As impressive as these two are, let’s get things out of the way and give a special shout out to the cameraman who had to glide on the ice while recording them.
It must have been insanely difficult keeping up with Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron on ice.
This is a free dance.
Watching Papadakis and Cizeron is truly liberating, with their graceful sliding and powerful extensions, but don’t be fooled at the seemingly effortless movements on display here.
These two could have melted the ice with skills like that.
French ice dancer Gabriella Maria Papadakis has been dancing with Cizeron for a long time.
Together, they are the 2022 Olympic champions, 2018 Olympic silver medalists, and five-time World champions from 2015–2016, 2018–2019, and 2022.
They are also five-time consecutive European champions from 2015–2019, the 2017, and 2019 Grand Prix Final champions, plus seven-time French national champions from 2015–2020, 2022.
Papadakis and Cizeron are the big leagues and even the pros know it.
This is an old video of theirs, dating back to 2019, but performances like these fast become timeless.
So smooth, so well executed, and so incredibly sexy as they hit all their moves perfectly together.
This was just training, mind you.
It was filmed just before the Grand Prix final, which was sad because of the year that followed.
This was not the final version of their routine nor the peak of what this extraordinary routine became since Worlds was cancelled.
That pandemic had everything coming to a screeching halt.
Now if this wasn’t the peak, or the ultimate version of their dance, then just how awesome was the final version?
Because this was already so good!
It’s just like this viewer’s comment,
“This is where sport transcends into true Art. There are no skates, no costumes, no rink and no one there but the two of them, simply telling a story through soulful expression in movement. This is not skating, not sport, simply …..otherworldly.”
Yes indeed.
To give you an idea of just how good these two are, Cizeron had an incredible 2022 season with his ice dance partner, Papadakis.
They won every major competition they entered, including the gold at the Winter Olympics.
And for his incredible year, Cizeron is Outsports’ Male Athlete Of The Year.
That’s not all, since Cizeron and Papadakis went and set a world record with their score in the short program at the Olympics.
Impressed yet?
No, these two are not a couple but they certainly skate together beautifully.
The news is that these two are taking a break from skating but will be back soon.
Big talents deserve a lot of rest, and besides, this video and many others are just one click away to satisfy your ice skating cravings.
Do they not get dizzy with all those spins?
“Gabriella and Guillaume – they are incredible to see. Their melting into one another, like there is an osmosis, vibrates and has brought tears to my eyes. And with this song, with the powerful lyrics and music … I simply have no words to describe what I feel. I cannot thank them enough nor the composer of the music or the trainers of these two amazing dancers on ice. Thank you all. God bless.” says another viewer.
That viewer was so moved emotionally, and this was just a practice video.
You just have to watch Papadakis and Cizeron’s official performances in competitions.
That camera guy though!
The music and their dancing tells a story. Did you catch it?
It has to be reiterated that Gabriella and Guillaume hold the highest recorded international FD score of 137.09 points for Free Dance.
They match their movements for each part of the song’s narration, as if to emphasize the emotions portrayed but on the ice.
Brilliant choreography and fantastic skating skills result in mesmerizing magic.
When these two are on ice, the audience holds its collective breath, spellbound by the emotion, power and finesse of their routine.
Those few minutes of skating captures unspeakable moments.
Allow Papadakis and Cizeron to take your breath away with this amazing routine.
Cold as ice, but as hot as fire.
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