She looked like she was going to cry and he took her hand and squeezed it - so sweet!Yeah, I love her dress.
ETA: Well her partner seems very supportive at least, so that's good.
Wow, they are tied exactly with P/O. You don't see that very often.
The lack of a "waltzy" feel to Madison and Zach's SD has been discussed in other threads but I think it is beautiful and really is a nice change of pace among all the traditionalists.
Wow just head and shoulders above the rest of the field. The levels on their elements are strong for this early in the season and gave them a 3.7 point lead to start with. Could someone remind me what PSt is? I'm assuming it replaces the no touch step sequence. When Zach fell did they both go down? I see they took -2.00 for the fall. Shame because they would have gone past their '15 Worlds SD score but still if this is any indication it looks like the move is starting to pay off.
Yeah, this is the only problem. The one real benefit to using a waltz is that you get the nice, on-time... bounce? I don't really know what to call it, sorry. They have it for a few bars but their music just doesn't allow it. Hopefully the judges will embrace it anyway because it's an absolutely lovely program. Even with the fall they were clearly the best today.
A waltz is all about the rise and fall as the couple swirls across the floor. It's why you get the ONE two three beat. A rise and fall in the music echoed in the rise and fall of the couple's bodies. So there is horizontal movement, but there is also vertical movement. It should FLOW, almost like a ship moving through water.
The program is lovely, at least from what I saw the first outing of it. But it also isn't within the time signature of a waltz. I see that isn't an issue for the judges, and I think it should be.
It seems like most couples are doing everything they can to make the waltz as UNtraditional as possible. Same thing with the Russian test skates. Just seems to be the trend this year.