Duchesnay & Duchesnay (FRA) - 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, Free Dance

Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA - 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, Ice Dancing, Free Dance - Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay of France won the Free Dance by earning five 6.0s in Presentation.

[@AmbrosiaK]

This is still as memorizing today as it was 30 years ago. Just wonderful!

[@querciaspinosa1887]

I loved this performance as a kid and I still love it after 30 years...

[@mbreeze7225]

me too

[@youyoulaurie6142]

@@mbreeze7225 me too

[@GalinaRossi]

me too..................46 year

[@yvanpare]

Moi aussi

[@basialebiedzinska1851]

Me too!!!

[@luckyhale739]

One of the most heart breaking, impressive, beautiful. powerful ever free skates. Gold Medal worthy - well- I think so. It sure is the one I can watch over and over again.

[@TinaR39]

This was the Golden Era of ice dancing for me. Such amazing creativity as more and more couples broke away from traditional ballroom dancing!

[@letiziab3960]

So much time has been spent since 1990, but my impression after more than 30 years is always the same: a unique, touching, impressive moment of pure art! Every time I watch this dance I feel goose bumps

[@msodaro]

I thought they never received what they should. They are the best ever because they were so creative and so brave to tell stories.

[@AliceSomwhereInWonderland]

This was indeed the Golden Age of Ice dancing. And this unbelievable performance of Duchesnay and Duchesnay, which mesmerized me more than 30 years ago, still does it every time I watch it again. A great couple with a great choreography by Christopher Dean.

[@user-cs6bg1xg6p]

Это искусство! Ни на кого не похожи, удивительная хореография! Помню их с первых просмотров, тридцать лет прошло...

[@user-qq2yk5le1l]

Один из лучших номеров в истории фигурного катания. Каждое движение в музыку; фантастическая синхронность; умопомрачительные связки. Они были лучшими в Альбервилле. Судьи тогда были не готовы.

[@user-zp6wi5nb4i]

В Альбервилле у них был другой танец, менее эффектный, и судьи были на все готовы, но Марина К. и Сергей П. были конечно же сильнее

[@theafitzpatrick8415]

Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay were the most powerful, ahead of their time ice dancers in the history of the sport. I never get tired of periodically watching their performances. They were the best ever; futuristic! I hope they are coaches or teachers of ice dancing so this now generation can learn from their wisdom. The Duchesnays RULE!

[@joannagaja2661]

Christopher Dean and his brilliant choreography, inspired especially in second part by “Ghost Dance” of C.Bruce rules ...

[@sophier5508]

I remember falling in love with this performance 30 years ago and I am still watching it over and over again with the same pleasure and excitement, this is great dance, absolutely awesome !

[@martinetaha3903]

L'un des meilleurs programmes de danse de tous les temps et d'une créativité inouïe.

[@nuno7588]

Oui, c'est vrai. Isabelle est d'une très grande beauté. Excellente entente avec Paul. Que sont-ils devenus?

[@Ania-xp6rp]

Ich habe das als 14 jähriges Mädchen in Polen im Fernsehen gesehen und ich war so fasziniert. Am nächsten Tag habe ich meine Freundin besucht und das erste, was sie mich gefragt hat: hast du gestern das französische Paar gesehen? Wir waren alle unter so einem Eindruck. Diesen Tanz habe ich nie vergessen, ich wusste heute nicht mehr wie sie hiessen und in welchem Jahr das war. Aber das rote Kleid werde ich nie vergessen. Heute habe ich euch wieder gefunden und es ist immer noch wunderschön😙

[@schmiedepaul4766]

Geht mir genauso. 16 Jähriger in England zufällig geschaut, kein Eistanzfan, und nie vergessen

[@angelaboncore3132]

One of The BEST innovative and technical performance ever in a free dance. Bravo!

[@susanleatherbarrow2495]

Paul was very underrated as a skater and Isabelle had such charisma.

