2018 Skate Canada High Performance Camp

[danafan]

There's nothing on their website about it, but it's going on now. There are some clips on the Skate Canada's instagram stories, if you have an instagram account and want to check it out. The hashtags are #HPCamp18 and #CampHP18

https://twitter.com/goldenskate seems to be tweeting a lot.

 

[Sylvia]

Ladies
Gabrielle Daleman https://www.instagram.com/p/BnESKA3D42S/?taken-by=goldsk8
Larkyn Austman https://www.instagram.com/p/BnETytSD3XM/?taken-by=goldsk8
Alaine Chartrand https://www.instagram.com/p/BnEXbkyjcjL/?taken-by=goldsk8

Men
Keegan Messing https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034834589318098944
Nam Nguyen https://www.instagram.com/p/BnEYc0ljVRa/?taken-by=goldsk8
Kevin Reynolds https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034832297340661761
Nicolas Nadeau
Roman Sadovsky

Pair
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034807620799012864
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034814675534397441
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034812920549572608

Ice Dance
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje https://www.instagram.com/p/BnEXnkeDUY_/?taken-by=goldsk8
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034822738941292552
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
ETA: Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen

(I've listed everyone with a Grand Prix assignment, plus Weaver/Poje and FB/S.)

 

[Sylvia]

"Emotional, Weaver and Poje explain their choice of FD music to the Kazakh piece SOS D’Un Terrien as a tribute to Denis Ten" (interview clip): https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034828316119916549

"Weaver says they still have a passion for skating and competing; will skate their 2018/2019 competitive programs in the Thank You Canada tour to pick back up in January at Nationals": https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034825330048081925

ETA more music news from GS' social media photos (linked above):

Gilles/Poirier: "... their warmer SD tango motivated by their FD in 2017 and a FD inspired by VanGogh’s relationship with art"
Austman: "SP set to Bang Bang and LP to The Sound of Silence"
Chartrand "has chosen a dark SP set to Westworld"

 

[Alvyne]

Fournier-Beaudry and Sorensen are also at the camp per his Instragram stories.

 

[Alvyne]

"Emotional, Weaver and Poje explain their choice of FD music to the Kazakh piece SOS D’Un Terrien as a tribute to Denis Ten" (interview clip): https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1034828316119916549
"

I wonder if its's SOS d'un terrien en détresse from Starmania. If so it's not a Kazakh piece (it's in French), but they might have a version sung by a Kazakh singer.

Here is Bruno Pelletier's version : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA0oyKJFsyE

Gregory Lemarchal : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4R8Ls5iwik

ETA : I found this version by a Kazak singer Dimash Kudaibergen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyUu2ZS4VBA. Not bad, but as a French speaker who knows this song very well, the lyrics are incomprehensible.

 

[Sylvia]

Denis Ten's FS last season was to "SOS d'un terrien en detresse" by Michel Berger performed by Dimash Kudaibergen.

https://www.inform.kz/en/denis-ten-comes-back-to-ice-to-dimash-s-song_a3075363

 

[starrynight]

From what I understand, Denis introduced Weaver/Poje to the music and the free dance was planned while he was still alive. But then after his passing, it has turned into a tribute program.

 

[Sylvia]

Lori Ewing's media day article (includes quotes from Messing, Moore-Towers, Weaver, Gilles, Daleman): Post-Pyeongchang departures means new opportunities for Canadian skaters

 

[patinage]

I wonder if Weaver/Pope will skate to the French version or the English version of the song.

Brian Orser skated to the English version (Only the Very Best) for the 1996 Canadian Stars on Ice tour.

 

[RoseRed]

I wonder if Weaver/Pope will skate to the French version or the English version of the song.

Brian Orser skated to the English version (Only the Very Best) for the 1996 Canadian Stars on Ice tour.

They are doing the version that Denis used by the Kazakh artist Dimash Kudaibergen. It's in French, although some fo the pronunciation is ... interesting as someone who speaks French.

ETA: maybe they aren't. Kaitlyn said something about them finding their own version in the video clip.

 

[danafan]

A few interviews on Skate Canada youtube:

Daleman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0XZJne2ooo
Moore-Towers/Marinaro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pBBnvbvzVc
Walsh/Michaud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3T5ZsdeVcA
Austman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lj75xDQkPI

 

[ChiquitaBanana]

I wonder if its's SOS d'un terrien en détresse from Starmania. If so it's not a Kazakh piece (it's in French), but they might have a version sung by a Kazakh singer.

Here is Bruno Pelletier's version : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA0oyKJFsyE

Gregory Lemarchal : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4R8Ls5iwik

ETA : I found this version by a Kazak singer Dimash Kudaibergen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyUu2ZS4VBA. Not bad, but as a French speaker who knows this song very well, the lyrics are incomprehensible.

Just a little note to say that Dimash's youtube version has more than 2 000 000 views...

I was going to say the same. Starmania is a cyberpunkrock (!) opera (named Tycoon in its English version), a Canadian/French production as the music is from Berger and the lyrics from Luc Plamondon. Many French and Canadian singers got to play in the show along the years, such as Isabelle Boulay, Daniel Belavoine, Diane Dufresne, etc.

There are many well-known songs from the show as :
Le Monde est Stone (Garou)
Ce soir on danse à Naziland
Le Blues du Businessman
Un garçon pas comme les autres (Celine Dion)
(among others)
It is truly well-known within the French speaking countries, as equal as Notre-Dame-de-Paris (they will be starting a new production in few months btw).

