The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

[Marta24]

What makes you think that? There are plenty of good options in Europe - Team Mauri, Babs, VdL, SK in Madrid. And, then there's North America. I'd actually be rather intrigued if they wound up at IAM-O.

I was trying to figure out where they were going too! All in due time, I guess.

They posted the Finnish and US flags next to the caption. Maybe they are sharing their time between Helsinki and one of the schools in the US?

 

[skateblessing]

The timeline for obtaining German citizenship in timefor spouses is three, rather than five, years of residency (plus other requirement, like language, with only one year of that before marriage.) Training in Germany makes far more sense for Grimm/Rodin to establish his residency there to be eligible for the 2030 Olympics, but it seems like that bridge was burned.

Daryas IG post says she is searching for a partner though... Seems weird if she already teamed up with Rodin

 

[kwanette]

And folks say that ice dance is boring..

 

[PRlady]

Why no one misses the Russians. (And why they should continue to stay away.)

I’ve come to assume that there is no word for sportsmanship in Russian.

And on the topic du jour, Bella is too short for Michael, even leaving other issues aside.

 

[farahfan]

I don’t really see their styles on ice matching.

agree. Savitskiy is like 6 ft tall. Bella is very petite, I think a little over 5 ft.

 

[farahfan]

And folks say that ice dance is boring..

The competitions are boring. The off-ice drama is spectacular.

 

[Rhumba d’Amour]

YES to a Bashynska/Savitskiy pairing.

Hard NO to Savitskiy partnering with Bella Flores. Please stay away, he doesn't need that drama and messiness and anymore drama than he's already in now.

You take all the fun out of things. Savitsky seems open to participating in drama, and one positive, at least he wouldn’t be able to marry Flores for citizenship as…that ship has already sailed for her

 

[Belsornia]

Last I heard, Lou Terreaux and Eva Bernard of France were also both in the market for a partner.

Mariia Holubtsova also posted on IG a few weeks ago that she is now looking for a new partner.

 

[coralline]

They posted the Finnish and US flags next to the caption. Maybe they are sharing their time between Helsinki and one of the schools in the US?

Will the US school be Scali and Zueva?

 

[Debbie S]

Will the US school be Scali and Zueva?

Scali and Zueva are not the same school. Ilya Tkachenko coaches with Zueva in FL. Scali is based in CA, primarily at the Skating Club of San Fran....aside from all of his choreo work, he coaches ice dance (solo and adults) when he's not traveling.

My guess is they're working with Margaglio and getting choreo from Scali, like the Finnish teams.

 

[skatfan]

My guess is they're working with Margaglio and getting choreo from Scali, like the Finnish teams.

I hope so. They’re likely to get much better material; hopefully they’ll find some kind of identity for themselves.

 

[Cpomfan]

https://x.com/beatricochka/status/1923399503354245191

https://x.com/Lara49322679/status/1923447013904941493

This is the suppose update of Lara and Darya's public Twitter fued since the last time I log on here. From what it looks like, it doesn't look civil...

 

[Spikefan]

What makes you think that?

They seem to enjoy the company of the Finnish teams so that would be my guess.

Loving all this off season drama.

 

[Cpomfan]

https://x.com/beatricochka/status/1923399503354245191

https://x.com/Lara49322679/status/1923447013904941493

This is the suppose update of Lara and Darya's public Twitter fued since the last time I log on here. From what it looks like, it does look civil...

Update from Michail Savitskiy:

https://x.com/quintupletwist/status/1923565219634118827

 

[PRlady]

Those of us who abhor X would love at least partial reprints.

 

[Karen-W]

Those of us who abhor X would love at least partial reprints.

It's just a screenshot of his IG story which was posted about 5 hours ago, so should expire in another 18 hours or so.

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He basically apologized for publicly congratulating her on her marriage. He thought it was already out in the public space because fellow skaters from around the world had asked him about it, etc, and even Rodin apparently called Darya "my wife" on his own social media.

 

[TAHbKA]

In other news... Egor Bazin seems to believe that not only would StepBuk have been in the medal mix at Worlds this year, but also that ChoBat wouldn't have even been in the Top 5.

In Boston.

Let that sink in.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1923380031809536397

He is delusional about StepBuk but I kinda agree on Chock/Bates.

 

[Ka3sha]

I’ve come to assume that there is no word for sportsmanship in Russian.

I know this is a dance thread but I can’t just pass by..
I mean, I know that Russian skaters has been problematic for many reasons, but please avoid generalization, if possible. Bazin has always been a jerk, and not just about fellow skaters but his partners, former girlfriend, colleagues, and pretty much everyone.
Even if we look at current crop of Russian ice dancers, we have Khavronina /Narizhny who always watch international competitions and share their (mostly praising) opinions in Russian press, we have Mironova/Ustenko who aim for as many foreign internships as possible and always talk nice about fellow skaters, etc.
Liza Tuktamysheva just recently went to WTT as commentator and was praising all international skaters in Russia media afterwards, especially ice dancers

It’s just that usually the praising words and articles are not translated on fstwitter, or do not get that much reaction

 

[PRlady]

I know this is a dance thread but I can’t just pass by..
I mean, I know that Russian skaters has been problematic for many reasons, but please avoid generalization, if possible. Bazin has always been a jerk, and not just about fellow skaters but his partners, former girlfriend, colleagues, and pretty much everyone.
Even if we look at current crop of Russian ice dancers, we have Khavronina /Narizhny who always watch international competitions and share their (mostly praising) opinions in Russian press, we have Mironova/Ustenko who aim for as many foreign internships as possible and always talk nice about fellow skaters, etc.
Liza Tuktamysheva just recently went to WTT as commentator and was praising all international skaters in Russia media afterwards, especially ice dancers

It’s just that usually the praising words and articles are not translated on fstwitter, or do not get that much reaction

I’m sure you’re right. It’s Zhulin and TAT and other nasty whiners who get posted here and as always the good stuff isn’t news.

