Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Gliding in Unison

Golden ice dancing pair

Tess Virtue and Scott Moir in the Ice Dancing
long program on their way to winning the gold


Tess Virtue and Scott Moir were the ice dance pair favored to win when they went into final long program last night. And they gave an incredible performance. The music they chose to dance to, the adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony, was serious but not overwhelming, unlike the punchy Phantom of the Opera which the silver medalists from the U.S. chose. Virtue and Moir glided together in perfect unity throughout their dance.

I cannot find a video of their full performance, but here is a video collage of some of their great moments.