2016 Cup of China Free Dance

[cathlen]

And I'm the exact opposite. I think that's one of the most exquisite FDs I've seen in years.

Matter of taste and my incompetence in Ice dance

 

[MIM]

Quietly strong Shibutanis. Call me shallow. But I like WP's dramatic and powerful grace to the overused music over this sublime program.

 

[Violet Bliss]

The Shib's music is too sleep inducing at this hour.

 

[Mirunna]

The feeling of this program starts to grow in me. The GPF gold is in sight

Aren't you forgetting V/M and P/C? They'll have something to say as well

 

[draqq]

Lots of great clean curves in the footwork sequences for the Shibs. The first half of the piece is magical, while the second half is close to it. Needs a bit more climatic buildup. The program does show off the purity of their movements, though.

 

[Nathan13]

Hubbell and Donohue ought to send Maia and Alex flowers.

 

[gravy]

Yup. The Shibutanis will be only 1 of 2 teams that will head to the GPF with 2 wins. And H&D are in! 3 American teams in the final again.

 

[WeakAnkles]

Matter of taste and my incompetence in Ice dance

Not at all. I really love WePo and it's a good program. But it's so open that if you add a few jumps to it it could be a Pair's program.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Matter of taste and my incompetence in Ice dance

Aw, don't put yourself down. I have no idea what I'm looking at either. We can do fashion critiques together!

 

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ISU results page broken

 

[cathlen]

So not only higher TES, but also PCS. Weaver/Poje are out of GPF, unless someones WD, and I don't wish that upon anyone.

 

[SarahSynchro]

What's up with the Russian girls and their Victoria's Secret lingerie dresses tonight?

 

[Mrs. P]

De gustibus clearly today. But I think the Shibs really have a lot of good content in that dance. The transitions in-and-out of the elements are really top notch.

I'm not surprised the tech score went down -- though not dramatically. I'm guessing ones of the step sequences.

 

[Barb]

:hap57::gclap: Shibs!!!

 

[nolangoh]

Sit spin twizzles

 

[mrrice]

Yup. The Shibutanis will be only 1 of 2 teams that will head to the GPF with 2 wins. And H&D are in! 3 American teams in the final again.

If you'd made that statement 10 years ago, you would have been laughed off the Forum. Times have really changed, haven't they. Marina needs a GIANT muffin basket from the Shibs and from all of their fans.

 

[Mista Ekko]

What's S\B's PB

Can they finish 2nd here ?

 

[SarahSynchro]

The nipple thermoset is still indicating that it's cold in the arena.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Stepanova/Bukin

She looks like a kewpie doll, he looks like this. Seriously, her face is so tiny and her eyes are SO big. They're both such cutie pies.

Much better tango than SinKats

 

[xibsuarz]

The feeling of this program starts to grow in me. The GPF gold is in sight

Gold might be hard considering the numbers P/C are scoring already, but I think they are perfectly capable of making the podium.

Onto Stepanova/Bukin. Their twizzles are not the most in sync, but I really like the position of the first series :yes: