2023-24 Program Music and Choreographers

[Sylvia]

Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps FS
Free Skating:
Interview with a vampire

http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111074.htm

SP: "Oxygène" by Cirque du Soleil (mentioned in their HP interview today): https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...da-high-performance-camp.110924/#post-6462878

 

[Sylvia]

Gilles/Poirier spoke to the media at HP camp today and revealed their music (starting at 1:50) this their video: https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697020039067468209

RD: “No More I Love You’s” (from wiki:"a song written by British musicians David Freeman and Joseph Hughes and originally recorded by them as the Lover Speaks. It was released in June 1986 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album."
ETA that Annie Lennox made this song famous in 1995 - love her cover!

FD: Wuthering Heights (which movie soundtrack?) - eta that Paul said "it's very classical but it has a lot of angularity and an undertone of darkness..."

 

[skipaway]

Gilles/Poirier spoke to the media at HP camp today and revealed their music (starting at 1:50) this their video: https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697020039067468209

RD: “No More I Love You’s” (from wiki:"a song written by British musicians David Freeman and Joseph Hughes and originally recorded by them as the Lover Speaks. It was released in June 1986 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album."

FD: Wuthering Heights (which soundtrack?)

Nothing says ‘80s like music I’ve never heard. Of course, I’m not so cosmopolitan or worldly.

 

[tony]

Nothing says ‘80s like music I’ve never heard. Of course, I’m not so cosmopolitan or worldly.

You surely had to have heard Lennox's cover?

Anyways, here's the G/P version:

The Lover Speaks - No More "I Love You's" (Official Video)

1986

www.youtube.com

 

[skipaway]

You surely had to have heard Lennox's cover?

Anyways, here's the G/P version:

The Lover Speaks - No More "I Love You's" (Official Video)

1986

www.youtube.com

Oh my god, I don’t remember this song at all!

 

[Debbie S]

You surely had to have heard Lennox's cover?

Ah! I always thought that was Lennox's song. I was thinking this had to be a different song of the same name.

 

[Impromptu]

Ah! I always thought that was Lennox's song. I was thinking this had to be a different song of the same name.

Just watched the interview on Twitter... the Lennox version was the 90s, so they went back to the original version, and the other piece of music with it is "Addicted to Love" (Robert Palmer).

 

[manhn]

Interesting that they didn’t just lead with Addicted to Love as that is the more famous song. But even though I never realized Lennox’s version was a cover, the original sounds 80s.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen

RD: Top Gun
FD: Notre Dame de Paris

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697294086783242534?s=20

Looking forward to these!!!!

 

[Colonel Green]

Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen

RD: Top Gun
FD: Notre Dame de Paris

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697294086783242534?s=20

Looking forward to these!!!!

Tom Cruise wishes he had Nikolaj’s height.

 

[Colonel Green]

Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha
RD: “Thriller” by Michael Jackson
FD: “Roses” by Jean-Michel Blais

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697314160768352552

Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud
SP: “River” by Bishop Briggs
FS: Gladiator OST by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697318534517272647

 

[Rukia]

When will Notre Dame de Paris's reign of terror end

 

[Karen-W]

When will Notre Dame de Paris's reign of terror end

About 5 min after Exogenesis' terror ends?

 

[morqet]

Gilles/Poirier spoke to the media at HP camp today and revealed their music (starting at 1:50) this their video: https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697020039067468209


FD: Wuthering Heights (which movie soundtrack?) - eta that Paul said "it's very classical but it has a lot of angularity and an undertone of darkness..."

Sounds like the 1992 Ryuichi Sakamoto score

 

[Ananas Astra]

When will Notre Dame de Paris's reign of terror end

I wish the musical burned down instead of the cathedral's roof.

 

[overedge]

The 1980s-ness of the Rocky music is the problem. Fear/Gibson staked their claim doing high energy free dance programs and this year everybody will be doing 1980s RDs, so this is their moment to go in totally different musical direction for the free dance.

I don't think this music sets them apart or challenges them.

Plus, it's not good skating music. It's very choppy, and even when it has a consistent beat, it's a very simple beat that even learn-to-skate kids could follow.

And the choreography doesn't help. There's no reason (other than meeting the technical requirements) for one partner to pick the other up and glide around with them. It doesn't have to be a literal interpretation of the lyrics, but AFAIK boxers in training usually aren't gracefully lifting each other up and running around with them.

FWIW I forced Mr Overedge to watch the program, and as soon as the music started, he said, "when are they going to start punching each other?" And he nearly fell off the couch laughing when that's exactly what they did.....

 

[skipaway]

Plus, it's not good skating music. It's very choppy, and even when it has a consistent beat, it's a very simple beat that even learn-to-skate kids could follow.

And the choreography doesn't help. There's no reason (other than meeting the technical requirements) for one partner to pick the other up and glide around with them. It doesn't have to be a literal interpretation of the lyrics, but AFAIK boxers in training usually aren't gracefully lifting each other up and running around with them.

FWIW I forced Mr Overedge to watch the program, and as soon as the music started, he said, "when are they going to start punching each other?" And he nearly fell off the couch laughing when that's exactly what they did.....

