The ladies field has been really dense both in Russia and Japan. As such, I have been following both the junior and senior ranks with a lot of attention lately. Therefore in this post I will be covering all off-season news regarding music for the 2018-2019 season, as well as coaching changes and retirements. Updated on August 6th Music Announcements: ARGENTINA Virginia Elisia Bustos NEW SP: Seven Nations Army performed by White Stripes ft. Haley Reinhart; Mambo No. 8 by Perez Prado; Mambo No. 5 by Perez Prado FP: Chandelier by Sia AUSTRIA Stefanie Pesendorfer NEW SP: Radar Love by Golden Earring FP: Fantasy Music - The Last of her Kind by Peter Gundry; Dark Vampire by Peter Gundry Sophie Schaller NEW SP: Paint It Black (Westworld soundtrack) by Ramin Djawadi; Paint It Black peformed by Vanessa Carlton FP: Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla performed by Tango for Four Olga Mikutina NEW SP: Megapolis by Bel Sueno FP: Tango Step Up by Bear McGreary BRAZIL Isadora Williams SP: Take Five by Dave Brubeck FP: Medley from Natalia Lafourcade CANADA Michelle Long SP: "J'oublie" (female vocal) of "Oblivion" by Astor Piazzolla, choreo by Lori Nichol Alison Schumacher NEW SP: I Want to Hold Your Hand by John Lennon, Paul McCartney FP: Entrance of Butterfly; Un bel di vedizemo (from "Madame Butterfly") by Giacomo Puccini Aurora Cotop NEW SP: Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra; Blackbird by The Beatles, perfomed by Sara Niemietz FP: Evgeni's Waltz; Revolving Doors; Letters (from W.E. soundtrack) by Abel Korzeniowski CROATIA Hana Kosic NEW SP: Annie (soundtrack) by Charles Strouse FP: Rome and Juliet by Nino Rota Katarina Kitarovic NEW SP: Survivor by A. Dent, Beyonce, M. Knowles, performed by 2Wei FP: Hamilton (soundtrack) by Lin-Manuel Miranda Hana Cvijanovic NEW SP: California Dreamin' performed by SIA FP: Another Day Of Sun; City of Stars; Someone In The Crowd (from "La La Land" soundtrack) by Justin Hurwitz CZECH REPUBLIC Daniela Ko NEW SP: Hard Scary hip-hop beat (rap) instrumental; Alice Through Looking Glass FP: Butterfly by Maxime Rodriguez; Carol of the Bells by Mykola Leontovych, Peter J. Wilhousky; Nero by Thomas Jacob Bergersen, Nick Phoenix DENMARK Maia Sorensen NEW SP: La Vie en rose performed by Pomy Wave FP: Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps performed by Doris Day; Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps performed by The Pussycat Dolls GERMANY Ann-Christin Marold NEW SP: Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan FP: Sooner or Later by Madonna; Hanky Panky by Madonna Lea Johanna Dastich NEW SP: La La Land, choreo by Rostislav Sinicyn FP: Never Enough (from "The Greatest Showman" soundtrack) by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; The Greatest Showman Medley performed by Lindsey Stirling; This Is Me (from "The Greatest Showman" soundtrack) by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Franziska Kettl NEW SP: Gimmie That Swing by Cissie Redgwick FP: Romeo and Juliet Elodie Eudine NEW SP: Experience by Ludovico Einaudi FP: Papa Can You Hear Me (soundtrack) performed by Barbara Streisand GREAT BRITAIN Anastasia Vaipan-Law NEW SP: Libertango by Astor Piazzolla FP: Skyfall (James Bond soundtrack) performed by Adele Kristen Spours NEW SP: Caught Out in the Rain performed by Beth Hart FP: La La Land (soundtrack) by Justin Hurwitz HONG KONG Yi Christy Leung NEW SP: Scene d'amour by Francis Lai, performed by Sarah Brightman FP: Breath of Life by Florence and the Machine JAPAN Rika Hongo SP: Kill Bill, choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne FP: Jesus of Nazareth, choreo by Kenji Miyamoto Mako Yamashita SP: "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini; choreo by Mihoko Higuchi FP: Madama Butterfly (program from last season), choreo by Mihoko Higuchi Yuka Nagai SP: Riverdance, choreo by Misao Sato Yuna Shiraiwa SP: All Aboard, choreo by Tom Dickson FP: Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky Arrange (program from last season), choreo by Tom Dickson Yuhana