I think that some of the best moments, program-wise, came early on , during the first two groups, where the couples aren't stressed for placing, but unfortunately also lack the ability to do these programs justice yet. And as we went on and on, it was a bit monotonous, in my book one of the worst seasons as far as choreography is concerned.
Even S/B tried to pull of a Piazolla in Montreal style, mixed with old Soviet style which was just not working.
But what strikes me is the difference of level between the couples.There is V/M and P/C, then five pairs that exchange places for ages, and then a couple of pairs that are being helped by their respective flags, and then a huge gap again. And personally for me, a lack of charisma for most of the second tier teams.
P/C were great in the FD, it finally worked for them, the changes were good. V/M were equally great, apart from that moment. I'm glad at how they both placed deservedly. But it's one style, V/M are capable of more, we know that, and we saw that in the SD, and I think P/C are capable of more too.
Then it was the Shibs, like they always are, and B/S who were as good as they can be, this is the best they can do. I disagree with C/L being put behind, although I really don't like C/L. But they were faster than usual, faster than B/S at this point.But of course their federation wasn't fighting for that third spot.It's understandable
H/D were good, but most people knew it would happen,they are gorgeous skaters, they bring that joy on the ice, but skating last, being mistake prone isn't the best that can happen to anyone.
My question is what happened to C/B. They skated the SD like they were robots, there wasn't that joy in their performance and that attack they even had at Nationals. And then the FD happened, and they looked shaky from the start. This is what T/T made me think too, compared to Euros. Technically solid, but lack of attack and performance wise a bit blunt. I wonder if the Novi plan was to only get those levels and whatever happens
But ice dancing needs to change, I don't know, bring the compulsories back and free us from that horrible hybrid they call Short Dance. They all look as if they are robotic dancers trying to count the steps.
makes everyone gorgeous
It was better at other competitions where they received a lvl 3...
Scores always confuse me, so I can only talk about them in comparison to the scores of the others, but I thought B/S were on the same level as the teams that received similar scores. I quite like this dance for them and I do not dislike the dances of the other teams, everyone made some mistakes, and they were all around the same level. I do not see how they were that much worse (and I watched commenting in some other languages as well, they seemed to more or less like their performance).
