Duchesnay & Duchesnay (FRA) - 1991 European Figure Skating Championships, Free Dance

Sofia, BULGARIA - 1991 European Figure Skating Championships, Ice Dancing, Free Dance - Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay of France placed 2nd in the Free Dance and ended dropping from 1st to 2nd Place overall.

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• 1991
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[mikydragons]

bellissimi che COPPIA fantastica

[amlirco]

What a disappointment they dropped this program without giving a try developing it further.

[adamfirebear]

ice dance could've taken such a wonderful path of innovation and creativity. the skaters today are wonderfully talented, but it's too much like pairs. i loved this prgressive sort of ice theatre approach to explore what two people skating together could create. it's another example of lousy judging, judges couldn't figure out what they were seeing so no everybody has to do the same elements.

[proxy22]

this is the same music at alissa czisny this year!

[gk891]

@muscleboi4use I would also love to have seen Torvill & Dean skate this FD. They have such phenomenal edge quality, they would've looked like they were truly gliding over the ice. However, I think perhaps it wouldn't have worked as well visually? Being brother and sister, Paul & Isabelle have a lot of matching physical characteristics so that worked well for them in terms of the 'mirror image' aspect of this FD. Who knows, I could be wrong.

[muscleboi4use]

@gk891 Totally agree with you.... I would've loved to have seen Torvill and Dean skate this FD. I have to say the commentators here were very fair in what they said. (Also very odd hearing Robin Cousins with an American accent at the end, which he's now lost!)

[gk891]

I feel mixed about this free dance. It highlights almost all of their technical weaknesses but at the same time, this program has to be considered to be one of the greatest artistic achievements and triumphs in the history of figure skating. A bit of a mess technically but artistically, this free dance is an avant-garde masterpiece.

[Ulysses2012]

Avant Guard! Kudos.

[ilempad]

In 2008, Daisuke takahashi tried this music as his free program with Pasquare. He performed it several times in Japanese ice show, However he decided not to do the program like Isabelle &Paul.

Very difficult music.

[signorinakitty]

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