As the season began with the Junior Grand Prix, I decided to do an individual post that relies on the earlier one about the off-season, in order to compile the music choices in ice dance. AUSTRALIA
Jessica Palfreyman & Charlton Doherty NEW SD: Let's Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez FD: Romeo et Juliette (musical soundtrack) - Gerard Presgurovic, performed by Damien Sargue Joanne Cho & Jake Meyer NEW SD: California Dreamin' - Jose Feliciano; Smooth - Santana FD: Penny Dreadful (soundtrack) - Abel Korzeniowski Kimberly Hew-Low & Timothy McKernan SD: Safari J Balvin, ft. Pharrell Williams, BIA, Sky FD: Exogenesis Matilda Friend & William Badaoui FD: Love Story AZERBAIJAN Anastasia Galyeta & Avidan Brown FD: Cabaret BELARUS Adelina Zvezdova & Uladzimir Zaitsau SD: Apologize - Justin Timberlake; Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - The Pussycat Dolls FD: Lexus (The Pursuit of Perfection) - Ralf Kempen, Mark Joggerst; Tema Celeste - Roberto Cacciapaglia Karina Sidarenka & Maksim Yalenich SD: Ambientscapes; Let's get loud FD: Horchat Hai Caliptus - Ishtar; Pistolero - Juno Reactor BULGARIA Yana Bozhilova & Kaloyan Georgiev NEW SD: Mis Raices - Avera; Chilli Cha Cha; Batucada FD: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (soundtrack) - Michel Legrand CANADA Alicia Fabbri & Claudio Pietrantonio SD: Historia de un Amor - Nana Mouskouri; Sweet Like Cola - Lou Bega FD: El Tango de Roxanne; Come What May (Moulin Rouge!, comp. Craig Armstrong) Ashlynne Stairs & Lee Royer SD: El Beso del Final - Rudy Perez, performed by Christina Aguilera; I Like It Like That - Pete Rodriguez, Tony Pabon FD: Un monstre a Paris - Sean Lennon; La Seine - Matthieu Chedid, Sean Lennon (A Monster in Paris) Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus SD: Bailando, El perdedor, Let me be your lover - Enrique Iglesias FD: Cheek to cheek & I won't dance - Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Cassidy McFarlane & Kameron Jeromkin SD: Sway Ellie Fisher & Simon Pierre Malette-Paquette SD: Amado Mio; Donde Estas, Yolanda - Pink Martini FD: La Strada (comp. Nino Rota) Gina Cipriano & Jake Richardso SD: Come; Makeba - Jain FD: Merry Go Round (Howl’s Moving Castle, comp. Joe Hisaichi) Haley Sales & Nikolas Wamsteeker SD: Cuéntame Que Te Pasó - Rosario FD: Love Theme - Robin and Marian, comp. John Barry; Merry Men - Robin Hood, comp. Marc Streitenfeld; The Ride to Sherwood/The Ride to Nottingham - Robin and Marian, comp. John Barry Irina Galiyanova & Tommy Tang SD: Dance With Me - Debelah Morgan; La vida loca - Francisco Cespedes FD: Time in a Bottle - Sim Croce; Lost in the Forest - Shin Jae Young Jade McCue & Gabriel Clemente SD: Maria (Ricky Martin); Ole Ole Ole (Ricky Martin); I Need to Know (Marc Anthony) FD: Another Day of Sun; City of Stars (Duet); Someone in the Crowd (La La Land, comp. Justin Hurwitz) Jessica-Lee Behiel & Jackson Behiel SD: Let’s Get Loud; Theme from Mahogany; On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez FD: Amarcord; 8 and 1/2; Amarcord Suite - comp. Nino Rota Jessica Li & Jacob Richmond SD: Broadway Mambo - Perez Prado; Asi Es La Vida - Clandestinos FD: Runaway; Conqueror (Aurora) Jolie Che & Paul Ayer FD: Sarabande Suite Kaitlyn Chubb & Alex Gunther SD: Whatever Happens - Michael Jackson; Sway - Michael Buble FD: True colors by Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick; September by Earth, Wind and Fire Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje SD: Do You Only Wanna Dance - Julio Daivel Big Band NEW FD: Spartacus (comp. Aram Khachaturian); choreography by Lori Nichol and Linda Garneau Katerina Kasatkin & Corey Circelli SD: Mujer Latina (Thalia) FD: Faded (Alan Walker feat. Iselin Solheim) Katrine Roy & Oliver Zhang SD: Cha Cha Cha - Mo’ Horizons; Amado Mio - Cinema Serenade Ensemble FD: Assassin’s Tango - Mr. and Mrs. Smith, comp. John Powell; Tanguera - Sexteto Mayor Keelee Gingrich & Parker Brown SD: Europa [Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile]; Smooth - Santana FD: The Curse - Agnes Obel; Neverland - Takenobu Leia Dozzi & Liam Fawcett SD: Addicted to You ; Don’t Stop the Party (Pitbull feat. TJR) FD: Vinegar & Salt; Amalfi (Hooverphonic) Lily Hensen & Nathan Lickers SD: Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps; Por Arriba, Por Abajo - Ricky Martin FD: Who wants to live forever - Queen; performed by The Tenors Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha SD: Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha - Petty Booka; Tu Picadura - Gary Tesca FD: Dream - Imagine Dragons; Nemesis - Benjamin Clementine (x) Molly Lanaghan & Dmitre Razgulajevs SD: Samba Vocalizado - Luciano Perrone; Lo So Che Finirà - Anna Tatangelo; Johnny’s Mambo - Michael Lloyd FD: Selections from Mary Poppins (comp. the Sherman Brothers) Natalie D'Alessandro & Bruce Waddell SD: I Need to Know - Marc Anthony; Let’s Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez FD: Your Song - Elton John, Bernie Taupin; Your Song (Ellie Goulding); Your Song (Moulin Rouge!, perf. Ewan McGregor); Original Arrangement/A Wonderful Love - Karl Hugo Natascha Collier & Philippe Marchand SD: India - Yan Amor; Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Pussycat Dolls FD: Overture; Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast, comp. Alan Menken) Nina Mizuki & Veniamins Volskis SD: Que La Detengan FD: Arrietty’s Song; Sho’s Song (Arrietty, Cecile Corbel) Olivia Han & Grayson Lochhead SD: I Need to Know; Quítate Tú Pa Ponerme Yo - Marc Anthony FD: Selections from Pirates of the Caribbean (comp. Hans Zimmer) Olivia McIsaac & Elliott Graham SD: Quizás, Quizás, Quizás - Pink Martini ; Angelina - Lou Bega FD: Let It Be Me - Ray LaMontagne; What I Wouldn’t Do - Serena Ryder Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier NEW SD: Gopher Mambo - Yma Sumac Ravie Cunningham & Cedar Bridgewood SD: Where Do I Begin - Shirley Bassey [Away Team Remix] FD: Johanna; A Little Priest - Sweeney Todd, comp. Stephen Sondheim Sarah Arnold & Thomas Williams SD: Besame Mucho FD: Fall for You (Leela James); If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys feat. Usher) Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir NEW SD: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones; Hotel California - The Eagles; Oye Como Va - Santana FD: Moulin Rouge soundtrack [El Tango de Roxanne; Come What May] Theadora Sauve & Alexandre Faucher SD: Sway - Pink Martini; Beautiful Maria of My Soul - perf. Mambo All-Stars feat. Antonio Banderas; Copacabana - perf. Copacabana Original London Cast FD: Anything Goes; But Beautiful; It Don’t Mean a Thing - perf. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Valerie Taillefer & Jason Chan SD: Con Mi Sombra - S-Tone Inc; Skip to the Bip [Brazil Mix] - Club Des Belugas FD: Closer Than Sisters (Penny Dreadful, comp. Abel Korzeniowski); A Boat to Argentina (Amen, comp. Armand Amar) Vanessa Chartrand & Alexander Seidel SD: Samba Pa’ Ti; Oye Como Va (Santana) FD: Lament; You Must Love Me; Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina (Evita, comp. Andrew Lloyd Webber) CZECH REPUBLIC Nicole Kuzmichova & Alexandr Sinicyn SD: Magalenha - Antonio Carlos; Fly Love - Jamie Fox; Mas Que Nada - Jorge Ben FD: Cabaret (Willkommen; Money; Mein Herr) - John Kander Natalie Taschlerova & Filip Taschler SD: Cha Charanga - El Rubio Loco; Temptation - Tom Waits; Bailar -Elvis Crespo, Erick Orrosquieta, Robert Fernandez FD: Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg; In This Shirt - Jamie McDermott, performed by The Irrepressibles FINLAND Cecilia Torn & Jussiville Partanen FD: Funny Face; I've Got A Crush On You FRANCE Marie Dupayage & Thomas Nabais SD: Take It Easy My Brother Charles - Jorg Ben Jor; Un Canto a mi tierra - Quantic and his Combo Barbaro; Real in Rio - Real Copa FD: Yesterday - Tangoloco, Daiel Garcia Quinteto; Grand Guignol - Bajo Fondo Marie Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac SD: "September" & "How deep is your love" FD: Another one bites the dust; You Take My Breath Away - Queen Angélique Abachkina & Louis Thauron FD: Je suis malade - Lara Fabien; Mariage D'Amor - Richard Clayderman Loicia Demougeot & Théo Le Mercier SD: El Pescador by Totó La Momposina; La Collegiala by Rodolfo y su Tipica; Onda Tropica - Punkero Sonidero FD: Light of the Seven by David de Miguel; Strange by Apollo G'eeze Natacha Lagouge & Corentin Rahier SD: Medley - Cafe Latino; Frío Sin Ti - Navajita Plateá ft. Buika; Samba Beach - Danny Davis, Peter Weitz FD: Theme : the life of Coco Chanel [Little Black Baby - Scott Joplin (ragtime); Tango A Meta - Fabrizio Biondi; Tema per una donna sola by Ennio Morricone; Casino de Deauville - Alexandre Desplat; Cocomotion by El Coco (disco) GERMANY Charice Matthaei & Maximilian Pfisterer SD: Cabaret soundtrack [Willkommen Samba Mix; Mein Herr Rhumba Mix; Finale Cabaret Reprise] FD: Blackheart; Winterspell (from "Skyworld") - Two Steps from Hell Katharina Müller & Tim Dieck SD: Dibby Dibby (Samba); I am not the only one - Sam Smith (Rhumba); Campo Grande (Samba) FD: Bodyguard musical soundtrack Kavita Lorenz & Joti Polizoakis NEW SD: Aguanile - M. Anthony (Salsa); Mil Pasos - Soha (Remix) (Rhumba); Quimbara - C. Cruz (Salsa) FD: Pride and Prejudice soundtrack - Dario Marianelli & Jean-Yves Thibaudet Lara Luft & Asaf Kazimov SD: Everybody Cha Cha - Cecil Jonni Lauro; La Playa - Chayanne; Tequila - by Sonia y Selena FD: Gimme That Swing - Cissy Redgwick; After Dark - Tito & Tarantula; Rock It For Me - Caravan Palace GREAT BRITAIN Penny Coomes & Nicholas Buckand SD: Remix of Rhumba D'Amour by Torvill and Dean, choreography by Christopher Dean FD: Battle Remembered - Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, choreography by Christopher Dean Sasha Fear & George Waddell NEW SD: Amor - Ricky Martin; Lo So Che Finira - Gigi d'Alessia; Mujer Latina - Thalia FD: Coldplay Medley (Sky full of stars; Fix You; Viva la vida) Emily Rose Brown & James Hernandez SD: I Wanna Dance With Somebody; One Moment in Time - Whitney Houston FD: Who Wants To Live Forever - Brian May, performed by The Tenors Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson FD: West Side Story Leticia Marsh & Elliot Verburg SD: Bones Bugalu - Gabriel Rios; Lo So Che Finra - Erik Satie, performed by Tataneglo; Ven a bailar - Bilal Haiji, performed by Jennifer Lopez FD: Moulin Rouge soundtrack [Sparking Diamonds; El Tango de Roxanne; Come What May] HUNGARY Villo Marton & Danyil Semko NEW SD: Set Fire To The Rain - Adele; Kiss - Tom Jones FD: Dark Waltz - Hayley Westenra; Experience - Ludovico Einaudi Lorena Bubcso & Alfred Soregi-Niksz SD: Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha; Another Cha Cha FD: Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber HONG KONG Valerie So & Marcus Yao SD: Samba; Despacito - Luis Fonsi FD: Singing in the Rain; Walking on Sunshine ISRAEL Isabella Tobias & Ilia Tkachenko SD: Shape of You - Ed Sheeran ; She Will Be Loved - Rhythms del Mundo ; Fireball - Pitbull FD: Samson et Dalila-Camille Saint-Saëns ITALY Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte NEW SD: Kaboom - Ursula 1000; Skip to the Bip - Club des Belugas; 1 to 8 FD: La Vita è bella Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri SD: Salsa; Rhumba; Samba FD: Exogenesis Symphony Part III - Muse Jasmine Tessari & Francesco Fioretti FD: La Tosca - G. Puccini JAPAN Kana Muramoto & Chris Reed SD: I like it like that - Pete Rodriguez; Mondo Bongo - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros; Batucada - DJ dero FD: Music Medley from Ryuichi Sakamoto Yuka Orihara & Kanata Mori SD: Hoy Es Adios, A Gozar Timbero FD: Planetarium & Epilogue from La La Land soundtrack Rikako Fukase & Aru Tateno SD: Senorita Bonita; Tequila; Que Rico Mambo Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto SD: Ahora Quien - Marc Anthony; Samba do Brasil (Radio Remix) - Bellini FD: Yentl soundtrack (“Where is it Written?” and “A Piece of the Sky”); Sabrina soundtrack ( John Williams’ instrumental End Credits) LATVIA Aurelija Ippolito & Malcolm Jones FD: Alex Clare - Damn Your Eyes; Cover of Tainted Love LITHUANIA Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius FD: Stairway to Heaven MEXICO Megumi Tsutsumi & Devin Dickey NEW SD: Muevelo - Andy Fortuna; Ran Kan Kan - Tito Puente FD: Adiemus; Dagda; Children of the Dannu; Cantus - Song of the Spirit - Karl Jenkins POLAND Natalia Kaliszek & Maksym Spodyriev SD: mix of Luis Fonsi, Prince Royce & Shakira FD: swing, quickstep and foxtrot or waltz Olexandra Borysova & Cezary Zawadzki FD: Dead Silence (soundtrack) RUSSIA Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin NEW SD: Chandelier (rhumba) - Sia Anastasia Shpilevaya & Grigory Smirnov SD: Cha Cha (Tom Jones Kiss) and samba (Dominó-Baila Baila Comigo) FD: Love Story; choreographer Irina Zhuk Anastasia Skoptsova & Kirill Aleshin SD: rhumba, Cha-cha, salsa FD: Tango (Vuelvo Al Sur, Paris, Texas – Gotan Project) Arina Ushakova & Maxim Nekrasov FD: Be Italian (from "Nine") - Fergie Elena Ilinykh & Anton Shibnev NEW SD: ? - Daniela Mercury; Besame Mucho Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva & Nikita Nazarov SD: cha cha; samba FD: Ghost (musical soundtrack) - Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard Eva Kuts & Dmitrii Mikhailov SD: Cha Cha - Michael Jackson; Juan Magan - Mariah FD: Butterflies and Hurricanes - Muse Evgeniia Lopareva & Alexey Karpushov SD: Kiss; In Style and Rhythm - Tom Jones FD: Moldavian Song - Emir Kusturica; Maki Maki - Goran Bregovic; Mesecina - Goran Bregovic Ksenia Konkina & Grigory Yakushev SD: Cuentame - Caribbean Kings Band; Lick It; Samba FD: El Choclo Polina Ivanenko & Daniil Karpov SD: Rhumba; Cha Cha; Samba FD: L'Immersita - Il Volo Sofia Evdokimova & Egor Bazin FD: Ave Maria Sofia Polishchuk & Alexander Vakhnov SD: Chilly Cha Cha - Jessica Jay; Hip Hip Chin Chin - Club des Belugas FD: Black Swan (soundtrack) - Clint Mansell Sofia Shevchenko & Igor Eremenko SD: Let's Cha Cha - MC Mario; Happy - Max Sedgley FD: Heart Cry - Drehz ; La Boulange - Yann Tiersen Tiffany Zahorski & Jonathan Guerreiro NEW SD: Hip Hip Chin Chin - Club de Belugas FD: Muse medley Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov FD: Vocalise, Piano concerto nr.2 - Rachmaninoff SOUTH KOREA Yura Min & Alexander Gamelin SD: Despacito - Luis Fonsi; My All - Mariah Carey; Mujer Latina - Thalia FD: Arirang Alone - Sohyang SPAIN Olivia Smart & Adria Diaz SD: Despacito - Luis Fonsi FD: "A Mans World" & "Natural Woman" sneak-peak Celia Robledo & Luis Fenero SD: Shakira medley (Hips Don't Lie;...) FD: The Skin I Live In; Flamenco Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khalyavin SD: Santana FD: Don Quixote (Flamenco), Choreography by Antonio Najarro SWITZERLAND Victoria Manni & Carlo Rothlisberger SD: I Like It Like That; Beautiful Maria; Do You Only Wanna Dance FD: Sixteen Tons; ZZ Top's Tush UKRAINE Alexandra Nazarova & Maxim Nikitin SD: Cucurrucucú Paloma