[@user-kf6zg1pq3u]

Когда на чемпионате Европы 1990 г в Ленинграде зрители в СКК впервые увидели творение Кристофера Дина и брата и сестры Дюшене,то после финальной позы весь зал встал. Это уважение к спортсменам и хореографу. Тогда они стали третьими. А вот спустя месяц в Галифаксе 2 место. И оценки за артистизм подтверждение мастерства и таланта этих четверых. И Мартина Скотницкого тоже. Но оригинал танца в исполнении Джейн и Криса на ЧМ среди профессионалов вызывал восторг зрителей и судей не меньше французов.

[@gulia27.19]

Боже, как они станцевали этот танец! Браво прекрасным спортсменам и гению фигурного катания Кристоферу Динну за этот шедевр!

[@user-we5un3oh8r]

Возможно музыка шедевр, но никак не исполнение этого танца, партнёрша уступает своему партнёру, разве не видите - у неё спина не разгибается, руки деревянные

[@lilianaroibu3817]

Extraordinar!!!! Au trecut de atunci 33 de ani dar voi pastra în amintire acest program asa cum voi pastra si boleroul lui Torvil si Dean ca pe cele mai frumoase momente din istoria patinajului artistic! Si acum îmi rasuna în cap melodia fratilor Duchesnay o melodie a Anzilor, salbatica si nestapanita, coregrafia fara egal a lui Dean, în viata mea nu am vazut o coregrafie mai buna decat aceasta! În acelasi timp mi-au ramas în memorie Jayne Torvil si Cristopher Dean cu al lor bolero de neegalat! Aceste 2 perechi mi-au facut o impresie deosebit de puternica care în ciuda trecerii timpului NU LE-AM UITAT NICIODATA, ASA CUM NU ÎTI UITI TINERETEA SI MEREU ÎTI ADUCI AMINTE DE EA! SUNT MOMENTELE CELE MAI BUNE DIN TOT PATINAJUL ARTISTIC PANA ÎN MOMENTUL DE FATA!

[@mbauduccio]

Quante emozioni che si scatenano, son passati più di 30 anni e sembra ieri. L'arte vera è intramontabile.

[@ub6025]

I love this wonderfull ice dancers. You never see anyone like that in over 30 years.

[@olenageneralova1770]

Восторг! Обожаю их! Они лучшие!!! Их "жаркий танец" незаслуженно засудили в свое время, он великолепен!

[@ii-gr1vs]

Помню этот танец, мне было 11 лет! Шикарный танец!

[@lauremaammeri4244]

Magnifique couple formidable et le public 🇨🇵 formidable merci beaucoup 👍💞💕🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇲🇫🏆⛸️⛸️

[@jeanpeuxplus7257]

Entre la prestation et la musique, j'ai encore la chair de poule 31 ans plus tard 💕💕 Les Duchesnay étaient magiques sur la glace et si inventifs. Une vraie chance que l'on puisse encore les apprécier en vidéo 👍

[@joannagaja2661]

Il faut rendre au César ce qu’est a César... ce ne sont pas Duchesnay, c’est Christopher Bruce pour le ballet et ensuite Christopher Dean pour dance sur la glace les vrais inventifs.. C. Dean s’est inspiré de Bruce chorégraphie en utilisant certaines poses et mouvements ainsi que la musique surtout dans la second partie de la routine crée si génialement pour Duchesnay...

[@krisztinasitku8708]

Iconic performance, still remembered their moves so many years later, I adored them as a teen!

[@abdugapirkasimov5891]

Замечательная хореография и отличное испольнение. Помню как вчера. Был студентом. Газету "Спорт экспресс" с фото брата и сестры Дюшене за 1990 до сих пор храню .

[@valkyriesardo278]

Stunning choreography. Dean's work is genius. I watched Torvill and Dean perform Missing and saw mention of the Duchesnay pair skating the number. That brought me here. My mother used to say eat your vegetables before dessert. I never could get that right.