I’ll be waiting for one of them to accidentally hit each other. Would be a fall deduction as well as an error in a required element. Double trouble!

 

[Spikefan]

You surely had to have heard Lennox's cover?

Anyways, here's the G/P version:

The Lover Speaks - No More "I Love You's" (Official Video)

1986

www.youtube.com

I only know the Lennox version but this one sounds like The Cure, I approve.

 

[Sylvia]

Bradie Tennell (USA)
SP: "Kammermusik" composed by Arash Safaian
Choreographer: Benoit Richaud
Clip from practice: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwp7BMatFlS/
Here's the full piece of music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAYVkpciw8c

Corey Circelli (CAN) - photos from the program: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwpi0SArZPE/
SP: Dying Swan (from Carnival of Animals) a.k.a. "The Swan" by Camille Saint-Saëns

 

[Wyliefan]

Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac (CAN)
RD: “Need You Tonight” and “Never Tear Us Apart” (INXS)
Choreographers: IAM team (presumably)

Molly Lanaghan/Dmitre Razgulajevs (CAN)
RD: “Footloose” (soundtrack)
Choreographers: Carol Lane & team (presumably)

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Skate Canada's high-performance camp is a clear sign that it's time for the country's top skaters to hit the ice for real in a new campaign. Here's what some of them are thinking.

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[Sylvia]

Gilles/Poirier spoke to the media at HP camp today and revealed their music (starting at 1:50) this their video: https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697020039067468209
...
FD: Wuthering Heights (which movie soundtrack?) - eta that Paul said "it's very classical but it has a lot of angularity and an undertone of darkness..."

I had suggested on Twitter/X "Could Gilles/Poirier's FD music be from the EMILY 2022 film soundtrack by Abel Korzeniowski?" and she re-tweeted me so maybe?

Roman Sadovsky (CAN)
SP: “Unconscious” by Charlie Winston with Marie-France Dubreuil at the Ice Academy of Montreal. (2+ mins. of him talking at HPC): https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697318081234641306

Wesley Chiu (CAN)
SP: “Kissing You” [song from the 1996 Romeo+Juliet film soundtrack] by Sam Smith
FS: Selections from "Kill Bill” soundtrack [also includes the cover of "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (by Jac Ross according to @shutterbug back in June) in the middle]
(1.5 mins. of him talking at HPC): https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1697298608016568603

 

[Nmsis]

Loicia Demougeot / Theo Le Mercier (FRA)
RD
Apache (Jump On It) by The Sugarhill Gang
Why Can't We Live Together by Sade

FD
Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
Waves (Chilly Gonzales Piano Remake) by Erol Alkan & Boys Noize

 

[Gris]

Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik

RD: Another Part of Me by Michael Jackson
Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

FD: Main Title Prologue (from "The Beauty and the Beast") by Alan Melken*
Transformations (from "The Beauty and the Beast") by Alan Melken
Overture (from "The Beauty and the Beast") by Alan Melken
Evermore (from "The Beauty and the Beast") performed by Josh Groban

Choreographer listed: Igor Shpilband

Source: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00115694.htm

(*Menken)

 

[Rukia]

I don't understand Igor Shpilband at all

 

[Karen-W]

I don't understand Igor Shpilband at all

Just when all we thought he could find in his CD collection were old pieces he's used before, out he comes with this...

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I don't understand Igor Shpilband at all

I mean, personally I think he's never surprising.

 

[Rhumba d’Amour]

Just when all we thought he could find in his CD collection were old pieces he's used before, out he comes with this...

Vadym did skate to Aladdin with Avonley—but of course, it was a RD, and they were juniors at the time. Maybe he’s a Disney guy? You never know

 

[Tinycities]

Didn’t they post on instagram that Benoit did one of their programs?

At least it looks like it’s the instrumental tracks.. besides the Josh groban yikes. Better than dealing with the Dan Stevens version again.

 

[Andrea82]

Egadze
SP: Ave Maria by Thomas Spencer-Wortley
FS: Nature Boy and El Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge

Choreos by Daniil

Gubanova

SP: Mojo by Claire Laffut
FS: Caruso by Lara Fabian, Lucio Dalla

Choreos by Olga Glinka, Valentin Molotov

Danilova/Tisba
SP: Everybody Wants to Rule the World (The Hunger Games soundtrack) by Lorde + The Hanging Tree (The Hunger Games soundtrack) by James Newton Howard, Jennifer Lawrence
FS: The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

Choreos: Nikita Mikhailov, Sofia Evdokimova

Pucherova/Lysak
RD: I Hate Myself For Loving You by Joe Janett & The Blackhearts ; I Love Rock'n'Roll by Joe Janett      ; Bad Reputation by Joe Janett 
FD: Come what may (Moulin Rouge)
Choreos: Luca Lanotte

Simova/Aksenov

RD:
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker jr.
I Can Wait Forever by Air Supply
Name Game by Laura Branigan
FD:
Yesterday by The Beatles performed by Andre Rieu
Hey Jude by The Beatles performed by Joe Anderson
Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles

Choreos: Matteo Zanni and Barbora Reznickova

 

[ChelleC]

Tango De Roxanne + choreography by Danny G = nightmare