FD: Pirates of the caribbean soundtrack Maria Golubtsova & Kirill Belobrov SD: Kaboom - Ursula 1000; Love Freedom - DJ Maksy; Hip Hip Chin Chin - DJ Maksy FD: Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen Olga Giglava & Yegor Yegorov SD: Besame Mucho - Michael Bolton; Shall We Dance - John Altman; Can I Tico Tico You - Abreu/Bega FD: Daydreams - Abel Korzeniowski; The Adjustment Bureau (soundtrack) - Audiomachine; Akkadian Empire - Audiomachine USA Alina Efimova & Alexander Petrov Somerville FD: Umbrellas of Cherbourg Allie Rose & JT Michel FD: Bonnie and Clyde theme Amanda Miller & Daniel Tsarik FD: Four Seasons Avonley Nguyen & Vadym Kolesnik SD: cha cha, rhumba, and mambo rhythms FD: West Side Story Caroline Green & Gordon Green SD: Chilled Mambo - the Mambo Molly and the 5 Alarms; Donde Esta Tu Amor - Son By Four; Music from Samba Latina soundtrack FD: Music from Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin; Stranger in Paradise - Sarah Brightman Chloe Lewis & Logan Bye SD: Carino - Jennifer Lopez; Como Ama Una Mujer - Jennifer Lopez; On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull FD: Child of Light OST by Coeur de Pirate ("Final Breath; "Place de République" and "Metal Gleamed in Twilight") Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko SD: Quizas, Quizas, Quizas - Sarita Monitel; Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - Pussycat Dolls; Conga - Gloria Estefan FD: Dance for Me Wallis; Abdication (from "W.E." soundtrack) - Abel Korzeniowski Claire Purnell & Lucas Purnell FD: Fiddler on the Roof Daria Popova & Cameron Colucci FD: La La Land soundtrack Eliana Gropman & Ian Somerville SD: Mas Que Suerte - Beatriz Luengo; De Hombre A Mujer - Donato & Estéfano; Samba Hey - El General FD: Zavedi Me - Hari Mata Hare; Nyah - Hector Teixeira Pereira & Hans Zimmer; No Ronees Das Conmigo - Tangos De La Reponpa - Susi Elliana Pogrebinsky & Alex Benoit SD: "Baddest Girl in Town" (Pitbull feat. Mohombi and Wisin);"Lo So Che Finera" (Anna Tatangelo); "Bailar" (Deorro feat. Elvis Crespo) FD: Desire (Rock Blues) [I Put a Spell on You (perf. Annie Lennox); original composition] Emma Gunter & Caleb Wein SD: Se Escaparon - Bombon; Huele A Peligro - Myriam Hernandez; Pasame La Botella - Banda Agua Caliente FD: I Give Up - Elija Bossenbroek; Crimson Sky - Calm Music for Studying Isabella Amoia & Luka Becker SD: Caramelo; Angel de mi corazon; Caramelo (Sugar's Dance Remix) - Olga Tanon FD: Code Name Vivaldi; Arwen's Vigil; Michael Meets Mozart - Piano Guys Jocelyn Haines & James Koszuta FD: Sinatra Medley Julia Biechler & Damien Dodge SD: Into You (Rhumba remix) - Ariana Grande; I Know You Want Me -Pitbull FD: American Woman - Lenny Kravitz; I Put a Spell On You - Joe Cocker; Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker SD: Get Busy - Sean Paul; Soha Mil Pasos - Isabelle & Félicien; Fireball - Pitbull FD: Liebestraum (last season's FD) Karina Manta & Joseph Johnson SD: Right Now -Pussycat Dolls; Fireball - Pitbull FD: Moulin Rouge ("One Day I'll Fly Away" and "Your Song" - perf. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman); Choreography by Christopher Dean Katarina DelCamp & Maxwell Gart FD: Motown music ("I Feel Good" and "Try a Little Tenderness") Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter SD: Mambo Italiano - Orietta Berti; El Perdedor - Enrique Iglesias; Big Bagz - Alex Romano FD: Anime Contro Vento by Medialuna Tango Project Madison Chock & Evan Bates SD: Marc Anthony medley FD: "Imagine" by John Lennon Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue SD: "Cuando Calienta el Sol" - Talya Ferro; "Le Serpent" - Guem; "Sambando (Los Ritmos Calientes)" (x) sneak-peak FD: Across the Sky Instrumental - Rag N' Bone Man; Caught Out In the Rain - Beth Hart sneak-peak Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani SD: Perez Prado FD: Coldplay: Paradise Molly Cesanek & Nikolay Usanov FD: Romeo & Juliet Nicolette Fey & Caleb Niva FD: A Thousand Years - Christina Perri Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons SD: Mambo Molly - Mambo Molly; Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - Zuchero FD: La Partida - Victor Jara; Sikuridadas & Quiaquenpita - Inti-Illimani[South American music, based on the contemporary ballet “Ghost Dances”] Sophia Elder & Christopher Elder FD: Alice in Wonderland soundtrack
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Austria was the host of the second Junior Grand Prix, which took place between the 31st of August and the 2nd of September.
Here are the results for ice dance: It is official: the season has started. It began with the juniors taking the ice in Australia between the 23rd and the 26th of August.
Here are the results of the ice dance couples: This is the second part of a compilation of promising junior skaters that competed in the 2017 Russian Junior Nationals. You can find the first part here. Sofia Samodurova I found Sofia out through her participation in the Junior Grand Prix Series last season. At 14, she is coached by Tatiana Mishina and Oleg Tataurov (from Alexei Mishin’s coaching team). She is another beautiful and delicate skater from Russia, with a great quality to her skating. She was 12th at junior nationals. Her best short program was at the mentioned competition while the best free program was the one she performed at the Grand prix of Japan. Observing her short, you can see she is one of the most beautiful skaters Russia has on the junior ranks. She also has lovely spins. And the opening combination of jumps was amazing. Her free program showed some great jumps as well. I find that she jumps not only vertically but also “horizontally” as she covers a lot of ice in her combinations. She has the potential to be at the top of the junior ladies.
Maria Talalaykina Maria is 14. I have never seen her before but as I was searching her I found out she is a fan of Evgenia Medvedeva, and you can clearly see that in her style of skating. She is coached by Evgeny Rukavitsin. She chose a tango for her short program. She did quite well. She can work on centering her spins more and improve her interpretation skills. Her free program reminded me of weaver & Poje and, of course, Medvedeva. Her jumps were good, but she was really focused on them here. A bit more of interpretation would have made this program more impactful. She finished in 15th.
Anastasia Tarakanova Anastasia Tarakanova was the second youngest skater at Russian Nationals. She is 13 and coached by Svetlana Panova.Being so young entailed no participations on the international scene, which meant I did not know her at all. She had an unfortunate fall right in the beginning, which led her to lose the combination. That mistake ended up giving a small impression of this program. The free program saw her interpreting throughout the step sequence. The jumps were out with the exception of the fall. My main problem with it was the music, which got four cuts and included very different styles. I would have liked to see her do something simpler. She finished in 14th place.
Anna Tarusina Anna Tarusina is 14 and coached by Sergei Davydov. She was supposed to have participated in the Junior Grand Prix Series last season but she had to undergo surgery after a bus accident in the JGP of France. This was the first time I watched her skate. I liked her flamenco short program, which was good overall. The free program was also good, with nice jumps, spins and interpretation. She finished in 10th place.
