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Worth looking at their first dance, a sort of jungle themed piece which brought them to public attention.  The crowds always loved them but unfortunately the judges will stuck in the Russian set piece style.  Sorry I can't do the link - can someone else?

 

I remember watching an interview Paul did just after they revealed their dance saying that when Christopher Dean first showed he the choreography he said 'you want me to do what???'  That's because its all skated at an incredibly low level.

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10 minutes ago, penelopesimpson said:

 

I  watched again  it with the family before you posted it. I do think the Duschenays were unlucky as were Barber and Slater. Their “Dragon Dance” was awesome.

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I realize this is a very old post, but it just caught my eye on the first page of the thread:

 

On ‎26‎/‎01‎/‎2018 at 11:28, Fonty said:

I used to love ice skating, but if they don't show it regularly you get out of touch with who the current people are.

 

Watch show-jumping.  I hadn't for years, but when I switched on the TV for bits of it at the 2016 Olympics I discovered that the "current people" on the British team are mostly still the same people as the ones I remember being the "current people" in the mid-80s :D

 

New horses, though...

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6 hours ago, RuthE said:

Watch show-jumping.  I hadn't for years, but when I switched on the TV for bits of it at the 2016 Olympics I discovered that the "current people" on the British team are mostly still the same people as the ones I remember being the "current people" in the mid-80s :D

 

New horses, though...

 

This is actually one of the reasons I love both showjumping and cross country. They may only get broadcast on the BBC a couple of times a year but most of the riders are still familiar names, many from when I was having my teenage horsy phase 20-odd years ago (I helped out at a stables whose owner had a horse that was ridden by John Whitaker). It's great to see a sport where people can still compete into their sixties. Sports like gymnastics or swimming on the other hand seem to have an almost completely new set of competitors at every Olympics/Commonwealth Games. Ice skating (trying to drag this back on topic!) isn't quite as bad but still isn't great for longevity.

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Sorry to take it back off-topic, but as you mention gymnastics...

 

...when I watch women’s gymnastics on TV I’m always astonished by the ridiculous anomaly (I mean this in terms of utmost respect and astonishment) that is Oksana Chusovitina. She’s THREE years older than me. She has been competing at international level since I started watching the sport - which was at the Barcelona (1992) Olympics. When I was 14. And she’s still going - specialising in vault, which surely has to be higher-impact than any apparatus other than possibly floor...

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In my hunt for the "Dance Passion" showings, I've just found that the World ladies' skating is supposedly currently on the BBC Red Button.  Can't help wondering how many other useful things I miss on there because of lack of information :( 

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I remember the days when figure skating was actually on the BBC, not consigned elsewhere.  The good old days of Grandstand and World of Sport when they showed things that people might have been interested in.  I never know when the skating championships are on anymore, and when I do find out, the only way I can watch is on YouTube.  So now I can check the ubiquitous red button and see what happens!  Thanks Alison.  

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Well, the Europeans are usually early-to-mid January and the Worlds late March (unless things have changed since they disappeared off the BBC), but more I can't really say.  Anyway, I suppose the BBC would argue that the Red Button is BBC!

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Highlights of the 2019 Figure Skating World Championships with men’s and ladies’ singles and the pairs and ice dance titles on the line.
On BBC2 Today 24 March 2019.  15:00    1 hour 59 minutes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003mrk

 

Gymnastics Championship from Birmingham will be today on BBC2 at 13:30.

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Oh, I made a discovery on Twitter the other day about Bolero as skated by Torvill and Dean. An acquaintance of mine put a film clip of the actress Carole Lombard dancing with another actor to Bolero. It was stunning and so sensual. However I recognised a great deal of the ice dance version from it! I will see if I can find it and share it with you so you can judge for yourselves.

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1 hour ago, Fiz said:

 

I wonder what other people think about it? I also feel pathetically proud of myself for transferring the link. 😂

 

Amazing! And on such a small stage. I wonder if Christopher Dean saw this? Thanks very much for posting it, Fiz!

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What was the fiolm?  Does anyone know who her partner was?  And I love the orchestra!  Thank you so much for putting it up.  So many ballet.coers seem briliant at finding fascinating things on Youtube etc - you make me feel incredibly out of touch!!

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It’s George Raft but if you follow the YouTube link it says that only he and Carole Lombard were used in close up shots. I know that Christopher Dean was greatly influenced by musicals and music plus given that he was using a lot of old Hollywood songs for ice dance inspiration I am fairly certain that he saw this. I wonder if he was influenced by it either consciously or unconsciously. The dance lifts look so similar to those in the Torvill and Dean Bolero. 

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On 24/03/2019 at 12:01, bridiem said:

 

Amazing! And on such a small stage. I wonder if Christopher Dean saw this? Thanks very much for posting it, Fiz!

It's a pity Bejart didn't see it - it might of encouraged him to create something a whole lot more interesting than his Bolero - or 'piggy in the middle' as I think of it. 🙄

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Anyone else watching the 2021 Ice Skating World Championships? After nearly 6 hours of Ladies' Short Programme coverage I was unimpressed that the TV cut off just after the final skater finished but before her result was given! Had to look it up & was pleased to find she placed second and the skater I liked the most is still in the lead, the Russian Anna Shcherbakova who skated to Massenet music that's used in Manon.

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Thanks so much Dawnstar for alerting me- I had no idea this was on. However having struggled for  half an hour with the zapper I can't get iplayer to show me anything..doesn't it start tomorrow? (not very good with these things)

 

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