#Papadakis & Cizeron

[wintrydapples]

Feeling the (navy) blues.

[nope-nora]

my friend is so real for this

[sunskate]

was going back through my inbox for anons i'd meant to answer and started watching Papadakis/Cizeron FDs for one of them, and omg in hindsight they're pretty fascinating for what they are and aren't

at their best, that unprecedented sense of continuous flow is so beautiful. her languid willowy limpness contributes to that. they're so fast and curve so much it almost can make you dizzy

there's not much ballroom dance in their DNA, the flow is great for the lyrical style, but early on, when they need to be rhythmic, it can swim instead. her limpness too - so pretty for flow, doesn't give much definition when they need tension. so it's interesting to watch them gradually explore how to incorporate more rhythmic elements into their style - as much as people said they repeated themselves, i think they did stretch, and sometimes it was more successful than others

2014/5 Mozart refined and defined their style. 2015/6 Rain in Your Black Eyes/To Build a Home is like the pure version of their flow and the most successful of their programs this quad. 2016/7 this FD feels like they were stretching but that the new elements hadn't coalesced yet? 2017/8 Moonlight Sonata - they are lovely, maybe not the most exciting of their programs, my favorite thing is the character change with the StaLi on the music change. 2018/19 Rachel Yamagata - flowy, bringing in more rhythmic accents. but repetitive in some ways

2019/20 the spoken word FD - i know this one's controversial, but i love it. it's an outside the box solution that they're exploring angularity by taking the beat out of the music and making accents just with their movement, then they flow again through the instrumental parts and bring the two together for the last section

and their final FD, the Faure for Beijing - i love a classical program, but this one's a little puzzling - they show the rhythm in the first section with refined but kinda stiff movements which show the beat but not the phrasing, so it doesn't pick up the shape or direction of the music. but when they change character in the next flowing section, it's beautiful

they're another team where he often has flashier choreography than her. i love the end, starting with the RoLi. i always wonder if it's possible in dance to make spins or StaLi's near as fast as single skaters. the larger the circle that's turning, the slower it's going to be - but their spins tend to be very fast for a duo, and they do get speed in that last beautifully timed ChLi

they were overscored, and i know their RDs will show their limitations more. but they're a special team. at their best, they're absolutely stunning. and few teams can say they influenced their sport this much

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Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron skating to Once Upon a Time in America in the 2023 Cinema On Ice show.

(Sources: 1 and 2)

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Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron skate to "Big Mistake" by Natalia Imbruglia at Art on Ice 2024

[edgecallskating]

I think ice dance is at its best when it's campy, dorky, and weird. I really liked Papadaki's & Cizeron's 2019-20 RD because they brought that delicious weirdness back to competition.

[figurelifeflirt]

2022 Canadian Nationals entry #35

Senior men short program

Wesley Chiu

Thoughts: even with the pitched forward landing, that quad toe was a beauty

Conrad Orzel

Thoughts: poor dear. This program asked way too much of him. I mean I would give him a ten just for those drop-dead gorgeous shoulders.

Keegan Messing

Thoughts: I learned to tolerate P/C. I learned to tolerate the Shibs. I will never learn to tolerate him until he picks better outfit choices.

Nam Nguyen

Thoughts:  that tripe axel fall damn near gave me a heart attack.

Roman Sadovsky(frantic happy screaming)

Thoughts: after a while, we stopped having Ted do the commentating. I was only able to find the videos in French. Good thing too. If had to hear what Ted were to say about dear Roman. We would’ve gone straight for the tire Iron. Rolling pin isn’t gonna cut it.  

[denissvasiljevs1999]

2024 The ICE Aichi

(📷 Yoshiki Kogaito)

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The Ice Queen || The Ice 2023

[wintrydapples]

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron Fame rhythm dance pops. All these pops I’m posting are ones I’ve made over the last few years. I have only made orders lately but I’ll be done with those soon so hopefully can make new ones at some point. ☺️

[petitmimosa]

With all due respect to the whole Ice Dance field, I miss Papciz.

[raininyourblackeyes]

Do Gabriella and Guillaume understand seeing them in gala is not enough. They need to come back properly.

[madetolove]

Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron

Find Me/Broadchurch OST

Fame

Fame

Made to Love/U Move I Move

Élégie

[procrastiskating]

This article makes me so happy and excited I could run through a brick wall

[figurelifeflirt]

Grand Prix France entry #7

Short Dance

Lopareva/Brissaud(FRA)

Thoughts: I wasn’t a fan of the outfits but this choreography was fast paced and so fun to watch.

Carreira/Ponomarenko(USA)

Thoughts: I love what Christina did with her hair. The exit on the rotational lift could’ve gone a little smoother.

Reed/Ambrulevicius(LTU)

Thoughts: Saulius has pretty eyes. Unfortunately, they did have that fall. Hopefully they can turn things around in the free dance.

Papadakis/Cizeron(FRA)

Thoughts: I liked Gabriella’s nails. And the curve lift was pretty.

Stepanova/Bukin(RUS)

Thoughts: Alexandra looked hot during the ending pose. Ivan’s facial hair prevents me from finding him attractive.

Gilles/Poirier(CAN)

Thoughts: this is utter orange nonsense but at least the rotational lift is fun.