This was on Lifetime Sunday morning in the east. It was a comination of exhibitions from Trophee Lalique, quickie coverage of the NHK pairs finals, and traditional coverage of NHK dance finals. Plus the required fluff, lol.
Lalique Exhibitions
Bebe Liang--Sting, "World in a Glass," a waltz. One fall and BeBe didn't have much spark, but a couple of very good skates for her considering it's her first year on the senior circuit. Could be a dark horse for a Nats medal. BTW, not one but two crotch-shots--one on her Charlotte, the other in her spiral. At least the director apparently caught the spiral one and changed cameras after about a second.
Exhib Weiss--J. Giles Band, "Covergirl." Did the "Tornado" but even with that and unbuttoning his shirt, Zzzzzzzz.
Showed quickie version of NHK pairs finals, ie, about 30 sec of four top teams.
Exhib Langlois/Archetto--Ewan Macgregor,"Your Song" from "Moulin Rouge." Didn't know they were a couple off the ice. Liked this exhib program. Pleasant but upbeat and energetic music, fun energetic choreography. When they're on, this team has a real spark.
Exhib Belbin/Agosto--Did edited "Elvis" program from last season. Fun for an exhib, but definitely shows how much they've improved since last season in both technique and finding a style that suits them and also goes over well with the judges.
Exhib Sasha--Nino Rota's "Romeo and Juliet." Gorgeous costume, IMO, Now here she did the fan spiral on a curve with a beautifully deep and secure BOE. Why isn't she doing that in her competitive SP & LP? Obviously she can. This music really suits her and seems to bring out more "soul" in her. I'm hoping Sasha and Tarasova will use "R&J" for her competitive LP next season. True it's been overused, but when a piece of music really brings out the best in a skater, I say use it.
Segnebt with past skating champions talking about pros and cons of today's skating: Boitano--the corruption in the sport. Debi Thomas, laughing--Corruption? That's like saying "What's wrong with politics?" Pelletier--Said he wants to have more input into the decisions of the ISU. Also blurbs from Jamie Sale, Scott Hamilton, and Peggy Fleming, just couldn't get it all. Nthing substantive, but interesting to hear who said what.
Exhib Denkova/Staviski exhib--didn't get the music title, but high energy tango pop rock. Not a great exhib program, but fun and sexy.
BTW, Nancy has improved tremendously as an on-air personality. Her voice quality and articulation is very good and even though she's still on the stiff side, she's improved A LOT. Especially in interviews, she's relaxed and seems to most at ease doing this. Good for Nancy for going from a nasal voice with an unintentional whiney sound to an ever improving pro.
NHK dance finals: Unlike pairs, traditional coverage, showing entire programs.
Rabinowitz/Mitchell (US): Music "Temptation Tango." At SC came in 9th. 2000 Novice and Jr. Natl champs. 17 and 21 yrs old, so quite young. Good technique, need to work on line, a lot of 2 ft skating in the choreography, some lack of unison, tend to lose speed but then get it back. Lack of unison and bobbles cost them here, but if they stay together, could be something.
Funny segment with Jef Billings on costuming with his examples of what not to wear, lol. He also gave some examples of his favorite costumes. One of his faves: Sarah Hughes's lavendar Olympic costume because "she felt comfortable in it and ready to become Olympic champion." I thought it was simple and effective--the best kind of costume, IMO. Whatever that costume did for Sarah, it sure worked!
Winkler/Lohse (Germany). A fall and not much difficulty considering their abilities. Didn't like the music--it didn't build and seemed rather all over the place, as did the choreography. No depth to the concept, IMO, (sun and moon) and awful overly obvious costumes--him in yellow and orange, her in silver and black. How about just a suggestion of the sun and moon? I've always liked this team, but they and their choreographer, coach, and costumer seem to sabotage them
Denkova/Staviski (Bulgaria). Handel with a techno beat in the second half. LOVE this music and program. As Susie Wynn pointed out, choreography icludes lots of level changes, which is a page out of Doris Humphrey's "The Art of Making Dances" because it increases interest, difficulty, and can add depth depending on the intensity of the performance. which I think they have. Too much chiffon on his costume, IMO, which gets in the way, as in covers her face at times during certain lifts, and makes it difficult to see the body line. But a beautiful team with beautiful music, choreography, and performance.
