If you choose to skate to dance music, should you use a skating style that reflects the dance style the music was designed for?
Jason brown uses music from the Riverdance show in [SPOILER!]
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If I remember right, the first half of his music selection was a musical interlude without dance, so I see no reason why he should skate to it with any particular style. But the second half was used in the Riverdance show to accompany Irish Step Dance, the style that show especially celebrated.
When I think of the Riverdance / Irish Step Dance style, I think:
(1) A very rapid fire sequence of closely spaced steps
(2) The steps clearly and audibly beat out the rhythm of the music
(3) A very still upper body
(4) The arms mostly rest still at the sides
AFAICT, Jason twice briefly quoted element (4), but otherwise, he skated a style that was in many respects opposite that of Irish Step Dance.
Contrast this to the "Riverdance on Ice" show of 2010, one of my all time favorite ice shows. The skaters did their best to emulate the Riverdancers' style. Of course that was a show - it's hard to imagine fully incorporating Irish Step Dance styling of into a freestyle skate that figure skating judges would mark well.
If you ignore the dance style mismatch, the music was very well suited to Jason's choreography, and he moved very well with the music. And yet - is that enough - or should the dance styles match?
(BTW, my favorite memory of the Riverdance On Ice show was Shae-Lynn Bourne's interpretation of Spanish Flamenco dance, a quite different style. In some respects she surpassed Yolanda Gonzalez Sobrado's land dance version. Look up their performances up on Youtube.)