2021 JGP France: Free Dance

[lariko]

And that concludes the competition. I have to say free dance was more watchable than rhythm.

mainly, I am just so, so happy we have competitions to watch again!
I think they even have the gala tomorrow

 

[flanker]

OK, clear gold or the Shpilband's team.

 

[4everchan]

I wouldn't mind that. Who would you pick for them?

very good question.... do we give them originality with Carol Lane, or do we put them in the big pond at IAM with MF and Patch... I am not sure i would send them to Scott... but he is also showing the goods even if he is just starting out officially as a coach

 

[breadstal]

100, wow! (that seems high haha) Knowing nothing about ID, I felt they were the most polished and in sync. I'm really bored of this music being used though lol Congrats to medalists. US and Canada medaling was pretty obvious. This is a very Asian-descent podium with the fake Korean team, the Canadian team and Jeffrey!

 

[4everchan]

wolfkostin/chen.... gotta remember her name (his is simple enough) as i will not be able to call them w/c it just is wrong

 

[elektra blue]

guys, i was missing this so much! see you next week! love you all!

 

[Hyena]

This program doesn't totally work for me because I, too, can only think of Sui/Han, so it just ends up highlighting the areas Wolfkostin/Chen are still working on. But really, isn't that what your final (I assume) junior program should do? Stretch you out of your comfort zone and force you to elevate your skills so you're ready to compete with the seniors?

Anyway, these two are getting very good and I'll be keeping a closer eye on the going forward.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Thank you lovely folk for keeping me company as always, now I've got to go to bed and catch up on the 2 hours of sleep debt. See you next week

 

[kmw227]

Overall a great competition and a great way to kick off the Olympic season!

See you all next week!

 

[4everchan]

i love it when a competition finishes with strong performances....

 

[Jammers]

I think W/C are already ready to jump to Seniors and would love to see them at Nationals skate the Senior level let's face it they would beat the lower teams that will be a Nationals so why stay Junior at Nationals?

 

[dorispulaski]

The Korean Cats were very special, but that opening move & the combo spin following it by Katarina & Jeffrey were absolutely amazing

The Canadians did not get a choice of music that they seemed to relate to

Rain in Your Black Eyes is not an official warhorse in dance-Shpilband has not used it 5 times already

 

[Andrea82]

Please, take that decanters or the mayor will get offended!

 

[kmw227]

I think W/C are already ready to jump to Seniors and would love to see them at Nationals skate the Senior level let's face it they would beat the lower teams that will be a Nationals so why stay Junior at Nationals?

Seniors and juniors do different rhythm dance patterns, so W/C would need to learn a completely new pattern. Don't think it'd be worth it for one competition (I doubt they'd get sent to any senior events besides Nationals)

 

[Andrea82]

Free Dance score breakdown by judge

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The Ukrainian judge loved Cats. She ranked Lim/Quan first in PCS. In RD she went with Mrazekova/Mrazek's Daddy Cool/Disco Inferno as first in PCS.
US judge didn't like the Germans. Bulgarian judge loved them.

 

[Azikin]

Costly mistake

It's a pity, their free program was great, I couldn't even watch the pairs that came after them (except the winners, they were clearly the best, except ugly clothes but I would put the Czech pair right after them), both their programs were lovely and as someone else said, the overall vibe was great. Looking forward to their further performances..