Grushina/Goncharov (Ukraine). Didn't catch the music, but definitely ended with some "Carmina Burana" but overall a little over the top for my taste, even though the concept is that he's a soldier and she's an angel. Ruslan sure looks hot with his hair straightened, lol.
Chait/Sakhnovsky (Israel). More super intense music with something I didn't recognize, followed by the circus warhorse "Rolling Thunder" with cheers and screaming recorded in, then Nino Rota Fellini music, all during the first minute. The choreography too during the first 60 seconds seems all over the place but then starts to settle down musically, though C/S keep up the energy and difficult choreography. Overall, this is the best I've seen them look both this and last season. However, Galit has now lost parts of her costume at two events, which results in deductions. You want to shake them for repeating a problem that's so easy to fix. They still win the bronze.
NHK Dance Results, which I know have been posted:
1. Denkova/Staviski
2. Grushina/Goncharov
3. Chait/Sakhnovsky
Finale: The can-can performed by the chorus of the Moulin Rouge and a male soloist--on stage, not on ice. Splits, tumbling, and tushies galore. Perfect ending for Lifetime's coverage of the GP series
Lalique Exhib: Bebe Liang--Sting, "World in a Glass," a waltz. One fall and BeBe didn't have much spark, but a couple of very good skates for her considering it's her first year on the senior circuit. Could be a dark horse for a Nats medal. BTW, not one but two crotch-shots--one on her Charlotte, the other in her spiral. At least the director apparently caught the spiral one and changed cameras after about a second.
Exhib Weiss--J. Giles Band, "Covergirl." Did the "Tornado" but even with that and unbuttoning his shirt
Showed quickie version of NHK pairs finals, ie, about 30 sec of four top teams.
Exhib Langlois/Archetto--Ewan Macgregor,"Your Song" from "Moulin Rouge." Didn't know they were a couple off the ice. Liked this exhib program. Pleasant but upbeat and energetic music, fun energetic choreography. When they're on, this team has a real spark.
Exhib Belbin/Agosto--Did edited "Elvis" program from last season. Fun for an exhib, but definitely shows how much they've improved since last season in both technique and finding a style that suits them and also goes over well with the judges.
Exhib Sasha--Nino Rota's "Romeo and Juliet." Gorgeous costume, IMO, Now here she did the fan spiral on a curve with a beautifully deep and secure BOE. Why isn't she doing that in her competitive SP & LP? Obviously she can. This music really suits her and seems to bring out more "soul" in her. I'm hoping Sasha and Tarasova will use "R&J" for her competitive LP next season. True it's been overused, but when a piece of music really brings out the best in a skater, I say use it.
Segnebt with past skating champions talking about pros and cons of today's skating: Boitano--the corruption in the sport. Debi Thomas, laughing--Corruption? That's like saying "What's wrong with politics?" Pelletier--Said he wants to have more input into the decisions of the ISU. Also blurbs from Jamie Sale, Scott Hamilton, and Peggy Fleming, just couldn't get it all. Nthing substantive, but interesting to hear who said what.
Exhib Denkova/Staviski exhib--didn't get the music title, but high energy tango pop rock. Not a great exhib program, but fun and sexy.
BTW, Nancy has improved tremendously as an on-air personality. Her voice quality and articulation is very good and even though she's still on the stiff side, she's improved A LOT. Especially in interviews, she's relaxed and seems to most at ease doing this. Good for Nancy for going from a nasal voice with an unintentional whiney sound to an ever improving pro.
NHK dance finals: Unlike pairs, traditional coverage, showing entire programs.
Rabinowitz/Mitchell (US): Music "Temptation Tango." At SC came in 9th. 2000 Novice and Jr. Natl champs. 17 and 21 yrs old, so quite young. Good technique, need to work on line, a lot of 2 ft skating in the choreography, some lack of unison, tend to lose speed but then get it back. Lack of unison and bobbles cost them here, but if they stay together, could be something.
Funny segment with Jef Billings on costuming with his examples of what not to wear, lol. He also gave some examples of his favorite costumes. One of his faves: Sarah Hughes's lavendar Olympic costume because "she felt comfortable in it and ready to become Olympic champion." I thought it was simple and effective--the best kind of costume, IMO. Whatever that costume did for Sarah, it sure worked!
