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Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev

WeakAnkles said:
Ok, well I have to admit I found the FD a bit on the tapioca pudding side when I first watched (a little safe, a little bland). But I've rewatched it several times and it is definitely growing on me. If you're going to go for a classic--dare I say classic Russian?--style skate, this is as good an example as one is likely to find. I do find the music a bit of a snoozefest (AK is all about the inability to control the passions and how easily they can be manipulated--and the music just lacks that passionate grandeur and sweep, but that's certainly not their fault). I would encourage them to add more tempo at the ending--it needs to build. This is precisely the story where you can pour the Dramuh! on thick! I love the circularity of the opening and closing poses (passion does make one blind). It does look like their posture has improved (I would still tie a wooden stick to their backs for at least some of their practice time if I was coaching them, but at least they've stopped the incessanthunching over they were prone to).

Ok, I'll say it here because if I say it in a main thread I'm likely to be set upon.

[Sotto voice] I like it so much more than I/K's FD (which I found to be SO! disappointing).

It's going to be a VERY interesting battle for positions 1 & 2 between B/S and I/K. I don't see any other team really challenging them for the top two spots (though Y/M is going to give both of them a run for their money--or should, if we could only keep political maneuvering out of it).
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You mean I/Z right ?:biggrin:
 
WeakAnkles said:
Ok, well I have to admit I found the FD a bit on the tapioca pudding side when I first watched (a little safe, a little bland). But I've rewatched it several times and it is definitely growing on me. If you're going to go for a classic--dare I say classic Russian?--style skate, this is as good an example as one is likely to find. I do find the music a bit of a snoozefest (AK is all about the inability to control the passions and how easily they can be manipulated--and the music just lacks that passionate grandeur and sweep, but that's certainly not their fault). I would encourage them to add more tempo at the ending--it needs to build. This is precisely the story where you can pour the Dramuh! on thick! I love the circularity of the opening and closing poses (passion does make one blind). It does look like their posture has improved (I would still tie a wooden stick to their backs for at least some of their practice time if I was coaching them, but at least they've stopped the incessanthunching over they were prone to).

Ok, I'll say it here because if I say it in a main thread I'm likely to be set upon.

[Sotto voice] I like it so much more than I/K's FD (which I found to be SO! disappointing).

It's going to be a VERY interesting battle for positions 1 & 2 between B/S and I/K. I don't see any other team really challenging them for the top two spots (though Y/M is going to give both of them a run for their money--or should, if we could only keep political maneuvering out of it).
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Thank god, someone said her posture got better. I already started to think it's just my imagination :)

Wanna 'Team Bobrova' member card? :laugh:
 
Snow63 said:
Thank god, someone said her posture got better. I already started to think it's just my imagination :)

Wanna 'Team Bobrova' member card? :laugh:
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LOL and Alba wants to make me a I/Z team card member. I'm feeling very popular! :)

I do have go back and rewatch their SD. Usually I'm all for thinking out of the box and going for the gusto, but this year has really made me think, So what's wrong a waltz that looks and sounds like a waltz? Jeez! Soon I'd be yelling at kids to Get off my lawn! Or I would if I had one! :)

PS I do reserve the right to change my opinion if they add a Eurobeat underpulse to any of the FD. I do have my limits! :)
 
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WeakAnkles said:
PS I do reserve the right to change my opinion if they add a Eurobeat underpulse to any of the FD. I do have my limits! :)
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This music is very beautiful IMO, it doesn't need any 'artificial' beats to make it more 'dancey'. I'd be pretty dissapointed myself if Zhuline will allow to do it, even if it's Tarasova's or Shekhovtseva's request. But the soundrack have so many beautiful pieces left, fast tempo and low tempo, so maybe the changes will not be so drastic. Hopefully.

P.S. My fan card is very stylish, black and platinum. And what Alba offered you? :biggrin:
 
TheGothicEme said:
Team Bobrova has their own name - #TheKate, Katya came up with it herself :dance:
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As if I needed more reasons to like that girl. She seems to be down-to-earth and doesn't take herself too seriously. Major pluses! :D
 
Snow63 said:
This music is very beautiful IMO, it doesn't need any 'artificial' beats to make it more 'dancey'. I'd be pretty dissapointed myself if Zhuline will allow to do it, even if it's Tarasova's or Shekhovtseva's request. But the soundrack have so many beautiful pieces left, fast tempo and low tempo, so maybe the changes will not be so drastic. Hopefully.
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It's a beautiful score, but it is also very subtle. It is not "obvious" and does not "build" in a traditional sense. That means it's up to #TheKate to really sell the performance aspect of the FD.
 
