2024-25 Program Music and Choreographers

[TanithandBenFan]

Update:
FD: "It Had to Be You" by Harry Connick Jr. from the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack

Three Titles Decided At 2024 Irish Figure Championships – Ice Skating Ireland

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I'm so glad they're using the Harry version!

 

[Wyliefan]

Minsol Kwon (KOR)
FS: "A Thousand Times Good Night" by Abel Korzeniowski from the Romeo and Juliet (2013) soundtrack
Choreographer: Yeaji Shin

[인터뷰] 꽃을 전하는 아이에서 마음을 전하는 피겨스케이팅 국가대표로, 피겨 권민솔

평소에는 얌전하고 말이 적고 책 읽기를 좋아하는 소녀지만, 빙판 위에서는 아이코닉한 자기만의 이미지로 국내외 피겨스케이팅 관계자에게 본인을 각인시킨 스케이터. 김연아

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Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA)
SP: "Toxic" by 2WEI
Choreographer not listed

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[Wyliefan]

Chloe Nguyen/Brendan Giang (CAN)
RD: "Blame It on the Boogie" by The Jacksons/"Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire
Choreographer: Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe (presumably)
2024 BC/YT Section Super Series High Performance

 

[Wyliefan]

Chloe Nguyen/Brendan Giang (CAN)
FD: "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles
Choreographers: Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe (presumably)
2024 BC/YT Section Super Series High Performance

 

[Wyliefan]

Thanks to @YukiNieve for all these program IDs from the Chesapeake Open!

I was there for Novice (Tango), Junior (RD), Senior (RD).
I Shazamed some music, and my apologies if I got them wrong.
(Also let me know if I spelled the names incorrectly).

Novice:
Carhart & Bledsoe were impressive, and they were 1st.

Junior (by skating order):
Renzi & Lissauer(ISP): Shake A Tail Feather/Think
They had a fall later in the program but kept smiling till the end.

Epps & Gilman(ISP): Heartbreak Hotel Etc. (Presley medley)
A bit shaky during the rotational (?) lift.

Deych & Hu: Boogie Wonderland/Shake Your Bootie
They were cute.

Mullen & Mullen: Stayin' Alive/Saturday Night Fever/You Should Be Dancing
Nice speed and unison! Big applaud for twizzle.

Aboian & Veselukhin: Heart of Glass(Blondie)/Knock on Wood(A Stewart)
I was very impressed by their performance. Big and impressive body movements.

Senior (by skating order)

Konicius & Shchepetov: A little Less Conversation/Bossa Nova Baby (E. Presley)
Comical and interesting movements.

Melillo & Schapfel: Lotta Lovin' Etc.
Another cute performance.

Karnes & Carr: Come Together/Twist & Shout/Get Back(Beatles)
I loved their dance. Very energetic and expressive program!

Ms. Melanie Heaney was taking photos, so hopefully we will see them.

Debbie was here on Friday, so I think she can give us more expert observations!

Novice FD:
Urban & Gutman - Little Mermaid
A bit unstable twizzle. Cute performance.

Aisin & Moore - Stand By Me (Florence + The Machine)
I enjoyed their dance!

Huang & Mintz - Besame Mucho (Lara Louise)/Bailame (Gipsy Kings)
Impressed by their lift. They were having fun!

Carhart & Bledsoe - Czardas
"Formal" ice dance and I loved it.

Lukanin & OBrien - Perfect/Let's Get Loud
Fun performance. Her costume changed in the middle.

Junior FD
Epps & Gilman - Truman Sleep

Renzi & Lissauer - Warriors/The Call (League of Legends)
Nice costume/choreography expressing the music well. Seems a bit tired at the end.

Aboian & Veselukhin - Clarinet Concert in A Major, K.622/Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)
I became a fan! Their line, extension and expression are beautiful.
https://x.com/YukiNieve/status/1804384058803093604 (my terrible photo since there is a huge net in front of our seats, lol)

Mullen & Mullen - La Terre vue du Ciel
Dramatic and expressive performance.

Deych & Hu - Wedding Bows/Come, Gentle Night/Forbidden Love
Their hydro was really nice.

Senior FD
Koncius & Shchepetov - Kissing You (Romeo & Juliet)
It's a warhorse music but I think this choreography and their performance express the music really well.

