JGP #2 Ankara TUR - Dance RD & FD

[skatingguy]

8th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy_s0wJQt_E
Anaelle Kouevi/Yann Homawoo
Age: 14/16
Coach: A. Kiliakov, E. Novak, P. Souquet Bassiege
Music: Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:1 (W:3 M:2 after review)
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Rotational Lift 3
Dance Spin 4
One Foot Turns W:1 M:1
Straight Line Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Sliding Movement

The strength of this team is their power, and ice coverage. Some issues with levels where some of the elements need to be cleaned up, and the movements need to be sharper.

77.98 = 8th Place
124.50 = 8th Place

 

[skatingguy]

7th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2khKuZaMQhQ
Yuxuan Xing/Han Wan Chau
Age: 15/19
Coach: Xun Zheng
Music: Mary Poppins (soundtrack)

Stationary Lift 4
Synchronized Twizzles W:2 M:4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Dance Spin 3
One Foot Turns W:2 M:1
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Dance Lift

The opening stationary lift is highlight of this program for me. The rest of the program was good, but I don't think the performance level quite reach the level that it needed to for the music.

79.61 = 7th Place
126.92 = 7th Place

 

[skatingguy]

6th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzzgJR7yBcM
Irmak Yucel/Danil Pak
Age: 19/19
Coach: Stefania De Luca
Music: Bohemian Rhapsody, Who Want to Live Forever

Choreo Spinning Movement
Synchronized Twizzles W:3 M:4 (W:3 M:3 after review)
Serpentine Step Sequence W:1 M:1
Dance Spin 1 (2 after review)
Straight Line Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:1 M:1
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Stationary Lift 3

Some creative stuff in the opening choreographic element, and in the final stationary lift. Still some technical issues with the skating, and their elements, but nice to see the crowd reaction for the home skaters.

79.89 = 6th Place
132.91 = 6th Place

 

[skatingguy]

5th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu3Azg5XcQA
Annelise Stapert/Maxim Korotcov
Age: 16/17
Coach: A. Kiliakov, E. Novak, P. Souquet Basiege
Music: Les Miserables by C.M. Schoenberg

Stationary Lift 4
Synchronized Twizzles W:3 M:4
Choreo Assisted Jump/Lifting Movement
Dance Spin 4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2 (W:2 M:1 after review)
Curve Lift 4 (3 after review)
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Choreo Sliding Movement

Strong skating, and a strong performance. Not doing anything to reinterpret a warhorse, but presenting the clear vision of the choreography.

83.51 =5th Place
137.57 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

4th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8aRNgMtJ_s
Aurea Cincon-Debout/Earl Jesse Celestino
Age: 18/19
Coach: B. Brisebois, E. Hamel, K. Hawayek
Music: Beetlejuice (soundtrack) by Dann Elfman

Dance Spin 2
Synchronized Twizzles W:2 M:3 (W:3 M:4 after review)
Curve Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:1 M:2
Circular Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Sliding Movement

Some good stuff within the choreographic elements, and little touches throughout the program to continue the theme. Seems to be some issues with levels that will need to be ironed out as the season goes on.

84.47 = 4th Place
141.61 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

3rd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk-Jqx-kZT8
Lea Hienne/Louis Varescon
Age: 19/18
Coach: M. Asuncion, O. Schoenfelder, M. Zazoui, E. Hiai
Music: On the Nature of Daylight, My Body is a Cage

Rotational Lift 3 (4 after review)
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Circular Step Sequence W:3 M:2
Dance Spin 4 (2 after review)
Choreo Spinning Movement
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Synchronized Twizzles W:1 M:1 (W:2 M:2 after review) - they both bobbled the 2nd set of twizzles
Straight Line Lift 4

They were skating so beautifully until the twizzle sequence. I was quite mesmerized by their performance, and then all of the sudden the twizzles went wonky.

85.14 = 3rd Place
143.02 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

2nd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euzhx9L3w-w
Charlie Anderson/Cayden Dawson
Age: 19/19
Coach: Scott, Cara, & Sheri Moir, Madison Hubbell
Music: Leave a Light On, The Scientist

Stationary Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Dance Spin 4
Choreo Assisted Jump/Lifting Movement
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Choreo Character Step Sequence ! - element did not completely meet the requirements
Straight Line Lift 4

Beautiful performance, and good use of the music to present the mood, and emotion of the choreography.

91.14 = 2nd Place
149.79 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

1st Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gb4z1NgA0
Iryna Pidgaina/Artem Koval
Age: 16/21
Coach: Galina Churilova
Music: Moulin Rouge the Musical

Rotational Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:3
Straight Line Lift 4
Iryna lost her balance between elements here resulting in a fall
Choreo Sliding Movement
Dance Spin 4 (2 after review)
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:3
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:1 (W:3 M:2 after review)- Artem having difficulty with the 2nd set of twizzles
Choreo Character Step Sequence

In addition to the fall from Iryna, there were a few moments that didn't go that smoothly, but their overall quality of skating carried them through.

-1.00 = Falls

92.06 = 1st Place
155.14 = 1st Place

 

[Wyliefan]

They look great on the ice, but there's something missing in the performance at this point.

Someone needs to tell Mimi and Joseph what Porgy and Bess is about. It's one thing to grin your way through "Summertime" -- that's a song that can work fine out of context -- but if you're using more of the songs than that, you need to know it's not some lighthearted fairy tale, and perform accordingly. They're talented kids and I like them; they just need some help in the presentation department.