Status of US Ice-Dancing off season

[reese]

What i'm really hoping for is that K/G-S can get the 3rd spot to Worlds next year, long shot, but fingers crossed!

[olifaunt]

What i'm really hoping for is that K/G-S can get the 3rd spot to Worlds next year, long shot, but fingers crossed!

That'd be wonderful.

[Sylvia]

Tweeted on May 26: http://twitter.com/lynn_logan_usa/st...95761359798272

Excited about next season! Our programs are coming together quite nicely!

They also tweeted that their coach, Yuri Chesnichenko, was married yesterday.

[Asli]

I haven't seen Stagniunas on ice partner search. Is he even available?

He skates with Isabella Tobias, but she's far below his level. He's 26 and it would be a pity if he wasted his career waiting and hoping for Tobias to improve. JMHO.

[Hedwig]

He skates with Isabella Tobias, but she's far below his level. He's 26 and it would be a pity if he wasted his career waiting and hoping for Tobias to improve. JMHO.

I agree. He really look embarrased in the KnC this season. (At least that was my interpretation).
I wonder if he is getting paid to skate with her and it is more a job for him. (Nothing bad in there, people have to live.) Otherwise I have no idea why he would skate with someone that far below his level. It will take years and years for her to catch up -if ever.

[Sylvia]

The Chesapeake Open club competition in Laurel, Maryland will have Juvenile, Intermediate, Novice and Junior dance events June 24-25, 2011.

Here are the entries for the Junior Free Dance:
Amanda Bertsch & Sam Kaplun (Ann Arbor FSC & All Year FSC)
Sarah Coward & Avidan Brown (Great Britain) - new
Cassandra Jeandell & Damian Dodge N10 (Univ. of Del. FSC & Peninsula FSC)
Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter J9 (Peninsula FSC & Washington FSC)
Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons N1 (Washington FSC)
Danvi Pham & Vu Pham (Washington FSC) - qualified for but WD from 2011 Nationals in Jr.
Elliana Pogrebinsky & Ross Gudis N4 (Washington FSC & Peninsula FSC)
Ramona Wright & Nicholas Taylor (St. Moritz FSC & SC of Wilmington) - new

2 Novice teams from 2011 Nationals, Morgan Grant & Luke Skala N7 and Holly Moore & Daniel Klaber N8, are listed for the Chesapeake Novice Dance events. Whitney Miller & Kyle MacMillan are a new Novice team (Miller was 2nd in Intermediate Dance last season with her previous partner, while MacMillan won the 2009 Juvenile and 2010 Intermediate Dance titles with his previous partner, Rachel Parsons.).

Juvenile-Junior dance roster as of 5/28 can be viewed at: http://www.baltimorefigureskatingclu...etitorList.pdf

[skatemommy]

^Thanks (as always) Sylvia for posting this.

[OrioleBeagle]

The Chesapeake Open club competition in Laurel, Maryland will have Juvenile, Intermediate, Novice and Junior dance events June 24-25, 2011.

Here are the entries for the Junior Free Dance:
Amanda Bertsch & Sam Kaplun (Ann Arbor FSC & All Year FSC)
Sarah Coward & Avidan Brown (Great Britain) - new
Cassandra Jeandell & Damian Dodge N10 (Univ. of Del. FSC & Peninsula FSC)
Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter J9 (Peninsula FSC & Washington FSC)
Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons N1 (Washington FSC)
Danvi Pham & Vu Pham (Washington FSC) - qualified for but WD from 2011 Nationals in Jr.
Elliana Pogrebinsky & Ross Gudis N4 (Washington FSC & Peninsula FSC)
Ramona Wright & Nicholas Taylor (St. Moritz FSC & SC of Wilmington) - new

2 Novice teams from 2011 Nationals, Morgan Grant & Luke Skala N7 and Holly Moore & Daniel Klaber N8, are listed for the Chesapeake Novice Dance events. Whitney Miller & Kyle MacMillan are a new Novice team (Miller was 2nd in Intermediate Dance last season with her previous partner, while MacMillan won the 2009 Juvenile and 2010 Intermediate Dance titles with his previous partner, Rachel Parsons.).

Juvenile-Junior dance roster as of 5/28 can be viewed at: http://www.baltimorefigureskatingclu...etitorList.pdf

Where are Kyle MacMillan and Whitney Miller training?

[Sylvia]

Where are Kyle MacMillan and Whitney Miller training?

I believe in Wheaton, Maryland with coaches Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin (McNamara/Carpenter, Parsons/Parsons, and Pogrebinsky/Gudis are their Junior teams).

[shan]

And who are the Phams training with?

[Debbie S]

And who are the Phams training with?

To the best of my knowledge, they are working with Greg Maddalone and Genrikh and Julia Sretenski at The Gardens in Laurel, MD, along with Grant/Skala. And I believe they also work a little with Robbie Kaine.

[mysticchic]

Madison has a partner. I saw them practicing at DSC. I wish I could remember who it was. They looked great!

[hockeyplayer2]

Madison has a partner. I saw them practicing at DSC. I wish I could remember who it was. They looked great!

Are you talking about Madison Chock or Madison Hubbell? I believe earlier in this thread it was stated that Madison Hubbell is skating with Zach Donohue, at the DSC w/Camerlengo and Krylova. But thanks for the news that they are looking great. Did you happen to know what music they are using this year?