[@DawnDavidson]

Yes! I came here from the mention in the T&D version. I agree that the Duschenay’s performance was less technically perfect than some of T&D’s. They weren’t as perfectly in sync, for instance. But I loved the increased tempo in the Duschenay version, and the passion they displayed, along with the additional lifts (both of these to accommodate various requirements in the amateur competition, I’m sure.) The increasing tempo along with the choreography and the passionate skating really ramps up the sense of anxiety, which I think makes this performance rival the original T&D version. It’s extremely effective in portraying the message. So grateful to be able to watch these performances here on KZbin. Simply stunning. Thank you to this channel for posting these. They are treasures.

[@car4up1]

Every time I see this performance I cry, it just reminds me of what happened in my country when I was a child. and I witnessed it. I'm originally from Chile and this performance was perfect, Btw as a Chilean Canadian, I am proud of you both.

[@ninamatheson2561]

My all time favorite performance! Thank you.

[@printilingrid]

This still the best ice dance skating performance ever❤️

[@GenevieveGarbutt]

i AGREE 100 %

[@MiddleEarthGirl75]

I remember the frustration at the corrupt judges as I watched these two skate incredible programs. But what I like to keep with me is the intense thrill I felt every time they stepped on the ice because I knew I was going to be watching something exciting.

[@thomasmaschack1530]

Torvill & Dean in 1984 / Duchesnay & Duchesnay in 1988 - 1992 / Savchenko & Massot in 2018...Choreographie u. a. von Christopher Dean...Sportmomente für die Ewigkeit !!!

[@user-fj3br6cv6h]

Анисина-Пейзера

[@sylvaintrioulier9845]

Très belle performance, à l' époque j' avais 11 ans, je m'en souviens encore ! Merci les artistes, vous nous manquez.

[@ctmjem417]

Tema Ecuatoriano con increíbles patinadores Candiences ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@patriziamenconi9362]

Ho rivisto con immenso entusiasmo il video, per me i migliori di sempre.

[@GenevieveGarbutt]

Best ice dance ever to my eyes loved it then love it now. My all time favourite

[@wilend6362]

Como ecuatoriano me siento orgulloso de escuchar el primer tema DOLENCIAS, del ecuatoriano Víctor Valencia, bien interpretado por el grupo Inti Illimani de Chile. Saludos hermanos chilenos desde Ecuador!

[@JLaura89]

Muchas gracias por colocar el nombre de la canción, cuando vi la presentación, fue muy emotivo tanto por la intensidad de la coreografía como la emotividad que transmite la canción.

[@car4up1]

Esta canción siempre va ser nuestro orgullo ya seamos Ecuatorianos, chilenos, peruanos, y bolivianos. Con que las fronteras nos dividan en fondo somos uno.

[@aicotv4843]

Los patinadores son hijos de bolivianos, por eso usaron el tema ecuatoriano y la segunda parte el boliviano.

[@wilend6362]

@@aicotv4843 muchos saludos a los hermanos de Bolivia 🇧🇴 desde Ecuador 🇪🇨

[@JulioCesarcoco]

Como se llama el segundo tema musical pls?

[@carrieosborn2185]

Saw this years ago…love it the same today. Raw abandon and passion on ice. Such a powerful skate!

[@robbiebunge859]

Well done, Christopher Dean - choreographer supreme. This pair are good.

[@MarijaCZadar]

I was swept away by this when I was 15, obsessed with it really :) I learned to play this music on my keyboard... But now when I watch it at 43, although it still pulls the same primordial strings, it seems so imperfect, with lots of moves unfinished and unpolished. And they look exhausted at the end! Still, this dance will ALWAYS be very special to me. Greetings from Croatia!

[@ft-je3rs]

We are the same age and I have the same sentiment. Greetings from America !!

[@MarijaCZadar]

@@ft-je3rs Helloooo :))

[@joannagaja2661]

I have the same ... but watch Torvill and Dean performing this routine, recreated in reality for ice by Dean himself for Isabelle and Paul... you will have the greatness of this brilliant choreography and the technical excellence and deep emotion and artistry of T&D :) but maybe you already watched it?