Liza and Amber were so sweet at WTT, it warmed my cynical old heart.

 

[ostile17]

Scali and Zueva are not the same school. Ilya Tkachenko coaches with Zueva in FL. Scali is based in CA, primarily at the Skating Club of San Fran....aside from all of his choreo work, he coaches ice dance (solo and adults) when he's not traveling.

My guess is they're working with Margaglio and getting choreo from Scali, like the Finnish teams.

But aren't Zoueva and Scali working together again, at least as the coaching team of the Shibutanis?

 

[beepbeep]

So it says one of the styles can be "Pop/Street Latin" but competitive ballroom style isn't allowed. I don't follow ballroom, so maybe I'm wrong, but wouldn't tons of ballroom competitors have used something like Ricky Martin's "Living the Vida Loca" as you might see on the one of the dance reality shows? How would the judges decide something was "pop" latin and not "competitive" latin?

Brazil in the 90’s would be prime example.
Not that I’d expect any gringo coach looking into it…

We had pagode, which is samba but in a way that began and took over the country in the 90s, axé (pronounced ashèh) with plenty of of double entendre lyrics and choreo to match, and the good old lambada.

It must be said that ballroom latin is nothing like latin rhythms danced in latin countries, not even remotely, ever.
The genres I mentioned were everywhere in parties in their heydays and most people wouldn’t couple up for dancing, it was more like going to a regular party.

Source: I was a Brazilian teenager in the 90s.

Latin America in the 90s produced quite a lot of pop/rock bangers as well. Shakira, Fito Páez, El Símbolo, Vilma Palma y los Vampiros, Soda Stereo, Maná, Paralamas do Sucesso, Biquini Cavadão…
Brazilian/carioca funk was in its inception for the masses.

I don’t expect people going so niche to find RD songs, but there’s plenty of OTBP options if ine knows where to look.

 

[Debbie S]

But aren't Zoueva and Scali working together again, at least as the coaching team of the Shibutanis?

They're being coached by Zueva and getting choreo from Scali, so in that sense Zueva and Scali cooperating, but he's basically a free agent, choreographing for skaters/teams anywhere.

Since the Taschlers referenced Finland in their post, I assume Margaglio is the coach. It's also possible the Taschlers might spend part of the summer in the U.S. with another coaching group. Maybe that will be in their next post. (But if so, I wouldn't choose Zueva.)

 

[tony]

They're being coached by Zueva and getting choreo from Scali, so in that sense Zueva and Scali cooperating, but he's basically a free agent, choreographing for skaters/teams anywhere.

Since the Taschlers referenced Finland in their post, I assume Margaglio is the coach. It's also possible the Taschlers might spend part of the summer in the U.S. with another coaching group. Maybe that will be in their next post. (But if so, I wouldn't choose Zueva.)

He’s posting clips in his story of Margaglio coaching, so pretty sure that’s a safe bet.

 

[Marta24]

Here is the confirmation from the Czech Fed about the Taschlers making the coaching change to Margaglio. According to the Czech Fed Margaglio will also continue to work with Egna as he has done in the past. I used Google Translate, so feel free to correct me, if I got it wrong.

https://www.czechskating.org/clanek/1301/vstupujeme-do-nove-kapitoly-vzkazuji-taschlerovi

 

[VGThuy]

Stepanova/Bukin just released this video appeal to the President of the IOC:

Aleksandra Stepanova on Instagram: "Это наше официальное видео-обращение к представителям Международного союза конькобежцев и Международному Олимпийскому комитету в лице Президента организации Кирсти Ковентри. This is our official message to the re

1,372 likes, 71 comments - aleksandrastepanova on May 17, 2025: "Это наше официальное видео-обращение к представителям Международного союза конькобежцев и Международному Олимпийскому комитету в лице Президента организации Кирсти Ковентри. This is our official message to the representatives of...

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I forgot I followed them on social media until now.

 

[Karen-W]

Oy. That is just so unseemly. I applaud Moskvina for keeping Mishina/Galliamov from engaging in such a tawdry display of feigned innocence.

 

[Ka3sha]

Ok, once in a lifetime I go into a defensive mode, and Russian ice dancers reach another low

 

[caseyedwards]

Stepanova/Bukin just released this video appeal to the President of the IOC:

Aleksandra Stepanova on Instagram: "Это наше официальное видео-обращение к представителям Международного союза конькобежцев и Международному Олимпийскому комитету в лице Президента организации Кирсти Ковентри. This is our official message to the re

1,372 likes, 71 comments - aleksandrastepanova on May 17, 2025: "Это наше официальное видео-обращение к представителям Международного союза конькобежцев и Международному Олимпийскому комитету в лице Президента организации Кирсти Ковентри. This is our official message to the representatives of...

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I forgot I followed them on social media until now.

I always said they would be found guilty of implicit nonverbal support of war! Isu can just say that they are guilty of that. And that’s so broad every Russian can be guilty. Why are s/b specificaly guilty.

It’s not clear if it’s implicit nonverbal or explicit nonverbal.

Or is it explicit and verbal?

I don’t believe it’s implicit verbal. Though maybe it is

 

[kwanfan1818]

But just those ice dancers. (And I’m not being sarcastic.). I’m glad you pointed out the skaters who were sharing their thoughts publicly, which couldn’t have been universally popular, especially with The Powers That Be.

 

[ChelleC]

Am I the only one who thought Stepanova's tone came off much better than Bukin's? He seemed so demanding in wanting to know the answers.