The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

[VGThuy]

Not the song… the term. For penis.

This song is our new cherry-popper.

I must be getting old because I don’t understand any of this. I thought it meant a safe space for all those who have been othered, primarily the LGBTQ+ community.

 

[Rukia]

Not the song… the term. For penis.

This song is our new cherry-popper.

yeah no I know they know that too just like they know hot to go is not about having a fun time shopping like the target commercial wants you to think

 

[EdgyIceMarks]

Wait, did the ISU Ice Dance Committee rework the beat count of edges and turns in the Rhumba pattern for the Juniors? (Quickstep seems to remain unchanged)

Rhumba chart and diagram (same ones used as recently as the 2017-18 season for Seniors)

https://imgur.com/gEP4H4W

https://imgur.com/xcKgCzr

Rhumba+Quickstep chart and diagram (for Juniors, 2025-26 season)

https://imgur.com/ufbDEgR

https://imgur.com/la2z1vy

I thought the idea of performing the Rhumba (originally 44 measures of 4 beats/min) and Quickstep (originally 56 measures of 2 beats/min, but now tempo is floored at 120bpm) in immediate succession was already chimerical enough, questioning how one should even mesh together these patterns of very different tempi. It seemed like with the 120 bpm minimum tempo requirement, the teams would need at least slightly accelerate their Quickstep pattern, but also either massively rework the tempo for their Rhumba pattern or do some funky tempo transition in their music in between. But reading the document more closely, they seem to have (a) introduced a unified standard of tempo, so that the duration of 1 beat count in Rhumba is set equal to 1 beat count in Quickstep, and (b) changed the relative length of each step in the Rhumba sequence. (i.e. it's not just a simple rescaling), presumably to accomodate for this discrepancy in original tempo of the two patterns somewhat.

So assuming that the two patterns are indeed being skated at the same tempo of 120bpm (minimum allowed) as an example, the changes in relative length of each step for the Rhumba sequence means some steps (e.g. Steps 1-5, or Step 12 between the wide-step choctaws) of the Rhumba are shorter than the original, while others (e.g. Step 11 and 13, i.e. the ones before and after the choctaws) are longer. I don't think teams would want to deviate considerably from the minimum allowed tempo though, unless they are fine with considerably fast-forwarding the entire Quickstep sequence (originally 112bpm) relative to the original.

This is a little strange... though to be fair, maybe these pattern step requirement not resembling the originals don't mean much when these teams now need to perform these two pattern steps originally intended with very differing tempi and dance moods in immediate succession under the same tempo potentially quite different from their originals, with relaxed hold requirements and being skated to 90s music that likely for many teams has little to do with either the Rhumba or Quickstep.

 

[jägerbomb]

I will stan ANY team (even the stale top 4) who chooses ESPN Jock Jams for their RD next season. Such a staple of late 90s radio...I don't want to admit how far I'd go to get this on Spotify.

Bonus points if Chock/Bates select this, they'd go down in history for using YMCA in consecutive seasons and different programs.

 

[Tinycities]

Koshiro shimada is switching to ice dance?

https://x.com/theanswerfigure/status/1920720485794386020

 

[YukiNieve]

Yes.

Ikra Kushida and Koshiro Shimada have teamed up as ice dancers!

Ikura will also compete in singles while Koshiro will focus on dance.

https://x.com/Kinoshita_Sport/status/19207226361679505

ETA：They will skate for Friends on Ice show in August.

 

[kwanette]

Yes.

Ikra Kushida and Koshiro Shimada have teamed up as ice dancers!

Ikura will also compete in singles while Koshiro will focus on dance.

https://x.com/Kinoshita_Sport/status/19207226361679505

ETA：They will skate for Friends on Ice show in August.

I am thrilled w this news!

 

[thvu]

Growing up in Orlando in the 90s, the mainstream pop station always played dance, and the better remix versions.

I will ship any team that skates to Jocelyn Enriquez “Do You Miss Me (Ibiza Remix)”.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[VGThuy]

Growing up in Orlando in the 90s, the mainstream pop station always played dance, and the better remix versions.

I will ship any team that skates to Jocelyn Enriquez “Do You Miss Me (Ibiza Remix)”.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

Now that takes me back! Imagine if someone skated to “A Little Bit of Ecstacy”

 

[Karen-W]

Shira Ichilov & Mikhail Nosovitskiy have announced their partnership.

‎SHIRA ICHILOV שירה 🎗️‎ on Instagram: "We are very exited to announce our partnership! Thank you to our coach Galit ,our federation, the Israeli Olympic committee and Ice Peaks for supporting us! it means everything to us!🇮🇱"

169 likes, 13 comments - shiraichilov_new on May 9, 2025: "We are very exited to announce our partnership! Thank you to our coach Galit ,our federation, the Israeli Olympic committee and Ice Peaks for supporting us! it means everything to us!🇮🇱".

www.instagram.com

 

[Karen-W]

So, no StepBuk for the Olympics after all...

 

[Dobre]

Ichilov & Nosovitskiy. I feel like reposting this :

Probably, though Ichilov is the same height as Nosovitskaya, plus Nosovitskiy has more experience than her current partner so if this winds up being a reshuffle, I suppose one should wait & see. Still starting all over again is starting all over again.

 

[Marta24]

So, no StepBuk for the Olympics after all...

