“As president of the Scott Moir fan club, I could go on about his innate talent, musicality, passion, drive, commitment, work ethic. Truly, the list is so long cause he is the best in every way.”
“From her ability to move and create brilliant choreography to her athleticism and near perfect technique, she’s the greatest skater I’ve ever seen. Her brilliance is evident in everything she does and she is ruthlessly competitive. Those are some of my favourite traits but they don’t come close to the fire that lit within me when we skated together. Our eyes would meet on the ice and it would take us to another world.”
— Tessa and Scott on each other, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame 2023
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skating their original dance at the 2007 Canadian National Championships and, with a different flower, at the 2007 World Championships. Their music was Luis Bacalov's Assassination Tango.
Virtue and Moir really started their senior careers at 18 and 20 skating to those songs and ended up estranged old friends with completely separate lives, him a small town elite coach and her a city loving influencer...
Life imitates art, doomed from the beginning, etc.
“For me, Tessa and Scott’s Vancouver Olympic free dance. That was the moment I fell in love with ice dance. I was like woah, I wanna do that someday but back then, I didn’t think that I would be an ice dancer. That was a program that made me speechless.”
— Juulia Turkkila on her favourite program across all disciplines
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skating the Viennese Waltz at the 2009 Canadian Championships. With vibes of their Mahler free dance, which was to come later that year.