Alexandra Trusova Alexandra Trusova was a pleasant surprise for me and she is sure to make people talking about her in the junior grand prix this season. She was the youngest skater at junior nationals and finished in fourth, barely missing the spot for Junior Worlds. She is 12 and, no surprise, the coach is Eteri Tutberidze, the same coach of Evgenia Medvedeva. Firstly let’s look at her performances at junior worlds. The short program had a great music choice: a rather used song this year in ice dance, a blues. She did both jumps of her combination with the arms above her head which immediately strikes you. The spins and the remaining jumps were great and let me tell you, so young and interpreting a blues so amazingly! It was the first time I saw her and I thought I would keep an eye on what she accomplishes in a near future. The free program showed all her fierceness. She has so impressive jumps! Not to talk about how good the spins are.
Now the off-season brought her to light for most people because she did a great combination in practice that was never before seen in ladies and that you can see below: yes it is a quad salchow with a triple toe-loop. I won’t be surprised if she attempts a quad in the grand prix next season. Polina Tsurskaya Polina is not an unknown figure at all. She has, however, been struggling with injuries. At 15, she is the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic champion, the 2015–16 JGP Final champion and the 2016 Russian Junior National champion. She is another lady that is coached by Eteri Tutberidze. She finished 3rd at the junior nationals of 2017 and was 10th at the world championships. Her best programs last season were the short program at the Junior Grand Prix of Russia and the free program of the Russian Junior Championships. Starting with her short program, I have to saw: she is skating to the soundtrack of Game of Thrones! So excited! I am hoping people do use it more often. Polina did great. She showed why she was Russia’s number 1 junior lady last season. Really, it has been unfortunate that injuries have been preventing her from fully delivering the programs as we know she can. She has great interpretation/performance skills (which russia’s number 1 now, Alina Zagitova, does not have yet – we can see her below. she gives tremendous height to her jumps and her spins are beautiful. Her free program showed more of those fantastic jumps. Her interpretation is really refined at this point. She is the complete package an another of the Russian ladies you should observe and actually quite soon. Her comeback is close and take notice of her for next year’s Olympics because, yes, she is going to compete as a senior this year, and we will already be able to see her at the Senior Grand Prix.
Victoria Vasilieva Victoria Vasilieva is coached by Viktoria Butsaeva. She is 13 and yet another unknown skater to me. I loved the music choice of her short program. It is really different from what most women bring and is good to see her having so much energy and enjoying it so much. She gave all that she had. I felt bad for the last jump, which she singled, but she was so expressive that people will pay attention to the whole program. The spins were really good. The free program showed she is a fun skater, showing us a fun personality, different that the usual balletic Russian girls. I believe she will go far, as she has nice jumps and spins and an great energy on the ice. She finished in 13th place.
Alina Zagitova She is the new Russian phenomenon and a name to memorize: Alina Zagitova. She is the 2016–17 JGP Final champion, the 2017 Russian national senior silver medalist and the 2017Junior World Champion, all in her junior debut internationally, coached by, yet again, Eteri Tutberidze. At the age of 15, she is going to compete as senior this upcoming season as is considered to be one of the ladies that will represent Russia in the Olympic Winter Games of February. Zagitova is the first junior lady skater to break the total score above the 200 mark, scoring a total of 207.43 points at the 2016-17 JGP Final. She finished 1st in the junior Russian nationals and second in the senior ones last year. You can see her flawless performances at the 2017 Junior World Championships below. She spins well and fast, there is a tremendous consistency on the jumps, not to mention she backloads the programs (she does all her jumps in the second half of the programs in order to get a 10% bonus for every single jump). I liked her free more than the short. I still think she can improve components wise, maybe with more facial expression. And in the case of the free program, as it is a ballet, she could work a little on making those lines really beautiful. These latter piece of advice will actually be important as she is keeping this free program for the Olympic season and she is using Swan Lake for her new short program.
BONUS: These two ladies were the ones that were replaced at nationals because they couldn't compete. However I thought it would be relevant to take a look at them. Alisa Lozko Alisa Lozko is 15 years old. She was coached by Tatiana Mishina and Oleg Tataurov. She is known for her incredible spins and artistry. For that matter, I think the choice she made of changing to ice dance was a good one. Her main problem in singles was the lack of rotation in some jumps. The intense competition in Russia among all these talented girls probably led to this decision, so you can check her programs from the Junior Grand Prix of the Czech Republic and keep in mind that we will be seeing her compete in ice dance.
Anna Shcherbakova Last, but not least, is 13-year-old Anna Shcherbakova, also coached by Eteri Tutberidze. I had never heard of her and she became, by far, one of my favourites. I am rooting for her to be given a grand prix assignment. Why? Well, she is one of the most promising talents to discover in Russia. Those who have seen her can’t stop talking about her (and yes, that includes me). She performs so intensely, the jumps and spins are so well executed and she makes you feel something at such a young age. You can see her performances below, of the short and free programs. Keep in mind she was 12 at the time. Such beauty and commitment to the program. The jumps are incredible. After watching her free I wrote: “better than Medvedeva”. Of course it is a subjective statement, but I like her more. I really can’t wait to see more of her and how she is going to develop. And, alongside Alexandra Trusova (above), she is pulling quite the combinations in this off-season: you can see a quad toe-loop triple toe-loop and, also, a quad toe loop, triple toe-loop, triple loop! Incredible skater!
For anyone that follows the ladies event in figure skating, every single year we are surprised by young Russian skaters that we have never seen before topping the charts and winning everything. Thus, this year I have decided to watch this event at the Russian junior nationals, not only because last season I started following the junior grand prix and some of the names are already familiar to me, but also to be introduced to potential new stars. Since there are a lot of young Russian skaters that are worth mentioning, this is the first of two posts on these talented young ladies. Most videos and performances that I will talk about occurred at Junior Nationals. However, some exceptions will take place as some of these ladies’ best performances happened either in Junior Worlds on in the Grand Prix circuit. The order in which these girls will appear is alphabetical (by their surname). Alisa Fedichkina I have known Alisa Fedichkina for more than one year. The reason? Her fantastic short program at the Junior Worlds Championships of 2016. She ended up withdrawing from that event due to injury but this season she was back in the scene. In that season she won the bronze medal at Russian Junior nationals and was fourth in the Junior Grand Prix Final. She is currently 15 years old and is coached by Evgeny Rukavitsyn. Let’s take a look at her programs from last season. This is one beautiful skater with very good skating skills. In the short program we saw some amazing jumps and good spins. She is able to get the audience involved with what she is skating. The free program was not as successful as the short. She interprets everything beautifully and is a joy to watch. The fall was a bit unfortunate. This is one of the skaters I would like to see make the Russian team in the forthcoming years. She ended up in 6th place at junior nationals [she did perform at senior nationals and was 9th there].
Anastasiia Gubanova Anastasiia Gubanova is coached by Angelina Turenko. She won two gold medals on the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and silver at the JGP Final, which was where I first saw her and she instantly became my favourite Russian skater (yes, senior skaters included). At 14, she is one of the most beautiful skaters in Russia right now, having absolutely lovely lines and she delivers everything she has on her performances, which are full of emotion. Her best performances this season took place at the Junior Grand Prix in Dresden, Germany, and at the Final of this circuit. Watching her short program one can only think of how delicate she is. I get goosebumps every time I watch her. Her free program was set to Romeo and Juliet and its interpretation and lines were sublime. She was able to bring the drama that the music required. She has a star quality to her. At junior nationals she struggled a bit but I saw her fight through the free program. If she becomes consistent, she will be hard to stop. She was 7th at both junior and senior nationals. Can’t wait to see her again.
Anastasia Gulyakova Anastasia Gulyakova is a 14 year old girl I had had never seen her skate before. Coached by Ilya Klimkin, she attempted a triple axel in practice at the Russian Junior Nationals. She finished 8th at that competition. Her short program has a wow factor: the jumps. She is a really strong jumper. Moreover, she include nice drama throughout her performance. It was a really good program. Her free program brought more jumps with an amazing height. She also does most jumps with one or two hands above the head, which is absolutely fantastic. I truly think people need to keep track of this girl.
