2025 Cup of China Free Dance

[anonymoose_au]

Olé Paint It Black!

I love it not gonna lie.

 

[theblade]

Madison's costume was probably a killer sketch. Just doesn't translate for me due to odd proportions on components and sheerness in places that would be better opaque.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

This skirt is an accident waiting to happen.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

What did I just watch?

I wasn't sure what to expect after seeing Madison's costume the other day. But it certainly wasn't this.

I don't know what to say. That was just bizarre.

Of course, they'll still win by a country mile.

But, I just don't get it. At all.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Karoltyna]

And this is a no, both chorea and costumes. The other part of lace diaper screams costume violation when visible...

 

[FSFan1999]

I enjoyed the program a lot. But the choreo jumps and the choreo step I didn't like so much (choreo jumps felt weak in terms of impact, choreo step felt a bit clumsy) and thought were overmarked. I loved the choreo lift at the end though, the lifts were stunning as usual. And I think the ice coverage on the step sequence has improved a lot from last year.

 

[readernick]

So, actually I rather like this strange choreo. They need to get in more runthroughs. But, the skirt while a choreographic element is actually inhibiting Madison's ability to skate. The costume is going to have to change.

 

[anonymoose_au]

The skirt is pretty awesome! It's like an extra character!

Big risk, big reward!

 

[Karoltyna]

What did I just watch?

I wasn't sure what to expect after seeing Madison's costume the other day. But it certainly wasn't this.

I don't know what to say. That was just bizarre.

Of course, they'll still win by a country mile.

But, I just don't get it. At all.

CaroLiza_fan

looking at tech scores, the will win but not like they used to win - judges are making place for FBC, so overscoring will be only moderate

 

[IceDancingQueen]

I love the potential of C/B’s FD but they still seem slow to me - it didn’t feel like they had a lot of ice coverage? Can never go wrong with a Paint it Black FD! I think maybe her skirt needs to be slightly shorter?

 

[auser]

I know Madi is into costume design but that skirt is going to make me very nervous over the season.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Can never go wrong with a Paint it Black FD!

I used to think that too. Until a few minutes ago, that is!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[anonymoose_au]

looking at tech scores, the will win but not like they used to win - judges are making place for FBC, so overscoring will be only moderate

So were FB-C that good or are the judges biased as Heck?

 

[cocteautwin]

So the olympic gold is a matter of Laurence's citizenship now, how exciting

 

[Karoltyna]

I love the potential of C/B’s FD but they still seem slow to me - it didn’t feel like they had a lot of ice coverage? Can never go wrong with a Paint it Black FD! I think maybe her skirt needs to be slightly shorter?

yup, they don't have lots of ice coverage, lots of speed, lots of other things, buth they have her ice presnece and were IAM's faves...

 

[cathlen]

What did I just watch?

I wasn't sure what to expect after seeing Madison's costume the other day. But it certainly wasn't this.

I don't know what to say. That was just bizarre.

Of course, they'll still win by a country mile.

But, I just don't get it. At all.

CaroLiza_fan

Same. Like, the music is Paint it black, and the red part of skirt is like the highlight of the program... eh.

 

[Karoltyna]

So were FB-C that good or are the judges biased as Heck?

don't know, didn't watch FD last week, I'm rioting, but judges bias is always right in ID

 

[FSFan1999]

So were FB-C that good or are the judges biased as Heck?

They were 10points ahead of C/B for me, it's just that C/B shouldn't be scoring this high for this program (I mean, C/B had a beautiful program but Emelia and Vadym looked another league in sharpness of skating).

 

[Sabsi]

Okay, that was better than I expected! But I think Madison needs more freedom of movement… especially for the twizzles the skirt is a bit of a restriction. I think they’ll probably adjust that.

Phew, the score is almost ridiculously low compared to FB/C last week.

 

[IceDancingQueen]

Oh wow! Less than Lilah and Lewis! Like I said, they did seem slow to me here - do they have an injury? C/B always improve as the season progresses so they will no doubt get better but it will be interesting if they can keep up with FB/C who will also no doubt get better and better.