Yokoi SP: The Lion King, choreo by Miho Kawaume FP: The Phantom of the Opera, choreo by Miho Kawaume Moa Iwano SP: Asturias - William Joseph, choreo by Akiko Suzuki FP: Jeux d'eaux, choreo by Pasquale Camerlengo Rika Kihira SP: Claire de Lune, choreo by David Wilson FP: Mercy in darkness (x), choreo by Tom Dickson Satoko Miyahara SP: Song for the little sparrow by Patricia Kaas, choreo by Lori Nichol FP: Invierno porteno by Astor Piazzolla; Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "Winter" (The Four Seasons by Vivaldi), choreo by Tom Dickson Marin Honda SP: Seven Nation Army by Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, choreo by Shae Lynn Borne FP: Lovers (Chinese movie), choreo by Lori Nichol Wakaba Higuchi SP: Energia FP: Hymne a l'amour, choreo by Yuka Sato Mai Mihara SP: It's magic FP: Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission (last year's program), choreo by David Wilson Kaori Sakamoto SP: From my First Moment by Charlotte Church, choreo by David Wilson FP: The Piano soundtrack by Michael Nyman (Be My Secret; Deep into the Forest; Roberto Cacciapaglia; Tree of Life; Wild Side), choreo by Benoit Richaud KAZAKHSTAN Veronika Sheveleva NEW SP: La Esmeralda by Cesare Pugni FP: The Bloody Mistress (soundtrack) by Dmitri Dankov Azhar Zhumakhanova NEW SP: The Show Must Go On performed by Ademi FP: Smile by Arina Danilova; Rendez-Vous by Kelly Joyce KOREA Dabin Choi SP: Don't cry for me Argentina FP: Carmen Eusoon Lim SP: Somewhere in Time OST, choreo by Jeff Buttle FP: Chicago OST, choreo by Akiko Suzuki Su Been Jeon NEW SP: Kissing You ("Romeo and Juliet" soundtrack) FP: The Point of No Return (from "Phantom of the Opera") by Andrew Lloyd Webber Gyo Hee Jeon NEW SP: Paint It Black performed by Ciara FP: Avatar soundtrack MEXICO Andrea Montesinos Cantu NEW SP: Swing Da Cor by Daniela Mercury FP: Jeux d'Eau (from "O" - Cirque du Soleil) NETHERLANDS Lenne Van Gorp NEW SP: Tango de los Exilados by Vanessa Mae, Walter Taieb FP: Prince of Egypt (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz ROMANIA Ana Sofia Beschea NEW SP: Vogue by Madonna FP: Un giorno per noi (Romeo and Juliet soundtrack) performed by Josh Groban RUSSIA Stanislava Konstantinova FP: Anna Karenina (last year's program) Alina Zagitova SP: Phantom of the Opera, choreo by Daniil Gleikhengauz FP: Carmen, choreo by Daniil Gleikhengauz Maria Sotskova SP: Latin music, choreo by Peter Tchernyshev (x) LP: "Summertime", choreo by Peter Tchernyshev (x) Anastasiia Gubanova NEW SP: Take Five by Dave Brubeck choreo by Peter Tchernyshev (x) LP: Liebestraum by Franz Liszt choreo by Nikita Mikhailov and Tatiana Tarasova (x) Anastasia Tarakanova NEW SP: Querer performed by Francesca Gagnon FP: Believer by Imagine Dragons Anna Tarusina NEW SP: Winter in Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla FP: En Aranjuez con tu amor performed by Katherine Jenkins Viktoria Vasilieva NEW SP: I Put A Spell On You perfomed by Joss Stone feat. Jeff Beck FP: Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saens Alexandra Trusova SP: Kill Bill soundtrack by Tomoyasu Hotei (Bang-Bang performed by Nancy Sinatra; Battle Without Honor Or Humanity) FP: Kill The Target by Tomoyasu Hotei; Katana Groove by Tomoyasu Hotei; The Fifth Element by Eric Serra (Lucia di lammermoor; The Diva Dance) Alena Kostornaia SP: Leftovers OST: Departure (lullaby); November - by Max Richter FP: Romeo and Juliet soundtrack; (Kissing You by Craig Armstrong; Forbidden Love by Abel Korzeniowski; Love Theme) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva SP: Assassin’s Tango - John Powell FP: You Don’t Love Me - Caro Emerald; Petite Fleur - The Hot Sardines Evgenia Medvedeva NEW SP: Orange Colored Sky by Natalie Cole FP: Mumuki; Libertango - by Yo Yo Ma Kseniia Sinitsyna NEW SP: Batucadas performed by Mitoka Samba; La Vida es un Carneval peformed by Celia Cruz; Mujer Latina performed by Thalia FP: Trio Elgiaque No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov Anastasia Kostyuk NEW SP: Three Preludes by George Gershwin FP: Alina by Aydar