Figure Skating Free Dance Sochi Olympics 2014 Review

Figure Skating Free Dance Sochi Olympics 2014 Review
by Teresita Blanco

Today, I wanted to review two amassing ice skating dances. Both where performed in the Free Dance finals of the Team Figure skating Event. The first one worth mentioning was the one performed by Ekaterian Brovoda and Dmitri Soloviev. Following the Russian tradition, both skated a ballet piece.

According to the TV people, the Russians have been blending ballet and ice skating for generations. For them, both arts are one and the same. This produces some very flexible, beautiful ice skaters that are almost impossible to defeat. The black Swan danced by Brovoda and Soloviev drew upon that ancient tradition.

If I remember correctly, the TV guy also mentioned that this Russian pair trained with Cirque du Suleil. I thought it was a major bummer when they did not win. To me, their performance deserved the gold metal. Their performance began the same way as the opera. At first, she started as the Swan Queen.

Around the middle of the performance, the tempo changed and she became the black Swan. She even did a cool looking swan pose. Their performance, if anything, was crowd appealing. Their moves flowed from one to the next. There did not seem to be any interruption, no moment's hesitation, while they performed. The Twirly, twirly they made also came out pretty decent.

Overall, they where 5 stars worthy material. For some annoying reason, they got defeated by Canadian Bacon. All I can say is that the Canadian performance was way too boring. Now, onto the next pair of figure skaters worth reviewing.

By now, you might have guessed who was coming up. Davis and White are the second Olympic skater pair worth mentioning. For their Free dance, they performed a scene from the 1001 Nights. Davis was the young bride and White acted as the sultan.

The first thing worth mentioning was Davis' blue dress. It simply looked sublime on her. It makes me wonder, who designed for her such a pretty dress. To match the tone, they chose a pretty interesting classical piece, whose name alludes me.

They danced in the happy go lucky style. Unlike all the previous competitors, Davis and White seemed to be really enjoying themselves. For their amassing dance, they got gold and the highest free dance score ever recorded. They too are 5 stars worthy ice skaters.