Last week at the Joe Louis Arena, Stojko, in his first meet back since injuring his groin in a gallant silver-medal winning performance in Nagano, attempted a quad in both the short and long programs. Both their programs are new and Bourne believes their new free dance, performed to the song Meet Her at the Love Parade, will captivate skating fans in much the same manner Riverdance did last season. We were looking for something that would top Riverdance, something stronger, something better, faster. Whether the international judges buy into the new program is another matter.
Judges tend to prefer classical music.
But people expect us to be original. Skate Canada is the dance team's first competition of the season. We are stronger because of it. The team's strongest challenge this week likely will come from Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas of Lithuania. Stojko will be pushed by teammate Jeff Langdon and defending world bronze medallist Evgeny Plushenko of Russia.