The Dance Hall 6: We're All Off Our Rockers 2018-2019

[levineismine]

Early season prediction: Lajoie/Lagha for junior world gold.
I've seen the RD live and was really impressed with their speed.

 

[Bigbird]

Car/Pom FD. They look to be preparing for an impressive senior debut season.
FD

 

[Dobre]

Car/Pom FD. They look to be preparing for an impressive senior debut season.
FD

Of course they are. They're all Igor's got left. (I know. Exaggerating. A bit).

Carreira & Ponomarenko are very promising, and I like them quite a lot, especially Anthony. They have all kinds of potential. But I wish people would dial it back a touch. This is hype and while buzz can be great in ice dance, it's not always so great for young teams. On the plus side, C&P don't have all the pressure & expectations they had to face last year on the junior circuit so hopefully, they will come out and fight with nothing to lose.

The Finland GP is going to be so great! With Popova & Mozgov, McNamara & Carpenter, and Carreira & Ponomarenko all there. In addition to four high-ranked teams. (I love GP events in neutral dance territory). With so many openings on the GP, we get to watch the next generation start to make their mark.

 

[Debbie S]

Finlandia is going to be so great! With Popova & Mozgov, McNamara & Carpenter, and Carreira & Ponomarenko all there. In addition to four high-ranked teams. (I love GP events in neutral dance territory). With so many openings on the GP, we get to watch the next generation start to make their mark.

Have the entries for Finlandia been announced? I haven't seen that on here.

 

[SamuraiK]

Have the entries for Finlandia been announced? I haven't seen that on here.

Those are the entries for the Finlandia Grand Prix event. Finlandia Trophy havent been announced yet.

 

[Debbie S]

Those are the entries for the Finlandia Grand Prix event. Finlandia Trophy havent been announced yet.

Thanks! I didn't realize they were both called Finlandia. I'm going to be confused, lol.

 

[Sylvia]

Jordan Cowan is in Montreal filming some of the international dance teams - Smart/Diaz's Tango Romantica: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmcDMXTFxZo/?hl=en&taken-by=oniceperspectives

 

[Dobre]

From NRW Trophy:

Mueller & Dieck's RD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6XqANc1h_4
Mueller & Dieck's FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXkbMCy66Ho

Moscheni & Fabbri's FD: https://www.facebook.com/443946596058332/videos/396775997516651/

Thanks to @Jeschke for posting Mueller & Dieck's programs in the German Skating News thread.

Thanks! I didn't realize they were both called Finlandia.

No, it was my mistake Debbie. Just a typo. I edited above. Sorry for the confusion.


Meanwhile still waiting for video of the winning senior RD from the Quebec event.

 

[synian]

The canadanes free danse : https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ryzn5

 

[Madison25]

Car/Pom FD. They look to be preparing for an impressive senior debut season.
FD

They skate and look like a pair from 90-95 not 2018.

 

[Bigbird]

They skate and look like a pair from 90-95 not 2018.

True. For my taste it is a bit bland but what I appreciate is the polish and maturity they're trying to bring.

 

[Dobre]

They skate and look like a pair from 90-95 not 2018.

They do the "soft style" very well. Very light & controlled set downs in the lifts, etc. (I do think this look is better for them than the angst from last season's FD).

But they also have a fun & upbeat side to them that comes across very genuine, and I'm sad we aren't getting that this season (the above not being my thing). You're only a young team for such a short time. So often we miss out on the fun stuff in the push to look mature. Hopefully next year with the Broadway number.

 

[sap5]

They do the "soft style" very well. Very light & controlled set downs in the lifts, etc. (I do think this look is better for them than the angst from last season's FD).

But they also have a fun & upbeat side to them that comes across very genuine, and I'm sad we aren't getting that this season (the above not being my thing). You're only a young team for such a short time. So often we miss out on the fun stuff in the push to look mature. Hopefully next year with the Broadway number.

