Dance - Original Dance - Tango

[Rosaleen]

16 Krisztina BARTA / Adam TOTH - HUN
Tango de Roxanne / her in dark pink lame ½ dress him in black with dark pink design down one leg /
Midline - intricate and very well done in sync - maybe a little slow - twiz were great sync if a bit slow / strt lift was very nice / spin with her in catchfoot then change of pos / diag steps were very dramatic and with the music and changed with the music - bit slow though / rot lift with her around his waist is fast / it was a dramatic and expressive dance but seemed somewhat slow and laboured to me /
PB 40.06 TES 22.89 PCS 17.07 Tot 39.96 gr tot 64.34 currently 6th overall
Lev 4 twiz & lifts / lev 1 - diag steps / lev 2 midline / lev 3 spin

 

[Rosaleen]

17 Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO - UKR
Her in dark bright pink him in black vest & pants white shirt /
Spin with her in catchfoot / midline in good sync as were the twiz / rot lift with her in catch foot / diag steps - hold was a bit far apart and almost too deliberate in steps / curve lift with her in catch foot / it had decent expression but lacked somewhat in speed & flow /
PB 43.33 TES 23.67 PCS 19.39 tot 43.06 gr tot 70.20 currently 3rd overall
Lev 1 - diag steps / lev 2 - midline / lev 3 spin / lev 4 twiz & both lifts

 

[Rosaleen]

18 Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitali BUTIKOV - RUS
La Cumparsita / black with silver trim & hot bright pink on arms & skirt /
Great tango dancing to start / upside down pos from her in curve lift / midline - ½ half on one foot - twizzles matched well / spin with him in sit her in catch foot to Y then change to sit by both - 1st part was slow 7 a bit out of control / diag steps moved with music / pause for change of music to lighter 7 faster and they're mood changed as well / strt lift with her upside down in catchfoot pos /
PB 47.98 TES 23.86 PCS 22.26 tot 46.12 gr tot 77.45 currently 1st overall (2nd in OD)
Lev 4 both lifts & twiz / lev 3 midline / lev 2 dia steps / lev 1 spin

 

[Rosaleen]

19 Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER - CAN
Tango / her in gold & black brocade him in black semi sheer with leather-looking pants /
Moving well to start / rot lift with change of pos moves very well - smooth / pause at corner for diag steps - got a little far apart ofn twiz but they were snc'd - little off on twiz at end / spin with her in layover camel change to Y - excellent spin - good speed nice pos / midline - 1st half one foot - she might have put foot down early on one twiz and they seemed a little out of sync in the middle - but the sets of sync twiz at end were very good 1st arms behind back then overhead / strt lift with her resting on his knees extended horz to ice /
PB 45.13 TES 24.62 PCS 19.86 tot 44.48 gr tot 73.18 currently 3rd overall
Lev 4 rot lifts & twiz / lev 3 spin & strt lift & midline / lev 2 diag steps

 

[Rosaleen]

20 Elodie BROUILLER / Benoit RICHAUD - FRA
Vuelvo Al Sur by Gotan Project, Tanguera her in black him in black vest & pants white shirt /
Start with soft romantic positions / diag steps - very nice & soft (yet tango) perfect twiz at end / strt lift her resting his knees extended horz to ice / spin her in catch foot him in sit change to him upright her in layback - 1st part a little slow, 2nd nice / midline - good speed to start & pretty much maintain it - twiz at tiny bit out I think / rot lift is fast with her at his waist level extended out horiz /
PB 47.14 TES 25.89 PCS 21.99 tot 47.88 new pb gr tot 77.45 currently 2nd overall
Lev 4 both lifts & spin / lev 3 twiz / lev 2 both steps

 

[Rosaleen]

21 Grethe GRUENBERG / Kristian RAND - EST
Quejas de Bandoneon / both in black top of hers is mainly semi sheer - he has dark red shirt /
Midline - excellent sync & deep edges - twiz were good & quite fast / strt lift with change of pos was fast & smooth / spin with her in lovely ½ beillman pos good speed / diag steps intricate and captured the lilt of music / fast one arm rot lift with her in catchfoot pos.
PB 49.01 TES 27.65 PCS 22.80 tot 50.45 new pb gr tot 82.87 currently 1st overall
Lev 4 twiz & both lifts & spin / lev 3 both steps