 

[skatingguy]

Brian Orser skated to the English version (Only the Very Best) for the 1996 Canadian Stars on Ice tour.

How do you remember that, or did you look it up? I can't remember what most of skated to last year in their competitive programs, let alone a show number from two decades ago.

 

[ChiquitaBanana]

How do you remember that, or did you look it up? I can't remember what most of skated to last year in their competitive programs, let alone a show number from two decades ago.

I still remember when Todd Eldredge skated to "This is the Moment" from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde show in 1996...

 

[binbinwinwin]

Dimash shot to fame internationally after participating in an incredibly popular Chinese competitive singing show, participants earn millions per episode supposedly. I think it's just GS's mistake calling it a Kazakh piece, Kaitlyn did say "we found our own version" so it may not be Dimash's at all, just a Denis connection.

 

[cheremary]

Did Denis ever mention how he came to find this piece of music? I always assumed it was from Brian Joubert, whom he trained with in Poitiers for some time. Brian had used the Grégory Lemarchal version as an exhibition program for many years.

 

[lauravvv]

marysy - I don't know for sure, of course, but I assume he noticed this specific version as it was sung by a very popular Kazakh singer who was already mentioned here several times (Dimash Kudaibergen).

 

[binbinwinwin]

Denis said that it was David Wilson's idea but by coincidence he had met Dimash a few days before that at an event in Kazakhstan. He said so in this interview.

 

[Sylvia]

Ted Flett's interview with Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (23 mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdca0PE4-aw

 

[danafan]

More interviews:

Soucisse/Firus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRFp91zRN4g
Nguyen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzXfS79RGuk
Weaver/Poje: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNCyG_NgabQ
Gilles/Poirer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxJHBGns9SI
Messing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6gQrvs7SNk
Reynolds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMJl2GzxB5g
Nadeau (en français): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhbVSZm-IwA

 

[danafan]

LOL so from the Skate Canada Instagram stories they had a team building thing where they had to assemble a bicycle. I wonder how this compares to the team building activities at the US champs camp.

 

[jmtfti]

They've done this in the past -- 2011's, I want to say. It's a charitable activity; the bikes are donated to a children's organization.

 

[Sylvia]

Pj Kwong: "Ever wondered how those cool shots get produced ? Am excited to be at #paramountfinefoodcentre [in Mississauga] for #shoot with @cbc.sports !"
Check out her IG for photos & clips: https://www.instagram.com/pjkwong/

ETA:

Thanks @victorskid for mentioning (below) the high performance camp interview clips uploaded on Pj's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PjKwongWordbroker/videos

 

[victorskid]

Pj Kwong: "Ever wondered how those cool shots get produced ? Am excited to be at #paramountfinefoodcentre [in Mississauga] for #shoot with @cbc.sports !"
Check out her IG for photos & clips: https://www.instagram.com/pjkwong/

PJ has also posted a number of short interview clips on her YouTube channel.

 

[Colonel Green]

It must be quite a change for Fournier Beaudry and Sorensen to suddenly be part of a fed with such a large apparatus.

 

[skatingguy]

It must be quite a change for Fournier Beaudry and Sorensen to suddenly be part of a fed with such a large apparatus.

But they might lose some of the independence that being part of a small federation with no history in the sport afforded them. It will certainly be something to adjust to, but given where they train I'm sure the adjustment will not affect them negatively.

 

[Frau Muller]

A few interviews on Skate Canada youtube:
Austman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lj75xDQkPI

Is she skating to Dracula? All of the singles ladies have way too much make up but this one is ridiculous. What works for skating under bright lights doesn’t work for close ups.

In contrast, the women in pairs and dance teams look very natural.

My favorite new look on a man: Kevin Reynolds’ curls!

 

[Japanfan]

Is she skating to Dracula? All of the singles ladies have way too much make up but this one is ridiculous. What works for skating under bright lights doesn’t work for close ups.

I think the ladeez do their make-up so to stand out as far back as the folks in the bleachers.

IMO most female skaters wear far too much make-up, though I don't understand that TV lights and cameras demand a certain amount of it. Granted, I was never one to wear make-up - I tried when I was young but was allergic to all that I put on, so never did get into the habit.

My favorite new look on a man: Kevin Reynolds’ curls!

He's done well to tame that hair.

 

[barbarafan]

I am wondering why Justine Brasseur and Martin Bardai were not at high performance camp? I find that strange as much of their content is far superior to current pairs. Or did I miss them?

 

[honey]

I am wondering why Justine Brasseur and Martin Bardai were not at high performance camp? I find that strange as much of their content is far superior to current pairs. Or did I miss them?

High Performance Camp is typically for athletes on the national team, which is the top 5 at nationals. Brasseur/Bardei did not compete last season and thus did not meet that criteria.

Exceptions have been made in the past with adding people to the national team for returning skaters, or skaters who missed nationals due to injury (think Chan in 2015/2016 and Weaver/Poje in 2013/2014), but not that I can ever remember for a brand new team. Fournier-Beaudry/Sorenson were there, so one would assume they have been added to the national team as exceptions. They didn't compete for Canada last year obviously, but their previous work obviously merited them being added. As good as Brasseur/Bardei are and as much potential as they have, I don't see that meriting a spot on the national team with a single competition under their belt.