Fluff peace from nbc :
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/how-montreal-took-papadakis-cizeron-next-level
For those who cannot access (geoblocked) : open this website
https://streamable.com/ and put the nbc link above !
This was filmed during the summer btw
First of all, Big ... Big thanks to Anyasnake for this link to this GREAT video. :agree:
This video was recorded on August 29 by NBC. It was partly recorded in the old city of Montréal, next to the harbour and the Saint-Laurent and partly in Guillaume's apartment.
Before moving to Montréal, Gaby and Guillaume used to share their time between ice dance and their studies, literature for Gaby and Beaux-Arts for Guillaume. As Guillaume's mother pointed out in a recent interview, the 2013/14 season was really a turning point as it became obvious it was no longer possible to continue that way. G&G had to make a choice: studies or figure skating.
The Montréal project helped them to take the decision to focus 100% on ice dance. When they arrived in Montréal, they were far away from their families and from their friends. It was somehow the best situation to devote their time for the 2014/15 season. Guillaume is of course so right when he says "there was no magic recipe". In fact, they worked and worked and worked... and all this work and commitment payed off. So yes, their meteoric rise was by no means fortuitous! I am so happy Gaby and moreover Guillaume are not as shy as they used to be and share their history with us. Their story and the way they owe their success to the sweat of their forehead is now part of ice dance history. And it's such a nice story... Really....
oakandbirch, as I understand, you think D/L may have favoured V/M more than P/C but I don't think this is true. You may find it weird but I am 100% sure Marie-France and Patrice have a lot (and really a lot) of affection for Gaby and Guillaume. They love them. Well.... Gaby and Guillaume are just great people (and I am talking here about their personalities not about the talented ice dancers). Anyone who meets them - and understand who they are - can just fall in love with this amazing couple.
Second, Gaby & Guillaume are probably the best you can expect from highly talented and highly skilled skaters: hard workers with a unique connection. Both are easy to coach (Marie-France said that many times) ... as long as their coaches set very ambitious goals, meaning their coaches implement ambitious means to achieve these objectives. And I am convinced that Marie-France and Patrice enjoy to be challenged by Gaby and Guillaume while challenging them! It's a win/win relationship with interaction on both sides and in both directions. Listen carefully to what Marie-France says about Gaby and Guillaume, she brought a lot to them but she learned a lot from them. Coaching highly talented skaters who have huge expectations from you is a challenge. It's actually a challenge for the whole team, skaters and coaches included.
Gabriella and Guillaume’s meteoric rise is for ever linked to the success of the Gadbois team... and the meteoric rise of the Gadbois team is for ever linked to the success of Gaby and Guillaume. One should never forget that.
Can't wait to see how his choreography gets owned once again with G&G 
After the performance of Duhamel and Radford for example. 
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