Stanislava Konstantinova Stanislava Konstantinova is 17 and is coached by Valentina Chebotareva. She was the 3rd alternate for Europeans (she was already senior-eligible). She was 4th at JGP Germany and 2nd at JGP Russia. Two of her best performances did take place at junior Russian nationals, where she finished second. She went to Junior Worlds and was 6th there. In the short program she executed good spins and jumps. She reminds me a bit of Anna Pogorilaya in the way she skates. The only critique I can make is that she is not memorable. Maybe due to the song choice. I liked the free program more than the short, and she did bring her quality jumps to the performance. This approaching season we will be seeing her as a senior.
Alena Kostornaya Alena is 13 years old and another lady that I never knew about. She was coached by Elena Zhgun but is now training with Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov. She went to junior nationals as a replacement for Alisa Lozko. The short program at junior nationals was quite good, even though I did not get why they were changing the music in the middle of the spin. She fought through that combination but the other jumps were good. In the free I also had issues with the music. The jumps were ok. She was not among the best, ending in 16th out of 18 ladies. However, I am curious to see what the coaching change will due for her. Because in case you don’t know, she changed for the technical team of Evgenia Medvedeva.
Ekaterina Kurakova Ekaterina is 14 and a beautiful skater. I had never seen her before as well. She is very artistic too. She is coached by Natalia Dubinskaya. Her short program showed that she has really good jumps, spins and a great interpretation. She may have a great future ahead of her. Her free program was also really good, showing her performing throughout the step sequence and, yet again, really good jumps and spins. I really want to see that she will do this season. She finished in 9th at junior nationals.
Ekaterina Mitrofanova Ekaterina Mitrofanova is 15. She was 10th at last season nationals and this season was 18th. She is coached by Sergei Davydov and Vladimir Kotin. She entered nationals through the replacement of Anna Shcherbakova. I found her to be a really good skater in the short program. However, the music choice was not the right one to let her shine. In the free program, she struggled in some jumps. I found her to be slow in the spins, needing more precision. And again, how do you interpret a music like that? The coaches should have given her something easier to relate to so that she can perform it.
Elizaveta Nugumanova Elizaveta Nugumanova was coached by Alexei Mishin but has now changed coaches to Veronica Dayneko. In JGP of Russia she won the bronze medal whereas she won the silver at JGP Estonia last season. This skater is already quite well done despite her young age mainly due to her great flexibility and fantastic spins. She finished 11th at Russian junior nationals. However, her best performances of the season took place at the Junior Grand Prix of Estonia. She has spectacular spins and well as interpretation and presence. The jumps are also beautiful. The only downside is that she gets some underrotations. Her lines and performance are really good and she knows which music she should pick to highlight them. Moreover, I really like her soft gliding.
Her best free ended up being the one to Romeo and Juliet. However, she did change it to Swan lake in the middle of the season, which was the one she performed at nationals and that you can see below. It was a good choice as well, with the audience cheering for her. She looked like a ballerina. Overall it was a really nice program, with a lot of attention to detail. This is another of my favourite skaters. She did make her debut at the Junior Grand Prix last season and I can’t wait to see how she will do in the upcoming one. Daria Panenkova Daria Panenkova is coached by Eteri Tutberidze. At 14, her trademarks are her well executed Tano-Rippon-jumps (one or two arms over the head). This is a skater I had never seen before, even though I had already heard her name. Her short program showed her jumps. I took the last spin was a bit too slow. I thought she focused way too much on her jumps. She needs to work on letting go so that people watching can connect more to her skating. In the free program, she reminded me of the senior ladies. She looks a lot like a senior already. I loved this program way more that the short. The jumps here were so impressive! She does almost everything with two arms over the head. She has a lot of potential. She finished in 5th at junior nationals.
Ksenia Pankova Ksenia Pankova is 14 and coached by Ilya Klimkin. I had never seen her before, nor heard of her. She finished 17th at Junior Nationals. The short program was really fun to watch. She was extremely focused on her elements. The combination had a fall on the last jump. It has a risk putting it so close to the end after a program that requires a lot of energy. I thought she needs to work on her spins. In her free program, the spins were much better (at least I thought so). She is showing range since the two programs were really different from each other. All jumps were good. I am curious to see how she will improve in the next season.
The Senior Grand Prix Assignments for the 2017-2018 are out now. You can check them here or down below:
With the end of the season, I decided to explore what colour trends can be observed in the short and free dances, both from senior teams (on the left) and junior ones (on the right). Includes the couples present at the U. S. International Figure Skating Classic, Autumn Classic, Nebelhorn Trophy, Onderj Nepela and Finlandia Trophy, Grand Prix Events, U.S. Nationals, Canadian Nationals, Russian Nationals, European Championships, Four Continents and World Championships in the case of the senior couples. For junior teams, it includes the Grand Prix Series, U.S. Nationals, Canadian Nationals, Russian Nationals and the World Junior Championships. The reported colours correspond to the one the woman of the partnership wore, in the last version of the costumes presented. Concerning the senior teams, black was the choice to make in the short dance, followed by blue and red (42%, 22% and 18%, respectively). The choice of black turned out to be quite relevant, not only because most teams that chose hip hop wore it, but also because teams doing swing also chose it (to mind comes Bobrova and Soloviev, for instance). One thing to note through this analysis, though, is that the preferences are just the dominant colours of the costumes; that is, a costume can be black and have other colours like red or green, for instance, and it will show up classified as black as it is the dominant colour. Therefore, this does not mean that 42% of the costumes were exclusively black (they may have had other colours, like Tessa Virtue’s which shows up as black in these statistics). Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships; Photo Source: Zimbio Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev at the 2016 Grand Prix Final; Photo Source: @fs_evolution If we look at the choices made by the junior couples, black is once again the main choice (44%). And yet again, it is followed by blue (19%) and red (11%). In their case however, purple has a slightly higher importance than in seniors, and white (which was only used by 1% of the senior teams) shows up as the choice of 7% of the couples. Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter at the 2017 U.S. Nationals; Photo Source: Two for the Ice Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko at the 2017 U.S. Nationals; Photo Source: Two for the Ice Moving on to the free dance, Black, Red and Blue are tied at the top of the choices of senior teams with 21%. Other colours showed up as choices, with purple and rose/pink with 12% each. However, the same is not observed in junior couples, where red making a statement, being used by 28% of the girls. Black and Blue follow with 19% and 16%, respectively. Hence, these three colours are chosen by around 60% of the teams in both junior and senior ranks. Curiously, in juniors purple and rose/pink emerge also as the colours that are most used when excluding the favourite three aforementioned. The main difference between ranks comes from the others component. Firstly, in juniors it amount to 15% whereas in seniors it is only 4%. This comes from the fact that while seniors have three other colours in this component (Brown, Green and Yellow), juniors have six (Brown, Yellow, Silver, Grey, Orange and Gold). Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships; Photo Source: Zimbio Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen at the 2017 European Figure Skating Championships; Photo Source: Getty Images Rachel Parsons and Michael Parsons at the 2017 U.S. Nationals; Photo Source: Two for the Ice Anastasia Shpilevaya and Grigory Smirnov at the 2017 World Junior Championships; Photo Source: Getty Images Can we expect that these trends are verified next season? On what concerns the short dance, I expect black not to have such an expressive amount of teams picking it, since it will be danced to latin rhythms. Nonetheless, it will be present. Actually, the last time the rhumba pattern was chosen I was surprised that a number of themes decided on black dresses. In my view, teams should try to depart from that since black was heavily used this season and teams surely do not was to look the same year after year. Regarding the free dance and the fact that it is the Olympic season, I am expecting blue, black and red to continue their dominance, as teams will likely not take colour risks. It will also be interesting to see if purple and rose/pink rise in percentage or not. After all, in 2016 one of the colour of the year from Pantone was the rose quartz, which was seen in figure skating (the tone of Tessa Virtue’s Free Dance dress, as well as Meagan Duhamel’s Free Program dress, among others). All in all, I expect a wide range of colours in the short dance for next season and a distribution of colours for the free dance identical to the one observed this year. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships; Photo Source: Zimbio Obs: In this analysis, purple includes violet and lilac; orange includes peach.
The 2016-2017 season might be over but figure skating fans tend to pay plenty of attention to any news in the off-season related to their favourite teams, particularly regarding music anouncements for their programs of the following season. Furthermore, excitement is quite large this year, since the Olympic Winter Games will take place next year.