Gaynullin Alena Kanysheva NEW SP: The Show Must Go On (Moonlight Sonata) by Natalia Posnova FP: Dreams of a Winter Journey performed by Berliner Philharmoniker SWEDEN Smilla Szalkai NEW SP: La La Land (soundtrack) by Justin Hurwitz FP: Romeo and Juliet SWITZERLAND Maia Mazzara NEW SP: City Hunter (soundtrack) by Tasumi Yano FP: Down (Marian Hill) by Samantha Gongol, Jeremy Lloyd UKRAINE Anastasiia Arkhipova NEW SP: Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo performed by Ikuko Kawai LP: Imagine by John Lennon Anna Rakovych NEW SP: Desert Skies performed by Maksim Mrvica FP: New Day performed by David Garrett USA Star Andrews SP: Summertime - performed by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, choreo by Derrick Delmore FP: Jungle Music Alysa Liu SP: Spanish Flame by Maxime Rodriguez, choreo by Cindy Stuart LP: The Witches of Eastwick film soundtrack, choreo by Cindy Stuart Amber Glenn SP: Gravity - Sara Bareilles, choreographed by Daniil Barantsev FP: Kill Bill medley Hanna Harrell SP: Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha, by Petty Booka FP: "La Cumparsita" - by Ensemble Contraste; "Adiós Nonino" - Astor Piazzolla, performed by Forever Tango Bradie Tennell FP: Romeo and Juliet Karen Chen SP: Illumination - Fire Dance - Jennifer Thomas, choreographed by Massimo Scali Paige Rydberg SP: Paint It Black - Hidden Citizens, choreo by Drew Meekins FP: Theme song of "Supergirl" - Idina Menzel, choreo by Tom Dickson Ting Cui SP: Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation 18 FP: Giselle TAIWAN Amy Lin SP: Now we are free, Gladiator OST Coaching Changes: JAPAN Marin Honda will train with Rafael Arutunian KAZAKHSTAN Elizabeth Tursynbaeva will be coached by Eteri Tutbedridze KOREA Eunsoo Lim will train with Rafael Arutunian RUSSIA Anastasiia Gubanova will train with Elena Buyanova Serafima Sakhanovich left Plushenko's academy and will train with Angelina Turenko Elizaveta Nugumanova will train with Angelina Turenko Valeria Mikhailova will train with Plushenko Kamila Valieva will train with Eteri Tutberidze's group Polina Tsurskaya left Tutberidze's group and will train with Elena Buyanova Evgenia Medvedeva leaves Tutberidze and will train will Brian Orser Anastasia Gulyakova moved from Klimkin to Alexei Mishin Retirements CHINA Zijun Li FINLAND Joanna Kallela (x) NORWAY Anne Line Gjersem (x) SINGAPORE Shuran Yu (x) Other news:
KOREA Young You tried the triple axel-triple toe in practice (x) RUSSIA Alena Kostornaia tried the triple axel in practice (x) Alexandra Trusova is training the quad lutz (x) Anna Shcherbakova's quad lutz-triple toe-triple loop (x) SWEDEN Anita Östlund is training the quad toe-loop (x) USA Alysa Liu tried the triple axel (x) and triple axel-triple toe-triple toe-double toe (x)
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With the ending of the 2017-2018 season, a new cycle towards the 2022 Olympic Games begins. As such, this post will have all off-season regarding music for the 2018-2019 season, along with news of coaching changes, retirements and new teams. First and foremost, the short dance is now called the Rhythm Dance. I really don’t like the change of name, but we’ll have to go along with it. I still remember when there was the compuslsory and the original dance, and I kind of wish they would have kept the name compulsory dance (since the pattern dance is not chosen by the athletes) in the first place. But now I was grown used to say “short dance” and it was a good choice to be cohesive with single and pair skating, so I don’t understand the name change. But on more important news, the chosen pattern dance is the Argentine Tango for Juniors and Tango Romantica for the seniors. Excited? I love tango, so I guess I am, even though I have a feeling that a lot of the programs with be quite similar. I truly hope I am wrong. Also, for the 2019-2020 season the pattern dance for juniors will be the Tea Time Foxtrot. The seniors will be able to choose between Quickstep, Blues, March, Polka or Foxtrot. The theme for that season is “Musical, Operetta, Broadway”. In this post I will be adding any news concerning announcements that the teams may make. Post updated on August 6th Music Announcements: CANADA Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus FD: Earned It, by TheWeeknd Nadiia Bashynska & Peter Beaumont RD: Carmen Suite, No. V, Carmen’s Entrance and Habanera; Carmen Suite, No. VI, Scene (Carmen, comp. Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin) FD: Fairy Godmother; La Valse Champagne; Pumpkin Pursuit; Courage and Kindness (Cinderella, comp. Patrick Doyle) Jessica-Lee Behiel & Jackson Behiel RD: El Choclo - Cello Project FD: Amarcord (Amarcord, comp. Nino Rota); La Passerella Di Addio (8 & 1/2, comp. Nino Rota); Amarcord Suite (Amarcord) Amelia Boone & Malcolm Kowan RD: La Cumparsita [Questo Tango] (Milva) FD: Le Temps Des Cathédrales; Belle; Déchiré (Notre-Dame de Paris, perf. Bruno Pelletier, Patrick Fiori, Garou, Daniel Lavoie) Emmy Bronsard & Aissa Bouaraguia RD: El Choclo; Let’s Face the Music and Dance (Nat King Cole) FD: Tightrope; The Greatest Show (The Greatest Showman, perf. Michelle Williams, Hugh Jackman) Natalie D’Alessandro & Bruce Waddell RD: Querer; Toreador by Rene Dupere - Cirque du Soleil FD: Carmen Suite, No. I: Introduction (comp. Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin); Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona Alicia Fabbri & Paul Ayer RD A Evaristo Carriego; Obertuna (Forever Tango): FD: Quand On N’a Que L’amour (Catherine Major); Quand On N’a Que L’amour (Daniel Boucher, Marie-Jo Thériault, Pierre Lapointe) Ellie Fisher & Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette RD: Tango D’Amor (Tango Jointz feat. Bellma Cespedes); Verano Portena (perf. Tango Quattro) FD: Look Down (Les Miserables, perf. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe); I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables, perf. Glee Cast); Les Miserables Orchestral Instrumental Medley (Les Miserables, comp. Claude-Michel Schönberg) Irina Galiyanova & Grayson Lochhead RD: Los Pájaros Perdidos - Contramarca FD: Hurt - Agrupacion LatinHits; Hurt - Christina Aguilera Erin Gillies & Joshua Tarry RD: All’osteria (Milva); Milonga de Mis Amores (Quartango) FD: Un Giorno Per Noi (perf. Josh Groban); Fortune’s Fool (Romeo & Juliet, comp. Abel Korzeniowski) Shaelene Katrayan & Jordan Derochie RD: Solamente Ella (Orquesta Romantica Milonguera); Tango Nada (Danilo Venturi) FD: Summer Lovin’; Hopelessly Devoted to You; You’re the One That I Want - Grease soundtrack Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha FD: Warsaw Concerto - Richard Addinsell Bridget Le Donne & Jakub Smal RD: Adios Nonino - Astor Piazzolla Jasmine Levesque & Olivier Poupart RD: Solo Por Hoy (Carlos Libedinsky); Lado C (Narcotango) FD: Sun on Sunday; Same Mistake (James Blunt) Miku Makita & Tyler Gunara RD: El Huracán (Florindo Sassone y Su Orquesta); Tus Ojos de Cielo (Forever Tango) FD: First Date (Edvin Marton); Rain (Simply Three) Cassidy McFarlane & Alexandre Faucher RD: Tu Sentimiento - Tango Jointz feat. Bellma Cespedes FD: Evgeni’s Waltz; Satin Birds; Dance for Me Wallis (W.E., comp. Abel Korzeniowski) Olivia McIsaac & Corey Circelli RD: Cell Block Tango; All That Jazz - Chicago soundtrack FD: There Will Be Time (Mumford & Sons and Baaba Maal) Yuka Orihara & Lee Royer RD: Infiltrado - Bajofondo FD: I Was Made for Loving You - Tori Kelly; Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran Katrine Roy & Oliver Zhang RD: Peligro [Lagartijeando Remix]; Peligro (Gotan Project) FD: Mia and Sebastian’s Theme; Planetarium; Another Day of Sun (La La Land, comp. Justin Hurwitz) Sophia Simitsakos & Jeffrey Wong RD: Tango Till They’re Sore (Madeleine Peyroux); Milonga de Mis Amores (Quartango) FD: Paint It Black (perf. Escala); As Tears Go By; Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones) Ashlynne Stairs & Elliott Graham RD: Lastima Grande (Glover Gill); Tanguera (Forever Tango) FD: Welcome to Burlesque (Burlesque, Cher); Bound to You; Something’s Got a Hold On Me (Christina