Nations' Cup Ballet / Theatre On Ice competition, April 20-23, 2023 in Norwood, Mass.

[Sylvia]

Event info page for Nations’ Cup (April 21–23) and Adult Gold Cup (April 20-21) hosted by the Skating Club of Boston: https://scboston.org/nationscup/

Team Vllard de Lans (https://www.instagram.com/p/CrFeeHkI-YN/) is in NYC now (per their, Karine Arribert's, Marie Dupayage's & Thomas Nabais' IG stories).

 

[Aussie Willy]

I just started a thread in the Kiss & Cry. I didn't see yours. Thanks for posting. I will ask for mine to be deleted.

There are two teams from Australia competing.

Wishing all the teams competing all the best for a great competition. Should be fun.

 

[Sylvia]

Rhode Island's Ocean State Ice Theatre will compete in Norwood:

Pawtucket & Providence Figure Skating Club to represent Ocean State in global competition | ABC6

Ocean State Ice Theatre shared this photo of their Nationals' Cup team.PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Pawtucket & Providence Figure Skating Club’s theatre on ice team will be representing Rhode Island on a national scale next weekend. The team said they’ll be representing Team U.S.A. at Nations’...

www.abc6.com

Ice dancer & TOI competitor TJ Carey took over the SC of Boston's Instagram stories today: https://www.instagram.com/skatingclubbos/

This is the biggest TOI event since Covid. Should be great fun for the teams and I hope we eventually get to see some of the programs.

I hope so too!

 

[coralline]

Anywhere to watch this event？

 

[Aussie Willy]

Anywhere to watch this event？

Not sure. I know there have been videos in the past.

 

[alizadavida]

Looks like it's a small event. Only 6 adult teams this year compared to the 4 last year. The times do suck for someone working in Boston proper at a typical 9-5 so I can't go watch adult/novice CE. Tempted to go Saturday for junior/senior CE but it is $45 to get a one day ticket and park, which is more expensive than ice chips and you get less out of it.

 

[Sylvia]

ADULT GOLD CUP - Starting Order PDF for the Choreographic Exercise (underway): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/nonqual_results/2023/32319/Starting order CE Adult.pdf

NATIONS' CUP Senior/Junior/Novice Choreographic Exercise Starting Orders are not yet linked from the event page: https://scboston.org/nationscup/

There is no official livestream this year but hopefully some "fan cam" videos may turn up eventually (ETA) in the meantime, SC of Boston's Instagram story is posting clips: https://www.instagram.com/skatingclubbos/

 

[alizadavida]

Looks like it's a small event. Only 6 adult teams this year compared to the 4 last year. The times do suck for someone working in Boston proper at a typical 9-5 so I can't go watch adult/novice CE. Tempted to go Saturday for junior/senior CE but it is $45 to get a one day ticket and park, which is more expensive than ice chips and you get less out of it.

Going to volunteer tomorrow am and watch the competition. I can try to get snippets and can provide my thoughts when I'm back

 

[Aussie Willy]

Going to volunteer tomorrow am and watch the competition. I can try to get snippets and can provide my thoughts when I'm back

Thank you. That would be great. Much appreciated.

I will ask the Australian teams if they are going to video and post somewhere publicly their own teams.

 

[alizadavida]

Thank you. That would be great. Much appreciated.

I will ask the Australian teams if they are going to video and post somewhere publicly their own teams.

Yea I know some teams don't want to be shown on social media until they perform publicly once so snippets are fine but I'd rather not share an entire video? There is a company doing videos and I know the photographer so I can grab them from her (she gets permission to post them)

 

[skatak]

I really would have like to see it live... last time in Epinal the live feed was on :-/
Really interested to see what the other teams would have done with the choregraphic exercice requirements.

Only 6 adult teams this year compared to the 4 last year.

Yes, in the adult category there were 5 teams ranked in France last year, but only top 2 survived / were ready to go to Boston. Team #4 still exist, but the other 2 teams faced the lack of available ice in Paris with several rinks definitely closed : Team #3 has disappeared along its rink, and Team #5 (mine, sigh...) did not have a seducing enough practice time to attract new members.

 

[coralline]

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CrUPLxStcDi/

ASMB Danse Sur Glace shared a Novice video.

 

[Sylvia]

NATION'S CUP 2023 results/scores by judge: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/nonqual_results/2023/32320/index.html

SENIOR
Choreographic exercise / Free ballet
1 France Paris Bercy Les Metropolitains 1 70,70 1 82,95 118,30
2 USA Forte of Boston 2 69,20 2 81,80 116,40
3 France Villard de Lans Les Vertacomicoriens 3 68,26 3 81,30 115,43
4 USA Harmony Theatre Company 4 64,90 4 80,90 113,35

JUNIOR
Choreographic exercise / Free ballet
1 USA Act I of Boston 2 54,50 1 69,15 96,40
2 USA Los Angeles Ice Theater 1 57,65 2 66,45 95,28
3 France Epinal Les Epines Blanches 5 51,40 3 65,40 91,10
4 France Colombes Estrella 3 54,50 4 62,55 89,80

NOVICE
Choreographic exercise / Free ballet
1 USA Encore of Boston 4 47,25 1 62,55 86,18
2 France Belfort Les Minis Lions 1 50,85 3 60,35 85,78

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CrUPLxStcDi/
ASMB Danse Sur Glace [Belfort] shared a Novice video.

3 USA Harmony Theatre Company 2 48,55 2 60,95 85,23
4 USA Los Angeles Ice Theater 3 47,60 4 59,35 83,15


ADULT GOLD CUP 2023 results/scores by judge: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/nonqual_results/2023/32319/index.html
Choreographic exercise / Free ballet
1 France Franconville All Styles 1 49,15 1 56,25 80,83
2 USA Michigan Harmony Theatre Company 2 46,85 2 56,00 79,43
3 France Saint Ouen Les Pluriels3 46,70 4 53,35 76,70
4 USA Atlanta Ice Theatre 5 41,25 3 55,05 75,68

 

[alizadavida]

Was a lot of fun and happy to have experienced my first TOI comp as well as be involved with the behind the scenes. There was one team in Juniors that did a holocaust program that I did not like, and I feel like some of the free ballet programs were hard to grasp?

 

[briancoogaert]

Villard not being first is a revolution ! It's the first competition they don't win !