2017 GP Rostelecom Cup Free Dance

[ancientpeas]

Team Italy skated that really well. Good job.

 

[Barb]

well skated but I am sick of this music, I could not enjoy the program enough.

 

[Mrs. P]

That dance was beautiful, but to be honest I don't feel much more than that. I don't know how to explain it. Also while there are some lovely elements, there are a lot of open holds in the step sequences....

 

[kevinVchicago]

[emoji23] The opinions on the dress are all over the place in here.

The way the skirt was cut in the back... beurk...
The length and the print on the bottom... aesthetic cruelty...
But the swirly black part on the back was pretty.

 

[Giselle]

Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI skating to music that's so last year as per usual...It's amazing what Barbara Fusar Poli has managed to do with this team!

 

[bramweld]

The Shibs had better win this, pretty please. I am just really mad right now. SHIBS FOR THE GOLD!!

 

[auser]

Can we add Exogenesis Symphony Part III by Muse to the war pony music list? Maybe I'm just getting overtired

 

[matcha]

It's weird to see them skate something so "conventional". Not bad weird, just different. They skated well though, music aside.

 

[viennaskater]

Jeez, is it gonna be mushy mush-mush from this point onwards?

Just wait until Step/Bukin's FD - :noshake:

 

[Violet Bliss]

Beautiful performance from the Italians. Well with the mood of the music.

 

[Kinga]

I can't get the Italians. To me it is always a lot of rushed movements. And that's it.

 

[ancientpeas]

I feel an upset brewing btw.. hold on to your hats (and snacks).

 

[dorispulaski]

I love G/P but what are they going for in this program. Is he a PI and she a femme fatale? Is he meeting up with her for a rendezvous at a smoky joint? I'm trying to figure out the storyline because this music needs some point of view. Is Paul supposed to be cool and aloof and then passionate as the program goes on? I'm not getting it.

Clearly you are all not old enough to remember Perry Mason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9t1nSGXXE

not clear whether Paul is Perry or Paul.Drake, but Piper is clearly the Seductive possibly villainous or (possibly not villainous) lady.

Paul Drake is the guy in the checked coat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXv_ceZrWQ4

Dress clearly meant to be an apppropriate period piece. Since Perry was a thing in various guises from the 30's to the 70's, you get to guess which period.

This dance is better than it was at Autumn Classic, grades or no grades.

Love the creativity of the moves.

 

[matcha]

I feel an upset brewing btw.. hold on to your hats (and snacks).

I will riot. Metaphorically.

 

[NoNameFace]

There's elements of the program I like for sure, but I agree with you that I'm not sure of the full theme they're going for other than it's suppose to be film noir.

I think that maybe the point of using this 'film noir' convention, without the words, is to create some picture, emotion out there and to leave more 'open' interpretation? I do think though that more definition of characters on ice will give more depth and shape to the music, but the whole design has to 'sit' comfortably and confidently in terms on execution. They've taken some major risks with those lifts especially, but I adore this sensual aura of unsaid piece of the story they want to re-act out there

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Ekaterina's beautiful maroon dress is back! :luv17:

So she's a blind girl, is this from a movie?

 

[LittleLotte29]

Katia and Dima! Go go go!

 

[Tulipstar]

I like this program.

 

[Andrea82]

Very close between Gilles/Poirier and Guignard/Fabbri. The Canadians lead in both segments by less than one point.

In the FS they gave higher PCS to G/F by a very narrow margin

 

[Roast Toast]

Oh god, here we go. Still the dumbest "storyline" in recent years.