Aguilera) Colleen Tordoff & Vladimir Tchernov RD: Assassin’s Tango (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, comp. John Powell) FD: Cheek to Cheek; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Ella Fitzgerald); Anything Goes (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga) CHINA NEW Shiyue Wang & Xinyu Liu RD: Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack FD: "Meant" by Elizaveta FRANCE Natacha Lagouge & Corentin Rahier FD: Camelot Soundtrack Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac RD: Chicago Soundtrack (x) FD: Bruno Mars medley GERMANY Charise Matthaei & Maximilian Pfisterer NEW RD: Flamenco: Spanish Flame by Maxime Rodriguez; Argentine Tango: Tango d'Amor; Flamenco: Farrucas by Pepe Romero FD: This World Will Remember Me by Frank Wildhorn, Don Black; How 'bout A Dance (reprise) by Frank Wildhorn, Don Black Lara Luft & Asaf Kazimov NEW RD: Argentine Tango: Tango de Besame performed by Benise; Waltz: Corazon d'Oro by Lalo Shifrin FD: Say Something by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera; Sixth Breath by Ezio Bosso; The Last Breath by Ezio Bosso GREAT BRITAIN Emily Rose Brown & James Hernandez NEW RD: Tango Instrumental - Mgzavebi by Roni Benise, Bamboleo by Gypsy Kings FD: "Happy" by C2C (Coups 2 Cross), "Stand By Me" performed by Ben E. King, "Happy" by C2C (Coups 2 Cross) ISRAEL Shira Ichilov & Vadim Davidovich RD: Chicago soundtrack ITALY Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri FD: La La Land Soundtrack JAPAN Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto FD: Love Story RUSSIA Sofia Evdokimova & Egor Bazin FD: Sarabande Suite (Aeternae), by Globus Betina Popova & Sergey Mozgov RD: Tango in a Madhouse - by Alfred Schnittke FD: Master and Margarita by Igor Korniliuk Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov FD: Air, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major - Bach Sofya Tyutyunina & Alexander Shustitskiy NEW RD: Tango Gosselin by Quatro Nuevo FD: Time of the Season by The Zombies; She's not Here by The Zombies Elizaveta Shanaeva & Devid Naryzhnyk NEW RD: Tango d'Amor by Tango Jointz; Maria de Buenos Aires FD: Samson and Dalilah by Camille Saint-Saens Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva & Nikita Nazarov NEW RD: Tango Amore by Edvin Marton FD: Human (Acoustic) by Rag'n'Bone Man; Human by Rag'n'Bone Man; Nemesis by Benjamin Clementine Polina Ivanenko & Daniil Karpov NEW RD: Tango FD: Peter Gunn soundtrack Ekaterina Andreeva & Ivan Desyatov NEW RD: Charleston; Tango FD: Sherlock Holmes (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer Sofia Shevchenko & Igor Eremenko NEW RD: La Cumparsita FD: Intro by Onuka; Witchdoctor by Camo & Krooked; Lijo by Alina Orlova Eva Kuts & Dmitrii Mikhailov NEW RD: Prelude and Ricercare performed by Nuevo Tango Orchestra FD: Every Other Freckle by alt-J SPAIN Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khaliavin RD: Libertango FD: Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd; Sign of the times - Harry Styles UKRAINE Alexandra Nazarova & Maxim Nikitin RD: Chicago soundtrack FD: City Lights - Charlie Chaplin Darya Popova & Volodymyr Byelikov NEW RD: Waltz: Larrons en foire by Raphael Beau; Tango FD: Chopin Nocturne performed by David Garrett; Run by Ludovico Einaudi Anna Cherniavska & Volodymyr Horovyi NEW RD: Epoca by Gotan Project; Diabolique by Raphael Beau FD: Money (from "Cabaret") by John Kander, Fred Ebb USA Alina Efimova & Alexander Petrov FD: Who Wants to Live Forever- Queen Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko RD: Jealousy Tango, Yo Soy Maria (choreo by Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo) FD: Tokio Myers versions of Clair de Lune, Bloodstream, Angel (choreo Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo) Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter RD: Desde El Alma FD: Porz Goret - Yann Tiersen Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons RD: Vuelvo Al Sur FD: To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra Eliana Gropman & Ian