Allons-y! French skating news & updates

[kirkbiggestfan]

What skating shows is Maximin signed for?
After all, Jerome Blanchard came back after a long break from competition.

[taz'smum]

What a shame that Chloé & Marien are no longer skating together
I hope Chloé is looking for another partner, she's only 17...

I'm sorry to say, but Chloe has stopped skating!

[deepedge]

I have found out that Benjamin Leze and his new partner have been invited and will skate at the selection. Her name is Elektra Hetman and she is an American skater . Her bio is still listed on icepartnersearch. A pretty girl and her video shows some good skating skills and presentation. She listed her coach as Sergei Ponomarenko. They will skate in the Gala in Villards on July 28. No info on wether the Flemin's have . also been invited.

[piano18]

(plus french forum found them super musics for last season which Arribert listened to and chose

Good for her. All skaters and their choreographers need to head to Passion patinage for newest ideas and exceptional music choices during off season dry spells! Unfortunately Ingo Steuer discarded (or simply just did not read) my choices for Savchenko & Szolkowy. Oh well, Russian folk sounds fine I guess..

[vassily]

I'm sorry to say, but Chloe has stopped skating!

how come? I was looking forward to this.

[taz'smum]

how come? I was looking forward to this.

I don't know the reasons, but shortly after Marien and Chloe split, she stopped skating.

[poths]

The Olympic Champs that never were! RIP J&C's hypothetically Incredible Career.

[Sylvia]

Article on Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat: http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/080110.shtml

[mia joy]

Ok, this article confuses me once again... so has the uplifting rule been added or not? I mean, does it exist officially as an actual rule, cause last time I checked, it wasn't there...

The top couples did great programs, but all that drama... it is this kind of program that they don't want anymore as too many couples did them. I think the judges are fed up with this.

says a woman who skated to Requiem herself last season

But I wouldn't agree that drama is too much drama. I think what is too much, is overused drama music, like Requiem. I'm quite curious what that Zhulin choreography will be like, although I do not have high hopes with this couple anymore. Once they switched coaches and left Zazoui, they became too cabaret or circus-like, acrobatic, making fun of themselves. And my Lord, they used to be so classy before, they had all it takes to be the next Delobel/Schoenfelder or even more!! that Flamenco OD was stunning!! I have no idea what's happened to them, but the last two seasons their style became very annoying to me.

[alilou]

The uplifting rule was never passed. What did pass was exactly what was quoted in the P&B article -

music "must be cut/edited, orchestrated, or arranged in a way that it creates an interesting, colourful, entertaining dance program with different moods or a building effect" (Rule 601 Free Dance regulations).

[Hanna]

Article on Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat: http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/080110.shtml

For now, they are definitely committed to the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France and don't exclude staying in for the 2014 Olympic Games to make their dream of an Olympic medal come true.

I'm usually all about newcomers and juniors but I make an exception with one (or a couple of) teams.

[mia joy]

The uplifting rule was never passed. What did pass was exactly what was quoted in the P&B article -

music "must be cut/edited, orchestrated, or arranged in a way that it creates an interesting, colourful, entertaining dance program with different moods or a building effect" (Rule 601 Free Dance regulations).

oh, ok, thanks for making it clear...ish but I honestly have no idea how they wanna make this thing work as a rule...

[grandma]

.... seems as if Vanessa James has been training in Chemnitz till yesterday.....

[bek]

The uplifting rule was never passed. What did pass was exactly what was quoted in the P&B article -

music "must be cut/edited, orchestrated, or arranged in a way that it creates an interesting, colourful, entertaining dance program with different moods or a building effect" (Rule 601 Free Dance regulations).

I'm okay with the idea of different music moods, because I hated Mahler and comp.

[mia joy]

I'm okay with the idea of different music moods, because I hated Mahler and comp.

yeah, but it's different music moods OR a building effect - which means, you can say Mahler does not have different moods, but it has a building effect, and still everyone is happy

although I wouldn't say Mahler was especially colorful or entertaining so perhaps this rule isn't that bad after all

[poths]

.... seems as if Vanessa James has been training in Chemnitz till yesterday.....

Trying out with.....?

[grandma]

Trying out with.....?

don`t know just heard that she was there ....
Seems that Chemnitz is becoming very interesting for foreign pair skaters

[taz'smum]

don`t know just heard that she was there ....
Seems that Chemnitz is becoming very interesting for foreign pair skaters

Vanessa is trying out with a Russian and a French skater. She would prefer to skate with a French skater, as she feels to skate with a Russian for France wouldn't be right, as she is not French, although she does have French citizenship.

[nuge]

. I'm quite curious what that Zhulin choreography will be like, although I do not have high hopes with this couple anymore. Once they switched coaches and left Zazoui, they became too cabaret or circus-like, acrobatic, making fun of themselves. And my Lord, they used to be so classy before, they had all it takes to be the next Delobel/Schoenfelder or even more!! that Flamenco OD was stunning!! I have no idea what's happened to them, but the last two seasons their style became very annoying to me.

You're so right .They are definately a different couple after switching the coaches .Before the change they had very innovative programmes 4 Seasons Madness FD and yes that Flamenco OD was devine ! I love it as much as A/P 02 OD .The CDS were never really their strong part of the competition so hopefully the new SD and Zhulins choreo ' and of course being French number one's will be a good stepping stone for them .
I much prefer them to F/S or K/K.

[taz'smum]

24/28 August - ISU Junior Grand Prix – Courchevel (FRA)

Men : Romain PONSART et Thomas SOSNIAK
Ladies : Yrétha SILETE, Lénaëlle GILLERON-GORY et Anaïs VENTARD
Dance: Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON, Géraldine BOTT / Neil BROWN &
Magali LEININGER / Maxime CAUREL

08/12 septembre - ISU Junior Grand Prix - Brasov (ROU)

Ladies : Anaïs VENTARD
Men : Thomas SOSNIAK
Dance: Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART

15/19 september - ISU Junior Grand Prix – Graz (AUT)

Ladies : Lénaëlle GILLERON-GORY
Dance: Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON et Sofia GASSOUMI / Arnaud PASZTORY

22/26 september - ISU Junior Grand Prix – Karuizawa (JPN)

Dance: Géraldine BOTT / Neil BROWN et Myriam GASSOUMI / Clément LE MOLAIRE

29 september/03 october - ISU Junior Grand Prix – Sheffield (GB)

No entries

06/10 october - ISU Junior Grand Prix – Dresden (ALL)

Ladies : Yrétha SILETE
Men : Romain PONSART
Danse : Sofia GASSOUMI / Arnaud PASZTORY

13/17 october - ISU Junior Grand Prix – Ostrava (CZE)

Ladies : Bahia TALEB
Men : Quentin LOURENCO ou Simon HOQUAUX ou Benjamin SIAO HIM FA
(Entry will depend on the placement and content at French masters)
Dance : Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART

Sofia and Arnaud had to change their music in June, so they have been moved from the Courchevel JGP to a later one to give them more time to be ready.