2021/2022 Canadian Ice Dance: News and Updates

[skategal]

Song for a Winter’s Night written by Gordon Lightfoot but performed by Sarah MacLachlan?

 

[marbri]

I suppose it could also just be them starting their journey down the road to the Winter Olympics with their eyes on the GOLDen door.

Thankfully we should know in the next few days if that competition is streamed.

 

[Impromptu]

If it does turn out to be "The Long and Winding Road" there is a beautiful cover version of it by Jane Monheit that mashes up TLaWR with "Golden Slumbers" that I could imagine they'd do a great job with.

 

[ostile17]

What about Good-bye Yellow Brick Road? Wasn't there a reference to Elton John from Paul some time ago?

 

[Colonel Green]

What about Good-bye Yellow Brick Road? Wasn't there a reference to Elton John from Paul some time ago?

They're doing Elton John for the RD, based on their posts.

 

[ostile17]

They're doing Elton John for the RD, based on their posts.

Ah, you're right!

 

[overedge]

Piper posts about program announcements coming soon.

"Programs for the people"

 

[haribobo]

SENIOR FD/TOTAL (Summer 2021)
Gilles/Poirier 132/221
Soucisse/Firus 113/188
Lauriault/Legac 111/184
Lanaghan/Razgulajevs 111/184
Fabbri/Ayer 107/179
Hensen/Lickers 92/149
Behiel/Behiel 77/134
Ianneta/Carr 77/126
Hollstein/Burger 75/121

 

[barbarafan]

SENIOR FD/TOTAL (Summer 2021)
Gilles/Poirier 132/221
Soucisse/Firus 113/188
Lauriault/Legac 111/184
Lanaghan/Razgulajevs 111/184
Fabbri/Ayer 107/179
Hensen/Lickers 92/149
Behiel/Behiel 77/134
Ianneta/Carr 77/126
Hollstein/Burger 75/121

was there any live streaming for the Ontario competition?

 

[danafan]

was there any live streaming for the Ontario competition?

Nothing on the Skate Ontario dailymotion page

Ice dance should be interesting this year. I would guess the top 3 and the Olympic team are pretty well set, but the battle to even get to 4CC will be close. Am so curious how these teams will compare internationally.

 

[mackiecat]

Nothing on the Skate Ontario dailymotion page

Ice dance should be interesting this year. I would guess the top 3 and the Olympic team are pretty well set, but the battle to even get to 4CC will be close. Am so curious how these teams will compare internationally.

I think there might be a fight for third

 

[Colonel Green]

Marjorie & Zach are the presumptive third team, but not so far ahead that they couldn't lose it depending on the day, is how I would look at it.

 

[barbarafan]

Nothing on the Skate Ontario dailymotion page

Ice dance should be interesting this year. I would guess the top 3 and the Olympic team are pretty well set, but the battle to even get to 4CC will be close. Am so curious how these teams will compare internationally.

exactly....you cannot take marks seriously given by our domestic judges especially when half of the performances are a big secret and they are not judged together.

 

[Colonel Green]

From Marjorie’s Instagram it looks like the dancers are flying to High Performance Camp now.

 

[Colonel Green]

The new issue of IFS includes a feature on Laurence & Nikolaj. Their RD is a George Michael medley ("Careless Whisper", "I Want Your Sex", and "Freedom"), while they are as generally expected keeping their FD. Nikolaj says they are not planning to retire after the Olympics, and hope to continue at least until 2024; and also that his citizenship should be finalized within a month.

 

[Colonel Green]

A real shame that Miku & Tyler had to withdraw from Courchevel II due to illness.

I saw the question raised whether they could be reassigned elsewhere, and I looked at the rules on this point, which just state:

No Skater (Lady, Man, Pair or Dance Couple) is allowed to participate in more than two events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, while each result will be taken into consideration for points (see paragraph 3).

Whether being assigned and then withdrawing before the event starts counts as "participating" isn't outlined, but in practice I don't see why anybody would object to them being assigned to one of the later events if they're healthy enough.

 

[tony]

A real shame that Miku & Tyler had to withdraw from Courchevel II due to illness.

I saw the question raised whether they could be reassigned elsewhere, and I looked at the rules on this point, which just state:

Whether being assigned and then withdrawing before the event starts counts as "participating" isn't outlined, but in practice I don't see why anybody would object to them being assigned to one of the later events if they're healthy enough.

Pretty sure there has to be some clarification stated somewhere that once you are drawn for a starting position, you are counted as part of the event and cannot be assigned elsewhere in terms of having 'two' events for the (Junior) Grand Prix. Otherwise, what would stop skaters from hypothetically having 'illness' or 'injury' in a stacked event, or flat-out feeling unprepared, and then rolling the dice to potentially get a later less-competitive event? Of course it would be a lot of extra traveling.

