--- title: Ice Dancing Couple Drops 'Risque' Move for 2018 Olympics description: Canadian ice dancing duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have tweaked their routine to be slightly less risqué for the Olympics. canonical: https://time.com/5142383/ice-dancing-tessa-virtue-scott-moir-risque-move-olympics/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-09T21:03:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:30.096Z og:title: Why This Ice Dancing Duo Dropped Their 'Suggestive' Move for the Winter Olympics og:description: "We wanted to make a bit of a different statement" og:url: https://time.com/5142383/ice-dancing-tessa-virtue-scott-moir-risque-move-olympics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73fc1178a4c757ff/698926eebc6cfc869a3e4f40/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-sexy-ice-dancing-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: ISU Junior & Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final - Marseille Day 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why This Ice Dancing Duo Dropped Their 'Suggestive' Move for the Winter Olympics twitter:description: "We wanted to make a bit of a different statement" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73fc1178a4c757ff/698926eebc6cfc869a3e4f40/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-sexy-ice-dancing-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why This Ice Dancing Duo Dropped Their 'Suggestive' and 'Edgy' Move for the Winter Olympics > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Joosep Martinson - ISU/ISU via Getty Images) MARSEILLE, FRANCE - DECEMBER 10: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada compete during Senior Ice Dance Free Dance on day three of the ISU Junior and Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at Palais Omnisports on December 10, 2016 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Joosep Martinson - ISU/ISU via Getty Images) Joosep Martinson - ISU—ISU via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 9, 2018 9:03 PM UTC Ahead of competing at the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5106521/2018-winter-olympic-athletes-breaking-barriers/) in [PyeongChang, South Korea](http://time.com/5141157/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-tv/), Canadian ice dancing duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir decided to tone down a routine, set to a medley of songs from _Moulin Rouge!,_ they described as “suggestive” and “edgy.” The pair modified a fairly risqué lift to a more conservative move for one of their [free dance routines](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2xBr5EmSo) for the Olympics, according to the [_Toronto Star_](https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/opinion/2018/02/07/for-virtue-and-moir-risqu-is-all-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html). When asked why they changed the lift for the Winter Games in PyeongChang, Moir cited the importance of visuals during competition. “What it came down to actually was that when we slowed it down and looked on the video, it wasn’t aesthetically that beautiful of a position,”Moir said. “So we wanted to change it, make it a little bit better.” Virtue agreed, adding that the change makes their routine a better fit for the Olympics. “I think we liked that it made a statement, and it was different,” she said. “And that was great for the start of the season. 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