So, the first thing to know is that all teams will have a Latin Short Dance, since the pattern dance chosen for this season for the senior couples is the Rhumba, to which can be added any of the following rhythms: Cha Cha, Samba, Mambo, Meringue, Salsa, Bachata and any closely related Latin American or Caribbean Rhythms. On what concerns the junior teams, the pattern dance is the Cha Cha Congelado and they can add any of the rhythms mentioned above. In this post I will be adding any news concerning anouncements that the teams may make. Music Announcements: AUSTRALIA Kimberly Hew-Low & Timothy McKernan SD: Safari J Balvin, ft. Pharrell Williams, BIA, Sky FD: Exogenesis Matilda Friend & William Badaoui FD: Love Story AZERBAIJAN Anastasia Galyeta & Avidan Brown FD: Cabaret BELARUS Adelina Zvezdova & Uladzimir Zaitsau SD: Apologize - Justin Timberlake; Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - The Pussycat Dolls FD: Lexus (The Pursuit of Perfection) - Ralf Kempen, Mark Joggerst; Tema Celeste - Roberto Cacciapaglia Karina Sidarenka & Maksim Yalenich NEW SD: Ambientscapes; Let's get loud FD: Horchat Hai Caliptus - Ishtar; Pistolero - Juno Reactor CANADA Alicia Fabbri & Claudio Pietrantonio SD: Historia de un Amor - Nana Mouskouri; Sweet Like Cola - Lou Bega FD: El Tango de Roxanne; Come What May (Moulin Rouge!, comp. Craig Armstrong) Ashlynne Stairs & Lee Royer SD: El Beso del Final - Rudy Perez, performed by Christina Aguilera; I Like It Like That - Pete Rodriguez, Tony Pabon FD: Un monstre a Paris - Sean Lennon; La Seine - Matthieu Chedid, Sean Lennon (A Monster in Paris) Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus SD: Bailando, El perdedor, Let me be your lover - Enrique Iglesias FD: Cheek to cheek & I won't dance - Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Cassidy McFarlane & Kameron Jeromkin SD: Sway Ellie Fisher & Simon Pierre Malette-Paquette SD: Amado Mio; Donde Estas, Yolanda - Pink Martini FD: La Strada (comp. Nino Rota) Gina Cipriano & Jake Richardso SD: Come; Makeba - Jain FD: Merry Go Round (Howl’s Moving Castle, comp. Joe Hisaichi) Haley Sales & Nikolas Wamsteeker NEW SD: Cuéntame Que Te Pasó - Rosario FD: Love Theme - Robin and Marian, comp. John Barry; Merry Men - Robin Hood, comp. Marc Streitenfeld; The Ride to Sherwood/The Ride to Nottingham - Robin and Marian, comp. John Barry Irina Galiyanova & Tommy Tang SD: Dance With Me - Debelah Morgan; La vida loca - Francisco Cespedes FD: Time in a Bottle - Sim Croce; Lost in the Forest - Shin Jae Young Jade McCue & Gabriel Clemente SD: Maria (Ricky Martin); Ole Ole Ole (Ricky Martin); I Need to Know (Marc Anthony) FD: Another Day of Sun; City of Stars (Duet); Someone in the Crowd (La La Land, comp. Justin Hurwitz) Jessica-Lee Behiel & Jackson Behiel NEW SD: Let’s Get Loud; Theme from Mahogany; On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez FD: Amarcord; 8 and 1/2; Amarcord Suite - comp. Nino Rota Jessica Li & Jacob Richmond SD: Broadway Mambo - Perez Prado; Asi Es La Vida - Clandestinos FD: Runaway; Conqueror (Aurora) Jolie Che & Paul Ayer FD: Sarabande Suite Kaitlyn Chubb & Alex Gunther SD: Whatever Happens - Michael Jackson; Sway - Michael Buble FD: True colors by Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick; September by Earth, Wind and Fire Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje FD: Spartacus (comp. Aram Khachaturian); choreography by Lori Nichol and Linda Garneau Katerina Kasatkin & Corey Circelli SD: Mujer Latina (Thalia) FD: Faded (Alan Walker feat. Iselin Solheim) Katrine Roy & Oliver Zhang SD: Cha Cha Cha - Mo’ Horizons; Amado Mio - Cinema Serenade Ensemble FD: Assassin’s Tango - Mr. and Mrs. Smith, comp. John Powell; Tanguera - Sexteto Mayor Keelee Gingrich & Parker Brown SD: Europa [Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile]; Smooth - Santana FD: The Curse - Agnes Obel; Neverland - Takenobu Leia Dozzi & Liam Fawcett SD: Addicted to You ; Don’t Stop the Party (Pitbull feat. TJR) FD: Vinegar & Salt; Amalfi (Hooverphonic) Lily Hensen & Nathan Lickers SD: Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps; Por Arriba, Por Abajo - Ricky Martin FD: Who wants to live forever - Queen; performed by The Tenors Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha SD: Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha - Petty Booka; Tu Picadura - Gary Tesca FD: Dream - Imagine Dragons; Nemesis - Benjamin Clementine (x) Molly Lanaghan & Dmitre Razgulajevs SD: Samba Vocalizado - Luciano Perrone; Lo So Che Finirà - Anna Tatangelo; Johnny’s Mambo - Michael Lloyd NEW FD: Selections from Mary Poppins (comp. the Sherman Brothers) Natalie D'Alessandro & Bruce Waddell SD: I Need to Know - Marc Anthony; Let’s Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez FD: Your Song - Elton John, Bernie Taupin; Your Song (Ellie Goulding); Your Song (Moulin Rouge!, perf. Ewan McGregor); Original Arrangement/A Wonderful Love - Karl Hugo Natascha Collier & Philippe Marchand SD: India - Yan Amor; Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Pussycat Dolls FD: Overture; Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast, comp. Alan Menken) Nina Mizuki & Veniamins Volskis SD: Que La Detengan NEW FD: Arrietty’s Song; Sho’s Song (Arrietty, Cecile Corbel) Olivia Han & Grayson Lochhead SD: I Need to Know; Quítate Tú Pa Ponerme Yo - Marc Anthony FD: Selections from Pirates of the Caribbean (comp. Hans Zimmer) Olivia McIsaac & Elliott Graham SD: Quizás, Quizás, Quizás - Pink Martini ; Angelina - Lou Bega FD: Let It Be Me - Ray LaMontagne; What I Wouldn’t Do - Serena Ryder Ravie Cunningham & Cedar Bridgewood NEW SD: Where Do I Begin - Shirley Bassey [Away Team Remix] FD: Johanna; A Little Priest - Sweeney Todd, comp. Stephen Sondheim Sarah Arnold & Thomas Williams SD: Besame Mucho FD: Fall for You (Leela James); If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys feat. Usher) Theadora Sauve & Alexandre Faucher SD: Sway - Pink Martini; Beautiful Maria of My Soul - perf. Mambo All-Stars feat. Antonio Banderas; Copacabana - perf. Copacabana Original London Cast FD: Anything Goes; But Beautiful; It Don’t Mean a Thing - perf. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Valerie Taillefer & Jason Chan SD: Con Mi Sombra - S-Tone Inc; Skip to the Bip [Brazil Mix] - Club Des Belugas FD: Closer Than Sisters (Penny Dreadful, comp. Abel Korzeniowski); A Boat to Argentina (Amen, comp. Armand Amar) Vanessa Chartrand & Alexander Seidel SD: Samba Pa’ Ti; Oye Como Va (Santana) FD: Lament; You Must Love Me; Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina (Evita, comp. Andrew Lloyd Webber) CZECH REPUBLIC Nicole Kuzmichova & Alexandr Sinicyn SD: Magalenha - Antonio Carlos; Fly Love - Jamie Fox; Mas Que Nada - Jorge Ben FD: Cabaret (Willkommen; Money; Mein Herr) - John Kander Natalie Taschlerova & Filip Taschler SD: Cha Charanga - El Rubio Loco; Temptation - Tom Waits; Bailar -Elvis Crespo, Erick Orrosquieta, Robert Fernandez FD: Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg; In This Shirt - Jamie McDermott, performed by The Irrepressibles FINLAND Cecilia Torn & Jussiville Partanen NEW FD: Funny Face; I've Got A Crush On You FRANCE Marie Dupayage & Thomas Nabais NEW SD: Take It Easy My Brother Charles - Jorg Ben Jor; Un Canto a mi tierra - Quantic and his Combo Barbaro; Real in Rio - Real Copa FD: Yesterday - Tangoloco, Daiel Garcia Quinteto; Grand Guignol - Bajo Fondo