Winkler/Lohse (Germany). A fall and not much difficulty considering their abilities. Didn't like the music--it didn't build and seemed rather all over the place, as did the choreography. No depth to the concept, IMO, (sun and moon) and awful overly obvious costumes--him in yellow and orange, her in silver and black. How about just a suggestion of the sun and moon? I've always liked this team, but they and their choreographer, coach, and costumer seem to sabotage them
Denkova/Staviski (Bulgaria). Handel with a techno beat in the second half. LOVE this music and program. As Susie Wynn pointed out, choreography icludes lots of level changes, which is a page out of Doris Humphrey's "The Art of Making Dances" because it increases interest, difficulty, and can add depth depending on the intensity of the performance. which I think they have. Too much chiffon on his costume, IMO, which gets in the way, as in covers her face at times during certain lifts, and makes it difficult to see the body line. But a beautiful team with beautiful music, choreography, and performance.
Grushina/Goncharov (Ukraine). Didn't catch the music, but definitely ended with some "Carmina Burana" but overall a little over the top for my taste, even though the concept is that he's a soldier and she's an angel. Ruslan sure looks hot with his hair straightened, lol.
Chait/Sakhnovsky (Israel). More super intense music with something I didn't recognize, followed by the circus warhorse "Rolling Thunder" with cheers and screaming recorded in, then Nino Rota Fellini music, all during the first minute. The choreography too during the first 60 seconds seems all over the place but then starts to settle down musically, though C/S keep up the energy and difficult choreography. Overall, this is the best I've seen them look both this and last season. However, Galit has now lost parts of her costume at two events, which results in deductions. You want to shake them for repeating a problem that's so easy to fix. They still win the bronze.
NHK Dance Results, which I know have been posted:
1. Denkova/Staviski
2. Grushina/Goncharov
3. Chait/Sakhnovsky
Finale: The can-can performed by the chorus of the Moulin Rouge and a male soloist--on stage, not on ice. Splits, tumbling, and tushies galore. Perfect ending for Lifetime's coverage of the GP series
Rgirl
Lalique Exhibitions
Bebe Liang--Sting, "World in a Glass," a waltz. One fall and BeBe didn't have much spark, but a couple of very good skates for her considering it's her first year on the senior circuit. Could be a dark horse for a Nats medal. BTW, not one but two crotch-shots--one on her Charlotte, the other in her spiral. At least the director apparently caught the spiral one and changed cameras after about a second.
Exhib Weiss--J. Giles Band, "Covergirl." Did the "Tornado" but even with that and unbuttoning his shirt, Zzzzzzzz.
Showed quickie version of NHK pairs finals, ie, about 30 sec of four top teams.
Exhib Langlois/Archetto--Ewan Macgregor,"Your Song" from "Moulin Rouge." Didn't know they were a couple off the ice. Liked this exhib program. Pleasant but upbeat and energetic music, fun energetic choreography. When they're on, this team has a real spark.
Exhib Belbin/Agosto--Did edited "Elvis" program from last season. Fun for an exhib, but definitely shows how much they've improved since last season in both technique and finding a style that suits them and also goes over well with the judges.
Exhib Sasha--Nino Rota's "Romeo and Juliet." Gorgeous costume, IMO, Now here she did the fan spiral on a curve with a beautifully deep and secure BOE. Why isn't she doing that in her competitive SP & LP? Obviously she can. This music really suits her and seems to bring out more "soul" in her. I'm hoping Sasha and Tarasova will use "R&J" for her competitive LP next season. True it's been overused, but when a piece of music really brings out the best in a skater, I say use it.
Segnebt with past skating champions talking about pros and cons of today's skating: Boitano--the corruption in the sport. Debi Thomas, laughing--Corruption? That's like saying "What's wrong with politics?" Pelletier--Said he wants to have more input into the decisions of the ISU. Also blurbs from Jamie Sale, Scott Hamilton, and Peggy Fleming, just couldn't get it all. Nthing substantive, but interesting to hear who said what.
