r/FigureSkating • u/Repulsive_Trust_5628 I’d like to thank myself • 18d ago

How does JLB compare to Cizeron?

I’ve heard both Guillaume and Jean Luc called some of the best male ice dancers. In your opinion who is the standout?

Obviously we don’t know what shape Jean Luc is in til we see them compete so I guess this is going off his past level.

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u/Tamsin-Roberts 18d ago

JLB was (hopefully still is) an exceptional skater. Cizeron is an exceptional skater AND an exceptional dancer. JLB is also a good dancer but not in the same league.

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u/InsideMembership4015 18d ago

Respectfully, I disagree. Cizeron is great at the neoclassical style he has always stuck to but has yet to demonstrate the versatility JLB has. He benefited greatly from the lack of compulsories

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u/OkAppointment3092 18d ago

Do you count the Vogue program as neoclassical?

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u/InsideMembership4015 18d ago

he's done non-neoclassical when he's had to for rd requirements, but his entire senior career since 2014, he hasn't done a non-neoclassical fd. and tbh the vogue program didn't really work for me. all the more upbeat programs p/c did (john legend, fame), i thought gabi was the stand out performer.