Olympics.com Series on Benoit Choreography

[TanithandBenFan]

Olympics.com is doing a five part series on Benoit Richaud choreographing various skaters’ programs for this season. The first part was just posted:

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/videos/ink-on-blades-making-olympic-figure-skating-program-episode-1

 

[Wyliefan]

They missed the opportunity to call it I N K O N B L A D E S

(No, I am never going to stop making that joke.)

 

[Rackon]

Part 1 has a fair amount of Adam, Zingnik, Miniki, Donovan and Brady. Happy me!

 

[ice coverage]

Olympics.com is doing a five part series on Benoit Richaud choreographing various skaters’ programs for this season. The first part was just posted:

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/videos/ink-on-blades-making-olympic-figure-skating-program-episode-1

The companion print piece for the first video had some additional details that I enjoyed reading:

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-...ure-skating-program-benoit-richaud-interviews (Oct 18)​

And as of today, the first video also can be viewed on official YouTube channels for Olympic Figure Skating and Olympics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwYbScdiIXQ​

I look forward to future installments of the series.

 

[ice coverage]

Second video in the series:

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/videos/ink-on-blades-music-movement-figure-skating-episode-2

Ink on Blades: Music and movement
It all starts with the music. In the second episode of "Ink on Blades" we explore the importance of music for figure skaters, how they select tracks for their programs and what the very first sessions of putting together Olympic choreography on ice look like.

The video is approx. seven minutes long.

 

[Tinycities]

I will say this series is really humanizing Benoit.