Marie Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac SD: "September" & "How deep is your love" FD: Another one bites the dust; You Take My Breath Away - Queen Angélique Abachkina & Louis Thauron NEW FD: Je suis malade - Lara Fabien; Mariage D'Amor - Richard Clayderman Loicia Demougeot & Théo Le Mercier SD: El Pescador by Totó La Momposina; La Collegiala by Rodolfo y su Tipica; Onda Tropica - Punkero Sonidero NEW FD: Light of the Seven by David de Miguel; Strange by Apollo G'eeze Natacha Lagouge & Corentin Rahier NEW SD: Medley - Cafe Latino; Frío Sin Ti - Navajita Plateá ft. Buika; Samba Beach - Danny Davis, Peter Weitz FD: Theme : the life of Coco Chanel [Little Black Baby - Scott Joplin (ragtime); Tango A Meta - Fabrizio Biondi; Tema per una donna sola by Ennio Morricone; Casino de Deauville - Alexandre Desplat; Cocomotion by El Coco (disco) GERMANY Katharina Müller & Tim Dieck SD: Dibby Dibby (Samba); I am not the only one - Sam Smith (Rhumba); Campo Grande (Samba) FD: Bodyguard musical soundtrack Kavita Lorenz & Joti Polizoakis SD: Aguanile - M. Anthony (Salsa); Mil Pasos - Soha (Remix) (Rhumba); Quimbara - C. Cruz (Salsa) GREAT BRITAIN Penny Coomes & Nicholas Buckand SD: Remix of Rhumba D'Amour by Torvill and Dean, choreography by Christopher Dean FD: Battle Remembered - Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, choreography by Christopher Dean Sasha Fear & George Waddell FD: Coldplay Medley (Sky full of stars; Fix You; Viva la vida) Emily Rose Brown & James Hernandez SD: I Wanna Dance With Somebody; One Moment in Time - Whitney Houston FD: Who Wants To Live Forever - Brian May, performed by The Tenors Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson FD: West Side Story Leticia Marsh & Elliot Verburg NEW SD: Bones Bugalu - Gabriel Rios; Lo So Che Finra - Erik Satie, performed by Tataneglo; Ven a bailar - Bilal Haiji, performed by Jennifer Lopez FD: Moulin Rouge soundtrack [Sparking Diamonds; El Tango de Roxanne; Come What May] HONG KONG Valerie So & Marcus Yao NEW SD: Samba; Despacito - Luis Fonsi FD: Singing in the Rain; Walking on Sunshine ISRAEL Isabella Tobias & Ilia Tkachenko SD: Shape of You - Ed Sheeran ; She Will Be Loved - Rhythms del Mundo ; Fireball - Pitbull FD: Samson et Dalila-Camille Saint-Saëns ITALY Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri SD: Salsa; Rhumba; Samba FD: Exogenesis Symphony Part III - Muse Jasmine Tessari & Francesco Fioretti FD: La Tosca - G. Puccini JAPAN Kana Muramoto & Chris Reed SD: I like it like that - Pete Rodriguez; Mondo Bongo - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros; Batucada - DJ dero NEW FD: Music Medley from Ryuichi Sakamoto Yuka Orihara & Kanata Mori NEW SD: Hoy Es Adios, A Gozar Timbero FD: Planetarium & Epilogue from La La Land soundtrack Rikako Fukase & Aru Tateno NEW SD: Senorita Bonita; Tequila; Que Rico Mambo Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto SD: Ahora Quien - Marc Anthony; Samba do Brasil (Radio Remix) - Bellini FD: Yentl soundtrack (“Where is it Written?” and “A Piece of the Sky”); Sabrina soundtrack ( John Williams’ instrumental End Credits) LATVIA Aurelija Ippolito & Malcolm Jones FD: Alex Clare - Damn Your Eyes; Cover of Tainted Love LITHUANIA Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius FD: Stairway to Heaven POLAND Natalia Kaliszek & Maksym Spodyriev SD: mix of Luis Fonsi, Prince Royce & Shakira FD: swing, quickstep and foxtrot or waltz RUSSIA Anastasia Shpilevaya & Grigory Smirnov SD: Cha Cha (Tom Jones Kiss) and samba (Dominó-Baila Baila Comigo) FD: Love Story; choreographer Irina Zhuk Anastasia Skoptsova & Kirill Aleshin SD: rhumba, Cha-cha, salsa FD: Tango (Vuelvo Al Sur, Paris, Texas – Gotan Project) Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva & Nikita Nazarov SD: cha cha; samba FD: Ghost (musical soundtrack) - Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard Eva Kuts & Dmitrii Mikhailov NEW SD: Cha Cha - Michael Jackson; Juan Magan - Mariah FD: Butterflies and Hurricanes - Muse Evgeniia Lopareva & Alexey Karpushov NEW SD: Kiss; In Style and Rhythm - Tom Jones FD: Moldavian Song - Emir Kusturica; Maki Maki - Goran Bregovic; Mesecina - Goran Bregovic Ksenia Konkina & Grigory Yakushev NEW SD: Cuentame - Caribbean Kings Band; Lick It; Samba FD: El Choclo Polina Ivanenko & Daniil Karpov NEW SD: Rhumba; Cha Cha; Samba FD: L'Immersita - Il Volo Sofia Evdokimova & Egor Bazin FD: Ave Maria Sofia Polishchuk & Alexander Vakhnov NEW SD: Chilly Cha Cha - Jessica Jay; Hip Hip Chin Chin - Club des Belugas FD: Black Swan (soundtrack) - Clint Mansell Sofia Shevchenko & Igor Eremenko SD: Let's Cha Cha - MC Mario; Happy - Max Sedgley FD: Heart Cry - Drehz ; La Boulange - Yann Tiersen Tiffany Zahorski & Jonathan Guerreiro NEW FD: Muse medley Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov FD: Vocalise, Piano concerto nr.2 - Rachmaninoff SOUTH KOREA Yura Min & Alexander Gamelin SD: Despacito - Luis Fonsi; My All - Mariah Carey; Mujer Latina - Thalia FD: Arirang Alone - Sohyang SPAIN Olivia Smart & Adria Diaz SD: Despacito - Luis Fonsi FD: "A Mans World" & "Natural Woman" sneak-peak Celia Robledo & Luis Fenero SD: Shakira medley (Hips Don't Lie;...) FD: The Skin I Live In; Flamenco Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khalyavin SD: Santana FD: Don Quixote (Flamenco), Choreography by Antonio Najarro SWITZERLAND Victoria Manni & Carlo Rothlisberger NEW SD: I Like It Like That; Beautiful Maria; Do You Only Wanna Dance FD: Sixteen Tons; ZZ Top's Tush UKRAINE Alexandra Nazarova & Maxim Nikitin SD: Cucurrucucú Paloma; Pink Panther Mambo (?) FD: Pirates of the caribbean soundtrack Maria Golubtsova & Kirill Belobrov NEW SD: Kaboom - Ursula 1000; Love Freedom - DJ Maksy; Hip Hip Chin Chin - DJ Maksy FD: Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen Olga Giglava & Yegor Yegorov SD: Besame Mucho - Michael Bolton; Shall We Dance - John Altman; Can I Tico Tico You - Abreu/Bega FD: Daydreams - Abel Korzeniowski; The Adjustment Bureau (soundtrack) - Audiomachine; Akkadian Empire - Audiomachine USA Alina Efimova & Alexander Petrov Somerville FD: Umbrellas of Cherbourg Allie Rose & JT Michel FD: Bonnie and Clyde theme Amanda Miller & Daniel Tsarik FD: Four Seasons Avonley Nguyen & Vadym Kolesnik SD: cha cha, rhumba, and mambo rhythms FD: West Side Story Caroline Green & Gordon Green SD: Chilled Mambo - the Mambo Molly and the 5 Alarms; Donde Esta Tu Amor - Son By Four; Music from Samba Latina soundtrack FD: Music from Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin; Stranger in Paradise - Sarah Brightman Chloe Lewis & Logan Bye SD: Carino - Jennifer Lopez; Como Ama Una Mujer - Jennifer Lopez; On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull FD: Child of Light OST by Coeur de Pirate ("Final Breath; "Place de République" and "Metal Gleamed in Twilight") Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko SD: Quizas, Quizas, Quizas - Sarita Monitel; Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - Pussycat Dolls; Conga - Gloria Estefan FD: Dance for Me Wallis; Abdication (from "W.E." soundtrack) - Abel Korzeniowski Claire Purnell & Lucas Purnell FD: Fiddler on the Roof Daria Popova & Cameron Colucci FD: La La Land soundtrack Eliana Gropman & Ian Somerville SD: Mas Que Suerte - Beatriz Luengo; De Hombre A Mujer - Donato & Estéfano; Samba Hey - El General FD: Zavedi Me - Hari Mata Hare; Nyah - Hector Teixeira Pereira & Hans