Virtue & Moir - 2009 World FD - The Great Gig in the Sky

[@aninditab57]

I know Tessa and Scott said once that they couldn't perform this program to it's best form because of how much they were sidelined due to her injury, but goddamn, this is undoubtedly one of my favourite programs from them.

[@LL-ow1qt]

Mine as well! My jaw dropped when I saw this the first time. A classic.

[@fatimabeirao4714]

Spectacular display by Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue. Excellent synchronization between the music and the skaters’ movements. They seem to have a huge artistic sense , and they clearly have Dance in their Souls . Furthermore, Scott and Tessa express great joy , great empathy and complicity between them in their performances. Their displays provoke moments of happiness and well-being. Thank you for your professionalism , which allows us to enjoy excellent moments of the best in figure skating.

[@MultiCappie]

With all due respect to the Duschenays and Torvil and Dean, Tessa and Scott are the best ice dancers of all time.

[@rxox811]

MultiCappie agreed!

[@paolasusanna]

I agree. They have been (ehmm... ARE) the greatest under all aspects. Techical skills (edges, long legs, timing, sync, smoothness in transitions, body movements and lines...) and emotional ones (connection, chemistry, interpretation, performance, ability to catch the mood of every piece of music they dance to......) They have everything required in ice dancing even sensuality an beauty. They deliver the ALL package. And more their longevity and versatility is stunning. Even T/D tried to come back. But it did'nt work...

[@rxox811]

paolasusanna I agree with you! They’ve changed ice dance! Goats!

[@XevLexa]

I agree wholeheartedly!

[@eilyn510]

I looked up those so called great ice dancers but I can’t see the dance... so, with apologies, I believe Virtue and Moir are the best Ice Dancers!

[@catcastle4377]

Scott makes lifts look so easy. They make it look so easy.

[@earlenepeterson8065]

I'm watching all of their programs in 2021. They are the masters!! Such beauty and they are so humble!

[@Vancoin]

Worthy successors to Torvill and Dean. The technical skill is unmistakable, the artistry is superb and the chemistry is incandescent. As good a blending of music, art and skill as I've ever seen.

[@ЛюбовьШестак-ж1э]

Кто бы там что ни говорил они потрясающие танцоры. В них все превосходно. Других таких нет. Они идеальны во всем. Их хочется смотреть на повторе бесконечно. В них невозможно не влюбиться. Самые лучшие.

[@juliecornwell6517]

I love how a lot of their shapes make her the guitar. It's beautiful.

[@ashleyf1318]

Actually my favourite routine of theirs. Stunning

[@lemongan]

+Ashley Fernandes Agreed

[@MultiCappie]

Still?

[@ashleyf1318]

hahaha nothing can top Moulin Rouge now....

[@wilhelmina8843]

I always forget how awesome this program is until I rewatch and wonder how I can ever forget. Amazing already. Even more so knowing they hadn’t trained it to it’s potential. Another top team skated to this opening music also. The lifts were all amazing in one way or another. But they also did a great spin combo and choreography was fantastic too. So many neat details. Like I said before, why do I forget how much I like this program?

[@paolasusanna]

This performance is mesmerizing. No doubt they have been (ehmm... ARE) the greatest under all aspects. Techical skills (edges, long legs, timing, sync, lifts, smoothness in transitions, body movements and lines...) and emotional ones (innovation, daring, connection, chemistry, interpretation, performance, ability to catch the mood of every piece of music they dance to......) They have everything required in ice dancing even sensuality and beauty. They deliver the ALL package. And more their longevity and versatility are stunning. Even T/D tried to come back. But it did'nt work...

[@gemex]

paolasusanna I totally agree with you. T&S the best 👍😎

[@aidaaman1742]

who are T/D?

[@paolasusanna]

Aida Aman T/D stands for Torvill/Dean

[@IoaniussGreat]

1:01 That moment is really EPIC!