[@kaigeddes]

One of the best ever! It is an embarassment that they did not get gold.

[@ThomasBaxter]

I am not a big fan of figure skating as a whole, but Ice Dance has always seemed more of an artform to me - no showy stuff like jumps or throws, just artistry - and this performance (took me ages to find it as I could not remember the name of the pair) was where my young brain actually got that. I just really enjoy the storytelling of ice dance.

[@Margo60460]

Spettacolari,bravissimi,da mozzare il fiato!!!mi vengono ancora i brividi,ogni volta che li vedo!!!!

[@user-xc9xk6hr9b]

Absolutely amazing 😍 as a South American myself thank you for honoring all the victims of violence, the victims that were never seen again or found. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@GenevieveGarbutt]

Best ice dance to my eyes ever loved it then …. And love it now. My favourite of all time

[@danieltarapuesguerrero4777]

No me canso de verlo que hermoso y escuchar un tema Ecuatoriano aun mas.... "Dolencias".😢

[@car4up1]

Lamentablemente lo único que nos une es la música porque las fronteras nos divide, saludos hermano desde Chile

[@jansetkoc8967]

Sorry, I cannot speak Spanish Could you please write the name of this song. It is amazing. Gracias

[@wilend6362]

@@jansetkoc8967 Dolencias (Pains)

[@Marp62]

As a young girl I loved this never seen anything that was so creative

[@Margo60460]

Bravissimi e originalissimi!Nessun pattinatore si è più cimentato a ballare sui pattini,con la musica andina!!!

[@katerinatzimourta9236]

Perfect after so many years i still watching it staying speechless

[@blueeyedgirl6468]

This is ice dancing at its best!!! It never has been better and it became never better!!!

[@lallemandpascal8576]

programme époustouflant d'inventivité, de créativité merci d'avoir été les premiers à dépoussiérer la danse sur glace !

[@yvonneminkus]

Wahnsinnig toll

[@worldlit1146]

Still timeless to this day.

[@joywillson6619]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE

[@brendalu.zarate6939]

Hermosamente zarpado.... hermoso, bello, te acongoja, los vientos siempre te retrotraen a algún recuerdo lindo... hermoso baile. No se puede describir con palabras.

[@Tata_Chat2000]

Wonderful, just wonderful

[@mtkuparsin4188]

1990, Halifax, Canada. Los patinadores son Isabelle Duchesnay y Paul Duchesnay, franceses. ellos siempre hacían presentaciones muy de consciencia y compromiso . La música la interpretan los jóvenes exiliados chilenos de Inti Illimani que se refugiaron en Francia despues de la dicatdura de Pinochet , la canción es de Ecuador

[@JulioCesarcoco]

nombres de las canciones por favor

[@franciscosepulvedahidalgo1782]

@@JulioCesarcocodolencias y sikureadas… interpretadas por inti illimani

[@katesmith8005]

And the faces of the judges say it all - how happy they were so see the performance and mark it. The Duchesnay were never judges' pets. They simply didn't know what to do with these skaters. But at least the public knew what to do - love, admire and cherish them. They don't make skaters like that anymore.

[@user-sm2zz2ry3k]

БРАВО!БРАВО!БРАВО!

[@lisas7048]

Pattinatori bravissimi, il programma è stupendo e....moderno! Sembra di vedere una coppia di questi tempi,con la velocità, l'intensità, la fluidità,la scorrevolezza....invece siamo indietro di 30 anni! La tecnica ovviamente non è al livello attuale ma per quegli anni è eccellente! Stupendi!

[@irfankuran2097]

Superb combination of technical merit, artistic impression and the beautiful music of Inti llimani:The Deuchesnays...

[@ROMANABSOLUT]

My favorite skating couple, sister and brother.

[@JO-lc5zw]

Still, after so many years,.. 👏👏❤❤❤

[@catherineeyraud6996]

Fabuleux Duchesnay, le top !