Melillo & Schapfel - El Mariachi/Siente Mi Amor/Malaguena

 

[Wyliefan]

Romy Malcolm/Kobi Chant (AUS)
FD: Instrumental music from Chess
Choreographers: Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe (presumably)
2024 BC/YT Section Super Series High Performance

 

[Karen-W]

Meghan Fredette/Danylo Siianytsia (USA)
SP - "Lovers" by Jackie Evancho
FS - "My Immortal" by Evanescence

as announced on Trudy Oltmanns' IG - no choreographer listed

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Chloe Nguyen/Brendan Giang (CAN)
RD: "Blame It on the Boogie" by The Jacksons/"Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire
Choreographer: Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe (presumably)
2024 BC/YT Section Super Series High Performance

Let’s Groove came out in the early 80s. They’re a season too late!

 

[coralline]

Tasha Lai＆Mickey Becker-Pos
（Canadian Jr Ice dancers who will represent Chinese Taipei this season）

RD：Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder；Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John
FD：Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight by The Beatles & Jennifer Husdon
https://youtu.be/IXnaNdiIVqE?si=gqFd5AgaZvCByo24

Choreographers: Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe (presumably)
2024 BC/YT Section Super Series High Performance

 

[coralline]

Chloe Nguyen/Brendan Giang (CAN)
FD: "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles
Choreographers: Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe (presumably)
2024 BC/YT Section Super Series High Performance

the video is here：
https://youtu.be/hMZj0dEyJEY?si=apZMhE52rDLiAkHD

 

[Wyliefan]

Logan Higase-Chen (USA)
SP: "Fantasy on Ice" by Maxime Rodriguez, performed by Sarah Alainn
Choreographer: Jamie Isley

FS: "Los Moros" by Gino D'Auri/"Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz
Choreographer: Lori Nichol

U.S. Junior champ Logan Higase-Chen prepares for 2024-25

Logan Higase-Chen In her second season as a junior, USA's Logan Higase-Chen medaled at both international events, taking a silver at 2023 Cranberry Cup

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(Thanks to @Stephanie for the link)

 

[kwanette]

Shae-lynn Bourne is choreographing Kazuki Tomono's sp..No announcement of music yet.

 

[coralline]

Elliana Peal & Ethan Peal
FD：Pearl Harbor Soundtrack
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8vDlwhRVqv/

 

[Wyliefan]

Ilia Malinin (USA)
SP: "Running" by NF
Choreographer: Shae-Lynn Bourne

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So I guess he's heeded all the advice he got to skate to some music that's really personal to him, as he did with that gala number (also by NF).

 

[airgelaal]

Donovan Carrillo
SP: “Hip Hip Chin Chin”
Choreographer: Romain Haguenauer
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8xolLQxx60/

 

[Wyliefan]

Many thanks to @YukiNieve for collecting all these Japanese skaters' programs!

Dreams on Ice where all Japaneses skaters will skate new programs just began and my friends in the arena have been reporting the music by watching their run-through practices, so I will write some notes here. Sorry if there are any mistakes. The list may not be complete since these notes are from run-through practices.

Skating order is here: https://www.onice.jp/order.pdf
Most skaters skate only SP for 4 presentations over 3 days (some skate only FS), but Rinka Watanabe and Rena Uezono may skate both SP and FS.


<Senior Women>

Mai Mihara (SP) Grief (Tony Ann)

Rinka Watanabe (SP) Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (Nobuyuki Tsujii)

Hana Yoshida (SP) Temen Oblak - "Dark Clouds" (Christopher Tin)

Mone Chiba (SP) Last dance (Donna Summer)

Kaori Sakamoto (SP) Concierto del Ángel: IV. Resurrección del Angel - Piazzolla (Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica & Vadim Sakharov)

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Rinka Watanabe (FS) Maria de Bueno Aires- Tema de Maria by Piazzolla (Per Arne Glorvigen, Marta Sudraba, Gidon Kremer, Alois Posch, Maria Fedotova, Peter Sadlo, Vadim Sakharov & Ula Zebriunaite)

ETA　Ilia came to the rink side to watch senior women's and men's run-through practices.

<Senior Men>

Souta Yamamoto (SP) Ost Pullaka (Rahman Sabir)

Shun Sato (SP) Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (Joshua Bell, Nigel Hess & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Kao Miura (FS) Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (Peter Breiner & Peter Breiner Symphonic Pop Orchestra)

Yuma Kagiyama (SP) Sound of Silence (Miloš Karadaglić & 12 Ensemble ?)　
Yuma nailed 4F-3T during the practice.