[@jennyw5976]

That’s my favorite part! It’s insane how controlled and strong he is to make this look so easy.

[@garotadagavea]

@@jennyw5976and always, ALWAYS, setting her down softly, she is ready tomorrow keep,going without a hitch. His partnering skills are just jaw dropping.

[@agirl4677]

The great gig in the sky? I love them even more now.

[@djackson9984]

This is one of my favorites of all of their routines!

[@eagrundling8783]

I get a lump in my throat watching these two. They are just so special. Theiy create magic on ice. Canada's treasures.

[@sunflowersushi]

So many awesome lifts. Very awesome programme.

[@arikafdlaa172]

they both are so attractive wtf

[@SY-87-a9]

Beauty, charisma, elegance, skill, and magic! They have them ALL! And they are the BEST! 👍🤩💕

[@dominiquea.4859]

The Queen and the King oh the ice without doubt. More I’m watching videos from Tessa and Scott more I’m speechless and deeply under their spell ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇭

[@stefaniedoloreux1044]

One of my favorite routine from them. Very ballet jazz from the 70's love it!

[@felymoore7427]

I really cant believe, how scot can do this un believable talent, with no mistakes. Nobody in this word can do this. The best indeed! Congratulation for them both.

[@dianagaibor22]

Virtue and Moir are my favorite ice skaters, they are the best

[@fatimabeirao4714]

Having seen it again, I can't help but express the multiple good emotions I feel , when I see Scott and Tessa dancing Pink Floyd, who , together managed to transform this well-rhythmic Pink Floyd song into a true PIECE of THEATER ART. What we see here is the HUGE MUSICAL SENSE of Scott and Tessa , being totally EXPRESSED in the ENORMOUS FLEXIBILITY movements of Scott and Tessa's BODIES, who dance in full connection with each other, and with perfect dance movements. Scott and Tessa are exceptional in the Art of Ice Dancing . It seems that they love music , they deeply feel the different sounds of music, and having great empathy and good knowledge of each other, they dance in the ice rink in a relaxed way, and in perfect connection with each other . Scott and Tessa transform the ice rink into a truly wonderful dance show.'

[@garotadagavea]

São dançarinos que patinam, em vez de patinadores que tentam dançar.

[@adelavillagra128]

¡¡ Gracias, hermoso videos, pasan los años y siempre ver a Tessa y Scott, es pura emoción, fueron maravillosos patinadores Canadiense ,los mejores sin equivocatme del mundo,22años juntos, fueron muy especiales,con un estilo únicos, ganaron, Nacionales internacionales y Mundiales,.❤❤🇦🇷🙌

[@eilyn510]

I just noticed at 4:27 Tessa seemed to have difficulty walking and it continued as they walked out of the ice. This was probably the first time she’s going to have a surgery.

[@garotadagavea]

She was coming OUT of surgery. This was the 3rd time they were performing this routine.

[@carmie9400]

Love this! The music & their skating leaves you in a trance…😮

[@semireckless]

It takes a lot of balls to ice dance to Great Gig in The Sky!

[@barrythatcher9349]

and Pink Floyd's; Money

[@maccoolmac5191]

I think the songs accented their style.

[@semireckless]

@@barrythatcher9349 Point taken And "Money".

[@tessalonikispinoza9940]

Und wie fantastisch sie diese innovative Musik umgesetzt haben: ebenfalls innovativ.

[@shurlychu5390]

Virtue and Moir are in a class by themselves. If in doubt, look at their body of work on You Tube! Sorry, but I don’t think PC can even so some of their earlier programs - look at the edges, lifts, feetwork, synchronicity, let alone chemistry. Nobody comes near what they do in technicality & artisty. They make the difficult look easy.

[@Krista2882]

this is my favorite FD of theirs.

