2025 Skate Canada Free Dance PBP - I Know What You Did Less One Ear

[genevieve]

the Napoleon hand to start!

 

[tony]

Ian's snark "Wow" at the score.

He did it much more dramatically yesterday.

 

[Wyliefan]

I'm a sucker for an empire waist dress. And Leah's is a lovely color, though I don't know if it needs the purplish part in the middle.

 

[my little pony]

with the whites divorcing, greg should seize the day and find a coaching partner with a less dowdy vision

 

[MacMadame]

Every time I see this FD, my reaction is: there was a movie about Napoleon?

 

[Sally1214]

I haven't seen the Women FS either

Nor have I. Game 7 of the World Series took me out of that event. Hope vids are available on the CBC site.

 

[Karen-W]

Chris is right - BraSom aren't being pushed. I know the USFS threw a lot of support behind MIDA at its formation, but I haven't seen anything out of that school in their three seasons of existence that make me think they've got the special sauce needed to push their teams into greatness.

 

[tony]

Markelov and Sommerville for a new partnership?

Oh wait the USFS just shut that down.

 

[Braulio]

Emily and Ian, split or change coaches, sorry but i think both

 

[just tuned in]

with the whites divorcing, greg should seize the day and find a coaching partner with a less dowdy vision

Holy sh!t, what???

 

[my little pony]

they cant possibly be Napoleon and Josephine

 

[floridaice]

8 music cuts -- who do Neset & Markelov think they are? Chock & Bates?

 

[MacMadame]

Markelov and Sommerville for a new partnership?

Oh wait the USFS just shut that down.

Do tell...

 

[Kateri]

was that 0.3 seconds of a waltz in hold??? i'm so starved.

 

[skategal]

This Napoleon music is all kinds of WTF?

 

[Wyliefan]

This Napoleon music is all kinds of WTF?

From what I hear, so was the movie.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm a sucker for an empire waist dress. And Leah's is a lovely color, though I don't know if it needs the purplish part in the middle.

Baby blue really is a lovely color on Leah, but I'm pretty much over her having at least one costume in that shade every season.

 

[Belsornia]

Neset/Markelov are really talented but I have no idea what they’re trying to say with this sparkly Napoleon of a million music cuts. Another team in desperate need of a coaching change.

 

[Wyliefan]

Neset/Markelov are really talented but I have no idea what they’re trying to say with this sparkly Napoleon of a million music cuts. Another team in desperate need of a coaching change.

Feels like it could be a lot more powerful.

And EVERYONE who's with Dostatni needs a coaching change.

 

[~tapdancer~]

This music is absolute dredge...

 

[tony]

I didn't hate that at all. I still think she's nowhere near his level but there's always one who is stronger than the other.

 

[genevieve]

I enjoyed that a lot more than I expected to.

 

[my little pony]

so Napoleon and Josephine walk into a purity ball...

 

[her grace]

N/M

Closest we’re going to get to a waltz, lovely back position from Neset, need to add more speed in the step sequence, secure footwork from him in lifts, not getting credit for choreo slide?

 

[skatingguy]

Leah Neset/Artem Markelov
Rank after RD: 9
Coach: Elena Dostatni
Music: Napoleon (soundtrack)

Dance Spin 4 (2 after review)
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:3
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Spinning Movement
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:3 (W:1 M:2 after review)
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2 (W:1 M:2 after review)
Straight Line Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4 (3 after review)
Curve Lift 4 (3 after review)
Choreo Sliding Movement (ratified after review) - marked invalid

They have some lovely qualities, but again they are lost at the moment in the depth of American ice dance. This program lacks the signature moments to make them standout.

99.68 = 2nd Place
165.19 = 2nd Place

 

[Braulio]

the TES tracker marked with an X the last choreo slide move

 

[kwanfan1818]

N/M skated so tiny.

 

[peibeck]

This hairstyle makes Leah look like the child bride she is.

The head banger rotational lift is a big no for me.
Some nice moments at the end, but as a cohesive dance the lifts look so out of sorts with the music.

 

[beckab81]

There's something still very junior about N/M. Her baby face doesn't help, but I don't know what their personality is as a team, and not sure what it will take for them to break through from the middle of the pack. I liked the styling here though.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Was the choreo slide marked invalid at the end?

KMT did such a great job yesterday explaining technical details in her commentary. I don't feel like we're going to get that from Kaitlyn Weaver today though.