2025 Skate Canada Free Dance PBP - I Know What You Did Less One Ear

[Aaron MB Fan]

Every time I see Leah & Artem skate I am reminded about their marriage and it creates a distraction for me to get into their skating.

 

[~tapdancer~]

So the first two teams both had an invalid element?

 

[MacMadame]

I like how they interact with each other on ice. He has the teknik and she has the performance. Not a bad combination.

 

[peibeck]

He did it much more dramatically yesterday.

I know, but I wasn't expecting a sequel.

 

[cholla]

FD* maybe you need to drink instead! And you get this TWICE

Ooops! Unfortunately Neset/Markelov did nothing to prevent my hanging myself... I maybe need to have a shot of Italian liquor yes!

 

[Wyliefan]

N/M skated so tiny.

It's strange, because they're capable of skating much bigger. They have in other programs.

 

[cygnus]

they cant possibly be Napoleon and Josephine

Napoleon and Marie-Louise?

 

[shan]

99?? Huge ouch on that one.

 

[peibeck]

Ooops! Unfortunately Neset/Markelov did nothing to prevent my hanging myself... I maybe need to have a shot of Italian liquor yes!

Absinthe!

 

[Braulio]

99.68 FD score

harsh

 

[Karen-W]

This side torso ruffle on Jennifer's dress is so unfortunate.

 

[her grace]

I know the USFS threw a lot of support behind MIDA at its formation, but I haven't seen anything out of that school in their three seasons of existence that make me think they've got the special sauce needed to push their teams into greatness.

I think the Whites needed to cut their teeth in novice and junior. They were not ready to start with seniors making worlds teams and it shows.

 

[Desperado]

with the whites divorcing, greg should seize the day and find a coaching partner with a less dowdy vision

What?! I'm so out of the loop...

 

[peibeck]

Benjamin's shirt looks like it needs antibiotics and a suture.

 

[~tapdancer~]

I don't doubt why Fear and Gibson are so loved. Music means a lot. So now, a third program with boring music.

And you know it's true when Canadian fans are bored.

 

[just tuned in]

This side torso ruffle on Jennifer's dress is so unfortunate.

Ruffle on her backside like the sigmoid colon.

 

[genevieve]

this may be the least fierce spanish program I've seen

 

[cholla]

Every time I see this FD, my reaction is: there was a movie about Napoleon?

There were many movies about Napoléon. They just didn't pick out the right one

 

[PRlady]

I like how they interact with each other on ice. He has the teknik and she has the performance. Not a bad combination.

I think they have a lot of promise and the FD is disjointed but interesting. Maybe a coaching change and maybe a different choreographer. How many points did they lose in the last elements?

Disappointing comp for both mid-rank US teams. And Somerville is stuck until he changes partners, she will never have the extension and edges and performance ability needed to advance.

 

[floridaice]

This side torso ruffle on Jennifer's dress is so unfortunate.

really messes with her line - the back cutout and the ruffle just don't work. Give her a solid red dress with a black lined skirt

 

[Belsornia]

The PG interpretation is that that’s a giant wound on the back of Benji’s shirt.

 

[tony]

Daddy took his happy pills today apparently because I also really liked this. The choreographic elements fit so well throughout and especially at the end, the rotational lift is always a major highlight.

 

[thvu]

Wow, loved that from Jen & Ben. This program has great composition, ever element feels natural to the program and where it needs to be. Love that moment where the end of the twizzles immediately starts the choreo steps. And then end on a great combination lift that goes so well with the music. The program construction is so good, atypical, and such a breath of fresh air.

 

[marbri]

The PG interpretation is that that’s a giant wound on the back of Benji’s shirt.

What's the R rated interpretation?

 

[skatingguy]

Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan
Rank after RD: 8
Coach: Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalia Karamysheva
Music: La Maza, Ameksa

One Foot Turns W:2 M:3 (W:2 M:2 after review)
Straight Line Lift 4
Serpentine Step Sequence W:2 M:1
Dance Spin 4
Choreo Spinning Movement
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Assisted Jump/Lifting Movement
Curve Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4

Very enjoyable performance, and a good skate for this team. Benjamin is a bit stiff for my tastes in ice dance, but he is a dependable partner for Jennifer as she performs the various tricks in the program.

108.37 = 1st Place
178.28 = 1st Place

 

[peibeck]

Great lift to close, but their skating always looks labored to me. The Germans do manage to skate to the beat of the music though, so I do appreciate that about them.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

The Germans seem to have improved and are more interesting, the crowd was pretty into the program especially toward the end. Risky to do the twizzles right in front of the judges, credit to them.

 

[Braulio]

at least the flamenco program close with a high tempo and good energy from them, but overall the choreo is basic

 

[I Luv Bulldogs]

What?! I'm so out of the loop...

Me too. Saw them on a plane from Costa Rica to LA just after they were married. I thought they might be returning from their honeymoon.

 

[Belsornia]

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