[@katherinebutler4980]

People always seem to tend to compare apples to oranges. Torvil and Dean had much stricter parameters to follow when they were competing. Go back and watch T & D's 'Song of India.' There are such amazing moves under such tighter restrictions. Why does one have to be better than the other? In their eras, they both reign supreme.

[@MaryAnderson-x9j]

Amen. could not agree more

[@علىخطىالسلف-ع4غ]

Just wow, they are the best

[@tessalonikispinoza9940]

Super super - auch nach so vielen Jahren

[@tessalonikispinoza9940]

Beim GrandPrix in Moskau 2018 - also 10 Jahre später - erläuft ein spanisches Eistanzpaar mit PinkFloyds Musik den zweiten Platz: doch vergleicht man die beiden Paare, wird erneut VMs einzigartige Klasse ersichtlich: 10 Jahre älter wirkt ihre Kür um ein Vielfaches innovativer und zugleich sportlicher. Die Kür der Spanier hingegen „weichgespült“ und können sich hinsichtlich der Schlittschuhtechnik ohnehin nicht mit VM vergleichen. Und doch freut mich, dass diese Musik auch in der Gegenwart gewählt wird. Zudem bestätigt diese Musikauswahl, dass VM durchaus diese Musik und diese Performance auch nochmals 2018 hätten wählen können.

[@chyeahhhhhh]

um they're phenomenal!

[@abbibrophy7671]

I cannot workout for the life of me why this did not win

[@soniamorse8178]

Maravilhosos !!!! Inesquecíveis !!!! Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

[@laridsribeiro]

such an underrated program of theirs

[@tessalonikispinoza9940]

Wie wahr: Von den Preisrichtern und vielleicht auch von Sportjournalisten unterschätzt. Wobei der Kommentator im Hintergrund zu Recht begeistert ist. Für mich ist es sicher ihr innovativstes Programm! Ich hätte mir gewünscht, dass sie noch häufiger gewagt hätten, zu experimentieren. Aber wahrscheinlich war ihnen bewusst, dass sie mit den „konventionellen“ (nein: nicht langweiligen) und natürlich ebenfalls kreativen und hoch-schwierigen Programmen erfolgreicher sein würden.

[@lucybollada]

They were always totally awesome

[@hamidahyani7611]

Subhannalloh variasi gerakkan yg sangat indah aku kagum sukses terus untuk kalian bedua..pasangan legedaris.

[@odilemaublanc3690]

UNE PURE MERVEILLE !! UN TALENT EXCEPTIONNEL !! ET UNE CHORÉGRAPHIE A COUPER LE SOUFFLE INTERPRÉTÉE PAR CES ADMIRABLES PATINEURS QUE SONT TESSA ET SCOTT 💖

[@beatrizgoncalves830]

Absolutely great! The best ice dancers in the world! ❤ ❤ ❤ 😊 😊 😊

[@anaceciliaaraujo4935]

And to think she was in lots of pain during this, so much that she needed surgery! They are truly amazing!

[@RenataGąsiorowska-c5m]

Profesjonaliści ❤ tylko tę parę zawsze chcę oglądać! Nigdy nie mam dosyć 😍

[@christophpaessler8444]

wonderful

[@Michelle-7887]

As usual they were excellent, just perfect. Nobody has ever been as good As them both. We miss them.

[@soniamorse8178]

Fantásticos !!!! Eternos Campeões !!!! Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

[@luv3daysgrace1]

Amazing beyond words!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mariarosa5708]

Tessa e Scott son unos patinadores espectaculares, una pareja increíble

[@eilyn510]

Wow 😮 mesmerizing!

[@gemex]

Magnificent !! 👏😀

[@saraizabel9799]

I LOVE YOU TESSA & SCOTT♡♡

[@wallysvideos]

So good until the end. Can't believe this finished 4th in the FD

[@mariaaacosta144]

2 things that worth my time: Pink Floyd song+ ice skating ⛸⛸♫♪♬

[@susanaangelicabellido8475]

Ellos bailan!!!! Shi radica lo dificil y el talento!!! Otros hacen acrobacias q se repiten .ellos no. Ellos bailan!!!! Unicos!!!!

