Davis & White FD Phantom of the Opera 2010

[elizabethwedderburn]

my favourite routine from them

[nilson37spbr]

Exuberant, Splendid!....Bravo!!!

[sashakeft1]

i always LOVE their twizzles!!

[u4ism]

I loved their incredible speed, energy and passion on the ice. This piece brought out the best in them. Apparently the audience was drawn by their daring, original and complicated moves. It was a refreshing change over predictable swirling and twirling that characterizes typical ice dancers. I wonder how they have time to train for this and to attend university as well. They are an amazing pair.

[u4ism]

my fav performance of theirs.

[kathyabril]

me encanta

[sk8rgrlsrcool14]

Brilliant!!!

[Josquinquin]

Rapturous, romantic splendor!! .. Perfection!!

[jcbsebrigh]

NICE!! lovely video.

[1111waon]

AMAZING!!!

They are by far the best...

[simpkindoyon]

OMG what a beautiful exciting proglam!



[MsDarkrosebud]

absolutely beautiful, and right on with the music......i feel a tear coming on.....

[sashakeft1]

there REALLY needs to be a Phantom on ice!!!

[artnfrenchy]

The ice skating competition caught my eye,so I've been watching it for 3 hours. These guys are really good!!! The speakers said that they skated POTO last year and I got really excited because I LOVE phantom of the opera,and I'd been thinking the entire time how cool a POTO routine would be.No joke!! I had also seen a bit of their outfits earlier and thought they were gorgeous. So here is the best team in the best costumes skating to the best music. WIN-WIN-WIN! :D

[madisoned]

so powerful! Absolutely love it!

[BellaEnchanted]

This was wonderful, beautiful, erotic, thrilling, and all around spectacular.

And I don't even care for skating, but I love The Phantom of the Opera and I really enjoyed watching this.

[sashakeft1]

there should be a Phantom on ice!!!

[SammWolverine]

Me Encantaaaaaaan*¬*

[iceskatesplease]

at 1:09 you can see my old seats and my two friends i sat with in the front row from the first weekend... memories :)

[SpockLover27]

YEAH! I found it! I love phantom of the opera, and their performance is just awesome! Thanks for posting!

[sonjahodzic]

Breathtaking performance. Amazing!

[narniaprincess05]

I think this pair proves that strong routines CAN make or break a season. Their OD was clearly the best out of everyone's (ahem. Russia) and this FD if not the best, was second only to the canadians in terms of emotion put into it and choreography. HOwever, I think they should've gotten a better FD score in Vancouver because not only did this routine have the emotion, it had the power and strength that the canadian routine did not.

[bettomenez]

arreechiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiii­iiimooooooooooooooooooo!!! =O Grandeeees!!!

[Clyresta]

so beautiful =)

[poeticallycorrect95]

This gives me chills every thime I watch. It's beautifl and the storyline is just amazing.

[ja3399]

I have commented here before, but hindsight enters here to allow me another comment. Meryl Davis gets lifted and spun, very fast, but somehow she looks as relaxed in the air, and in the midst of all these dangerous moves and difficulty, as she does down on the ice with one or both feet on the ice. How she does this, I don't know, but I do know that this is rare. Her love of skating shows in every move she makes. And, Charlie is becoming a master partner. How totally, absolutely cool...!

[blacksyrus9686]

amazing...

[ja3399]

I commented a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to ask if anybody out there can tell me who choreographed this, as well as their od "Indian dance?" What a season these two had! I hope to see them competing for many more years. Bravo!

[jillyanne108]

@ja3399 I believe Marina Zueva did both

[ja3399]

@jillyanne108: Thanks for your answer re D&W's choreographer. What strong programs they had. There is always room for improvement, but these two are so talented, and they feel and listen to their music. I'm really looking forward to this next season (despite some criticisms I have about this new judging), and I value having this site where figure skating fans can praise, exchange ideas, and sometimes just plain vent.

[Kevindl1985]

@ja3399 Their coaches Marina Zoueva and Igor Sphilband choreographed both. They also worked with an indian dance instructor for the OD

[BeyondBirthdaylove]

wow. the two are the best i ever see.

[norellakong]

That was beautiful and the couple deserved to win.

