Congratulations to our gold medal winners in ice dance, Virtue and Moir! They showed everyone what dance was all about. They floated over the ice, and made it look effortless.
Watch the performance here!
Outstanding! What I liked about their performance was the understated outfits, the lack of tricks and the solid dance moves. Too many pairs let the costumes overwhelm their performances.
Never heard of them? Here is another dance they did, the chemistry is electric.
I don't know if they know it yet, but watching the medal ceremony, they were holding hands (the other pairs showed no closeness), and the way they look at each other is not just brother and sister, it is something more, but they are young and don't quite know what they are feeling yet. We will see what happens. Maybe that is what makes them so electric, the closeness, the innocence, the eye contact, the looking away, and then looking back, you can feel the attraction.
How young they are in this one:
Love it! She's a ballerina and he's a hockey player. Too funny!
Thank goodness they cleaned up the judging process, it was a disgrace before. Case in point, this should have been a gold medal performance, but won bronze instead.
The judges used to pick their favorites and the fix was in. It's nice to see the judges rewarding not on the basis of who they like, but who did the best job. That is why North America finally got it's first gold medal winners, and on top of that, they are also the youngest winners. Best part of all is that they are Canadian!
Watch their body language, the chemistry is there, on and off the ice.
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I watched the entire competition, and yes I do feel guilty for proclaiming that ice dancing is a dumping ground for figure skaters that can't jump. Their routine was impressive and I am sorry.
They were spectacular! I have never seen such beautiful ice dancing in my life.
Hunter, you're right, they did make it look easy. I noticed the chemistry between them. I think that's what has made them so successful.
Congratulations to Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir on their gold medal performance!
Thanks Hunter for posting an earlier performance, it was a joy. Bourne and Kraatz. Boy I remember watching that Riverdance performance. Doesn't seem that long ago but it was '98.
By all accounts Moir is dating Jessica Dubé.
Also, they train at a a club in Canton, Michigan, USA about thirty hours a week at peak season. Is that , like "just visiting"? Or Kosher?
I make my living designing and sewing costumes for competitive swimmers, skaters and dancers and I always recommend simplicity.
Garishness never looks good.
Oh, and BTY, I have the best job in the world.
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