were not the winners or on the podium. Ice dance was so corrupt in those days that noNorthamerican team got their due. Fab-u-Lous!!!!

FSGMT · Jan 2, 2017

Thank you for posting, that's the kind of program I really really love: perfectly timed to the music and with lots of facial expressions! The first half looks more a Flamenco than a Tango to me though...

Ice Dance · Jan 2, 2017

The best tango ever done on skates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRxA76J09T8

Edit: This is a better copy than the one I posted originally, though from Worlds rather than Europeans. (Both performances were to die for). The dance starts at the 1:10 mark.

sgower · Jan 2, 2017

Let's not forget this tango!

https://youtu.be/jMFxoLjFJr0

One of my faves...

plushyfan · Jan 3, 2017

Ice Dance said:
The best tango ever done on skates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRxA76J09T8

Edit: This is a better copy than the one I posted originally, though from Worlds rather than Europeans. (Both performances were to die for). The dance starts at the 1:10 mark.

The LIBERTANGO by G/P!! For me that is the best tango! I wanted to show this viseo, too! You was faster..

plushyfan · Jan 3, 2017

anonymoose_au said:
Wow that was totally awesome! Loved Shae-Lynn's commitment to the tango face! And they certainly had the moves! I love a good tango!

But OMG, is that a young Morozov there? It is! I'm saddened that we didn't get any voodoo-ing from the boards (or maybe he didn't do that back then...)

Shae-Lynn was his first wife..... or Navka? :scratch2:

Mathman · Jan 4, 2017

plushyfan said:
Shae-Lynn was his first wife..... or Navka?

According to Wikipedia, Morozov's first wife was French ice dancer Caroline Douarin. Shae-Lynn was his second.

Morozov skated with Navka for Belarus (he is Russian, she Ukrainian), but I don't know that they were ever romantically involved. Navka's first husband was Alexander Zhulin.

Back to the Tangos. Does anyone like Lambiel's Poeta -- or was that a Flamenco?

VIETgrlTerifa · Jan 4, 2017

skateluvr said:
They were divine and when I saw them in Nagano doing Riverdance I did not understand why they were not the winners or on the podium. Ice dance was so corrupt in those days that noNorthamerican team got their due. Fab-u-Lous!!!!

In the FD, I personally would have ranked it: 1. Grishuk/Platov; 2. Anissina/Peizerat; 3. Punsalan/Swallow; 4. Krylova/Ovysiannikov; 5. Bourne/Kraatz. I also thought B/K were a bit held up in the OD as well as the material was technically weak for a team of that calibre (and compared to other teams), and had A/P skated their OD like they did at Worlds I would have had A/P first in that portion as I think they had better content and concept than G/P's lame OD.

As for the Cell Block Tango, I love it in the musical Chicago, but for the Spanish rhythm OD and the way it was choreographed and skated with the lack of Spanish flavor, bad posture, and hydroblading to fill up the choreography...well, I wasn't a fan of it.

plushyfan · Jan 5, 2017

Mathman said:
According to Wikipedia, Morozov's first wife was French ice dancer Caroline Douarin. Shae-Lynn was his second.

Morozov skated with Navka for Belarus (he is Russian, she Ukrainian), but I don't know that they were ever romantically involved. Navka's first husband was Alexander Zhulin.

Thank you.

Weathergal · Jan 5, 2017

Mathman said:
According to Wikipedia, Morozov's first wife was French ice dancer Caroline Douarin. Shae-Lynn was his second.

Morozov skated with Navka for Belarus (he is Russian, she Ukrainian), but I don't know that they were ever romantically involved. Navka's first husband was Alexander Zhulin.

Back to the Tangos. Does anyone like Lambiel's Poeta -- or was that a Flamenco?

I love Lambiel's "Poeta." It's one of my favorite programs of his. I believe I remember commentators saying he worked with a flamenco dancer on the choreography so perhaps it's a flamenco?

Arriba627 · Jan 6, 2017

Weathergal said:
I love Lambiel's "Poeta." It's one of my favorite programs of his. I believe I remember commentators saying he worked with a flamenco dancer on the choreography so perhaps it's a flamenco?

Yes, flamenco. But it's SO wonderful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1_0xd9A4k

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