Snow63 said:
This music is very beautiful IMO, it doesn't need any 'artificial' beats to make it more 'dancey'. I'd be pretty dissapointed myself if Zhuline will allow to do it, even if it's Tarasova's or Shekhovtseva's request. But the soundrack have so many beautiful pieces left, fast tempo and low tempo, so maybe the changes will not be so drastic. Hopefully.

P.S. My fan card is very stylish, black and platinum. And what Alba offered you? :biggrin:
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I worked as a waiter to put myself through college and always, always, always, ALWAYS the worst tippers were doctors and lawyers with platinum cards.

Just sayn'...

:biggrin:
 
Snow63 said:
P.S. My fan card is very stylish, black and platinum. And what Alba offered you? :biggrin:
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Nothing at all. He's trolling with you. :laugh: WeakAnkles and I do not agree almost on nothing. Yet I love him. :)

Team I&Z is too busy as it is. Time to do some filtering. ;)
 
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WeakAnkles said:
I worked as a waiter to put myself through college and always, always, always, ALWAYS the worst tippers were doctors and lawyers with platinum cards.

Just sayn'...

:biggrin:
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LOL, I'm offering Weak Ankles Cold Hard Cash (caps intentional!) to be part of the #BabyP fan club. Yes, I know she's only 3 months. Starting early.
 
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Alba said:
Nothing at all. He's trolling with you. :laugh: WeakAnkles and I do not agree almost on nothing. Yet I love him. :)

Team I&Z is too busy as it is. Time to do some filtering. ;)
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Trolling? Hmpf.

It's not that we disagree, exactly. We actually are the kind of people who both love fruit. Only I love strawberries. And she loves lemons.

;)

Love ya honey!

:)
 
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WeakAnkles said:
Trolling? Hmpf.

It's not that we disagree, exactly. We actually are the kind of people who both love fruit. Only I love strawberries. And she loves lemons.

;)

Love ya honey!

:)
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OMG you couldn't have taken a better example than this, because indeed I don't like strawberries and I love lemons. :laugh: I even eat them raw. :biggrin:
 
Alba said:
OMG you couldn't have taken a better example than this, because indeed I don't like strawberries and I love lemons. :laugh: I even eat them raw. :biggrin:
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LOL Why aren't as I psychic with tomorrow's lottery numbers???

Life. It just isn't fair. :)
 
Mrs. P said:
As if I needed more reasons to like that girl. She seems to be down-to-earth and doesn't take herself too seriously. Major pluses! :D
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I'm absolutely in love with her :o: on the facebook fan group of them, she hits like on everything we post there, that's really sweet. :love:
 
adelia said:
Last week they performed their FD at an ice show, here are some beautiful pics:
http://cs623718.vk.me/v623718325/43ffe/3L61d92t2zc.jpg
http://cs623718.vk.me/v623718037/4d56f/ZrXuCWIwgCY.jpg
http://cs623718.vk.me/v623718042/4ac05/HTyePakvkqI.jpg
http://cs628328.vk.me/v628328002/18f97/hgYxFQqKzfc.jpg
http://cs628328.vk.me/v628328002/190f5/DhJqyNw7138.jpg
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Thank you, very beautiful pictures. Katia looks fantastic :)

It looks like they were using old straight line lift, I hope it was just for that show and they're not gonna drop their awesome new upside down lift.
 
Thanks for the pictures, adelia. They look great in those costumes against the dark backdrop. Really giving this program the appropriate atmosphere I think, even though most of the story is not supposed to happen at dark settings. Looks like the visuals were especially made for their program. There is smoke from the train at the beginning, then there is the impression of winter (Karenina and Vronsky met in winter and she committed suicide by throwing herself under the train in winter if I remember correctly), and at some point there is a fragment from a luxurious room (probably a ballroom).
 
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