Dance - Original Dance - Tango
- Thread starter Rosaleen
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Virtue/Moir are a new team and they're the #2 in Canada, so the judges are holding them back in the PC score. It's not fair but ice dance still does have a system of having to wait your turn, at least it's getting better.
CBC only showed the top 3 OD'sI wanted to see the french skate, and Weaver/Poje.
Holding them back? I think they've been propped up quite a bit. I don't think that they are all that just yet.
First of all, props to ESPN for showing so many OD's! I can download them on the computer anyway, but sometimes watching them on TV is nice too. I didn't expect V/M, let alone Kerr/Kerr and some other unexpected ones.
Secondly, how did B/A get such a high score with her noticable mistake running into the boards and overall lack of passion?? Are the judges back to padding their scores, ala 2005-2006?
And I honestly think that Virtue/Moir have the best OD and FD this season and should be World Champs. They do everything with such clarity, elegance, romance. They have superior speed around the ice than D/L, Del/Scho, and Dom/Shab, from what I can see. I think they're terrific, and I think the young Americans Davis/White are not far behind!
And I know that in ice dancing there is "waiting your turn" and being held back as youngsters, which is most noticable in PCS - but I agree that by actually watching all the programs, anyone can clearly see how much of a joke it is that Dom/Shab can get about 5 points higher in PCS than V/M and D/W! Oh well! Hopefully next year they will recieve a little more respect.
Secondly, how did B/A get such a high score with her noticable mistake running into the boards and overall lack of passion?? Are the judges back to padding their scores, ala 2005-2006?
And I honestly think that Virtue/Moir have the best OD and FD this season and should be World Champs. They do everything with such clarity, elegance, romance. They have superior speed around the ice than D/L, Del/Scho, and Dom/Shab, from what I can see. I think they're terrific, and I think the young Americans Davis/White are not far behind!
And I know that in ice dancing there is "waiting your turn" and being held back as youngsters, which is most noticable in PCS - but I agree that by actually watching all the programs, anyone can clearly see how much of a joke it is that Dom/Shab can get about 5 points higher in PCS than V/M and D/W! Oh well! Hopefully next year they will recieve a little more respect.
Yes. Sadly.
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if that's the case why is the #3 ranked US team above the 2nd... who have been on the Senior circuit longer?
anything can happen with teh new system...
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ITA. Can anyone see where V/M are losing marks artistically?
They loose points on the PCS, and there is not such a mark for artistism, but for interpretation
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Sorry I still think of the PC as the artistic mark, but my question still stands.
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How amazing, I think most of you are crazy, B/A don't have passion? I think the most beautiful Tango programme is B/A's this season, I think others are boring, especially for D/S(RUS), so slow.
I can see where some might feel B/A lack passion - a lot of the times their expression can come across as very perky and a little fake. But I think for the most part, they did a good job with the tango.
DomShabs, though, had a fab tango! Tokyo wasn't their best competition and I don't think that judging them based on that competition alone is fair. In Oksana's situation, you could almost expect a sub-par performance, and she did very well considering (I read somewhere that she was only back on the ice a week or two before worlds). Their choreography was great, they really danced it and that straight line lift was to die for! (Especially at Euros
) I would have had them ahead of D/L in the OD and third overall. But that's just me. I do agree that they could be faster sometimes.
DomShabs, though, had a fab tango! Tokyo wasn't their best competition and I don't think that judging them based on that competition alone is fair. In Oksana's situation, you could almost expect a sub-par performance, and she did very well considering (I read somewhere that she was only back on the ice a week or two before worlds). Their choreography was great, they really danced it and that straight line lift was to die for! (Especially at Euros
) I would have had them ahead of D/L in the OD and third overall. But that's just me. I do agree that they could be faster sometimes.Did you see the championships live or on tv? On tv, it is very difficult to judge speed and ice coverage, both of which play a part in the PCS marks. People who have seen V/M live have said that they skate much slower and with less power than the top 5 teams -- which is understandable, considering that they are so much younger than those teams, and have not finished growing yet. Speed, power, and ice coverage will come, but they're not there yet.