[@fiorellaramadori3559]

Wonderful!!!!❣

[@gillianbrown8502]

Wonderful and moving performance. They gave absolutely everything and were exhausted afterwards - held nothing back. Inspiring for them to draw attention to the atrocities in South America. Shame current skaters play so safe now. Despite more fancy tricks, it looks like ice dance has gone backwards in very recent times. Their style was also so more modern than their contemporaries - massive contrast with the Russian pair that followed them wearing old fashioned, overstuffed costumes.

[@reneestuart2586]

I remember watching this and thinking wow just watched it again I've gotta say it's freekin awesome love the music story they tell behind bolero definitely my next favourite 😍

[@maurizioconti4053]

Galattici, stupendi, innovativi, grande padronanza dei piedi sulle lame di meglio non si poteva vedere da questi due ragazzi che hanno lavorato sempre in simbiosi eccezionali

[@magdalenabrzezinska8742]

Wspaniałe, wzruszające

[@teddybear8572]

FANTASTIC❗

[@justinemornet1949]

Incroyable !!!! L' un des meilleurs couple sur glace

[@nicoleponcin4109]

magnifique super je les adore

[@cottontoca7176]

Super super beautiful!!!!!!!

[@ilmondodiolivia7537]

NEANCHE IL CAFFÈ RIESCO A GARE CON QUESTA DISINVOLTURA !! FENOMENALI !! UNA COMPLICITÀ MERAVIGLIOSA !!

[@pucciaxel2024]

Simply the best

[@tolbuzino]

AMAZING ))

[@user-ny1tg4ms8n]

Лучший танец для меня!❤

[@galileocan]

A Masterpiece

[@Mikatsi1]

Inoubliables !

[@catherinelapotre1941]

Comme on les regrette nos Duchesnay .... couple mythique du patinage artistique français 👍💖💖

[@nuno7588]

Ils restent Grands dans l'Histoire du patinage.

[@sueshow401]

What an excruciating ly beautiful happenings not only in missing in South America but the red dress in Canda reminds me of all our missing girls and women in our Indigenous community and residential schools since it's inception as thi September 20th 2022 represents Truth and Reconciliation. May the findings of these atrocities may set closure in order for the proper treatment is corrected with a healing love.. please let us pray for uprightness , wholesomeness and thus freedom from fear in our current endeavours. Duchesnays' immersion of ALL LEVELS brought tears to my eyes with so many mixed emotions IN ORDER TO endeavor the persistence for each individual to initiate their own development in coexisting to REST IN PEACE. KEEP THE WORD H E A L IN H E A L T H.

[@ahmetboran873]

PRICELESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rickhensen3278]

That was one of the most exhausting performances . I'm tired.

[@ahlamusica100]

the best

[@rickhensen3278]

WOW !

[@galileocan]

I was in Halifax at the event that evening. When the Duchenays finished skating, I truly was scared, because the screaming, cheering and clapping was so loud - I really thought the roof was going to cave in. You can't tell from the video, but it was so loud you couldn't even hear someone speak next to you. One of the finest achievements and moments in figure skating history

[@bindi06]

I'm jealous!! I would have loved to see this live, although I did get to see the Duchesnay's skate this on the Tom Collins skating tour at the time. Paul was one of the most mesmerizing male skaters ever....

[@ft-je3rs]

bindi06 I wish I were there too

[@AlexAndra-jh6hv]

Always thought it was the perfect proof of Canadian mediocrity that they were rejected by Skate Canada and so they went to skate for France-who presumably were more comfortable with iconoclastic brilliance.

[@lydwinaofschiedam2685]

I am not generally a jealous person, but speaking as someone who has avidly followed skating for over 50 years, I am jealous of anyone who was there to see the Duchesnays’ performance of Missing that night. I revisit this performance at least yearly. It is my favorite ice dance of all time.

[@AmbrosiaK]

Memorizing routine still 30 years later! Lucky you to be there!

[@braniffblue5684]

I was very young when I watched it, but I can say - I never saw something like this again. It was so perfect, so different, so special. They are still more modern with this dance than the most skaters today.

