2018-19 Programs and Choreographers

[mag]

I don’t have all the details, but I understand that Sarah Tamura has recently had a new program choreographed by Mark Pillay. It will be interesting to see how Sarah develops this season now that the Olympics team pressure has been lifted.

 

[clairecloutier]

Pfund/Santillan's new LP is set to the Interstellar soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and choreographed by Alison Purkiss, as per this tweet from Josh.

Updated in spreadsheet

 

[el henry]

Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson announced their new partnership and said that Rohene Ward is choreographing their SP.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhhIFlVFnXE/

Jessica posted a boomerang clip of practicing the “funky” SP on her IG account, and Rohene said in a comment “Can’t wait to see you to start working on the long”. So I guess it’s two Rohene programs for Calalang/Johnson.

On my iPad and no idea how to paste the link

 

[levineismine]

Program news from Cain/LeDuc: "Our short is a super fun, jive piece and our long is from the movie W.E. "
Both choreo by Camerlengo
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiAkLu1jGaz/

 

[Sylvia]

Pfund/Santillan's new LP is set to the Interstellar soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and choreographed by Alison Purkiss, as per this tweet from Josh.

Link: https://twitter.com/joshesantillan/status/987472821306654720

Jessica posted a boomerang clip of practicing the “funky” SP on her IG account, and Rohene said in a comment “Can’t wait to see you to start working on the long”. So I guess it’s two Rohene programs for Calalang/Johnson.

On my iPad and no idea how to paste the link

Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh-CL2Gl6U0/?taken-by=jessicacalalang

ETA:

Benoit Richaud choreographed in Egna, Italy earlier this month (competitive programs, I assume?) for Wakaba Higuchi, Serafima Sakhanovich and Daniel Grassl: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhf1rvdnMHz/?taken-by=benoitrichaud

Richaud is pictured with the Knierims today at a rink: https://www.instagram.com/p/BiADMh6h7gc/?taken-by=alexa_knierim

 

[Ka3sha]

Sofia Evdokimova/Egor Buzin
Free Dance: Sarabande Suite (Aeternae), by Globus
https://instagram.com/p/BiFX2XdDd4A/

 

[Coco]

Thanks, everyone, for all the info!

Is Benoit a new choreographer for Wakaba? Who did the 007 program?

 

[russell30]

007 program for Wakaba was choreographed by Shae Lynn Bourne

 

[Ka3sha]

Alina Zagitova
SP: “The Phantom of the Opera”
choreographed by Daniil Gleikhengauz
https://instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

 

[Fairuza]

Alina Zagitova
SP: “The Phantom of the Opera”
choreographed by Daniil Gleikhengauz
https://instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

What an innovative choice of music...

 

[Wyliefan]

Alina Zagitova
SP: “The Phantom of the Opera”
choreographed by Daniil Gleikhengauz
https://instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

Cue the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I'm interested to see what they do with it, though.

 

[IloveFS]

Alina Zagitova
SP: “The Phantom of the Opera”
choreographed by Daniil Gleikhengauz
https://instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

I cannot wait to see it!!!!

 

[Tinami Amori]

Alina Zagitova
SP: “The Phantom of the Opera”
choreographed by Daniil Gleikhengauz
https://instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

I can see reasons behind such choice... but glad it is SP and not a full FS.

 

[Willin]

I don't think Zagitova's FS is going to be any more innovative. She seems to prefer more traditional choices... She's young and dynamic - give her some good rock or pop music. That would also hide her poor skating skills better than a more melodic piece of music.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

What an innovative choice of music...

LOL, Oh Dear.. I was just gonna post the same thing?

POTO? Come on, someone be creative this season..... Beuhler?

 

[MR-FAN]

What an innovative choice of music...

Well, we’re not gonna get a tutu

 

[Fairuza]

Well, we’re not gonna get a tutu

There’s always hope for the free, then...

 

[Tinami Amori]

Well, we’re not gonna get a tutu

she is getting too heavy on top for a tutu..
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiPqVjiDM8r/?hl=en&tagged=teamzagitova

 

[starrynight]

I remember reading Zagitova saying that she just gets presented with her programs. I think she said they were already choreographed before she went touring after the Olympics, but she didn't know what they were and she was excited to be told. So keeping that in mind, it's certainly not Zagitova's responsibility that a fairly uncreative choice has been made.