Sommerville RD: "Nuevo tango" by Cuarteto Nuevo Tango; "La Cascada" FD: "Le Bien qui fait mal" by Mozart Opera Rock Coaching Changes: CHINA Hong Chen & Zhuoming Sun will train with Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon and Romain Haugenauer Shiyue Wang & Xinyu Liu will train with Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon and Romain Haugenauer GERMANY Katharina Muller & Tim Dieck left Canton and will train in Moscow with Gorshkov JAPAN Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto will train with Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon and Romain Haugenauer RUSSIA Betina Popova & Sergey Mozgov will train with Krylova and Chaikovskaia US Madison Chock & Evan Bates will train at Gadbois with Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon and Romain Haugenauer Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker will train with Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon and Romain Haugenauer Splits/Retirements: ARMENIA Tina Garabedian & Simon Proulx Senecal AUSTRALIA Adele Morrison & Demid Rokachev NEW CANADA Vanessa Chartrand & Alexander Seidel Jolie Che & Paul Ayer Ravie Cunningham & Cedar Bridgewood Kaitlyn Chubb & Alex Gunther (x) Natascha Collier & Phillippe Marchand Leia Dozzi & Liam Fawcett Alicia Fabbri & Claudio Pietrantonio Irina Galiyanova & Tommy Tang (x) Keelee Gringrich & Parker Brown – both retired Olivia Han & Grayson Lochhead Jade McCue & Gabriel Clemente Cassidy McFarlane & Kameron Jeromkin Olivia McIsaac & Elliott Graham Théadora Sauvé & Alexandre Faucher Elysia-Marie Campbell & Philippe Granger Ashlynne Stairs & Lee Royer Valerie Taillefer & Jason Chan CHINA Hong Chen & Yan Zhao Linshu Song & Zhuoming Sun CZECH REPUBLIC Lucy Burton & Thomas Ingall FRANCE Angelique Abachkina & Louis Thauron - split (x) Julia Wagret & Mathieu Couyras Adelina Galayavieva & Laurent Abecassis Lorenza Alessandrini & Pierre Souquet - Alessandini retired (x) GERMANY Kavita Lorenz & Joti Polizoakis - Lorenz retired (x) GREAT BRITAIN Olivia Dufour & Luke Russel ITALY Alice Rossi & Marco Cilli KOREA Yura Min & Alexander Gamelin (x) LITHUANIA Guoste Damuleviciute & Deividas Kizala MEXICO Megumi Tsutsumi & Devin Dickey POLAND Yohanna Broker & Yann Thayalan RUSSIA Ksenia Konkina & Grigory Yakushev Alla Lodoba & Pavel Drodz NEW Evgeniia Lopareva & Alexey Karpushov Sofia Polishchuk & Alexander Vakhnov (x) SLOVAKIA Lucie Mysliveckova & Lukas Csolley (x) SPAIN Celia Robledo & Luis Fenero – both retired (x) SWITZERLAND Cindy-Lilli Zimmerli & Volodymyr Nakisko TURKEY Alisa Agafonova & Alper Ucar – both retired (x) UKRAINE Olga Giglava & Yegor Yegorov USA Elliana Pogrebinsky & Alex Benoit – Benoit retired (x) Julia Biechler & Damian Dodge Ashley Bain & Oleg Altukhov Nicolette Fey & Caleb Niva Amanda Miller & Daniel Tsarik Daria Popova & Cameron Colucci New Partnerships: CANADA Irina Galiyanova & Grayson Lochhead (x) Olivia McIsaac & Corey Circelli (x) Alicia Fabbri & Paul Ayer (x) Cassidy McFarlane & Alexandre Faucher (x) Ashlynne Stairs & Elliott Graham (x) NEW Yuka Orihara & Lee Royer (x) NEW Cassidy McFarlane & Alexandre Faucher (x) NEW CHINA Hong Chen & Zhuoming Sun FRANCE Julia Wagret & Pierre Souquet (x) Adelina Galayavieva & Louis Thauron - training with Krylova Angelique Abachkina and Alexey Shchepetov (x) RUSSIA Ksenia Konkina & Alexander Vakhnov Sofia Polishuk & Grigory Yakushev Daria Drozd & Deividas Kizala (may be for Lithuania) SWEDEN Anna Pettersson & TJ Cary USA Sara Zhao & Caleb Niva Other news:
Canada: Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen stop representing Denmark and start representing Canada Canada: Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje to sit out Grand Prix season NEW USA: Maia and Alex Shibutani will sit out the 2018-2019 season USA: Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko are moving to seniors Coaching News: Greg Zuerlein is leaving Novi (x) and will coach in Wheaton. Krylova is coaching in Russia. Maxim Stavisky is working with in this group. Camerlengo is working with Shpilband. Hello everyone!
