In designing their rhythm dance for the Broadway musical theme, the team settled on "Mack and Mabel", famously used decades earlier by Torvill and Dean, though they sought to avoid closely paralleling the music used in their version. For the free dance, they sought a Canadian artist, as the 2020 World Championships were scheduled to be held in Montreal. Ultimately, they settled on Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", familiar to both of them for its use in the film "Love Actually".