 

[Rosaleen]

22 Maria MONKO / Ilia TKACHENKO - RUS
Tango Passion by Iazzolla / both in black her dress is ½ illusion diagononally cut /
No hands curve lift with her upside down resting on his knees / midline right with music on the whole seq - twiz were fast & matched perfectly - best midline so far imo / spin with him in sit her in catchfoot change to upright & Y / diag steps - he caught an edge and fell near the start - recovered quite quickly to completely the seq / rotational lift consequently finished after the music /
PB n/a TES 22.81 PCS 23.35 ded 1.00 tot 45.16 gr tot 76.26 currently 5th in OD 4th overall
Lev 4 twiz & both lifts / lev 2 midline & spin / lev 1 diag steps

 

[Rosaleen]

23 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE - CAN
Jeanne y paul, Verano Porteno / both in black her dress has silver sparkles
Great expression & speed to start / midline - fast & smooth - twiz just about perfect / curve lift in circle with him in hydro blade pos her ersting on his legs / spin with him in sit then upright - her in catchfoot / nice dancey bit into daig steps were smooth & romatic at start then some fire / one arm rot lift with her in catch foot pos into final pos /
PB 47.30 TES 26.99 PCS 22.04 tot 49.03 new pb currently 2nd in OD, 2nd overall
Lev 2 diag steps / lev 3 midline / lev 4 rest

 

[Rosaleen]

24 Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN - GER
Parisian Tango by Mireille Mathieu / her dress is silver in centre front & back & black down sides /
Music & moves to start have crowd clapping - it seems to be a bit of a lighter hearted tango / Midline is nicely done - good sync / curve lift with her resting on his knees extended horz to ice / spin with change of pos / diag steps 1st half on one foot - nicely done - close holds - twiz at end match / rot lift with her around his neck /
PB 40.40 TES 26.78 PCS 18.92 tot 45.70 gr tot 73.37 currently 6th in od 7th overall
Lev 4 lifts & twiz & spin / lev 3 both steps

 

[Rosaleen]

25 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV - RUS
La Passion, tanguera / her in black with red & black shredded skirt /
Passionate moves to open / midline - extremely difficult and in perfect sync throughout as far as I could see / strt lift her horz to ice in catchfoot him in crouch / music change for spin with multiple changes of pos - very nice - like a pairs spin / diag steps move very fast in 1st half - close together even for the twizzles / one arm rot lift with her in catch foot - good speed /
PB 52.79 TES 29.22 PCS 24.91 tot 54.13 new pb currently 1st in od & 1st overall
Lev 3 both steps / lev 4 - rest

 

[Rosaleen]

26 Camilla PISTORELLO / Matteo ZANNI - ITA
La cumparsita, Oblivion, El Chocio / both in black him with orange tie her with bit of range trim and underskirt /
Beautiful interpretion of opening music / midline matched well & flowed - in sync on twiz / curve lift with change of pos / enter the spin like pairs do - don't like it in dance - spin was fast / diag steps - interesting (good) chor - right with music / rot lift with her upside down horz to ice /
PB 49.06 TES 25.38 PCS 21.31 tot 46.69 currently 6th in od and 6th overall
Lev 2 spin / lev 4 lifts / lev 3 rest

 

[Rosaleen]

27 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES - USA
Argentine tango: Quehas de Bandoneon / her in shades of pink-mauve him in black vest & pants with maroon shirt /
Close expressive steps to start / midline - music smooths out and the steps reflect it then changes for twiz - nicely match / strt lift lift change of pos him in spread eagle her resting on his legs / spin is fast with her in catch foot him change from sit to upright / diag steps very close together with excellent matching extension - beautiful - matched music /
Rot lift to end /
PB 52.32 TES 30.88 PCS 23.10 tot 53.98 gr tot 85.16 currently 2nd in od, 2nd overall
Level l4 on everything !!!

 

[VGL]

Thanks Rosaleen!

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

Thanks Rosaleen.


I hope Samuelson and Bates skate their hearts out and capture gold in the free dance

 

[chuckm]

Thanks Rosaleen.


I hope Samuelson and Bates skate their hearts out and capture gold in the free dance

Samuelson/Bates would have to beat Bobrova/Soloviev by 5 points in the FD--nearly impossible, unless B/S have a major whoopsie (or two).