 

[skategal]

The new issue of IFS includes a feature on Laurence & Nikolaj. Their RD is a George Michael medley ("Careless Whisper", "I Want Your Sex", and "Freedom"), while they are as generally expected keeping their FD. Nikolaj says they are not planning to retire after the Olympics, and hope to continue at least until 2024; and also that his citizenship should be finalized within a month.

I really hope this RD doesn’t disappoint because it sounds like it will be SO amazing!

 

[Colonel Green]

Pretty sure there has to be some clarification stated somewhere that once you are drawn for a starting position, you are counted as part of the event and cannot be assigned elsewhere in terms of having 'two' events for the (Junior) Grand Prix. Otherwise, what would stop skaters from hypothetically having 'illness' or 'injury' in a stacked event, or flat-out feeling unprepared, and then rolling the dice to potentially get a later less-competitive event? Of course it would be a lot of extra traveling.

The federations already shuffle skaters around on the JGP for tactical reasons, though, since the entries aren't fixed. Anybody taking things like the field into mind in advance would shuffle out well before the draw. I don't think that's a real concern, particularly as this would really only be an issue with skaters simultaneously fearful enough of competition to bail out but somehow also so valuable to their federation that they could bank on getting another assignment despite having in effect wasted one.

 

[Colonel Green]

Natalie & Bruce's JGP Final qualification campaign gets off to a great start with a gold medal and the second-highest first event score of any team so far.

Sure, they got a bit of luck to get the gold, but hiring choreographers who understand the rules is part of the sport too.

 

[Sonata]

The new issue of IFS includes a feature on Laurence & Nikolaj. Their RD is a George Michael medley ("Careless Whisper", "I Want Your Sex", and "Freedom"), while they are as generally expected keeping their FD. Nikolaj says they are not planning to retire after the Olympics, and hope to continue at least until 2024; and also that his citizenship should be finalized within a month.

Love this idea for the RD! Surprised they are keeping the FD though....

 

[Colonel Green]

Also, on the I.A.M. stream from yesterday, Marjorie & Zach showed some new lifts, etc., including that one we saw them doing off-ice training for last year but which never made it into the program.

 

[danafan]

Nikolaj Sorensen shared on his instagram story a photo of a Canadian passport with a caption saying he got his Canadian citizenship!

Watch this story by Nikolaj Sorensen on Instagram before it disappears.

6,105 Followers, 669 Following, 287 Posts

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[Wyliefan]

Check out the Ice Dance Elite Instagram stories for a look at all Carol Lane's teams in their RD costumes. Piper and Paul's are blindingly orange.

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[marbri]

Check out the Ice Dance Elite Instagram stories for a look at all Carol Lane's teams in their RD costumes. Piper and Paul's are blindingly orange.

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Kudos to them for really going for that Elton John look. Who is the team beside them wearing a map/flag on the UK?

 

[Wyliefan]

Kudos to them for really going for that Elton John look. Who is the team beside them wearing a map/flag on the UK?

Lanaghan/Razgulajevs. They have a Spice Girls program.

 

[marbri]

Lanaghan/Razgulajevs. They have a Spice Girls program.

Thanks, that would have been my next question

 

[danafan]

I guess Paul and Islam got married. Trennt Michaud posted this on Instagram.

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[Sylvia]

I guess Paul and Islam got married. Trennt Michaud posted this on Instagram.

@jmtfti has posted more info/links in the Weddings thread : https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/royal-figure-skating-weddings.87599/page-14#post-6054480

ETA:

Silver for Canadians Fournier Beaudry and Sorensen at Lombardia Trophy

BERGAMO, Italy – Montreal ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen held on to the silver medal position after Sunday’s free dance to conclude the Lombardia Trophy figure skating competition, the first stop on the ISU’s Challenger Series circuit. The top-three remained unchanged...

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’Not the best free dance today, there were some small mistakes,’’ said Sorensen, also a silver medallist here with Fournier-Beaudry in 2019. ‘’But it’s still early in the season and we are just going to build from here. The feedback we got from here are both programs are really good.’’
Alicia Fabbri of Terrebonne, Que., and Paul Ayer of Calgary, ninth at the world juniors in 2019, took 12th spot.
‘’It was really amazing to get back competing,’’ said Fabbri. ‘’It’s been two years since an international event. Things started feeling normal again with the competitors around and the judges. And, of course, having some fans gives a boost to the performance.’’

 

[Sylvia]

2-minute video of Sales/Wamsteeker practicing (they "were in the Okanagan last week to visit family and train"):

B.C. ice dance duo now living in Ontario | Watch News Videos Online

Watch B.C. ice dance duo now living in Ontario Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Article:

B.C. ice dancers relocate to Ontario; now being coached by Scott Moir | Globalnews.ca

'We’re loving the skating out east; it’s exactly what we need right now. We miss home, but the skating is good.'

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