[Susana1027]

WOW!!! I feel like I've never really seen ice dancing before! It's possible, I suppose, to analyze why they are so fantastic, but the bottom line is - when you watch them, you just know, you feel that you're watching something incredible. Thank you for uploading this!!

[goldenheartful]

This is well skated and she is beautiful

[ja3399]

I thought I was absolutely sick to death of this music, but it was a great choice for Meryl and Charlie. They brought something fresh and exciting to it. They are still so young...I can't wait to see what they do next. Thanks for this posting.

[TheArvil558]

wow i love those guys are they in love with each other

[icedance4life]

OUTSTANDING>

[lwootan]

Amazing how long the phantom music and story keeps going...

[narniaprincess05]

I think they are the only ones in the world who could have pulled this routine off. No exceptions. I thought Moir/Virtue were incredible in Vancouver, but this routine??? It's pure awesomeness. The way these two move with the music and embody the story on ice is incredible. This routine was the perfect way to showcase their speed and togetherness (if that makes sense)

[Concertchoir75]

Michael Crawford The Music Of The Night.

[dowyw]

The Phantom of the Opera is here, inside your mind....~*_*~. Nice dance !

[fiddleDdee]

@libty I think perceiving passion like beauty is in the eye of the beholder - - everyone sees it differently

[xcortez100]

I love this music. I really have to say, I wasn't such a big Phantom of the Opera fan; but after seeing this I absolutely loved it. I wonder if anybody else has used this music?

[eagleeye1989]

the lift at 3.44....wow....(Y)

[KaiyaAyame]

Wow, just an absolutely amazing program. I seen this on the tv during the olympics and just totally fell in love with it. I'm totally impressed with how they manged to merge the 2 big songs in the musical so seemlessly. The only thing that I think would've made it even better was if he wore a phantom mask ^^ I would've loved to see that.

[Kevindl1985]

Funny you should say that. They said in an interview that they had a mask made for this program and would have Meryl rip it off at the end of the program but they were afraid that would be to cheesy so they left it out. Plus ice dance judges are picky with props if the mask were to fall off they could get a deduction.

[teddyjo26]

do you know which interview this is?

[Kevindl1985]

@teddyjo26 It was an online article I found sometime around the start of the season. I don't remember the site,sorry.

[yalda96]

@KaiyaAyame me too i wish he wore a phantom mask and also added the song "past the point of no return" wouldve been nice!

[SWskatingfan]

Good luck in Turin!

[jdhjody]

They were amazing especially with the music of phanton of the opera it was not easy to start with a fast space song. both can connect. i love how they made this son really romantic and crazy. they are both amazing

[thundy08]

i believe they got deducted because of the lifts. one of them is too long. they also got deducted for this in the Olympics. But Charlie and Meryl are just so... captivating.

[anniebella15]

beautiful. i am a OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE poto fan and boy did this do it justice. meryl is an amazing christine. wow.

[runswimchick10]

what were they deducted for here? was it the extended lift like at the olympics?

[Kevindl1985]

I believe they held the extended lift to long.

[toffeetonic]

MY NAN TOLD ME ABOUT THEM DANCING TO PHANTOM OF THE OPERA  SO I HAD TO HAVE A LOOK AS ME AND HER ARE BOTH ABSOLUTELY DIABOLLICELY OBSESSED WITH POTO AND MERYL AND DAVID ARE BRILL!!! xCx

[lleapingllamas886]

What i love about Davis and White is their raw energy and their ability not only to become one with the music, but BE the characters in the song. For example, in the first segment of this program, you can see the phantom's longing for christine, but she skates away sometimes out of fear and the phantom chases her. in the music of the night section, she succumbs to the phantom, and in the ending pose, christine (meryl) emerges triumphant with the phantom on the ground, just like in the musical.

[vineyard1978]

Spectacular..watched it with a sense of reverence

[narnialuver17]

Lovely. They were absolutely flawless in Vancouver! Easily my favorite ice dance performance ever!

[yuffiepanda]

love these two <3

does anyone know what song they danced to during the compulsory round? it was a tango

[Natyynka]

amazing!

[webberphan]

This was my favorite as well. Their music had some variety which I didn't see in the other top programs, but maybe I'm just more familar with the music. The athleticism of these two were amazing. They kept hitting the dynamics in the music which made it even more difficult.

[KayAnnDances1992]

they were my favorite; so beautiful!!!