Exhib Denkova/Staviski exhib--didn't get the music title, but high energy tango pop rock. Not a great exhib program, but fun and sexy.
BTW, Nancy has improved tremendously as an on-air personality. Her voice quality and articulation is very good and even though she's still on the stiff side, she's improved A LOT. Especially in interviews, she's relaxed and seems to most at ease doing this. Good for Nancy for going from a nasal voice with an unintentional whiney sound to an ever improving pro.
NHK dance finals: Unlike pairs, traditional coverage, showing entire programs.
Rabinowitz/Mitchell (US): Music "Temptation Tango." At SC came in 9th. 2000 Novice and Jr. Natl champs. 17 and 21 yrs old, so quite young. Good technique, need to work on line, a lot of 2 ft skating in the choreography, some lack of unison, tend to lose speed but then get it back. Lack of unison and bobbles cost them here, but if they stay together, could be something.
Funny segment with Jef Billings on costuming with his examples of what not to wear, lol. He also gave some examples of his favorite costumes. One of his faves: Sarah Hughes's lavendar Olympic costume because "she felt comfortable in it and ready to become Olympic champion." I thought it was simple and effective--the best kind of costume, IMO. Whatever that costume did for Sarah, it sure worked!
Winkler/Lohse (Germany). A fall and not much difficulty considering their abilities. Didn't like the music--it didn't build and seemed rather all over the place, as did the choreography. No depth to the concept, IMO, (sun and moon) and awful overly obvious costumes--him in yellow and orange, her in silver and black. How about just a suggestion of the sun and moon? I've always liked this team, but they and their choreographer, coach, and costumer seem to sabotage them
Denkova/Staviski (Bulgaria). Handel with a techno beat in the second half. LOVE this music and program. As Susie Wynn pointed out, choreography icludes lots of level changes, which is a page out of Doris Humphrey's "The Art of Making Dances" because it increases interest, difficulty, and can add depth depending on the intensity of the performance. which I think they have. Too much chiffon on his costume, IMO, which gets in the way, as in covers her face at times during certain lifts, and makes it difficult to see the body line. But a beautiful team with beautiful music, choreography, and performance.
Grushina/Goncharov (Ukraine). Didn't catch the music, but definitely ended with some "Carmina Burana" but overall a little over the top for my taste, even though the concept is that he's a soldier and she's an angel. Ruslan sure looks hot with his hair straightened, lol.
Chait/Sakhnovsky (Israel). More super intense music with something I didn't recognize, followed by the circus warhorse "Rolling Thunder" with cheers and screaming recorded in, then Nino Rota Fellini music, all during the first minute. The choreography too during the first 60 seconds seems all over the place but then starts to settle down musically, though C/S keep up the energy and difficult choreography. Overall, this is the best I've seen them look both this and last season. However, Galit has now lost parts of her costume at two events, which results in deductions. You want to shake them for repeating a problem that's so easy to fix. They still win the bronze.
NHK Dance Results, which I know have been posted:
1. Denkova/Staviski
2. Grushina/Goncharov
3. Chait/Sakhnovsky
Finale: The can-can performed by the chorus of the Moulin Rouge and a male soloist--on stage, not on ice. Splits, tumbling, and tushies galore. Perfect ending for Lifetime's coverage of the GP series
Lalique Exhib: Bebe Liang--Sting, "World in a Glass," a waltz. One fall and BeBe didn't have much spark, but a couple of very good skates for her considering it's her first year on the senior circuit. Could be a dark horse for a Nats medal. BTW, not one but two crotch-shots--one on her Charlotte, the other in her spiral. At least the director apparently caught the spiral one and changed cameras after about a second.Exhib Weiss--J. Giles Band, "Covergirl." Did the "Tornado" but even with that and unbuttoning his shirt
Showed quickie version of NHK pairs finals, ie, about 30 sec of four top teams.
Exhib Langlois/Archetto--Ewan Macgregor,"Your Song" from "Moulin Rouge." Didn't know they were a couple off the ice. Liked this exhib program. Pleasant but upbeat and energetic music, fun energetic choreography. When they're on, this team has a real spark.
Exhib Belbin/Agosto--Did edited "Elvis" program from last season. Fun for an exhib, but definitely shows how much they've improved since last season in both technique and finding a style that suits them and also goes over well with the judges.