<Junior Women>

Ikura Kushida (SP) Sway (Rosemary Clooney)

Rena Uezono (FS) The Bells of Moscow (Wolfgang Sawallisch & The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Rena Uezono Chronos (Kirill Richter)

Mao Shimada (SP) Defying Gravity (Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel)

<Junior Men>

Tsudoi Suto (SP) Take Five (Dave Brubeck) / Caravan (John Wasson)

Haru Kakiuchi (FS) I giorni: Andante (Daniel Hope, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin & Jacques Ammon)

Syunsuke Nakamura (FS) Io Ci Sarò (Andrea Bocelli & Lang Lang)

Rio Nakata (SP) Aroul (Taalbi Brothers)

<Ice Dance>

Azusa Tanaka & Shingo Nishiyama (RD) September (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick & Earth, Wind & Fire) / Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder) / Land of 1000 Dances (Wilson Pickett)

Utana Yoshida & Masaya Morita (RD) Be-Bop-A-Lula (Gene Vincent) / Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On (Elvis Presley)

 

[airgelaal]

Kyrylo Marsak (UKR)
SP: "To Build a Home" by The Cinematic Orchestra
Choreographer: Monica Lindfors is listed in his bio

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FS: Ghost the Musical

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Nooooooo

 

[Rukia]

Nooooooo

I think you mean ooooooohhhhhhhhh myyyyy looooooooovvvvvveeeeeeee

 

[Karen-W]

I think you mean ooooooohhhhhhhhh myyyyy looooooooovvvvvveeeeeeee

Come on, you aren't seeing the vision here... Clearly, Kyrylo needs a ghost for that home he's built in his SP!

 

[airgelaal]

Come on, you aren't seeing the vision here... Clearly, Kyrylo needs a ghost for that home he's built in his SP!

He decided not to build a home

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[Karen-W]

He decided not to build a home

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Oh, well, that's a relief! But that poor ghost with no home to haunt...

 

[YukiNieve]

Lucius Kazanecki (USA, Men)

2024-2025
SP: Intersteller
FS: Music by Woodkid (not specified)
Choreographer (both): Tommy Steenberg

Source: https://www.goldenskate.com/significant-strides-for-usas-lucius-kazanecki/

 

[peibeck]

Donovan Carrillo
SP: “Hip Hip Chin Chin”
Choreographer: Romain Haguenauer
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8xolLQxx60/

He'll need to get a weave so he can do "hair-ography" proud.

 

[Wyliefan]

Raffaella Koncius/Alexey Shchepetov (USA)
FD: Romeo and Juliet soundtrack (1996 version), including "Kissing You" (thanks, @Debbie S!)
Choreographer: Jean-Luc Baker (thanks, @ice coverage!)

Raffaella Koncius & Alexey Shchepetov on Instagram: "Introducing our 2024-2025 FD: Romeo & Juliet💔🗡️"

koncius_shchepetov on June 24, 2024: "Introducing our 2024-2025 FD: Romeo & Juliet💔🗡️".

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[ice coverage]

Raffaella Koncius/Alexey Shchepetov (USA)
FD: Romeo and Juliet (version not listed)
Choreographer not listed (presumably the team at MIDA)

Raffaella Koncius & Alexey Shchepetov on Instagram: "Introducing our 2024-2025 FD: Romeo & Juliet💔🗡️"

koncius_shchepetov on June 24, 2024: "Introducing our 2024-2025 FD: Romeo & Juliet💔🗡️".

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Jean-Luc Baker is choreographer of Raffaella Koncius/Alexey Shchpetov FD, per Apr 17 post from K/S:

Raffaella Koncius & Alexey Shchepetov on Instagram: "thrilled to have our 2024-2025 FD choreographed by the @jeanlucbaker 🤩✨ program announcement coming soon…you all are going to like it!! #icedance #figureskating #iceskating"

koncius_shchepetov on April 17, 2024: "thrilled to have our 2024-2025 FD choreographed by the @jeanlucbaker 🤩✨ program announcement coming soon…you all are going to like it!! #icedance #figureskating #iceskating".

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[Wyliefan]

Thank you! I added that into the post.

 

[Debbie S]

Raffaella Koncius/Alexey Shchepetov (USA)
FD: Romeo and Juliet (version not listed)
Choreographer: Jean-Luc Baker (thanks, @ice coverage!)

Raffaella Koncius & Alexey Shchepetov on Instagram: "Introducing our 2024-2025 FD: Romeo & Juliet💔🗡️"

koncius_shchepetov on June 24, 2024: "Introducing our 2024-2025 FD: Romeo & Juliet💔🗡️".

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It's the 1996 movie soundtrack. Starts with the dramatic score and the last minute or so is Kissing You.

 

[peibeck]

It's the 1996 movie soundtrack. Starts with the dramatic score and the last minute or so is Kissing You.

But are there Leo VOICEOVERS?

 

[Debbie S]

But are there Leo VOICEOVERS?

Not in the version they performed at Chesapeake Open. But I suppose they could be added later.