The Dance Hall 11: Movin' On Up 2023-2024

[Karen-W]

Terrible news for Kudryavtseva/Karankevich -

Kudryavtseva & Karankevich on Instagram: "Hi everyone. This is Ilia speaking. Yesterday was very difficult day for us, especially for Angelina. Yesterday at practice one couple crashed into us on high speed. We were doing twizles, they were going ba

532 likes, 186 comments - angelinailia_cyp_official on August 30, 2023: "Hi everyone. This is Ilia speaking. Yesterday was very difficult day for us, especially for Angelina. Yesterday at practice one couple crashed into us on high speed. We were doing twizles, they were going backwards. And...

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They had a very bad crash in practice (he says neither team was to blame - they were doing their twizzles and the other team was skating backwards). The end result though is that Angelina has two broken bones and needs surgery on her leg, so they are out of the JGP this season.

 

[Marta24]

A little bit of info about the Taschlers' new FD. It's dedicated to their father, who passed away in 2019.

T H E I C E C A P T U R E on Instagram: "NATALIE AND FILIP An introduction to the new freedance of @the_taschlers choreographed by @matteo_zanni @denislodola We can’t wait to show you the videos of the Freedance very soon! We hope you enjoy this i

46 likes, 2 comments - theicecapture on August 31, 2023: "NATALIE AND FILIP An introduction to the new freedance of @the_taschlers choreographed by @matteo..."

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[Colonel Green]

My guess - Gilles/Poirier may be using the Emily 2022 film soundtrack by Abel Korzeniowski?

Piper retweeted your speculation, so that seems likely.

 

[Marta24]

Kaganovskaya/Angelopol split:

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1697232117757796753?t=bhlb50QIcnqR39xlN78HTQ&s=19

 

[VGThuy]

Piper retweeted your speculation, so that seems likely.

Are skaters watching us?

 

[Bigbird]

Kaganovskaya/Angelopol split:

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1697232117757796753?t=bhlb50QIcnqR39xlN78HTQ&s=19

Not surprising they outgrew each other and it must be awkward for them considering their personal relationship had ended? All the best to both...hoping she finds a good partner who can cope...the russian boys tend to be small in stature but gigantic in ego....no shade here on Valeri...just a difficult place...too much hype way too soon....

 

[litenkyckling]

Kaganovskaya/Angelopol split:

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1697232117757796753?t=bhlb50QIcnqR39xlN78HTQ&s=19

I don't engage with Russian skating anymore, so I haven't seen how they are now but I really liked this team in 2020/2021 so this is a shame! Their Romeo and Juliet was genuinely quite special - and I think why they had so many fans so quickly is that not only were they good but in an era where Russian junior dance is a bit messy and tasteless, they had chemistry beyond their years and some beautiful moments in their programmes.

 

[Wyliefan]

I've been wondering, does IAM have any junior teams at all this year aside from Scott's two young Canadian teams? I know they just had a couple of junior teams move up this season, but they don't seem in a hurry yet to add more. Seems odd to see so many of their teams dominating the senior scene, while all these strong junior teams are coming up from other coaching centers.

 

[Gris]

I've been wondering, does IAM have any junior teams at all this year aside from Scott's two young Canadian teams?

Kishimoto / Tamura and Fournier / Zhu are I.AM Montreal's junior teams this year, I think.

 

[Debbie S]

I've been wondering, does IAM have any junior teams at all this year aside from Scott's two young Canadian teams? I know they just had a couple of junior teams move up this season, but they don't seem in a hurry yet to add more. Seems odd to see so many of their teams dominating the senior scene, while all these strong junior teams are coming up from other coaching centers.

I think they have a Japanese junior team?

As posted upthread, they are starting a developmental program, presumably with the goal of developing more up-and-coming teams to fill their pipeline.

 

[Sonata]

I hope it’s Kate Bush!

This could be awesome and very voidy.

 

[Colonel Green]

Looking at the upcoming JGPs, the Osaka dance field looks set to be quite a matchup -- you have the entire podium from Bangkok, the silver medalists from Linz, and also Tkachenko & Kiliakov, whose scores by the end of last year were in the range to be in podium contention now.

 

[Wyliefan]

Looking at the upcoming JGPs, the Osaka dance field looks set to be quite a matchup -- you have the entire podium from Bangkok, the silver medalists from Linz, and also Tkachenko & Kiliakov, whose scores by the end of last year were in the range to be in podium contention now.

I noticed that! I've been wondering if we're going to have a repeat podium! It's not guaranteed, of course, given the other teams you mention, but it could happen.

