2023 JGP Istanbul Rhythm Dance

[labgoat]

Dana SABATINI-SPECIALE / Nicholas BUELOW CAN in hot pink and powder blue channel their inner Virtue & Moir as they skate to Jack & Diane and Pride & Joy. Sadly they were coached by the late Alexandra Paul.

 

[icewhite]

the first song is a very nice, atmospheric choice
I'm so excited on the other hand is just... too overplayed, despite being a nice song

 

[Jumping_Bean]

and so there go my predictions

Ice Dance has genuinely become very difficult to predict this season, a lot of very open fields with a large number of teams having a similar scoring potential.

Doesn't help that Ice Dance, more than maybe any other discipline, is scored vastly differently nationally and internationally in many countries.

 

[elektra blue]

well at least these two do look 80s to me

they are. too bad they had half a disaster skate

 

[auser]

Aww. Too bad about the fall but nice recovery to get back the spirit of the dance

 

[elektra blue]

@norwegianfairytale @balabam you've been summoned

 

[icewhite]

they are. too bad they had half a disaster skate

yeah... I don't care about results in juniors, but for the athletes it must suck

 

[elektra blue]

another team that totally misanderstood the assignment

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Look, it's the second one of the baby dancers with the same birthday (though certainly not the same birth year) as me

 

[anonymoose_au]

Don't recall giant flowers associated with the '80s. Perhaps someone can school me?

Yeah it was early 90s wasn't it?

Gasp! They've slowed down Love Shack? I'm calling the music police, there's been a crime committed!

 

[labgoat]

Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN FRA with more Pointer Sisters in black with blue. Mistake on the twizzles but they skated with a lot of conviction and style to recover as best as they can. I like this team, they are well matched and work well together.

 

[icewhite]

Those music cuts just drive my crazy... they really don't care, do they?

(I don't just mean this team.)

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Oh, Canada... Key points again. And twizzles.

 

[yyzskater]

Hello, you two, what's going on with those Key points?

This is a bit of a warning for the Canadian ice dance panels - If you are very generous with levels at national competitions, your teams will not be able to fix them and they will not get those levels internationally.

I was wondering the same thing. I think their domestic high is like 60+ with similar skates. So unfair for the skaters to get inflated domestically and then get slaughtered internationally

 

[icewhite]

By the end of the year the costumes need to be evaluated and if you aren't 80s you are disqualified from taking part in WC/JWC, unless you change them.

 

[yuumagical]

Good night everyone...too tired, gotta say bye before I gogo

 

[labgoat]

Emma GOODSTADT / Christian BENNETT CAN she in magenta , he in black skate to Love Shack & Black Velvet They seem very slow to me. When doing their 80s homework how many of these skaters saw Rosalynn Sumners as a pro?

 

[labgoat]

Good night everyone...too tired, gotta say bye before I gogo

Thanks for coming. Have a good sleep.

 

[labgoat]

Rosaylnn Sumners skating to Black Velvet - she owns this piece of music

Rosalynn Sumners (USA) - 1991 U.S. Open Professionals, Ladies' Artistic Program

Seattle, Washington, USA - 1991 U.S. Open Professional Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Artistic Program - Rosalynn Sumners of the United States

youtu.be

 

[Jumping_Bean]

I was wondering the same thing. I think their domestic high is like 60+ with similar skates. So unfair for the skaters to get inflated domestically and then get slaughtered internationally

Exactly. How are you supposed to fix an issue when you are told there's no problem in domestic competitions? It seems cruel to hype them up with big national scores, just for them to be absolutely hammered internationally.

It's really an ethical question for me more than anything, especially as these are often very young skaters, and I feel like this definitely must impact them psychologically.