P.S Daniil seems to be making 'hand mask' choreography in that photo which no doubt is some kind of hint. I wonder if the twist is that Alina is the phantom?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

 

[RoseRed]

I remember reading Zagitova saying that she just gets presented with her programs. I think she said they were already choreographed before she went touring after the Olympics, but she didn't know what they were and she was excited to be told. So keeping that in mind, it's certainly not Zagitova's responsibility that a fairly uncreative choice has been made.

P.S Daniil seems to be making 'hand mask' choreography in that photo which no doubt is some kind of hint. I wonder if the twist is that Alina is the phantom?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

It doesn't necessarily mean anything. The mask is the iconic image of POTO after all.

 

[Tinami Amori]

I remember reading Zagitova saying that she just gets presented with her programs. I think she said they were already choreographed before she went touring after the Olympics, but she didn't know what they were and she was excited to be told. So keeping that in mind, it's certainly not Zagitova's responsibility that a fairly uncreative choice has been made.

It's not so black and white, as "Eteri and Daniil pick her programmes".... They have the final choice, true. It works kind of like this. When Zag and Med are sent to ballets and other performance arts, to get informed and to see what they like and how they feel about various themes, afterwards they are asked about what they saw and how it they feel about this or that.

Here is a video of them at the Ballet, and choosing from the Season Programme which ballets they will attend next, and Med is looking at "Carmen" and "Giselle" and then exclaiming "Oh! Anna Karenina!".... https://www.instagram.com/p/BiNGSpEDIXe/?hl=en&tagged=alinazagitova

 

[seabm7]

Vincent Zhou

SP: Nichol, completed
FS: Buttle, planned

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/03/the-lonely-road-of-a-teenage-olympic-ice-skater/

 

[SmallFairy]

Sondre Oddvoll Bøe is going back to Les Mis from some season ago for his FS. On his IG and blog he says he really struggled to find music this year, and that he feels the program still has more to give.

 

[clairecloutier]

Sondre Oddvoll Bøe is going back to Les Mis from some season ago for his FS. On his IG and blog he says he really struggled to find music this year, and that he feels the program still has more to give.

Thanks @SmallFairy. Do you have a link to his blog or Instagram? Thanks.

 

[drfj]

Thanks @SmallFairy. Do you have a link to his blog or Instagram? Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9sMJKRnvLQ

 

[SmallFairy]

Thanks @SmallFairy. Do you have a link to his blog or Instagram? Thanks.

Blog: http://www.sondreboe.no/2018/05/02/jeg-gar-tilbake-til-favorittprogrammet-mitt/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/BiTwAJHDrOv/?taken-by=sondreboe

Unfortunately it's in Norwegian...

 

[Alixana]

Alina Zagitova
SP: “The Phantom of the Opera”
choreographed by Daniil Gleikhengauz
https://instagram.com/p/BiPo-9ElQOR/

Speaking of warhorses

 

[AxelAnnie]

Speaking of warhorses

Oy Vey

Of all the music in the world..........................

 

[Sylvia]

New Rule for this thread : We are allowed to post the "oh no, not that old warhorse!" complaint a maximum of 2 times total in this entire thread. So keep track of yourself!

Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson announced their new partnership and said that Rohene Ward is choreographing their SP.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhhIFlVFnXE/

Jessica posted a boomerang clip of practicing the “funky” SP on her IG account, and Rohene said in a comment “Can’t wait to see you to start working on the long”. So I guess it’s two Rohene programs for Calalang/Johnson.

It's now confirmed that Rohene will choreograph their FS -- posted here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...updates-part-viii.102846/page-17#post-5357824

ETA:

Sondre Boe posted his program music yesterday but has now disappeared from the Instagram story. Iirc was a male singer songwriter, choreo by Mark Pillay.

"You are the Reason" by Calum Scott (noted in his Instastory)

Sondre Odvoll Boe shared a clip of him working with Pillay on his SP back on March 30: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg8sKhfli3c/?taken-by=sondreboe

Odvoll Boe wrote about his experience working with Pillay in his April 24th blog post: http://www.sondreboe.no/2018/04/24/jeg-gjorde-noe-helt-nytt/
Google translated excerpt:

Working with Mark was seriously awesome. We soon became good friends and had a lot of fun together throughout the process. Although the music is in the same genre that I used before, the program itself is very different. Mark has a completely different way of moving on than I have done before. He has been doing a lot of modern dance so I had to do some dance movements, which was a little different to what I used to.

 

[Aerobicidal]

Hearing that Zagitova is skating to Phantom made my face convulse into a rictus in shock/horror so violently that I can't move half of it anymore.