JGP #7 - Abu Dhabi, UAE - Jr Ice Dance RD & FD

[skatingguy]

5th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYC0usrcsGw
Yuxi Gao/Zhouhao Ji
Age: 18/20
Coach: Guiyu Huang, Linshu Song
Music: Let's Push It, Shoop

Rhumba 1st Sec 1 + kpNYNN
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNYYN
Sequential Twizzles W:2 M:4 (W:2 M:2 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Rotational Lift 4

That was fun, and surprisingly sassy for a junior team. Zhouhao was really into it, and I hope to see that again at Junior Worlds.

51.62 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

4th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzF7fA16154
Alexia Kruk/Jan Eisenhaber
Age: 18/20
Coach: Stefano Caruso, Robynne Tweedale
Music: Maria Maria, La Copa de la Vida

Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:4 (W:3 M:3 after review) - Alexia stepped out of the 2nd twizzle
Rhumba 1st Sec 3 + kpYYYN
Quickstep 1st Sec 3 + kpYNYY
Curve Lift 4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:3 M:1

A nice latin program, but nothing particularly 90's about the choreography.

55.15 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

3rd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Ucz7YiGL4
Zoe Bianchi/Daniel Basile
Age: 16/19
Coach: Valter Rizzo, Brunlide Bianchi
Music: Sing It Back, Would You

Rhumba 1st Sec 2 + kpYNYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 3 + kpYYNY
Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:3 (W:3 M:2 after review)
Diagonal Step Sequence W:3 M:2 (W:2 M:2 after review)
Rotational Lift 4

Solid technical skate, and their performance was good, but lacking some energy.

56.64 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

2nd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRL3z9LeKE
Dania Mouaden/Theo Bigot
Age: 15/16
Coach: Barbara Piton
Music: Groove is in the Heart, Gonna Make You Sweat

Diagonal Step Sequence W:3 M:2
Rhumba 1st Sec 1 + kpNNYN
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Stationary Lift 4

Super fun, and engaging performance, and the skating was pretty good too.

62.21 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

1st Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8K4NQq0PGQ
Hana Maria Aboian/Daniil Veselukhin
Age: 15/18
Coach: Melissa Gregory, Denis Petukhov
Music: Vogue by Madonna

Rhumba 1st Sec 4 + kpYYYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNYYN
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:3
Rotational Lift 4

Perhaps the best rhythm dance of the season, and another wonderful performance with the commitment to the character from both partners.

66.70 = 1st Place

 

[victorskid]

Free Dance Start Order/Live results link: https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2526/jgpuae2025/SEG006.htm
Detailed time schedule: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...JUNIOR----FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf
Live stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r-5t8oatFo

START ORDER
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Tasha Shin Hui LAI / Gabriel LIU TPE 12 40.72
2 Olympia KALAGANIS / Emile DEVEAU CAN 11 41.87
3 Martina LAVAZZA / Raphael Raymond MEUNIER ITA 10 43.63
4 Lara SUNDBERG / Hector GONZALEZ ELVIRA ESP 9 43.72

Warm-Up Group 2
5 Eliska ZAKOVA / Filip MENCL CZE 8 45.42
6 Ashlie SLATTER / Louis GREGORY GBR 7 48.50
7 Clara FUGATE / Warren FUGATE USA 6 51.56
8 Yuxi GAO / Zhouhao JI CHN 5 51.62

Ice Resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 3
9 Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER 4 55.15
10 Zoe BIANCHI / Daniel BASILE ITA 3 56.64
11 Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA 2 62.21
12 Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA 1 66.70

 

[victorskid]

The last event of the last of the 7 JGPs is now starting.

PANEL OF JUDGES
Referee Ms. Leslie KEEN ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Christine HURTH ISU
Technical Specialist Mr. Fabrizio PEDRAZZINI ISU
Technical Specialist Mr. Philipp REY ISU

Judge No.1 Ms. Michela CESARO ITA
Judge No.2 Ms. Erica TOPOLSKI CAN
Judge No.3 Mr. Francois SOUBIRAN FRA
Judge No.4 Mr. John MILLIER USA
Judge No.5 Ms. Ge GAO CHN
Judge No.6 Ms. Jitka MOKRA CZE

Data Operator Mr. Peter LEVIN ISU
Replay Operator Ms. Sunna Bjork MOGENSEN ISU

 

[Wyliefan]

Nice jazzy FD from the Spanish team. They were slow but handled the choreography well.

 

[Wyliefan]

Rough twizzles for Slatter/Gregory. She has such a nice dancey quality with this music; he's trying hard but isn't there yet. Funny to see the Fugates bopping around to their music on the sidelines!

