To be fair, Hawayek/Baker don't have the it for a tango
Strongly disagree.
To be fair, Hawayek/Baker don't have the it for a tango
I am so nervous for Piper and Paul. I prefer to watch skating when I'm not emotionally involved in the outcome.
I don’t think the Americans were underscored, and I am American. Granted, I think McNamara and Carpenter have technical prowess, H/D the need for a shower, and everyone else is various shades of tapioca pudding level dull.
It's one of my favorite dances of all time. Even her backward dress is first rate!
Hey style counts! All kinds of style!
what about skating skills?
I am so nervous for Piper and Paul. I prefer to watch skating when I'm not emotionally involved in the outcome.
I wished Piper and Paul hadn’t made those twizzles of theirs yesterday... Don’t get me wrong, they are awesome and so original, but maybe switching them for something more “traditional” for that one competition, when so much is at stake, would have been more beneficial and safe? Then they could bring them back for other competitions, like nationals or worlds or something.
That is not correct. They didn't miss the timing - when couple miss a timing they got T in their pattern. They didn't perform steps with right/deep enough edges so they got N in first pattern fot those key points!
Actually, if two tangoes are chosen, there must be a tango feel to both, but only the pattern dance needs a Tango Romantica expression. A team could chose the rest of the dance to be an Argentine Tango, for example. Or a team can chose another recognizable rhythm. I have seen foxtrot, hip-hop, Swing, Charleston and others as the non TR part of this year's RD. But each rhythm choice used must be expressed, hence the change to the name Rhythm Dance.I agree :agree: but i was not talking about that. I'm just saying that Compulsary dance and Short Dance have different tasks. You can't compare it like that. Also Short Dance and Rhythm Dance. Ice Dance committee specifically change the name of a short program this year also suggesting that is not the point for skaters to skate literal tangos in their RD programs as a whole. They need to skate just the tango patterns/steps, the whole dance and performance doesn't need to have a tango feeling!
I wished Piper and Paul hadn’t made those twizzles of theirs yesterday... Don’t get me wrong, they are awesome and so original, but maybe switching them for something more “traditional” for that one competition, when so much is at stake, would have been more beneficial and safe? Then they could bring them back for other competitions, like nationals or worlds or something.
If you want to see the TR done well look at the Olympics in 2010. The top three were all vastly superior to anything this season. Makes you wish Davis/ White or Virtue/Moir were still competing. The RD is a mess this year.
All my ice dance knowledge lies in looking at the TES box, but uhh, I take it the Tango Romantica is very hard? Cos I don't think I've seen anyone hit 4/4 all season long, not even P/C here :eeking:
Go Parsons! (or would plural be Parsonses?)
how did Vikita ended up in first group? They were great!
Trainwrecked their World Standings via mucking up two years ago while being wandering journeymen with no coach, also skipping or doing only one Challenger event the last couple years, and finally dropping out midway through Nationals last season and missing the post-season.
Sorry for the random question, but does anyone know where to find the list/pool of RD rhythms that the ISU uses when choosing an RD theme?
The Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence skated to one of the following Rhythms: Quickstep, Blues, March, Polka or Foxtrot.
Additional information to be published in a subsequent ISU Communication.
I'm really annoyed that Piper and Paul got stuck in the two deepest fields of the season, when they could easily have taken gold medals in a couple of the events. They deserve to be at the GPF, but will likely not make it while inferior teams will. Selfishly, I really wanted to see their programs again before Canadian nationals. Now I'm just hoping for another sublime performance of their FD.