Exhib Sasha--Nino Rota's "Romeo and Juliet." Gorgeous costume, IMO, Now here she did the fan spiral on a curve with a beautifully deep and secure BOE. Why isn't she doing that in her competitive SP & LP? Obviously she can. This music really suits her and seems to bring out more "soul" in her. I'm hoping Sasha and Tarasova will use "R&J" for her competitive LP next season. True it's been overused, but when a piece of music really brings out the best in a skater, I say use it.
Segnebt with past skating champions talking about pros and cons of today's skating: Boitano--the corruption in the sport. Debi Thomas, laughing--Corruption? That's like saying "What's wrong with politics?" Pelletier--Said he wants to have more input into the decisions of the ISU. Also blurbs from Jamie Sale, Scott Hamilton, and Peggy Fleming, just couldn't get it all. Nthing substantive, but interesting to hear who said what.
Exhib Denkova/Staviski exhib--didn't get the music title, but high energy tango pop rock. Not a great exhib program, but fun and sexy.
BTW, Nancy has improved tremendously as an on-air personality. Her voice quality and articulation is very good and even though she's still on the stiff side, she's improved A LOT. Especially in interviews, she's relaxed and seems to most at ease doing this. Good for Nancy for going from a nasal voice with an unintentional whiney sound to an ever improving pro.
NHK dance finals: Unlike pairs, traditional coverage, showing entire programs.
Rabinowitz/Mitchell (US): Music "Temptation Tango." At SC came in 9th. 2000 Novice and Jr. Natl champs. 17 and 21 yrs old, so quite young. Good technique, need to work on line, a lot of 2 ft skating in the choreography, some lack of unison, tend to lose speed but then get it back. Lack of unison and bobbles cost them here, but if they stay together, could be something.
Funny segment with Jef Billings on costuming with his examples of what not to wear, lol. He also gave some examples of his favorite costumes. One of his faves: Sarah Hughes's lavendar Olympic costume because "she felt comfortable in it and ready to become Olympic champion." I thought it was simple and effective--the best kind of costume, IMO. Whatever that costume did for Sarah, it sure worked!
Winkler/Lohse (Germany). A fall and not much difficulty considering their abilities. Didn't like the music--it didn't build and seemed rather all over the place, as did the choreography. No depth to the concept, IMO, (sun and moon) and awful overly obvious costumes--him in yellow and orange, her in silver and black. How about just a suggestion of the sun and moon? I've always liked this team, but they and their choreographer, coach, and costumer seem to sabotage them
Denkova/Staviski (Bulgaria). Handel with a techno beat in the second half. LOVE this music and program. As Susie Wynn pointed out, choreography icludes lots of level changes, which is a page out of Doris Humphrey's "The Art of Making Dances" because it increases interest, difficulty, and can add depth depending on the intensity of the performance. which I think they have. Too much chiffon on his costume, IMO, which gets in the way, as in covers her face at times during certain lifts, and makes it difficult to see the body line. But a beautiful team with beautiful music, choreography, and performance.
Grushina/Goncharov (Ukraine). Didn't catch the music, but definitely ended with some "Carmina Burana" but overall a little over the top for my taste, even though the concept is that he's a soldier and she's an angel. Ruslan sure looks hot with his hair straightened, lol.
Chait/Sakhnovsky (Israel). More super intense music with something I didn't recognize, followed by the circus warhorse "Rolling Thunder" with cheers and screaming recorded in, then Nino Rota Fellini music, all during the first minute. The choreography too during the first 60 seconds seems all over the place but then starts to settle down musically, though C/S keep up the energy and difficult choreography. Overall, this is the best I've seen them look both this and last season. However, Galit has now lost parts of her costume at two events, which results in deductions. You want to shake them for repeating a problem that's so easy to fix. They still win the bronze.
NHK Dance Results, which I know have been posted:
1. Denkova/Staviski
2. Grushina/Goncharov
3. Chait/Sakhnovsky
Finale: The can-can performed by the chorus of the Moulin Rouge and a male soloist--on stage, not on ice. Splits, tumbling, and tushies galore. Perfect ending for Lifetime's coverage of the GP series
Rgirl