 

[her grace]

Slatter/Gregory

Peppy dance, he did a very nice job with choreography steps, can work on the edges and turns

 

[Wyliefan]

Mark mentions that Clara Fugate is wearing one of Tanith's old dresses. Looks good on her.

 

[PRlady]

Sorry but the Fugates aren’t far enough along for the OTT dramatics of a Cruella program.

 

[her grace]

Fugate/Fugate

Good Cruella costumes, nice curve lift to curve lift, slowed down to do twizzles level 2 and 4, trips in the choreo dance sequence, both giving good angry villain faces

 

[her grace]

I liked the Fugates’ packaging in both programs. Good for their team making smart choices for a sibling team.

 

[her grace]

Czech team continues to rise; perhaps I should go back and watch

 

[her grace]

Gao/Ji

Far apart on first set of twizzles, spacing was issue throughout program, nice levels on one foot turns 2 and 3, engaging choreography

 

[victorskid]

After 2 of 3 groups there is an ice resurfacing - the last one for JGP #7.

FD results so far:
1 Eliska ZAKOVA / Filip MENCL CZE 82.51 46.25 36.26 6.25 5.94 5.94 0.00 #5
2 Yuxi GAO / Zhouhao JI CHN 80.81 44.93 35.88 6.06 6.13 5.75 0.00 #8
3 Ashlie SLATTER / Louis GREGORY GBR 77.10 43.10 34.00 5.81 5.81 5.38 0.00 #6
4 Clara FUGATE / Warren FUGATE USA 76.30 42.68 33.62 5.81 5.44 5.56 0.00 #7
5 Lara SUNDBERG / Hector GONZALEZ ELVIRA ESP 75.59 42.59 33.00 5.75 5.44 5.31 0.00 #4
6 Olympia KALAGANIS / Emile DEVEAU CAN 70.97 39.97 31.00 5.31 5.06 5.13 0.00 #2
7 Martina LAVAZZA / Raphael Raymond MEUNIER ITA 67.83 38.45 31.38 5.25 5.19 5.25 2.00 #3
8 Tasha Shin Hui LAI / Gabriel LIU TPE 62.42 35.28 27.14 4.69 4.38 4.50 0.00 #1


Overall results so far:
1 Yuxi GAO / Zhouhao JI CHN 132.43 5 2
2 Eliska ZAKOVA / Filip MENCL CZE 127.93 8 1
3 Clara FUGATE / Warren FUGATE USA 127.86 6 4
4 Ashlie SLATTER / Louis GREGORY GBR 125.60 7 3
5 Lara SUNDBERG / Hector GONZALEZ ELVIRA ESP 119.31 9 5
6 Olympia KALAGANIS / Emile DEVEAU CAN 112.84 11 6
7 Martina LAVAZZA / Raphael Raymond MEUNIER ITA 111.46 10 7
8 Tasha Shin Hui LAI / Gabriel LIU TPE 103.14 12 8


Playlist of individual dances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9875NrGlY&list=PLuiPiC1Hk8eJofal0uKm8K_b-taNp5FvM

 

[PRlady]

Was wondering who might do a Wednesday program since her dance went viral. Very cute and good costumes but even I could see the Czechs were better technically.

 

[her grace]

Kruk/Eisenhaber

Nice flowing movement, nice twizzles, good security in their elements and emotional conviction in their performance

 

[her grace]

Bianchi/Basile

Nice one foot turns level 3 and 2, creating visually appealing shapes, reserved in expression, twizzles slowed down after first set, strong technical elements, could use more interpretation and interaction between each other

 

[her grace]

Mouaden/Bigot

Great unison, masterful technique and partnering, boardography, baby Frenchies are all grown up, they have an invalid element in the box tracker, uh-oh

 

[Wyliefan]

What's going on with that rotational lift being Xed out? Please tell me it's just a data entry error ...

 

[PRlady]

Must have been an error on lift score, TES over 52.

 

[Karen-W]

Awww! Happy reaction from Mouaden/Bigot - they know they made the JGPF!

 

[Wyliefan]

Score seems fine -- I guess it was just a glitch. Thanks for nearly giving me heart failure, tech box.

 

[Wyliefan]

How Hana manages the flying hair and the flowing costume is beyond me.

 

[her grace]

Aboian/Veselukhin

Beautiful lifts, level 3s for one foot turns, lots of highlight moves showcasing her flexibility, dramatic ending that was timed wonderfully with music

 

[Karen-W]

Really great program from AboVes!

 

[PRlady]

Hana is a goddess alright. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. I hope his citizenship is in the works for 2030!

 

[Wyliefan]

Two beautiful skates back to back. I'm so glad they're both in the final.