2024 GPF - Junior Free Dance

[Sylvia]

Junior Ice Dance - Free Dance Starting Order/Results: https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2425/gpf2024/SEG016.htm

Time schedule by skater (3rd event on Saturday 15:55-16:50 local / 9:55-10:50 am Eastern time): https://www.isuresults.com/results/...JUNIOR----FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

StN. Name Nation Rank Points (ISU bios are linked below)

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Elliana PEAL / Ethan PEAL USA 6 60.19
2 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR 5 62.36
3 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 4 63.24

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY GER 3 64.84
5 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 2 65.57
6 Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA ITA 1 68.66

Livestream (with Ted Barton & Mark Hanretty): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ9H3p4XxnM

 

[Karen-W]

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Free space is "Heart Hands"
Based on yesterday's PBP, I went ahead and added two "commentator" boxes.

1) Mark audibly crushed - Mark groans, sighs, or makes his frustration/disappointment clear to all
2) Ted mangles a name - skater, place or country

Suggestion	Comments	Discipline
“artistic” camerawork	Weird angles, loses skater, focus on 1 body part, fade-ins/outs	All
“Korean” hair bling	Doesn’t have to be a Korean skater but it has to be super-blingy; headbands count	All
2nd half bonus	Mentioned by commentator	All but Dance
arm (hair) ography	When the hair or arms are doing all the work	All
big plushie		All
bubble braid/ man bun		All
coach cam	When they show the coach miming or reacting the performance	All
costume change		All
costume doesn’t match	Either each other or the music; slight color differences don’t count	All
could be skating to anything	From an FSUer	All
cutouts	It has to look like a piece of the costume is missing	All
dying on ice		All
elegant pop		All but Dance
Emo/ Sad Girl Cover		All
face touching		All
fall on non-element		All
fist pump	after landing a jump or seeing scores	All
frosty/ mad coach	In the KnC	All
gymnastics on ice	Cartwheels, roundoff, etc They have to be upside down at one point	All
Heart Hands		All
illusion/ tights weird color	Like not matching skin tone or rest of the costume	All but usually not Mens
inappropriate smiling	Smiling when skating to sad or serious music - we know it when we see it	All
invalid element		All
jarring music cuts		All
knee slide		All
lip-synching	To skater’s program	All
Mark audibly crushed	Mark groans, sighs, or makes his frustration/disappointment clear to all	All
molest the judges	Getting in their space during the program; overrides touch the board	All but especially the FD
Music from Movie	Umbrellas, Lion King, Matrix, etc. Has to be from the soundtrack.	All
Music from Musical	POTO, Les Mis, etc. Has to be from the cast album	All
nails/ hair match costume	Anything that requires a commitment beyond makeup and jewelry	All but usually not Mens
nude gloves		All
Obvious Warhorse	Not from Musical/Movie. Carmen, Nessa Dorum, Swan Lake, Muse, Take 5	All
only one sleeve/sleeveless	Women's costume with only one sleeve OR Men's costume with no sleeves	All
Pink Ladies		All
shoutouts in Kiss n Cry	Hi Mom!	All
Superstar Artist	Musical superstars only - MJ, ABBA, Louis Prima, etc -	All
Ted mangles a name	skater, place or country	All
tights over/boot covers	Sometimes it’s hard to tell which is it so they both count	All but usually not Mens
touch the boards		All
Tribute program	i.e., skating to Disturb’s SoS or Red Violin - as determined by FSU - overrides obvious warhorse	All
very literal costume		All
voiceovers	Can’t be part of the original music	All
whickety-whack		All

 

[Private Citizen]

Shawn Rettstatt is right in front of me (albeit separated by glass). I’d be happy to pass along any fan messages from FSU

 

[victorskid]

And the ISU stream is live once again

 

[Spikefan]

Anyone watching this knows what the KnC is all about. We don’t need a dissertation.