I have been away for quite some time in an important season. The reasoning behind this is that I have been struggling with having enough time to cover the events as I would like, since I have just recently graduated from college and started working. That being said, I intend on starting fresh with the next season. So expect updates on program choices, retirements, coaching changes and new partnerships for ice dance (as I did last season) and also for ladies. I also have some content from the beginning of the season that I have posted yet and that I should be posting soon. If I have time I will also do a review of the Olympics and Worlds. Therefore, I will be keeping you posted. This week, another Challenger event took place: the Nebelhorn Trophy. However, this event was special as many teams were competing to earn the last spots for the Olympic Games. Here are the results of the ice dance event: In the end, the countries who have earned one spot for the Olympics were: Great Britain, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Congratulations to these athletes! This week two challenger events took place.
Here are the results of the ice dance event at Autumn Classic International: This week, in Bratislava, took place the Ondrej Nepela Trophy.
Here are the results from the ice dance event: Alonside the Lombardia Trophy, the US International FS Classic took place last week.
Here are the results of the ice dance event: This past weekend the Russian test skates took place. In this showing we were able to take a first look at the short dance and free dance of most Russian teams. I will be giving my opinion solely based on how the programs are looking and not so much on whether the teams are achieving great technical results by now. Some programs will have two videos, just in case you want to watch it in different perspectives. Let’s start with the short dance.
I really like the music that Bobrova and Soloviev chose for the rhumba, but they need to be smoother during this portion. They do the pattern to a samba which I don’t think was the best choice. Also, I don’t particularly like the steps they are going. The lift is to show they are good acrobats but I don’t particularly like how it looks. I am going to keep watching this program, as I hated their blues in the beginning of last season but it eventually got better. For now, I don’t think they are in their element and it is showing. Still, it is a good program.
I was really excited to see what Stepanova and Bukin had to show us. I really liked the start. They showed good attitude. But then, I hate Chandelier as a rhumba. Sorry, but it doesn’t work. The lift was great though. And they it gets worse in the third music, which does not fit with the previous ones. I read somewhere that it was “too much posing and not much dancing” and they are right. That’s what I think as well, particularly if you are looking at Alexandra. If you just pay attention to Ivan, it does not look as bad. Stepanova’s problem of not fully extending her arms, for instance, also gives the impression that the movements are not finished. They have a lot of work to do. My expectations were high and maybe that is why I was really unimpressed, but they still have time to develop the program.
Here, I had no expectations at all. Elena and Anton have been skating together for 3 months, so I did not know what I was going to see at all. They start with Daniela Mercury. Good choice! They have speed on the rhumba pattern! And the twizzles were quite in sync, which is good. “Besame Mucho” for the rhumba. Love it! The lift was gorgeous. Maybe what I did not like was the execution of the no-touch midline step sequence, in which it was more visible that he can’t keep up with her. She is a star, and is doing great. He has little experience and alongside her, it shows. But quite a nice program for a team that is together for so little time. Choreographically, I think I like this program more than the previous two. Simplicity is sometimes the key, and for them I think it worked beautifully.
