2022–23 Canadian Ice Dance: News and Updates

[danafan]

@Colonel Green Looks like you missed Lauriault and Le Gac who were assigned to Skate America. 9 Canadian teams on the grand prix! I wonder if they will all be named to the national team.

 

[Alilou]

Piper took a sweet video of Molly and Dimitre finding out about their first GP. It's in her stories.

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[puglover]

I am so glad Piper and Paul are staying. The Canadian team needs their experience.

 

[coralline]

Could someone tell me where to find the results of NextGen Competition？Thanks！

 

[Wyliefan]

Could someone tell me where to find the results of NextGen Competition？Thanks！

Here are links to all the results pages:

https://skateontario.org/results/NGJULY23/index.htm

Also, if you have access to the Kiss & Cry section of the board, there's a whole thread in there about the competition.

 

[Sylvia]

9 Canadian teams on the grand prix! I wonder if they will all be named to the national team.

Yes.

Skate Canada announced the nine ice dance teams on the 2022-2023 National Team yesterday (July 25) - link to the GSD thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/skate-canada-announces-2022-2023-national-team.109802/

Piper Gilles, 30, Toronto, Ont. & Paul Poirier, 30, Unionville, Ont. (11th consecutive season on NT going back to 2012-13!)
Laurence Fournier Beaudry, 29, Montreal, Que. & Nikolaj Soerensen, 33, Montreal, Que. (4th consecutive season on NT)
Marjorie Lajoie, 21, Boucherville, Que. & Zachary Lagha, 23, Saint-Hubert, Que. (4th consecutive season on NT)
Carolane Soucisse, 27, Chateauguay, Que. & Shane Firus, 28, North Vancouver, B.C. (6th consecutive season on NT)
Marie-Jade Lauriault, 25, Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Que. & Romain Le Gac, 27, Nogent-sur-Marne, France (first time on NT after switching from FRA)
Haley Sales, 26, Kelowna, B.C. & Nikolas Wamsteeker, 26, Langley, B.C. (5th time on NT in past 6 seasons)
Alicia Fabbri, 19, Terrebonne, Que. & Paul Ayer, 24, Brossard, Que. (first time on NT)
Molly Lanaghan, 23, Doncaster, UK & Dmitre Razgulajevs, 25, Ajax, Ont. (first time on NT)
Miku Makita, 19, Annmore, B.C. & Tyler Gunara, 20, Burnaby, B.C. (first time on NT)

Re-posting all the 2022 ISU Grand Prix assignments (as of July 22) - 9 teams/13 spots:
Gilles & Poirier - SCI, Finland
Fournier Beaudry & Sorensen - France, NHK
Lajoie & Lagha - SCI, England
Soucisse & Firus - SkAm, Finland
Lauriault & Le Gac - SkAm
Makita & Gunara - SCI
Lanaghan & Razgulajevs - France
Fabbri & Ayer - England
Sales & Wamsteeker - England

Skate Canada tweeted the total scores & photos of the top 3 ice dance teams in the NextGen Camp's competition simulation that finished on Sunday: https://twitter.com/SkateCanada/status/1551404127284068352

Bashynska/Beaumont's FD music is to The Red Violin film soundtrack by John Corigliano at the beginning and end, with Jules Massenet’s "Elegie: O doux printemps d’autrefois" (violin piece) in the middle section.

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting here from the JGP general thread:

Canada confirmed entires in the first two events on their international assignments page. https://skatecanada.ca/events/#tab-id-2

JPG 1 Courchevel
CHAIMA BEN KHELIFA / EVEREST ZHU
LAYLA VEILLON / ALEXANDER BRANDYS [debut]

JGP 2 Ostrava
MARIANNE HUBERT / WILLIAM ODDSON [new team; debut]
HAILEY YU / BRENDAN GIANG

Alternates (4) for Courchevel as listed in the ISU entries:
Sandrine GAUTHIER / Quentin THIEREN
Emma GOODSTADT / Michael BARSOUM
Jordyn LEWIS / Noah MCMILLAN
Dana SABATINI-SPECIALE / Nicholas BUELOW - Skate Mariposa's post says they are assigned to the 4th JGP in Armenia: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgj3HzrrwxG/

 

[pointbleu]

Kudos to Marianne Hubert who is brand new to ice dancing for getting a jgp right off the bat!

 

[The Observer]

I am so glad Piper and Paul are staying. The Canadian team needs their experience.

Yes, it's great that Piper & Paul are staying. I had a feeling they would. When they were interviewed on CBC after Worlds by Scott Russell they said they were keeping their options open. It makes sense that they are keeping open the possibility of skating until 2024 Worlds in Canada.

 

[4rkidz]

I thought 4CC wasnt in Australia anymore? Or is Skate Canada not aware or updated? https://skatecanada.ca/events/#tab-id-2

 

[Gris]

Campbell / Fawcett's RD & FD and Hensen / Lickers' RD at Lake Placid, post by @stormsalysa on Twitter in this thread:

https://twitter.com/stormsalysa/status/1554897989147164672?s=21&t=YAFeNJ_SSQLKYzI20oHitQ

ETA: H/L's FD video has also been posted in that thread.

 

[victorskid]

Another team moving to the I.AM Ontario school: https://twitter.com/montreal_ice/status/1563584197587251200

The ISU Biography for Robinson & Portz: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111613.htm

 

[shutterbug]

Some hugely important ice dance news - Paul Poirier is no longer blond:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1564212578099896320

 

[Colonel Green]

Some hugely important ice dance news - Paul Poirier is no longer blond:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1564212578099896320

Order is restored.

