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I don't know much about the tech of ice dance and I found this gif guide to the Ravensburger Waltz key points very useful.
2015 Skate America Ice Dance SD Oct 23
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Thank you, Sophy! I added that to the OP. Very useful indeed.
You're welcome. Tumblr ice fandom can be so useful!
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Sinitsina and Katsalapov look improved. They skate far apart and she can't bend her knees, but there's more togetherness in their movement
http://allabouticedance.tumblr.com/post/131760324552/arushofbladetothehead-victoria-sinitsina
http://allabouticedance.tumblr.com/post/131760324552/arushofbladetothehead-victoria-sinitsina
That was my gifset 
I saw a full video of S/K's SD on tumblr - they skipped the twizzles. It's just a mash up of I/K's Swan Lake (opening the same leap to the same music that Nikita did before the CiStSq in the FD, and ending with a similar pose) and D/W's Giselle. They do the same hopping on the spot, using a lot of reverse high killian hold & lots of other steps that came straight from D/W's SD. Has Marina completely run out of ideas? It would be an OK program if you didn't sit there thinking you'd seen every part of it done before and done better.
They look improved, but she's still stiff, the RW looks a bit slow and the polka part was skated quite heavily. I'm really excited to see how Y/M match up - from the test skates I think they have a much more interesting program, but you do have to wonder how long Nikita will get the OBM boost in scores.
I saw a full video of S/K's SD on tumblr - they skipped the twizzles. It's just a mash up of I/K's Swan Lake (opening the same leap to the same music that Nikita did before the CiStSq in the FD, and ending with a similar pose) and D/W's Giselle. They do the same hopping on the spot, using a lot of reverse high killian hold & lots of other steps that came straight from D/W's SD. Has Marina completely run out of ideas? It would be an OK program if you didn't sit there thinking you'd seen every part of it done before and done better.
They look improved, but she's still stiff, the RW looks a bit slow and the polka part was skated quite heavily. I'm really excited to see how Y/M match up - from the test skates I think they have a much more interesting program, but you do have to wonder how long Nikita will get the OBM boost in scores.
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That was my gifset
I saw a full video of S/K's SD on tumblr - they skipped the twizzles. It's just a mash up of I/K's Swan Lake (opening the same leap to the same music that Nikita did before the CiStSq in the FD, and ending with a similar pose) and D/W's Giselle. They do the same hopping on the spot, using a lot of reverse high killian hold & lots of other steps that came straight from D/W's SD. Has Marina completely run out of ideas? It would be an OK program if you didn't sit there thinking you'd seen every part of it done before and done better.
They look improved, but she's still stiff, the RW looks a bit slow and the polka part was skated quite heavily. I'm really excited to see how Y/M match up - from the test skates I think they have a much more interesting program, but you do have to wonder how long Nikita will get the OBM boost in scores.
I just don't understand why they would do that. It just comes across as odd. Don't they want to be seen as a new team, with their own unique identity?
It does look lovely though, so all the best to them.
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Skipped the twizzles??? LOL... shocker... Nikita and twizzles don't go well together...lol...As for the music, well... just the beginning is the same music as IK's Swan Lake, so I guess it is not too bad, seems to be a reasonable medley, so it doesn't bother me that much. Just like IZ using the so called "swan lift" doesn't bother me at all. Marina has obviously run out of ideas... but then again, they probably had many many things to work on as a team and maybe original choreo was not on top of their priority list. They have improved, although not enough for me to be sending them to Worlds or anything.
Watching it again, without seeing the whole SD, if they hit their levels they could end up 3rd here, it all depends on how YM and HB do. I would have to say that from the three SDs I have seen, I like YM the best, then SK and then HB, although I just love HB as a team, but Kaitlin is no ballerina so this SD is not her strength. In the FD, I like HB FD over YM FD, and SK who the hell knows...
Watching it again, without seeing the whole SD, if they hit their levels they could end up 3rd here, it all depends on how YM and HB do. I would have to say that from the three SDs I have seen, I like YM the best, then SK and then HB, although I just love HB as a team, but Kaitlin is no ballerina so this SD is not her strength. In the FD, I like HB FD over YM FD, and SK who the hell knows...
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I seem to be in a minority here, but I really liked what I saw in that small bit of video
I think she looked like a beautiful swan.
I also forget that Nikita skated to Swan Lake before, I just think how good it looked as a waltz, lovely and flowing.
I liked this dance very much too!
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I know what you mean, Victoria carries her self very well. Good posture.
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Didn't Marina say they would me better than Tessa and Scott, rofl? Also Tessa and Scott were one of the few Marina couples that put emphasis on togetherness and dancing in hold. Marina needs a technical specialist and she needed one since she dumped Igor.
Program wise; I think they lost opportunity to shine with that. Of course it is far from being Swan Lake because it is a short dance but it is far from being Waltz either. They edited music strangely and parts they used didn't come together. Looks like they just cut and paste from many parts.
Skating wise; they did mostly hops, small lifts instead of actual skating. Igor always use this tricks to hide basic skating weakness of his teams. Less you skate on ice is better because you will lose speed on ice but will lose less on air.
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I'm really exited for the dance event at this competition. (Overall, Skate America seems like a fun competition in all of the disciplines this year.) I can't wait to see the programs. I always feel like, if all goes well, dances look much more solid than they did at senior b's just a couple of weeks prior.
Y/M - Interested to see their SD performed at a competition. This program is very their style.
S/K - Hope they've made obvious improvements since last season.
H/B - Hoping they have better performances here than at Finlandia. I like both of their dances.
C/B & G/P - It's been a while since we've seen theirs, so excited to watch! And see how they score.
Y/M - Interested to see their SD performed at a competition. This program is very their style.
S/K - Hope they've made obvious improvements since last season.
H/B - Hoping they have better performances here than at Finlandia. I like both of their dances.
C/B & G/P - It's been a while since we've seen theirs, so excited to watch! And see how they score.
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Please post any working live streams when available.
These worked for Pairs and the women:
http://streamking.co/hdsport
http://tuthd.tv/ntvplussport
Thank you!
These worked for Pairs and the women:
http://streamking.co/hdsport
http://tuthd.tv/ntvplussport
Thank you!
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