Yeah, I am surprised how much RusFed fumbled the Ice Dance entries. They could have entered Kaganovskaya/Nekrasov as their first choice and StepBuk as their alternatives to secure the dance spot. If the ISU had cleared StepBuk, RusFed could have invented some sort of injury for K/N and send S/B instead. If (as it happened in this case) S/B are not cleared, they would have at least have a dance team at the Olympics even if K/N aren't RusFed's first choice.

Since the ice dance field is so deep, I am glad that RusFed was too stupid to play the system for once.

 

[Wyliefan]

Terrible news: Grimmskiy have split. No reason given except something about "different directions." ETA: No wait, I'm wrong -- he says something about Darya getting married!?

I honestly did not see this coming.

dasha💋 on Instagram: "Hello everyone, I have some news for you… after 5 years of skating together our journey has sadly ended. I‘m very thankful for the opportunity of skating together all these years, the experience and overall everything that we

46 likes, 4 comments - darya_grimm_ on May 16, 2025: "Hello everyone, I have some news for you… after 5 years of skating together our journey has sadly ended. I‘m very thankful for the opportunity of skating together all these years, the experience and overall everything that we achieved...

www.instagram.com

Michail Savitskiy on Instagram: "It’s with a heavy heart that I share this. After years of dedication, growth, and shared dreams on the ice, my partnership with Darya Grimm has come to an unexpected and emotional end. She has recently taken a new dir

46 likes, 7 comments - michail_savitskiy on May 16, 2025: "It’s with a heavy heart that I share this. After years of dedication, growth, and shared dreams on the ice, my partnership with Darya Grimm has come to an unexpected and emotional end. She has recently taken a new direction both in her...

www.instagram.com

 

[Marta24]

Why am I still watching Junior Ice Dance? First Vaclavikova/Morozov now Grimmskiy. These kids are driving me insane.

This is horrible for German Ice Dance. Hopefully, both can find good partners.

 

[coralline]

It seems that Dasha has married Grigorii Rodin, and probably will skate with him too.

He has skated with Xuantong Li until recently. Apparently it is difficult for him to get the approval from CFSA to skate for China.

 

[Marta24]

It seems that Dasha has married Grigorii Rodin, and probably will skate with him too.

Marco Pipani, a choreographer that works sometimes with the YGA teams, posted yesterday a story on his instagram that showed them skating together.

 

[Wyliefan]

She's only 18! I sure hope she knows what she's doing ...

 

[Marta24]

She's only 18! I sure hope she knows what she's doing ...

I hope so too.

I suppose Michail isn't going to have a difficult time to find a new partner, considering all the splits happening this season. Germany also hasn't a deep domestic field and he is pretty tall.

 

[Wyliefan]

If only Lara Luft hadn't just found a new partner, maybe they could have formed their own on-ice/off-ice team as well.

 

[PRlady]

Where is Rodin from? This is terrible!

This is the third young team I really liked to split, after Nguyen/Kol and Bash/Beau. Why won’t they think of their elders, damn it.

 

[Marta24]

Where is Rodin from? This is terrible!

Russia. He and Xuantong Li trained a while in Egna. He tried to get a release to skate for China.

From now on, I will only uber sibling teams. Much safer bet. Stay strong, Mrazkovi!

 

[PRlady]

Russia. He and Xuantong Li trained a while in Egna. He tried to get a release to skate for China.

And they’re going to let him skate for Germany? Fat chance.

 

[Marta24]

And they’re going to let him skate for Germany? Fat chance.

In the past they have released skaters to Germany, so who knows.

 

[Wyliefan]

This is the third young team I really liked to split, after Nguyen/Kol and Bash/Beau. Why won’t they think of their elders, damn it.

The skategods have decreed we can't have nice things.

 

[PRlady]

Russia. He and Xuantong Li trained a while in Egna. He tried to get a release to skate for China.

From now on, I will only uber sibling teams. Much safer bet. Stay strong, Mrazkovi!

Kiefer Hubbell and Rachel Parsons disagree.

 

[coralline]

I sincerely hope Misha goes to House of Diamonds and finds another partner in America.

 

[Wyliefan]

I sincerely hope Misha goes to House of Diamonds and finds another partner in America.

If you mean skating for America as well as training there, then they'd have to fight their way up through the ranks, get his citizenship, etc. Not that I wouldn't love to have him here, but surely things would be easier in several ways in Germany.

 

[Belsornia]

Terrible news: Grimmskiy have split. No reason given except something about "different directions." ETA: No wait, I'm wrong -- he says something about Darya getting married!?

Nooooo. 40 million depressions.

And please no more teen marriages in ice dance.

I honestly did not see this coming.

I know this season has been difficult for them, but it always seemed like they had a pretty solid and supportive partnership. From his post it sounds like it was quite unexpected for Savitskiy too. One sided splits are the worst.

What is ice dance without shocking breakups, but this season seems to have been particularly heartbreaking. Baby Brits, BaBeau and now Grimmskiy.


I know, I know. Don’t uber juniors.

 

[coralline]

If you mean skating for America as well as training there, then they'd have to fight their way up through the ranks, get his citizenship, etc. Not that I wouldn't love to have him here, but surely things would be easier in several ways in Germany.

Yes representing Germany will be much easier, though we are gonna have a Sara & Adrian situation here. I just hope he trains in America to stay with his fiancee Lara.