Another team that I was looking forward to seeing was Tiffany and Jonathan. Hip Hip Chin Chin. Loved the twizzles. I don’t remember so many teams doing the twizzles they are doing on the second set. Only Delobel and Schoenfelder. And I know that because I absolutely loved them, so this Russian team just scored some points with me. On to the rhumba pattern: the best I have seen so far. Good job! She is a natural at this style, but he is quite good himself! Maybe the better matched team in my opinion. Really liked the finishing samba. I really hope they challenge the top teams this season. They are looking good for that. Some imprecisions which are part of being early season, but they are one of my favourite Russian teams so far.
Evdokimova and Bazin’s rhumba pattern was something that lead me to beg for it to finish as it started. Just work on that please. The lift was great, maybe a little slow. I don’t know what to say. They skated well, but I kept thinking about stopping it to watch another team. And that is not good.
World Junior Silver medalists, Alla Loboda and Pavel Drozd are moving up to seniors and showed their short dance. Great twizzles! I don’t like the placement of the pattern dance where it is. He is great on latin movements and then she is way over the top and a bit clumsy. So, I liked to watch him, but not her. Regardless, this is one of my least favourites programs. Don’t particularly like the music or the layout of the elements. I was expecting so much more.
Betina Popova and Sergey Mozgov were a question mark for me. They start with the same music that Smart and Diaz of Spain have. The twizzles were quite good. The lift is great! Latin-wise this is one of the best teams. I really liked their program. She even gives hip action occasionally. Great job! One of the teams to keep an eye on this season.
Lastly, Sinitsina and Katsalapov. This team was doing poorly last season, but they have a good ability, so another question mark team for me. First impression: get rid of that dress Victoria, please. Something with color, fringe, sparkles and not just some piece of cloth. About their short dance: it is quite different from the other teams and they did their twizzles! The music cut was a bit strange. Performance-wise I liked their interpretation. They missing some steps and the lift is weird. The program is ok. I think I will have to watch it again to form and opinion. Is not one of my favourites but it is not one of the worst either. Let’s move on to the free dance, which unfortunately did not have the presence of Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin. Bobrova and Soloviev’s free dance: she is not in black! I was so tired of seeing her in black that this is a nice change. They have nice ideas for lifts but I was not completely sold. They still need some work. I like their music choice. They kept their rotational lift, which was my least favourite. It may be hard to do it, but it does not mean it fits what you are skating to. It did remind me of some programs from Montreal, but with the gestures it gives a nod to Medvedeva. I don’t know. I liked it, in opposition to the one they had last season that I absolutely hated. However, I don’t see them winning with this. Still, it is early in the season and I want to watch this through the Challengers and the Grand Prix Series to form a more concise opinion.
Oh wow that stationary lift at the beginning. She is new to ice dance but he was the one that made a slight mistake on the twizzles. Honestly, she has personality and looks like a dancer. I also liked their spin. I loved the program. It is really nice. It was a great interpretation from Annabelle and Andrei (she is fantastic on that!). This is one of the teams I want to see throughout the season, as they have a lot of potential.
It is Carmen for Popova and Mozgov. The spin is great, the twizzles look good, and the lifts make sense on the music. Interpretation and commitment are there. This was probably my favourite free dance of these tests. I hope they get a grand prix assignment, they sure deserve it. I mean it is not easy when the last great Carmen was done by Virtue and Moir and you are able to give it your interpretation and succeed in having a great program yourselves. Good job! I will for sure keep an eye on this team this season. The twizzles look good. The coaching change was good in that department! What a lovely stationary lift. I also liked some of the choreographic elements. The straight line lift was also good, even though it felt a bit unpolished. This program suits them well. And I like the costumes. Much better than in the short dance. One can see where their focus has been. My only critique for Victoria & Nikita at this point is that they need to work on two things: step sequences and connection with the audience.
This week, skaters travelled to Latvia for the third Junior Grand Prix Season. In ice dance, this competition that took place between the 6th and 9th of September had as main surprise the placement of the Russian teams and how well the team of Israel performed.
Before next week's break of Junior Grand Prix's, here are the results of the ice dance couples: |
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