Quite often, when Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir take the ice, talk will turn to “rivalry.” Will they beat Davis & White? What about the Shibutanis? But maybe the Russians…? This talk isn’t without merit, as past seasons have shown there to be a constant shifting of hierarchy in the ice dance world, but sometimes it would be far more appropriate for the commentators to let the skating speak. Virtue and Moir are so pure in style, so easy and free in their edges, that all of their programs hardly seem to be performed for competitive purposes. Their attention is always fully focused on each other, channeling their emotions into the rise and fall of the music. In 2008, their free program was particularly innovative, as they twizzled and spun to the haunting soundtrack from the Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Though young, they had a subtlety in their style that other teams spent years mastering.
The Platinum Edge 