[kwanfan1818]

The ice dance version of the rhumba is nothing like the floor/dancesport rhumba. The ice dance one is knd of perky and moves quickly. So the sibling squick factor wouldn't be an issue for this CD/SD.

ETA: link of Meryl & Charlie doing the rhumba CD back in 2007.

Or as one of the two Eurosport commentators said during V/M's CD, it's all about deep edges, and there are only 16 steps to glide down the rink. It could be the camerawork, but V/M look like they are getting excellent glide. These are things at which the Shibutanis excel.

Even Denkova/Staviyski's and Dubreuil/Lauzon's hips aren't really close together, and the couples never look at one another. I suspect Maia Shibutani will wear more clothes than Jana Khoklova. The couple with the closest feet and hips is Delobel/Schoenfelder; they give the dance a suggestive lilt, and Moiseva/Minenkov's feet (from 1981) are right on top of each other.

I think people are thinking of Torvill/Dean's OD when they think Rhumba :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19CYCcmA2Y0

ETA:

I agree. He really look embarrased in the KnC this season. (At least that was my interpretation).
I wonder if he is getting paid to skate with her and it is more a job for him. (Nothing bad in there, people have to live.) Otherwise I have no idea why he would skate with someone that far below his level. It will take years and years for her to catch up -if ever.

Denkova/Stavisky teamed up after the 1996 season, and she was very far behind him when they teamed up. Five years later, they were 8th at Euros, 10th at Worlds, and a year later, they were 7th at the Olympics and 5th at Worlds. Skating for Bulgaria or Lithuania means getting to go to all of the championships and lots of experience. It may seem laughable to compare Tobias to Denkova, but that could be in hindsight, since there wasn't much of the 2001 Denkova in 1996.

[blue_idealist]

Is Isabella Tobias really that bad?

[OrioleBeagle]

The Chesapeake Open club competition in Laurel, Maryland will have Juvenile, Intermediate, Novice and Junior dance events June 24-25, 2011.

Here are the entries for the Junior Free Dance:
Amanda Bertsch & Sam Kaplun (Ann Arbor FSC & All Year FSC)
Sarah Coward & Avidan Brown (Great Britain) - new
Cassandra Jeandell & Damian Dodge N10 (Univ. of Del. FSC & Peninsula FSC)
Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter J9 (Peninsula FSC & Washington FSC)
Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons N1 (Washington FSC)
Danvi Pham & Vu Pham (Washington FSC) - qualified for but WD from 2011 Nationals in Jr.
Elliana Pogrebinsky & Ross Gudis N4 (Washington FSC & Peninsula FSC)
Ramona Wright & Nicholas Taylor (St. Moritz FSC & SC of Wilmington) - new

2 Novice teams from 2011 Nationals, Morgan Grant & Luke Skala N7 and Holly Moore & Daniel Klaber N8, are listed for the Chesapeake Novice Dance events. Whitney Miller & Kyle MacMillan are a new Novice team (Miller was 2nd in Intermediate Dance last season with her previous partner, while MacMillan won the 2009 Juvenile and 2010 Intermediate Dance titles with his previous partner, Rachel Parsons.).

Juvenile-Junior dance roster as of 5/28 can be viewed at: http://www.baltimorefigureskatingclu...etitorList.pdf

I don't live very far from Laurel. Is the event open to the public?

[Debbie S]

I don't live very far from Laurel. Is the event open to the public?

Yes, it is. And it's free. However, the IJS events are held in the Oly-sized rink, which does not have spectator seating. You're welcome to come, but you will need to stand....unless you can grab a seat at the counter in the snack bar area in front of the window that looks out to the rink, but you won't be able to hear the music.

We would like to use the NHL rink (which has bleachers) for the IJS events, but that rink gets put down for the summer. The back rink, that we use for 6.0 events, does have some bleacher seating, but the setup along the back of the rink does not lend itself to IJS (i.e. not enough room for 2 long tables, plus the computer system).

The comp schedule should be up on the club website soon.

[OlieRow]

Whitney Miller & Kyle MacMillan are a new Novice team (Miller was 2nd in Intermediate Dance last season with her previous partner, while MacMillan won the 2009 Juvenile and 2010 Intermediate Dance titles with his previous partner, Rachel Parsons.).

I'm glad MacMillan found a new partner and I remember Miller (and Lorello) having a ton of personality. I'm not about to get excited about a novice dance team, but based on results with past partners this could be a pretty strong novice team this year.

[acraven]

I don't live very far from Laurel. Is the event open to the public?

Yes, it is. And it's free. However, the IJS events are held in the Oly-sized rink, which does not have spectator seating. You're welcome to come, but you will need to stand....unless you can grab a seat at the counter in the snack bar area in front of the window that looks out to the rink, but you won't be able to hear the music.

OrioleBeagle, if this would be your first local skating competition, you should know that the rink will probably be quite cold. When I attend summer comps, I dress in layers and usually don't remove any of them unless there are a lot of spectators. Liberty, for example, gets crowded enough toward the end of the week that it warms up quite a bit. Still not like attending Nationals, though.

[olifaunt]

Dean Copely just tweeted that he and Charlotte Lichtman passed their gold dance tests. It's going to be interesting to see where they fit in next year. I loved their Beetlejuice FD.