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edgecallskating · 7 hours
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Where were you when Hubbell and Donohue's stationary lift was called 1 BV during the 2019 Four Continents free dance?
Lest you think I exaggerate, I bear receipts!
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I'd like to nominate this as a future Canadian Heritage Moment for putting Gilles & Poirier and Weaver & Poje on the podium.
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dozydawn · 2 days
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crazykuroneko · 11 months
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In response to Slate's article on the possibility having non-heteromative team in figure skating (particularly, ice dance and pairs), Oniceperspective shared a glimpse of Gabriella Papadakis (FRA) and Madison Hubbell (USA) working on their same-sex program. You can see how they switch the leading figure between them.
You can see them trying out lifts in this video.
The rest is on Instagram here:
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petitmimosa · 11 months
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The flow, the ease, the grace. They look so beautiful together 💜
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corporaloretsev · 3 days
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"Look up! He's seen it! She acknowledges it with a wave. Thousands of people, hundreds of maple leaf flags, acknowledging that stunning free dance from Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha."
2024 World Figure Skating Championships Montreal, Canada
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“As president of the Scott Moir fan club, I could go on about his innate talent, musicality, passion, drive, commitment, work ethic. Truly, the list is so long cause he is the best in every way.”
“From her ability to move and create brilliant choreography to her athleticism and near perfect technique, she’s the greatest skater I’ve ever seen. Her brilliance is evident in everything she does and she is ruthlessly competitive. Those are some of my favourite traits but they don’t come close to the fire that lit within me when we skated together. Our eyes would meet on the ice and it would take us to another world.”
— Tessa and Scott on each other, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame 2023
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alaurynm · 11 months
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What Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell are doing is such an important step in dismantling the strict gender roles in ice dance but also figure skating as a whole.
I’m so excited to see the finished product of what they’ve been working on!
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ravenonice · 11 months
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I'm sure at least some of you have by now seen ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell skating together:
And let's just get this out of the way: They're STUNNING! Absolutely amazing! And I am beyond excited about what's coming!
But here's what we're NOT going to do:
Especially on Twitter I've been seeing comments like:
"IRL YURI ON ICE!"
"Viktuuri paved the way!"
Or
"Yuuri and Viktor did it first!"
And it's disappointing.
When Skate Canada changed their rules to allow couples of all gender constellations in ice dance and pair skating it was a huge deal! And now that the ISU is allegedly considering following suit and therefore same sex couples maybe being allowed in international competition in the foreseeable future is even more HUGE!
What is happening right now in figure skating and ice dance is revolutionary and a big step forward in a sport that, even though it attracts a lot of lgbtq+ individuals, is still pervaded by homo- and transphobia!
This rule change doesn't just open up the field for homosexual romance stories, it also officially includes non-binary athletes, who are kinda existing in a grey area so far.
Plus, this isn't necessarily an LGBTQ+ issue. Another issue in pairs and ice dance is that is seen as inherently romantic...and audiences and judges hardly accept any other narrative. If you and your partner don't seem like you are madly in love, you don't have any chemistry at all and your presentation is worth hardly anything.
This leaves us with juniors and sibling duos skating routines with sexual narratives (not good) and skaters who are pressured to fit in a mold of what a figure skating/ice dance pair should look like and present as. And it doesn't really matter what they're comfortable with. It's what gets you points from the judges and praise from the audience.
Also there are much more women in the sport than men. This leaves a lot of women who'd like to compete in dance without a partner. Sure, there are solo dance competitions now. But it's not recognised by the ISU yet and also it clearly is not exactly the same as with a partner as things like lifts and partnered dance spins aren't possible.
While this rule change opens up the sport for lgbtq stories, it also helps to open up the sport to a wider range of performances and stories that aren't romantic or sexual in any way.
Putting the label "gay!" on a same sex couple in ice dance and pairs isn't necessarily helping the cause...and I admit that I am guilty here and I need to tone my excitement for that side of it down a little maybe 😅
So please respect the work that people in the sport have put in and the work Gabi and Madi are putting in right now to pave the way for this exciting rule change, and don't ascribe any part in it to Yuuri on Ice, no matter how much it may remind you of that end credit scene of Yuuri and Viktor.
Thank you 🫶🏻
Here's a few links for further reading on why this is a huge step forward that do a much better and more detailed job at explaining this than I do!
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vyeoh · 6 months
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Figure skating fandom, especially those who don't skate, I need a question answered for curiosity's sake:
(Also please reblog this for a large sample size 🙏🙏 this is actually for an essay I'm writing)
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sparkles-oflight · 2 months
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i'm sorry (not) i'm randomly getting emotional over V/M but I need my non-fs mutuals to at least see this lift (THE LIFT)
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sislost19 · 1 year
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Finally, queers, we won!
ISU don't be silly, go ahead and follow Skate Canada's decision, i need Gaby and Mady for Oly-2026!
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veritphoto · 2 months
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Caroline Green & Michael Parsons — EsoConcerto / The Mind on the (Re)wind FD at Four Continents 2022
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dozydawn · 10 months
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i could watch this serpentine lift forever so i made a compilation of it
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crazykuroneko · 11 months
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In response to Slate's article on the possibility having non-heteromative team in figure skating (particularly, ice dance and pairs), Oniceperspective shared a glimpse of Gabriella Papadakis (FRA) and Madison Hubbell (USA) working on their same-sex program. You can see how they switch the leading figure between them.
Here is the link to Oniceperspective's post. There are four other videos I can't put on this post. Please like, comment, and share. More engagements will show ISU that this kind of team has a lot of audience:
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psychic-waffles · 8 months
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Wangliu are back and skating for hot people everywhere
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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skating their original dance at the 2007 Canadian National Championships and, with a different flower, at the 2007 World Championships. Their music was Luis Bacalov's Assassination Tango.
(Sources: 1 and 2)
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