 

[Karen-W]

Looking at the upcoming JGPs, the Osaka dance field looks set to be quite a matchup -- you have the entire podium from Bangkok, the silver medalists from Linz, and also Tkachenko & Kiliakov, whose scores by the end of last year were in the range to be in podium contention now.

I'm holding out hope that the FFSG has a moment of strategic clarity and they swap Fradji/Forneaux with Maliqueo-Repoux/Synelnikov who are assigned to Yerevan. Otherwise, I fear FradForn will wind up with bronze in Osaka and miss qualifying for the JGPF as a result.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

This could be awesome and very voidy.

"Babooshka", "Sat In Your Lap", "Experiment IV".

 

[Wyliefan]

By contrast, Istanbul's field is pretty wide open. It's a pity they couldn't have spread the Osaka wealth around a little!

 

[Karen-W]

By contrast, Istanbul's field is pretty wide open. It's a pity they couldn't have spread the Osaka wealth around a little!

Well, originally Istanbul had Hauer/Starr and Kudryavtseva/Karankevich in addition to Pinchuk/Pogorielov, plus Sabatini-Speciale/Buelow and Pedersen/Chen, so it wasn't a really light field. But with both HauSta and KudKar out due to injury, it does open the field up a fair bit.

 

[Gris]

Guignard / Fabbri's RD music: (from ISU App)

RD: Holding Out For a Hero by Adam Lambert, Bonnie Tyler
Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now) by Phil Collins
Holding Out For a Hero by Glee Cast, Bonnie Tyler

From ISU Communication 2560:

Any music is possible provided that the chosen version was originally released in the decade of the 1980s and maintains the essence of the 1980s.

I see a music violation deduction coming...

 

[litenkyckling]

Guignard / Fabbri's RD music: (from ISU App)



From ISU Communication 2560:



I see a music violation deduction coming...

They might argue that it maintains the essence?

 

[On My Own]

I see a music violation deduction coming...

Why?

 

[Gris]

Why?

Neither the Lambert nor the Glee version was released in the 1980s.

 

[On My Own]

Neither the Lambert nor the Glee version was released in the 1980s.

Bonnie Tyler apparently did sing those in the 80s, apparently. Which I guess isn't the "chosen version". But apart from the random Americans and Canadians who might be familiar with these songs, I doubt you're going to get that one Bulgarian or Israeli to go "hmm, that doesn't sound 80s to me!" for the overwhelming majority of these. Like literally if I show any of these ”choices“ to my parents they'll go ”wtf is wrong with these people to be listening to this type of music“, they're unrecognizable to the overwhelming majority of the world.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm with @Gris on this one. If they're supposed to be using original songs that were released in the '80s and not covers of songs released in the '80s, with the only acceptable later versions being remasters, then GuiFab are just begging for a music deduction. And don't put it past some of these tech panels to know perfectly well that neither Adam Lambert nor the cast of Glee were recording these songs in the 1980s.

 

[Wyliefan]

The other teams have been so careful not to use post-'80s covers, though. (Thank goodness, or we would have been hit with a lot of emo '80s.) So they must be thinking that the rule will be enforced.

 

[On My Own]

I'm with @Gris on this one. If they're supposed to be using original songs that were released in the '80s and not covers of songs released in the '80s, with the only acceptable later versions being remasters, then GuiFab are just begging for a music deduction. And don't put it past some of these tech panels to know perfectly well that neither Adam Lambert nor the cast of Glee were recording these songs in the 1980s.

Well they might confuse Adam Lambert for him:

 

[Marta24]

It's going to be interesting if the tech panel at Lombardia will pick this up. They will have the direct comparison between the original Bonnie Tyler version and the Glee Cover, since the Mrazeks, who will have their senior debut at Lombardia, are using the original version of the same song.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Using the Glee version of any song from any decade should be an automatic deduction anyway.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Guignard / Fabbri's RD music: (from ISU App)



From ISU Communication 2560:



I see a music violation deduction coming...

I had asked about this in the music thread, but I was definitely confused when I saw this. It specifically says "the chosen version was released in the 1980s" AND it maintains the spirit of the 1980s. I assume that means that it could be remastered for audio quality but not something like sampled.

Versions by Glee and Adam Lambert were not released in the 1980s, so it seems like they should not be eligible.

Do we think Guignard and Fabbri are just gambling that the ISU will not enforce it's own rules well? That's not unlikely, certainly, but I don't know that I'd bet on it.

 

[marbri]

Well if they get away with it then Piper and Paul should switch to the Annie Lennox version of their RD song (which they didn't pick because it was a cover of the orginal 80's song and done in the 90's).

Fascinating that Stopwatch Babs would make this mistake.

 

[Wyliefan]

Fascinating that Stopwatch Babs would make this mistake.

I was thinking the same thing -- they're normally so careful about everything!