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"Ice Age - The Battle of the Stars on Ice" - Episode Two Review
| Oksana Domnina and Andrei Khvalko performed high lifts, which is unusual for a female ice
dancer. Oksana admitted that she had long dreamed to try this element of pair skating. But the judges were strict, and although Anton Sikharulidze noted that the couple looked organic
and had done more than he expected, he gave them a 5.9. Natalia Bestemyanova
stated that she didn’t have expectations for the technique, but the
execution of the program left much to be desired. "I wasn't captured", was her explanation for her 5.7 score for artistry. Margarita Drobiazko and Maxim Shabalin unanimously indicated that for them it was incredibly easy to skate together, as if they had skated as a team for a long time. Yet, the couple couldn't reach the higher scores. According to Natalia Bestemyanova, without her partner Povilas Vanagas, Margarita seemed a little "lost", thus causing the duo to look not very organic. "For two such outstanding dancers, the footwork was not clear enough" said Tarasova. "This was very interesting, but for me, today their feet didn’t fulfill Piazzolla's requirements." | |
| Category: 2011-12 | Date: 30 Jan 2012 |
