Sunday, April 1, 2012

Worlds 2012 - Virtue/Moir & Davis/White SD Comparison

This is the hardest comparison I've ever written about the two teams. They were both so close, only minor unsynchronizations, stumbles, artistical little movements and usage of extremities differ. Thats it.

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform during their ice dance short program at the 2012 World Figure skating Championships in Nice, southern France, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.When Teesa & Scott finished their sd program the moment of obscurity appeared again. Which of them were better? I couldn't think of anything except for the rhumba pattern at that time because they were not performing one after another, there were teams between them which was making it ever harder.
Davis & White opened it with speed, the tempo and great transitions and Virtue & Moir's opening is not that strong but artistically it is more sensual and tithe and they get straight into the rhumba pattern which was a bit better than Davis & White's. Here is why;
1)  V&M got into the sequence with much speed and control
2) V&M were making deeper edges
but the rest was the same. Synchronization was amazing for D&W either and they executed the steps with harmony. About the twizzles. It is so hard to compare because both Charlie and Tessa stumbled, lost balance for just a moment and other than that, D&W were faster as usual and V&M did one more part +1 as usual. So in my opinion there is nothing to differ them from each other but apparently one judge thought V&M were better so their element GOE was higher. In the second
US ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White perform during their ice dance short program at the 2012 World Figure skating Championships in Nice, southern France, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.part of the rhumba pattern D&W got
 into the sequence as fast as V&M and made deeper edges than their first sequence but even though V&M were a bit more better. In the free dancing parts V&M's was a rhumba and movements&transitions were slower and in some parts they were dancing really apart from each other but they were much in control of them, while D&W were faster but Meryl lacks elegance and a great stance sometimes her movements look so hectic and hurried. Tessa has that "it" makes all of the movements look so simple when actually isn't. In the step sequence D&W were more synchronic and well executed. Tessa stumbled and lost her sync with Scott two times, she
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform during the ice dance short dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Nice March 28, 2012.recovered it quickly but D&W were much better. In the lifts I understand why most of the judges gave V&M higher scores but there was a minor difference, V&M's was more difficult but D&W executed so well and their lift is so difficult either. Here comes the tricky part; They have to mark 2 or 3 nothing between so, when they think if the one is better they automatically should give 3 and that leads to a great gap between the teams. There should be at least half scores that they can give out so the gap wouldn't be this much bigger. In my opinion Tessa & Scott were a bit better but I think they should've been seperated with a 0.2 or 0.1 in the element scores. Both of the teams did a fantastic job as always and Tessa & Scott won fair.

free dance review will be coming shortly after..



Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform during the ice dance short dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Nice March 28, 2012.
US ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White perform during their ice dance short program at the 2012 World Figure skating Championships in Nice, southern France, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.US ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White perform during their ice dance short program at the 2012 World Figure skating Championships in Nice, southern France, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform during the ice dance short dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Nice March 28, 2012.


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