2025 NHK Trophy Free Dance

[4everchan]

I think Fear & Gibson’s concept is good, I commend them for deviating from the same old same old, but I so dislike the final section, Auld Lang Syne, as the Kerr’s did that twenty years ago, better by several levels of magnitude and so full of joy.

Anyone who sees this and has never seen how the Kerr’s did it at Worlds, go look it up

so... question since you mentioned Auld Lang Syne...

in our "Quebec" version of that tune, it's a farewell song... is it in the Original ? Would that hint at retirement ?

 

[NanaPat]

So I got 1st-4th correct in my predictions....Idk why I predicted the Germans to get 5th.

Because you like them? I've been a fan since I saw them skate live and in person.

 

[moonvine]

I think Fear & Gibson’s concept is good, I commend them for deviating from the same old same old, but I so dislike the final section, Auld Lang Syne, as the Kerr’s did that twenty years ago, better by several levels of magnitude and so full of joy.

Anyone who sees this and has never seen how the Kerr’s did it at Worlds, go look it up

20 years is 20 lifetimes in figure skating.

 

[museksk8r]

So, based on who has citizenship in place, the US Olympic team for ice dance is currently shaping up to be:
Chock/Bates
Zingas/Kolesnik
Green/Parsons

 

[el henry]

so... question since you mentioned Auld Lang Syne...

in our "Quebec" version of that tune, it's a farewell song... is it in the Original ? Would that hint at retirement ?

The poem is Scottish, so I assume that is why they used it.

New Years Eve here in the US.

 

[saine]

So I got 1st-4th correct in my predictions....Idk why I predicted the Germans to get 5th.

I made the same predictions including the Germans, I thought that they could be 5th and they seemed like a nice team. It's an "I wish you well" prediction.

 

[4everchan]

The poem is Scottish, so I assume that is why they used it.

New Years Eve here in the US.

we use it also at new years eve

but it's also used as a farewell song

 

[cheerknithanson]

Because you like them? I've been a fan since I saw them skate live and in person.

Nah I was thinking potential on who would get 5th.

 

[NanaPat]

The French sisters are in the house! They had quite a long shot of them after the winners interview.

 

[auser]

The poem is Scottish, so I assume that is why they used it.

New Years Eve here in the US.

Yes. Poem by Robert Burns(I only know this because I am a fan of the tv show "All Creatures Great and Small". Loved hearing Scot actor Nicholas Ralph reading the poem in one of the episodes).

 

[4everchan]

Yes. Poem by Robert Burns(I only know this because I am a fan of the tv show "All Creatures Great and Small". Loved hearing Scot actor Nicholas Ralph reading the poem in one of the episodes).

and what is the poem about ?

 

[moonvine]

The poem is Scottish, so I assume that is why they used it.

New Years Eve here in the US.

Right, farewell to the old year…

 

[auser]

and what is the poem about ?

It expresses the lyrics you hear in the song. Here is an AI summary:
"Auld Lang Syne" is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, often sung to celebrate the New Year and reflect on old friendships. The title translates to "old long since," and the song expresses nostalgia for the past and the importance of remembering old acquaintances.

 

[Janice4th]

and what is the poem about ?

It’s about remembering old friendships.

 

[4everchan]

It expresses the lyrics you hear in the song. Here is an AI summary:
"Auld Lang Syne" is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, often sung to celebrate the New Year and reflect on old friendships. The title translates to "old long since," and the song expresses nostalgia for the past and the importance of remembering old acquaintances.

so it's about the same in French then

 

[sofiaidfan]

G/F had best free dance today

 

[Skater Boy]

I know there is lots of time til Milan but the ice dance is very underwhelming despite far better skates from Fear and Gibsonand the Italians. Good on Green and Parsons and the Shibsibs look dead. I wonder if they will even go to Nats. This is horrible. Them and Keegan Messing these returns are failures. Guillaume and Laurence seems to be a huge success. Judges seem more forgiving to hold up Sui and Han but it is also because pairs is weak in general. Well the Italians did better here for sure but hardly look impressive. They kind of look like its time to go. Fear and Gibson song at the end seems appropriae to end with so many teams and skaters. I feel bad for the Shibutani's. TO be passed by second tier American teams is humbling.

 

[hereforthevibes]

So, based on who has citizenship in place, the US Olympic team for ice dance is currently shaping up to be:
Chock/Bates
Zingas/Kolesnik
Green/Parsons

Carreira said recently that her interview and swear-in is in several weeks. Barring disaster she will be a citizen before 2026

 

[ManyCairns]

so it's about the same in French then

I don't interpret it quite the same really. Changing it to more modern and prosaic English, the original lines include "should old acquaintances become forgotten, and never recalled" and "we'll take a cup [raise a glass/make a toast] to old times" rather than the posted French, which if my [totally beginner] French is right talks about "this is not a goodbye, my brothers." To me, the French seems more about saying temporary goodbye -- or a hope that it will indeed be only a temporary goodbye -- whereas the Burns poem is about looking back and remembering old times. Other lines talk about running in the fields, swimming in the "burn," and other fond recollections of boyhood with a friend. But similar sentiment and nostalgia, for sure.

 

[4everchan]

I don't interpret it quite the same really. Changing it to more modern and prosaic English, the original lines include "should old acquaintances become forgotten, and never recalled" and "we'll take a cup [raise a glass/make a toast] to old times" rather than the posted French, which if my [totally beginner] French is right talks about "this is not a goodbye, my brothers." To me, the French seems more about saying temporary goodbye -- or a hope that it will indeed be only a temporary goodbye -- whereas the Burns poem is about looking back and remembering old times. Other lines talk about running in the fields, swimming in the "burn," and other fond recollections of boyhood with a friend. But similar sentiment and nostalgia, for sure.

you are correct. in French, there is indeed a focus on returning.