 

[Sylvia]

Cross-posting here from the JGP general thread :

I am excited to see Dana Sabatini-Speciale / Nicholas Buelow compete in Armenia for Junior Dance. Last season they did really well - 3rd at Skate Canada Novice Challenge and 2nd at Skate Canada Novice Nationals. They competed at the NextGen Competition for their first time Junior in July and came 5th out of the 16 teams -- scored a total of 136.92 . I live streamed it and they were really good! They also just competed in another Ontario comp and came 1st with a total of 147.85 . Dana has a youtube channel with their performances from 2021/22 Nationals and videos from this year's Junior competitions so far, for anyone that wants to check them out! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Xo_GEWvqZcY5Ys00GKZ7g/featured

It will be nice to see Canada's top junior team Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont travel and compete with one of Canada's top new junior teams! I guess Skate Canada is using Bashynska / Beaumont as mentors for Sabatini-Speciale / Buelow -- I think that's a good idea!

I think I saw a social media page for Sabatini-Speciale / Buelow, but I have to find it again, so I'll post when I do.

Dana Sabatini-Speciale & Nicholas Buelow have a team account on Instagram (their individual Instagram accounts are linked in the profile page): https://www.instagram.com/dana__nicholas/

ETA - thanks, @icedancefan!!:

I was able to find social media accounts for Canadian Junior ice dancers Dana Sabatini-Speciale / Nicholas Buelow.

I forgot to mention that this team trains at Mariposa School of Skating with former ice dance Olympian Mitch Islam (partner Alexandra Paul). Dana represents Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club and Nicholas represents Barrie SC.

Dana's personal Instagram - dana_loves_skating
Nicholas's personal Instagram - nicholas_buelow19
Dana and Nicholas's Team Instagram - dana_nicholas

 

[Sylvia]

Kudos to Marianne Hubert who is brand new to ice dancing for getting a jgp right off the bat!

Yes, that's a very impressive achievement for her indeed! Best wishes to Marianne Hubert & William Oddson on their JGP debut this week in Ostrava - link to her excited post back on July 30: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgpLCbqLR00/

They're coached by Tyler Myles and he and Mylene Girard are listed as H/O's choreographers: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114236.htm

ETA - also wishing Hailey Yu/Brendan Giang well in their 3rd JGP assignment: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111085.htm

 

[Wyliefan]

Piper and Paul talk to PJ Kwong about their goals for the season, and drop a hint or two about their programs.

https://twitter.com/SkateOntario/status/1564983769773117441

 

[UMBS Go Blue]

Order is restored.

Now if he could clean up the scruff too.

And if he could keep wearing tight, bright pants this season

 

[shutterbug]

Lori Ewing article about "Coach" Scott Moir :https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...-following-footsteps-former-coaches-1.6569597

Moir hadn't considered coaching as a career, but he was so sold on the philosophy instilled by Dubreuil and Lauzon at the Ice Academy of Montreal (I.AM), he became the head of their satellite program in London, Ont.

"My time in Montreal changed . . . well, it changed my life. I know Tess feels the same way," Moir said. "I fell back in love with the sport again."

 

[Sylvia]

One ice dance team mention in Beverley Smith's High Performance Camp article, linked here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...2023-national-team.109802/page-2#post-6290012

Canadian ice dancing silver medalists Lawrence and Nikolaj Sorensen had a bad fall in practice about a week ago, and feel a bit banged up. “They’ll be fine, but it’s just better for them to stay home and not travel, and get healthy,” Slipchuk said. “It’s a long season ahead.”

 

[marbri]

One ice dance team mention in Beverley Smith's High Performance Camp article, linked here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...2023-national-team.109802/page-2#post-6290012

I was just coming to ask if one of them is injured again as I saw they were in instagram stories for an IAM party but the other Canadian IAM teams were at HPC.

 

[Colonel Green]

Marjorie's latest post about the summer, which includes video clips of Lajoie & Lagha's new lift modification and also a glimpse of their White Crow free dance from HPC.

 

[Colonel Green]

Miku & Tyler are scheduled to make their senior debut at the Nepela Memorial.

Marjorie & Zach will also be there.

 

[Sylvia]

On Ice Perspectives' latest video (uploaded on Sept. 9): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAs0GsWR3A0

Canadian ice dance team Sandrine Gauthier & Quentin Thieren practice their 2022-2023 Junior Free Dance to "Any Other World" and "Sound of an Orchestra" by @MIKA. They train under the Ice Academy of Montreal. Music mixing by Hugo Chouinard. Filmed in August 2022 by Jordan Cowan...

Wishing G/T, currently in 1st place in Riga, well for tomorrow's FD!

 

[Gris]

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1568254744594120707

From the reply to this tweet... Are Piper and Paul doing an Evita program?

(Disclaimer: I didn't watch the JGP broadcast and don't know what exactly Ted has said)

 

[Wyliefan]

Hmm ... I can't quite picture that. Unless they're planning to really ham it up.

 

[PeterG]

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1568254744594120707

From the reply to this tweet... Are Piper and Paul doing an Evita program?

(Disclaimer: I didn't watch the JGP broadcast and don't know what exactly Ted has said)

Hmm.

It won't be easy. Will we think it strange??

 

[Rhumba d’Amour]

Hmm ... I can't quite picture that. Unless they're planning to really ham it up.

And…that would be out of character, you think? I seem to recall them dipping their toes into camp at least once or twice before

 

[Wyliefan]

And…that would be out of character, you think? I seem to recall them dipping their toes into camp at least once or twice before

Nope, not out of character at all.

 

[Japanfan]

I'm sure P&P are ready to try something new. Why not Evita?