That FD looks like they're trying very hard to be artistic, but all that's coming across to me is the "trying very hard."

 

[Bigbird]

That FD looks like they're trying very hard to be artistic, but all that's coming across to me is the "trying very hard."

Well it's August. IMVHO, both their programs look decent for this time of the year. They really just need more time for this FD to breathe. I really like their RD though.

 

[Vinyame]

Meanwhile still waiting for video of the winning senior RD from the Quebec event.

I only found this:
https://twitter.com/voirism/status/1028447162009436160?s=20

 

[lauravvv]

Thanks a lot, Vinyame. The video is bad quality and incomplete, but it's at least something. They (F-B/S) are looking great for so early in the season. I am hoping for and expecting good things from them. But Soucisse/Firus will be worthy rivals for them.

 

[Dobre]

Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen's RD: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6s3ig8

 

[Peepsquick]

Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen's RD: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6s3ig8

Thanks, Dobre!

 

[nicotine]

Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen's RD: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6s3ig8

I like it

 

[Peepsquick]

I like it

I do too ... I just wish they would sometimes drop the lyrics and just use music.

 

[lauravvv]

Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen's RD: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6s3ig8

Thanks a lot, Dobre ?. Looking really well for this time in the season indeed. Of course, the program needs more work to be executed with greater precision and speed in some parts, but they have time.

 

[UMBS Go Blue]

And the Danes/Canadians are also competing today. We get a lovely look at one of my favourite guys, N. Sorensen later today. For that alone.....

There's been a lot to appreciate look at if you follow his Instagram.

 

[savchenkoboss]

I wish I could cheer four Fourner Beaudry and Sorensen but he isnt a nice person, is a very mean and unkind person, and it makes it hard for me to root for him. I do like their style though.

 

[Dobre]

It's OK. I'll cheer for them instead.

 

[escaflowne9282]

I wish I could cheer four Fourner Beaudry and Sorensen but he isnt a nice person, is a very mean and unkind person, and it makes it hard for me to root for him. I do like their style though.

Did he kick a puppy?

 

[Peepsquick]

Did he kick a puppy?

 

[supergirl573]

Did he kick a puppy?

He kind of grabbed his partner in a rough way to guide her to the picture that Team Gadbois at 2017 NHK Trophy. I remember Tessa and Scott not looking happy at him at glaring at him.

 

[lauravvv]

supergirl573 - I don't think we can judge from one such occasion (although perhaps savchenkoboss has more negative experience with him - I don't know). Who knows what had happened between them. They are also a couple off-ice. Not like it's okay to treat women roughly, whether it's your partner, your girlfriend/wife or a stranger, still - we just don't have the complete picture.

 

[Bigbird]

supergirl573 - I don't think we can judge from one such occasion (although perhaps savchenkoboss has more negative experience with him - I don't know). Who knows what had happened between them. They are also a couple off-ice. Not like it's okay to treat women roughly, whether it's your partner, your girlfriend/wife or a stranger, still - we just don't have the complete picture.

Please don't go down this road Nik.

Please let's not discuss this further unless he definitively gives us something to talk about. At which point I might hop on my gizmo and beat him senseless. I've had fantasies about doing that to Katsalapov but he seems to be doing that all by his lonesome.

 

[Dobre]

Once the videos are up, this sounds like an interesting exercise.

All right, the video is up. (Post #677). And we have time to kill before the first JGP. We have time if you can post a list of possible positive features? Or a link to a document with the page numbers for us to look at?

Protocols from Quebec are here. First element with a 5 point GOE spread on the page is the very first element at the top. (Ugh--pattern dance--we will probably fail at this, but what the heck? We can do the twizzles if we totally fail at the pattern dance. But let's start with the pattern).

https://resultats.patinage.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/21_det.pdf


Question to ask: How could one person on a panel validate giving a 1 while someone else could validate giving a 5? (My hypothesis with judge #2 on the twizzles is that he/she didn't watch the slow motion replay, but pattern dance first).