[SpreadTheShiaLove]

Ohh i love them so much! Deserved that gold BIG time xx

[SpreadTheShiaLove]

Ohh i love them! So deserved the gold!!!!

[CervarianMusic]

Definitely a Gold worthy performance. Then again I'm no Ice-dancing Judge so don't take my word for it, watch the their amazing performance!

[knuthr]

I like his hair.

[xnerg]

these guys are stupendous! what a lovely routine, and very thrilling. as a heterosexual man who luvs ice dancing and phantom of the opera, i have to say theirs was a flawless performance @ vancouver!!

[xoclkox]

I know I'm gonna sound biased because I'm an American but I do believe they should've won the gold. Don't get me wrong I watched the Canadian couple too and they did a wonderful job as well (very elegant and graceful) but I feel that this routine showed more passion and fierce than the others did.

Plus they played Phantom of the Opera - my all time FAVORITE musical. I bet Andrew Lloyd Webber was proud! :O)

[hutteldorfh]

I thought they deserved the gold as well. It just looked like a harder routine, although the Canadians' program was lovely.

[ImNotThere100]

disagree, looking "effortless", as the canadians did, is one of the hardest things to accomplish. they deserved the gold. but davis and  white were spectacular.

[mzklover]

They were spectacular indeed.

[mzklover]

They were spectacular indeed.

[mzklover]

They were spectacular indeed.

[mzklover]

They were spectacular indeed.

[mzklover]

They were spectacular indeed.

[mzklover]

They were spectacular indeed.

[2012MKay]

awesome job!! I think they deserved gold! =]]

[kierraberra]

Awsome!

[eruthkacz]

i love this song but they did the Overture not the real song with the duet :(

THEY SO SHOULV"E GOT GOLD!!!!

[ofc1221]

They were robbed of a gold medal...you guys were the best by all means

[aira1031]

why silver??  they're the best!!!

[Cle0Laine]

i like their performance here better than that in Vancouver.. their performance is more energetic here

[pspoverdrive]

they finished silver in Vancouver!

[Charecua]

Absolute flawless! These guys deserved Gold the most! They skate with so much passion and speed. I don't know why the judges fell to the pressure and gave higher scores to the canadian couple. They made a beautiful performance too, but I believe it was unfare. D8

[Charecua]

Absolute flawless! These guys deserved Gold the most! They skate with so much passion and speed. I don't know why the judges fell to the pressure and gave higher scores to the canadian couple. They made a beautiful performance too, but I believe it was unfare. D8

[t105yjg24]

this was amazing dance!

[MsRumpleteazer]

Wow! That was amazing!

[bayuhh]

not only do i just adore phantom, but their dance was just beautiful! like what the commentator said, they kept me interested esp with the highs and lows of the music. they expressed the music perfectly! AH! so good :D

[Otulissa22]

Absolutely AMAZING! I love them :) And I like how Charlie's gorgeous hair is all flipping about :D

[Teenydebater]

soooo beautiful!

[sweetgirl448]

HERMOSISIMO!! =D

[MarissaRenaldi]

they wer my favorite!

[wTheBeaTleSw]

This is beautiful !! I cried !! :D hoho

[SentimentalWaltz]

I have to admit that, in the beginning of this season, I had doubt in their music cut and choreography of this routine. I preferred their OD way more at that time. And their performance during the grand prixs, honestly, did not fully live up to some expectations. However, I was convinced by their performance at nationals. It was such a huge step up from grand prix final. Yes, still some technical issues, the downgrades and deduction were there, but the way they skated it made total sence.

[Fatima502]

Why did they get a deduction ?

[chrismo1984]

This program has the "IT" factor that could produce greatness in Vancouver. I am most excited for this incredible team.

[gabimoennig]

thank you for posting...An amazing performance!!

[alwilliam]

There's so much musicality and drama in their program. it really captures the audience. Most time they're so silent yet attentive, anticipating what the next move will be. The choreography really tells the story of the Phantom. Everybody giving them a collective standing ovation must be an amazing feeling for Davis and White and their coaches.

[muscleboi4use]

THANK YOU for posting. WOW, that was a HUGE mark for them.  Here's hoping they'll place at least top3 in Vancouver!

[AmberNicole024]

thank you for posting this...i've been waiting for someone to do that!

[WindmillTea]

This is great :) thanks for putting this up!