[@idagorelik2583]

Superb

[@helenaflessas2876]

Amazing...

[@RoelienC100]

What medal did they get? Beautiful to watch, they are my favourates !!!

[@Andrea-yh3rc]

only bronze, if you can believe it!

[@denizcansevercevirileri]

This show deserve pink Floyd

[@azrakul628]

The Coolest performance ever🎖

[@silviagc6201]

👏👏👏Espectacular!!!. Los mejores

[@meredythwithay5187]

I wasn't ready for that transition into Money.

[@GretchenVaughn]

2009: "That is incredible!" 2010, Scott Moir: "Look, Ma-No hands!"

[@manidipasamanta4384]

With due deference, they have separate body with a soul. Tremendous 👍

[@carolinamoura4039]

Incrível to apaixonada

[@cbaxolg]

wow ...increible

[@Canerican.]

Awesome! ✨

[@kirstinetermansen]

My favorite songs

[@minik746]

Never surpassed !

[@mariaceusalgado3768]

São simplesmente fantásticos❤

[@the12288]

Magicians

[@paolasusanna]

Can you imagine this routine danced by Papadakis/Cizeron???? I'm laughing to death..... LOL ...... ROTFL ...... ROFL

[@chloefavier7188]

Can you imagine Mozart or Beethoven's routine (P/C 2015/2018 FD) danced by Vitrue/moir ? I can't. Each team is unique and they definitively have a different dance style !

[@paolasusanna]

Yes I can very very well.. Clearly you don't know at all their career..... Go and see their FD at 2010 OG (Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler) or their "Valse Triste" by Sibelius.... They have been true pioneers in ice dance, P/C are only pale followers in the so called "lyric/artistic way" to dance on ice ....V/M are able to dance EVERYTHING better then anyone else... They have true VERSATILITY... P/C haven't it, , quite the same soup every year. Sorry but that's it. Only the greatest can dare changing the game.... changing style every year ..... being on the top for 12 years..... So far I don't see anyone who can tie them

[@chloefavier7188]

paolasusanna yes I’ve already watched their 2010 fd and I do think it’s not their best style (I’m not saying it was not beautiful because it was). They actually didn’t skate a lot of time on a classical music and I really think they could not be as good as Guillaume and Gabby if they were dancing on the same routine (2015/2018) because both team have a really different approach with the ice. I’d rather see virtue and moir dancing on le moulin rouge than mozart.

[@paolasusanna]

I won't try to convince you about the fact that VM are head and shoulders above PC. French legendary and well known chauvinism is something which you can't fight against. Because your chauvinism you'd be able to state that Jesus died because of freeze. And the fact, as you tell, that VM have't had danced on classical music lately (not true indeed, in my opinion Latch IS modern classical music) don't make them less able to do that (and do that better then anyone else) Simply they tried NEW paths because they are so great and versatile that they can do everything without being afraid to fail. This is the REAL greatness. To be great in everything you do. PC have been doing the same things for years. They don't dare. As a consequence they are good ice dancers, not great ice dancers and much less as good as VM

[@paolasusanna]

errata corrige: because OF your chauvinism

[@carmie9400]

I’m no choreographer but I wonder if they’d switched the songs around ie Money first then Great Gig in the Sky second it may’ve been more dramatic?! 🤷🏻‍♀️ Taking nothing away from them - they’re superb!

[@julie-anneweller2766]

Virtue is very flexible and Moir Moir Moir

[@eqvnqb7746]

He is actually more flexible than her. It seems like you don't know anything.

[@tessalonikispinoza9940]

By chance, I've seen the freestyle of Delobel / Schoenfelder to the same music: what a difference: D / S seem compared to V / M conventional and slow. How modern and innovative V / M seems.

