Hoffman/Elek
SBS stpes, twizzles, not in synch, CoSp, upturned camel // half B from her, he sits, RoLi, she does half-B on his shoulder, DiSt, CuLi
Worse than in Paris, somewhat messy, lines less than perfect, she is overdoing the expression.
Delobel/Schonfelder, Tango Volver
SBS steps, good, Sp with very painfully looking b2h and B from her, SlLi, she leans back he sits, DiSt, nice edges, CuLi, when her turn her upside down, change of pose, he is in spread eagle.
Very determined and serious, sharp, presice, good attitude.
Cappellini/LaNotte, Tango Oblivion
SBS steps good, SlLi she hangs upside down on his shoulder, Sp, DiSt, RoLi, 1 hand 3 rot, but she is keeping a tight hold on his arm...
Not as sharp and expressive as in Paris, but I still would have had them ahead of H&E.
Beknazarova/Zuev, Tango
SBS steps, twizzles not in sych, nRoLi, she hB on his shoulder, Sp, both sit to poor hB, DiSt, CuLi, rather ugly balance one, nearly fell out from the final pose
Messy lines and lots of scratching noise. My non-fan neighbour, though, liked them more than French and was very upset what they finished last... Speak of "general public" understanding of ice dance.
Frazer/Lukanin, Adios nonino?
SBS, tw way out of unison, not sure that they did the same number of rotations, Sp, funny version of b2h, he is the one keep her boot close to her head, CuLi, old upside down lift while he glides on 1 feet, he stumbled, DiSt, RoLi, she in split
Old tango FD zebra costume + a lift from that dance. Good to have a lot of experience, I suppose, can always come up with something comfortable you have done before... Still her posture is not for tango at all.
Domnina/Shabalin
SBS steps he stumbled and fell on the second tw, SlLi, nice balance one, Sp, Ok, DiSt, loads of character from both, RoLi.
Lots of expression and character, sharp, intense, but alas.... And he need to wash his hairs and find a way to keep them of his face, it's really distracting.
Belbin/Agosto, Concierto para Quinteto
SBS, very well done, esp. fast twizzles, SlLi, she leans back while he sits, Sp, ok, DiSt, RoLi, was it supposed to be 1 hand? but she hangs on his shoulders... shouldn't count, IMHO.
Still looks like thinking their way through in some places, but otherwise very well done, nice character, lines and attack.
Matthiews/Zavozin, Autumn in Buenos Aires
SBS, not in unison, SlLi, she leans back, while he sits, Sp, ok, DiSt, loads of character from her, I think she is overdoing it by a mile, RoLi, she in splits.
Trying too hard, IMHO, but otherwise good. Definitely better than H&E and F&L (I really cannot understand how did they finish so high).
Platonova/Maximishin
CoSp, SlLi, SBS, slow, poor flow esp. on tw, whihc were out of unison to top it, DiSt, RoLi, same as B&A, but done much slower.
They need to sell it better and connect to each other. Rather untidy impression overall.
Kerr/Kerr, Tango Verano Porteno, Libertango
DiSt, good character, SlLi, their "trademark" one, RoLi, Sp, SBS, tw not in unison
They don't have much chemistry between them. Good attack and lines, but they look like they are always coming just that tiny bit short of doing a real tango. Understandable that they are brother and sister, otherwise it would have been quite eeky, but they shouldn't have chosen this type of tango in this case. Could have done well with the European style tango or something "nostalgic" like Pechalat&Bourzat has done...
SBS stpes, twizzles, not in synch, CoSp, upturned camel // half B from her, he sits, RoLi, she does half-B on his shoulder, DiSt, CuLi
Worse than in Paris, somewhat messy, lines less than perfect, she is overdoing the expression.
Delobel/Schonfelder, Tango Volver
SBS steps, good, Sp with very painfully looking b2h and B from her, SlLi, she leans back he sits, DiSt, nice edges, CuLi, when her turn her upside down, change of pose, he is in spread eagle.
Very determined and serious, sharp, presice, good attitude.
Cappellini/LaNotte, Tango Oblivion
SBS steps good, SlLi she hangs upside down on his shoulder, Sp, DiSt, RoLi, 1 hand 3 rot, but she is keeping a tight hold on his arm...
Not as sharp and expressive as in Paris, but I still would have had them ahead of H&E.
Beknazarova/Zuev, Tango
SBS steps, twizzles not in sych, nRoLi, she hB on his shoulder, Sp, both sit to poor hB, DiSt, CuLi, rather ugly balance one, nearly fell out from the final pose
Messy lines and lots of scratching noise. My non-fan neighbour, though, liked them more than French and was very upset what they finished last... Speak of "general public" understanding of ice dance.
Frazer/Lukanin, Adios nonino?
SBS, tw way out of unison, not sure that they did the same number of rotations, Sp, funny version of b2h, he is the one keep her boot close to her head, CuLi, old upside down lift while he glides on 1 feet, he stumbled, DiSt, RoLi, she in split
Old tango FD zebra costume + a lift from that dance. Good to have a lot of experience, I suppose, can always come up with something comfortable you have done before... Still her posture is not for tango at all.
Domnina/Shabalin
SBS steps he stumbled and fell on the second tw, SlLi, nice balance one, Sp, Ok, DiSt, loads of character from both, RoLi.
Lots of expression and character, sharp, intense, but alas.... And he need to wash his hairs and find a way to keep them of his face, it's really distracting.
Belbin/Agosto, Concierto para Quinteto
SBS, very well done, esp. fast twizzles, SlLi, she leans back while he sits, Sp, ok, DiSt, RoLi, was it supposed to be 1 hand? but she hangs on his shoulders... shouldn't count, IMHO.
Still looks like thinking their way through in some places, but otherwise very well done, nice character, lines and attack.
Matthiews/Zavozin, Autumn in Buenos Aires
SBS, not in unison, SlLi, she leans back, while he sits, Sp, ok, DiSt, loads of character from her, I think she is overdoing it by a mile, RoLi, she in splits.
Trying too hard, IMHO, but otherwise good. Definitely better than H&E and F&L (I really cannot understand how did they finish so high).
Platonova/Maximishin
CoSp, SlLi, SBS, slow, poor flow esp. on tw, whihc were out of unison to top it, DiSt, RoLi, same as B&A, but done much slower.
They need to sell it better and connect to each other. Rather untidy impression overall.
Kerr/Kerr, Tango Verano Porteno, Libertango
DiSt, good character, SlLi, their "trademark" one, RoLi, Sp, SBS, tw not in unison
They don't have much chemistry between them. Good attack and lines, but they look like they are always coming just that tiny bit short of doing a real tango. Understandable that they are brother and sister, otherwise it would have been quite eeky, but they shouldn't have chosen this type of tango in this case. Could have done well with the European style tango or something "nostalgic" like Pechalat&Bourzat has done...