Zimmer; No Ronees Das Conmigo - Tangos De La Reponpa - Susi Elliana Pogrebinsky & Alex Benoit SD: "Baddest Girl in Town" (Pitbull feat. Mohombi and Wisin);"Lo So Che Finera" (Anna Tatangelo); "Bailar" (Deorro feat. Elvis Crespo) FD: Desire (Rock Blues) [I Put a Spell on You (perf. Annie Lennox); original composition] Emma Gunter & Caleb Wein SD: Se Escaparon - Bombon; Huele A Peligro - Myriam Hernandez; Pasame La Botella - Banda Agua Caliente FD: I Give Up - Elija Bossenbroek; Crimson Sky - Calm Music for Studying Isabella Amoia & Luka Becker SD: Caramelo; Angel de mi corazon; Caramelo (Sugar's Dance Remix) - Olga Tanon FD: Code Name Vivaldi; Arwen's Vigil; Michael Meets Mozart - Piano Guys Jocelyn Haines & James Koszuta FD: Sinatra Medley Julia Biechler & Damien Dodge SD: Into You (Rhumba remix) - Ariana Grande; I Know You Want Me -Pitbull FD: American Woman - Lenny Kravitz; I Put a Spell On You - Joe Cocker; Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker SD: Get Busy - Sean Paul; Soha Mil Pasos - Isabelle & Félicien; Fireball - Pitbull FD: Liebestraum (last season's FD) Karina Manta & Joseph Johnson SD: Right Now -Pussycat Dolls; Fireball - Pitbull FD: Moulin Rouge ("One Day I'll Fly Away" and "Your Song" - perf. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman); Choreography by Christopher Dean Katarina DelCamp & Maxwell Gart FD: Motown music ("I Feel Good" and "Try a Little Tenderness") Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter SD: Mambo Italiano - Orietta Berti; El Perdedor - Enrique Iglesias; Big Bagz - Alex Romano FD: Anime Contro Vento by Medialuna Tango Project Madison Chock & Evan Bates NEW SD: Marc Anthony medley FD: "Imagine" by John Lennon Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue SD: "Cuando Calienta el Sol" - Talya Ferro; "Le Serpent" - Guem; "Sambando (Los Ritmos Calientes)" (x) sneak-peak FD: Across the Sky Instrumental - Rag N' Bone Man; Caught Out In the Rain - Beth Hart sneak-peak Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani SD: Perez Prado FD: Coldplay: Paradise Molly Cesanek & Nikolay Usanov FD: Romeo & Juliet Nicolette Fey & Caleb Niva FD: A Thousand Years - Christina Perri Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons NEW SD: Mambo Molly - Mambo Molly; Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - Zuchero FD: La Partida - Victor Jara; Sikuridadas & Quiaquenpita - Inti-Illimani[South American music, based on the contemporary ballet “Ghost Dances”] Sophia Elder & Christopher Elder FD: Alice in Wonderland soundtrack Coaching Changes: GERMANY Kavita Lorenz and Joti Polizoakis will train with Marina Zoueva (previously coached by Igor Shpilband) ISRAEL Isabella Tobias and Ilia Tkachenko will train with Marina Zoueva, Oleg Epstein, Massimo Scali and Johnny Johns (previously coached by Igor Shpilband and Adrienne Lenda) RUSSIA Tiffany Zahorski and Jonathan Guerreiro will train with Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alekseeva (they were previously coached by Alexander Zhulin) Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov will train with Alexander Zhulin (they were previously coached by Elena Chaikovskaia, Marina Zueva and Massimo Scali. Splits/Retirements: CANADA Elysia-Marie Campbell & Philippe Granger Sabrina Bédard & George Waddell Priya Ramesh & Brandon Labelle Mira Samoisette & Dominic Barthe Yohanna Broker & Matthew Korkoian Alexa Linden & Addison Voldeng (x) JAPAN Emi Hirai & Marien de la Asuncion (x) KOREA Lee Ho-jung & Richard Kang-in-Kam (x) LITHUANIA Taylor Tran & Saulius Ambrulevicius (x) RUSSIA Elena Ilinykh & Ruslan Zhiganshin (x) USA Anastasia Cannuscio & Colin McManus (x) Danielle Thomas & Daniel Eaton Charlotte Maxwell & Ryan Devereaux (x) New Partnerships: AUSTRALIA Chantelle Kerry & Andrew Dodds (x) CANADA Molly Lanaghan & Dmitre Razgulajevs (x) Olivia McIsaac & Elliott Graham (x) Ellie Fisher & Simon Pierre Mallet Paquette (x) GEORGIA (?) Diana Davis & Fedor Varlamov (x) GREAT BRITAIN Sasha Fear & George Waddell Eleanor Hirst & Adam Miller (x) Tish Marsh & Elliot Verburg (x) LITHUANIA Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius MEXICO Megumi Tsutsumi & Devin Dickey RUSSIA Alisa Lozko & Adian Pitkeev (x) Elena Ilinykh & Anton Shibnev (x) USA Avonley Nguyen & Vadym Kolesnik Isabella Amoia & Luca Becker Allie Rose & JT Michel Daria Popova & Cameron Colucci Nicolette Fey & Caleb Niva Amanda Miller & Danile Tsarik Competition Schedules: Challenger Series
Maximum Scores: Junior SD: 80.20; Junior FD: 106.50; Junior Total: 186.70 (x) Senior SD: 85.30; Senior FD: 124.70; Senior Total: 210.00 (x) Other news: Spain: Olivia Smart and Kirill Khaliavin got spanish nationality South Korea: Alexander Gamelin is eligible for the Olympic Games Denmark: Help Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen so that they can participate at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games; UPDATE: The appeal was not successful (x) Poland: Kaliszek/Spodyriev - Injury news Russia: Stepanova/Bukin will have choreography from Tchernyshev whereas Sinitsina and Katsalapov's will be from Zhulin; Bobrova/Soloviev working with Radu Poklitaru for Free Dance Minto Summer Skate 2017: Junior SD FD / Senior SD FD Chesapeake Open Results (x) Lake Placid Results (x) Entries for the Junior Grand Prix of Brisbane (x) Entries for the Junior Grand Prix of Salzburg (x) Entries for the Junior Grand Prix of Riga (x) NEW The most important competition of the season took place in Helsinki between March 29th and April 2nd. While the podium may have ended up as most people predicted, as well as the teams present in the top ten, there was a great deal of unpredictability in how these results came about. All in all, it was quite an exciting event. Here are the results: The most important competition of the year, the World Championships, begin on the 29th. However, the short dance takes place on the 31st of March, with the free dance happening on the 1st of April. Predictions of this event where extremely hard to come up with, since the field is deep and anything can happen. Virtue and Moir are chasing their 3rd World Title, but so are Papadakis and Cizeron. Many medalists are present, like Maia and Alex Shibutani, Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje or even the 2014 World Champs Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte. Here are my predictions:
Other couples to watch:
There are a couple of other couples I will be keeping an eye on. Starting with Guginard & Fabbri and Tobias & Tkachenko who may challenge the top 10. Also, I am extremely curious to see how well will the Spanish team of Olivia Smart and Adria Diaz place. Moreover, I really like the programs of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen of Denmark, particularly their short dance. The Chinese team of Shiyue Wang & Xinyu Liu is another one to keep an eye on, and so is the Korean team of Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin. The second French team of Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac is another one to watch: they have an amazing skating quality. Additionally, the Turkish team of Alisa Agafonova & Alper Ucar has been having great results this season. Lastly, I have really liked the British team ever since the Lombardia Trophy, so I will be watching Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson. |
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