It was the elegance of this team which set them apart from all others. Nobody could match them in that area. Not the best technical team but the most elegant.

Where were the judges brains on that day. Unbelievable they could mark this performance anything other than 6. It was stupendous. Still as impressive today as it was then.

Franchement superbe ! Quel plaisir de revoir le frère et la sœur patiner ⛸, de grands précurseurs , leurs programmes n’avaient rien de classique et très novateurs . 🧜🏼‍♀️🇫🇷

Incroyable d'innovation ce programme... on retrouve des éléments repris par Gritshuk/Platov pour ne citer qu'eux. Ils ont sorti la danse sur glace de l'égémonie soviétique/ballet... merci à eux et leur chorégraphe de génie christopher Dean !

Wow! Unique! Absolutely unique ! The dancers and the music and the orchestra version. Love them very much! Thanks Tornvil &Dean!

They were revolutionaries in the category of ice dance. They were my idols. I was an 11 year old skater in 1989, and ended up completing my gold dances, due in large part to this team. They were incredibly inspiring 🌟. I wish they’d been born later, so they’re interpretive genius would’ve gotten the recognition it deserved. They normalized “lifts” in ice dance. As long as you don’t break contact, it’s allowed. They paved the way for a new generation of ice dancers. And the judging system is corrupt, always has been. The judges have never landed a jump or completed a spin, yet they judge others. Classic case of “do what I say, not what I do”. And goodness help you if you were “different” back then, you’d never win.

Ezt a kurt vegignezve, amulatba ejto, csodalatos megeremlik a legjobbat.

je les adore ils sont beaux tous les deux de grands patineurs talentueux qui ont su rénover la danse sur glace j 'adore je vous embrasse et encore merci

Excusez moi, je ne regarde pas le patinage en dehors "des Duchesnay ",en étant honnête, avant et après, personne ne m'a jamais donné envie de regarder !!!!!!! À mes yeux, personne n'a jamais fait preuve de nouveautés comme eux !!!!!!!!!!!

The first contestation ,The pubblic never agree the age of judge corruption. I remember very well.

Magnifique

She said"Thank you God" at the end.

Che dire semplicemente straordinari.......ma come si è sempre saputo e risaputo i giudici hanno sempre favoreggiato la scuola Russa, purtroppo anche nello sport ci sono i venduti............

Wouah.

I think I peeled away from watching ice dancing and skating after these two left the scene. It became more bland after that. Now I realize why. I think if the judges were repelled by their dance, it is because hetero dancing (of this sort) has generally been between two non-related people. Adding skates does not change that reality, so probably they couldn't get past the brother-sister thing to the uniqueness of the dance.

Поль прекрасен. Изабель красивое бревно

Dranstonicals

55 оценка точная за их катание

Танец весьма экстравагантен,но техничен и артистичен. Но как же коряво брат и сестра его исполняют. Как максимум должны быть четвёртыми. Но чемпионат мира 1989 года был в Париже и вот им приз бронза. Считаю,что в Альбервиле им и серебро дали зря. Тот танец под Бернстайна неудача Дина как хореографа. И им и бронзы на Олимпиаде было бы много. А итоги ЧМ 1991 года за гранью разума. В Мюнхене судейские игры лишили золота Усову с Жулиным.

He was certainly a very dynamic skater - would've like to have seen him in the men's singles competition.

Thank you Christopher dean, a genious !

Perfect song for a perfect pair! 💖⛸☯️ His outfit reminds me of the later to come..Great Johnny Weir!!!!

I love them; always did. The judges never did know what to make of them. This program is intriguing and lovely, but wow has ice dance changed -- no way could they get away with so many lifts now. I enjoyed seeing this again. Thanks for posting.

But you know who's helping in this program, for they has good mark so was Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvil

Lovely to see this, I loved the Duchesnays but did not see them in France. Those were the days!

Good lord... what were the judges watching?! I could just about understand 5.7 or 5.8 for technical merit, their edges were never quite as clean as they could be free legs sometimes not quite matched etc, but 5.7 for artistic impression...c'mon!!

Watch the Canadian television broadcast and listen to the comments from Toller Cranston (CAN) who did not like this routine at all, primarily for the reason that this dance was not a Charleston and I believe he said that this did not resemble a Charleston whatsoever. Not to mention the rule violations and how much simpler their choreography was and how far apart they were skating from each other. Too bad this event was held in Paris because had it been contested almost anywhere else, they would not have been on the podium. Engi & Toth (HUN) deserved the bronze for this event.

A very interesting free dance but I think a medal was very generous when you consider what a mess they made of their Argentine Tango CD at this competition and their OD was painfully off the mark.

The American judge got it right, for once.

Isabelle representing "a dream" is like Courtney Love representing reality, sorry. Horrible posture, abysmal skating skills, workmanlike plodding through all the moves, one facial expression. I always wished Dean had choreographed for Klimova/Ponomarenko. But that was never meant to be, unfortunately.