Kagiyama und Sakamoto gewinnen mit Leichtigkeit die NHK Trophy. #Eiskunstlauf #Japan #NHKTrophy
Eiskunstlauf: Japaner Kagiyama und Sakamoto führen bei der NHK Trophy #Eiskunslauf #NHKTrophy #Japan #Sport
As before, I'm back on my nonsense. This is still last week's free programmes (for ladies at the moment), and I'm moved to post because I did Seoyeon Ji a disservice. Bland, sweet competence, I called her work during the short programme. Hah! She sure showed me. MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, BITCH!
(actually, she still lacks some of the crispness and fierceness I would have expected from this music choice--especially at the big swell at the end) but I like how she thinks.)
And at last we have Fournier-Beaudry and Soerensen. They did not think the Latin requirement for the short programme was excessive, and so have doubled down with a tango-type thing combined with Spanish guitar+moonlight sonata (???) for the free dance. It's good, but I prefer Chock/Bates myself. I think they'll both end up at the finals, so we'll see who comes out on top then.
Ah, Chock/Bates will always be an alien and an astronaut in my headcanon, but one of the pieces in their free programme this season is called Les Tectoniques, and the costume does make me think they might be going for magma + continental plates as their theme. I can dig it.
To be fair, they did do an exquisite job of it.
This is classed as a rotational lift, but I think that Green is doing most of the work here. It's hard to see in a still image, but her hip is not braced on Parsons' knee. That's all core strength keeping her parallel to the ice, plus maybe a bit of help from Parsons' right hand.
Oh no. Green/Parsons are doing Rhapsody in Blue. I once worked briefly in a job that required me to spend enormous amounts of time on hold with United Airlines, and the music has been poisoned for me ever since.
Reed/Ambrulevicius going full emo goth, with a side of interpretive dance team. I like this choreo move: it's very rare for the woman to be the supporting partner in this type of configuration.
Once, back in the 90s, there was an ice dance team where the woman lifted the man on her hip, and I have always wanted to see that done again. But I never have.
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