 

[Karen-W]

OMG, Ted, no, I think every sports fan in the entire world who has ever watched a single Winter Olympics understands what the Kiss n Cry is! It may have originated with figure skating, but it's spread to other sports because TV producers understand the inherent value of the melodrama that the KnC provides the viewer at home.

 

[Kateri]

Shawn Rettstatt is right in front of me (albeit separated by glass). I’d be happy to pass along any fan messages from FSU

"WALTZ, BITCH!"

 

[Karen-W]

LOL - Ted misidentifies FraForn as Grimmskiy!

This first group is giving us Music from a Movie thanks to the Peals' "Pearl Harbor" FD.

 

[Karen-W]

Shawn Rettstatt is right in front of me (albeit separated by glass). I’d be happy to pass along any fan messages from FSU

"WALTZ, BITCH!"

VISUALIZE ANY ONE OF THE MANY WALTZ PATTERNS NEXT SEASON!!!!!

 

[her grace]

The pace of events at this Final is relentless. But it’s time for dance so let the good times roll!

 

[Karen-W]

The pace of events at this Final is relentless. But it’s time for dance so let the good times roll!

We get an hour & half break between the Jr FD and the Jr Pairs FS, so that's a bit of a rest.

 

[slicekw]

I’m so in love with these young fans, especially the nosebleed kids.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Fradji/Fourneaux's costumes count as cutouts, right?

 

[Private Citizen]

The pace of events at this Final is relentless. But it’s time for dance so let the good times roll!

When I said I was going, someone told me that they don’t like the GPF because there are so few skaters. But I’m exhausted already! I was going to skip junior dance and pairs, but then I really like Tali and Lafornara and also the French pair girl Romane. She has star quality.

 

[Karen-W]

Fradji/Fourneaux's costumes count as cutouts, right?

Not sure, but Elliana has a cutout on the front of her dress, so we can count it!

 

[tony]

She fooled me, would've guessed Stranger Things by the costume. But Pearl Harbor is good skating music, not used very much in the past.

 

[victorskid]

We get an hour & half break between the Jr FD and the Jr Pairs FS, so that's a bit of a rest.

There will be victory ceremonies during that time.

 

[Wyliefan]

For those who missed it, the Peals gave an interview about how their Pearl Harbor program was inspired by their grandpa's memories of the attack and the war as a whole.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Americans are first in grey. A very fitting colour. Tbh I don't see a lot of a Peal in them.

 

[Wyliefan]

They have got to do something about that lift entry. It never looks right.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

That was a wonderful "sack of potatoes" lift.

 

[victorskid]

For those who missed it, the Peals gave an interview about how their Pearl Harbor program was inspired by their grandpa's memories of the attack and the war as a whole.

And today is the anniversary of that historic day...

 

[tony]

Changing camera angles mid-individual elements and zooming in on their upper bodies is just mindless. No one gonna be able to guess the levels for this segment

However, in the one-foot I saw him wobbling all over the place and fighting to stay up.

 

[Lizziebeth]

Changing camera angles mid-individual elements and zooming in on their upper bodies is just mindless. No one gonna be able to guess the levels for this segment

this comp has the worst camerawork and it is really bugging me

 

[PRlady]

They are not great technicians to put it mildly. So wish Abo/Ves were here.

 

[Karen-W]

Changing camera angles mid-individual elements and zooming in on their upper bodies is just mindless. No one gonna be able to guess the levels for this segment

However, in the one-foot I saw him wobbling all over the place and fighting to stay up.

Or, you know, "artistic" camerawork at it's most French!

 

[Aceon6]

And today is the anniversary of that historic day...

Mistakes aside, that was delivered well and should be understood by the French audience.

 

[beckab81]

Elliana has "Korean" hair bling

 

[her grace]

Peal/Peal

Good emotional mood, lifts didn’t look as smooth as they usually do, not getting the higher levels so unlikely to move up

 

[Private Citizen]

Was she upset at the end?

I know they’re patriotic Americans skating to Pearl Harbor on Pearl Harbor day, but they may want to consider skating for Israel if they can.