[@deboraalfa327]

Braniff Blue I couldn t agree more!!!!!! It is soooo true!!!!!!!

[@marisamercadanti597]

Same for me... Unforgettable!!!

[@CountrysideLiving12]

So true! They were and are unique. Back in the 90s they were revolutionary.

[@hellenjth16]

Ecuadorian song

[@flordemariacalixtro4450]

@@hellenjth16 es canción peruana

[@bevmcmullan-kungl8089]

It was 28 years ago when I first watched this dynamic pair dance this piece. I have never forgotten how beautiful this dance was. Very artistic and just plain beautiful

[@hersenlozeslet]

A truly unforgettable routine, where sport transcends into art and emotion. So many iconic moments from this dance are emblazoned on my memory... the subdued beginning... the intensity building... the spectacular end pose. Apart from the Torvill & Dean Bolero, this is the only ice dance that has made a lasting impression on me. Ever.

[@storrada1]

It's great opinion, Willem. I agree with you from the first to the last word. "...sport transcends into art...". To this sentence can not be anything to add. These are really unique moments in sport. T&D, D&D - greatest memorable couples. All the best for you.

[@joannagaja2661]

It’s because this routine was created by C. Dean :) he made it memorably and transcendent, as their Bolero was, and as all the routines he created before and after, and danced with Jayne :) and he danced this theme too, (in a bit different way, as in the first part of choreography he adapter for Duschesnay) with Jayne of course, you can find it on KZbin ..

[@basialebiedzinska1851]

Fully agree!

[@Kedz65]

I saw this performance live and in person from Seat 10, Row O, Section 27 of the Halifax Metro Centre, Friday, March 9, 1990... We cheered ourselves hoarse. I watch it now all these years later and it still makes me smile.

[@guskos1887]

it's the most beautiful thing i 've ever seen !!!

[@johnanglim4342]

Beautiful combination of choreography, music and movement. Best skating I’ve ever seen.

[@josieshy2376]

I don't care how many medals of which colour a skater has collected and how many years they've been touring. I just love this passionate, moving performance, it's captivating and touches my heart. The Duchesnays were the perfect skaters for this theme, IMO. They conveyed the emotion, that's why the audience always responded so enthusiastically to their performances. It was a great time for ice dancing, then in the early 90s.

[@axellle0]

Magnifique!!!! Totalement hors du temps!!!! Mais qu'elle est cette somptueuse mélodie qui les hissent si haut dans la perfection!!!!!????

[@erricashowe2140]

I remember watching this for this first time as though it was yesterday - me and my mum were mesmerised by them and the music - so unique and fresh. A routine etched on my memory.

[@magda7728]

I remember it as if it was yesterday. It’s is still so current and magnificent as all those years ago. Masterpiece ♥️

[@drguffey]

I remember watching this "live", at least I think it was, and being totally enthralled by this performance. I was also glad the commentators were silent for the entire performance. They let us enjoy it !!

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

Same here!

[@tally1604]

This has got to be the most original innovative captivating dance of all time. And given the current judging system, it's not just improbable but impossible that anybody should come anywhere near this. Just outstanding.

[@PrinceLover3121]

Just finished watching the 2018 Olympic free dance and for some reason I thought of this amazing program. There’s been nothing like it before or sense. Brilliant.

[@JoanneLight]

I was there. It was unbelievably moving. I'll never forget it.

[@Music-dd1br]

I remember seeing this 25 years ago and was in disbelief if what I was watching was real. It was for the first and last time when watching figure skating brought tears into my eyes, and I watched many championships and Olympic games since...

[@renatalimarzi]

Music Exactly the same for me. This was literally breathtaking. And always will

[@MultiCappie]

The link between us and the disappeared.

[@eira.borealis]

Same here, it still brings tears to my eyes! Incredibly honest and emotional choreography and performance!

[@cathy-sophiebourgknecht588]

La plus belle des plus belles exhibitions de danse sur glace..PARFAIT!