[@MrKomninakis]

wow

[@kirstinetermansen3227]

Love 😘

[@kirstinetermansen3227]

My favorit music. Number

[@idraote]

I didn't realise she has had a nose job done... it's the first early video of them that I watch. That said, even then, they made it all look easy as pie, even during those incredible lifts... they're in a class of their own.

[@tessalonikispinoza9940]

A very demanding program. Unfortunately they did not pursue this line (more jazz, more innovation and more experiments). They may not be completely convinced. It would have been a challenge (even a risk).

[@susanaangelicabellido8475]

Que DI FI CIL !!!!! ME INFARTAN!!!!

[@hinhijuan6900]

Tessa&Scott together forever❤, please ...

[@kirstinetermansen7234]

Love is,,,,

[@jimmy-breeze]

They better have gotten first

[@laes38]

Third

[@kirstinetermansen7234]

Fbi Ice queen. 2 twins...... Feed back

[@janicetapialanda8719]

😮 no words

[@m.h.1593]

They should be doing pink floyd at 2018 olympics😞

[@tessalonikispinoza9940]

M. H. Actually, I just sah a Spanisch pair (2018!) in the GeandPrix competitions: they choose the same music. But what a difference! And so I agree whith you: this free programm whould be good enough in the present. But i‘m not sure, if the audience whould accept this special and sophisticated performance.

[@I_M_R]

pink floyd omg>>>

[@123benny4]

What did they get? Gold?

[@greatscot712]

They got 3rd place. They won the following year (2010).

[@123benny4]

Thanks!

[@nvadqs]

They got bronce overall (first or second in this FD). You have to watch this considering that she wasn't able to train until that january due to a surgery and that the aftermaths of the surgery didn't allow them to run the program entirely until the practices of the event. Their coach said that this is their mayor acomplishment

[@lynncraig6151]

2009...She still had her God Given Nose. It was perfect....She didn't need that plastic surgery.

[@MissSharpMouth]

it looked a lot better even! It matched perfectly....

[@wisedove7]

Agree. No one seems to mention it, and I always wonder if she thought she wasn't pretty enough. 😥 Did she ever discuss it publicly?

[@jennyw5976]

@@wisedove7I’ve never seen/read her talk about it. But it’s interesting because she had another nose surgery sometime after the 2018 Olympics.

[@aly8950]

She was still pretty & talented before and after her nose job. Doesn't matter much

[@denizcansevercevirileri]

Oha lan money çaldılar 👏👏👏👏👏

[@julie-anneweller2766]

Look effortlessly flawless sheer ectasy torvil dean not as good as thes two welcome to the machine no what I mean

[@Andy-nf1du]

Did they ended in first place in that championship? 👀

[@claudiaibarra2277]

Son espectacilates

[@mardeeadams4251]

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[@kirstinetermansen3227]

Susanne Schmidt ice,. Red

[@jacquelinerosenthal1028]

M

[@Innwomen4541]

Очень люблю эту пару, но кататься в костюмах а ля "тренировочные" на чм, это перебор.

[@static1st]

Довольно строгие чёрные костюмы, прекрасно подходящие к композиции о смерти, которой является The Great Gig In The Sky.

[@williamharms9645]

They are highly skilled , but im not sure this is dancing or pairs. all arms and legs flying everywhere.. i didnt enjoy watching them

[@paolasusanna]

dancing IS arms and legs flying everywhere. Have you ever seen Nurayev dancing?

[@ASRIBEIRIO]

Imagine believing this tacky choreography, exaggerated expressions, carless handling of musical nuances was impressive artistically. It was impressive as sport - minus the botched element at the end - the lifts extremely challenging, though obviously labored and hideous against the music. But as dance and as art - one of the least impressive in the event.

[@lynncraig6151]

@ JakC ....What was the "botched" part? Please tell me . I didn't see anything "botched"...Would you rather be watching Johnny Weir d.