The Dance Hall 13: When You Dance on the Ice and Your Feet Twizzle Twice, That's Amore

[Sylvia]

Ice Skating International Online's YT channel has 2026 Euros press conference videos - Ice Dance final standings: https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/ec2026/CAT004RS.htm

Rhythm Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjA6pa1DzA

Free Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NXMASdB0I

 

[kates8]

For those interested, groupings & start orders for Olympics as of now.

Zingas & Kolesnik can climb up to the 16-18 start order in the penultimate group if they do skate at 4CC, which would push Smart & Dieck down to 14-15 start order in that group.

Last Group:
19-20: Lopareva & Brissaud, Gilles & Poirier
21-23: Fear & Gibson, Chock & Bates, Guignard & Fabbri

Penultimate Group:
14-15: Zingas & Kolesnik, Lajoie & Lagha
16-18: Reed & Ambrulevicius, Carreira & Ponomarenko, Smart & Dieck

Group 3:
9-10: Lim & Quan, Mrazkova & Mrazek
11-13: Davis & Smolkin, Turkkila & Versluis, Taschlerova & Taschler

Group 2:
5-6: Fournier Beaudry & Cizeron, Bekker & Hernandez
7-8: Lauriault & Le Gac, Janse van Rensburg & Steffan

Group 1:
1-2: Val & Kazimov, Wang & Liu
3-4: Harris & Chan, Reitan & Majorov

Thank you for this. If Z&K win 4CC, what points total will they end up with?

 

[tony]

Thank you for this. If Z&K win 4CC, what points total will they end up with?

3719. Only able to move up to 6th at best, still in the same penultimate group.

 

[zigzig]

I don't really follow dance so apologies if previously discussed. Who dropped out of ice dance to allow Reitan/Majorov to qualify a spot?

 

[TanithandBenFan]

I don't really follow dance so apologies if previously discussed. Who dropped out of ice dance to allow Reitan/Majorov to qualify a spot?

I think it was Finland who gave up their second spot.

 

[almiranara]

I don't really follow dance so apologies if previously discussed. Who dropped out of ice dance to allow Reitan/Majorov to qualify a spot?

Orihara/Pirinen, Yuka couldn't get Finnish citizenship in time

 

[PRlady]

I love O/P’s entertainment value, but after seeing the Swedes’ FD again this past weekend, it was a good trade.

 

[Ikari]

I love O/P’s entertainment value, but after seeing the Swedes’ FD again this past weekend, it was a good trade.

You win some, you lose some. If somebody else had to get that spot, the Swedes surely would have been my first pick anyway. It's a great romantic style program, although that outrageous Molin Rouge would have also stood out on Olympic ice.

Pirihara could probably still get into Cyprus' Olympic team, if they mail their applications in now

 

[IDC a.k.a. Ritti]

Noone asked me, but my 1€ is that Orihara better start the process to get Swedish citizenship by 2030.
1) It's provenly easier and quicker than the Finnish one.
2) Swedish is an easier language to learn than Finnish. (It's the second official language in Finland too, and one must know either Finnish or Swedish for the Finnish citizenship.)
3) Judging from Reitan/Majorov's trajectory, Sweden will be having two spots by 2030. Meanwhile, Turkkila and Versluis might have already retired by then.
4) Look at the points difference in the Europeans final result scores: only two hundredths of a point between Pirihara and Mini-Majorov! Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer, they say.

 

[Ikari]

Noone asked me, but my 1€ is that Orihara better start the process to get Swedish citizenship by 2030.
1) It's provenly easier and quicker than the Finnish one.
2) Swedish is an easier language to learn than Finnish. (It's the second official language in Finland too, and one must know either Finnish or Swedish for the Finnish citizenship.)
3) Judging from Reitan/Majorov's trajectory, Sweden will be having two spots by 2030. Meanwhile, Turkkila and Versluis might have already retired by then.

About 2), yes very likely if one comes from Indo-European language background (particularly Germanic), but for a Japanese native, Finnish might actually be easier.

Matthew Sperry apparently plans to get Finnish citizenship by 2030, so he better start learning...! I'm quite sure T/V will retire after next season.

How's the Swedish ID scene behind Reitan/Majorov? Do they have another senior ready pair?

 

[kwanfan1818]

There was an interview with Orihara a few years ago in which she said that she had been taking private Finnish lessons, and that she’d been told that Finnish was very hard to learn for a native Japanese speaker. At that point she may have given up trying to learn enough to pass the citizenship test, because the Olympics seemed out of reach. T/V were the only team sent to Worlds until 2024, after T/V cracked top 10 in 2023, and they earned a second spot.

 

[Sylvia]

How's the Swedish ID scene behind Reitan/Majorov? Do they have another senior ready pair?

The Swedish Junior champs are Canada-based Charlotte Chung/Axel MacKenzie: https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00117814.htm
Junior silver medalists Anna MacKenzie/Wesley Lockwood recently split as he is on IPS.

Also on IPS are 2 Italians:
Laura Finelli (6th at Italian Nationals with M. Bucciarelli): https://www.ice-dance.com/site/profile-laura-finelli-massimiliano-bucciarelli/
Pietro Rota (JGPs with Matilde Petracchi this season and Zoe Bianchi last season): https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00124158.htm

I've posted links re. the 3 recent CAN Junior splits (Brière/Lévesque, Cinçon-Debout/Celestino, Proulx/Cinçon-Debout) in the Canadian Ice Dance news thread in GSD.

 

[Andrea82]

Has Germany formally announced its Olympic team yet?

Confirmed today

Das Team Deutschland für die Olympischen Winterspiele 2026

17 Tage vor dem Start der Olympischen Winterspiele Mailand Cortina 2026 ist das Team Deutschland nahezu komplett.

www.dosb.de

They are somewhere in that list of 183 athletes

 

[DORISPULASKI]

Just what one would expect

Women:

• Minerva Hase (26, BSV 1892 / Pair skating)
• Annika Hocke (25, SCC-Berlin / Pair skating)
• Jennifer Janse Van Rensburg (32, German Ice Skating Union / Ice Dancing)

Men:

• Robert Kunkel (26, SCC-Berlin / Pair skating)
• Benjamin Steffan (30, EC Oberstdorf / ice dancing)
• Nikita Volodin (26, BSV 1892 / pair skating)

 

[angi]

Netflix will be releasing a three-part documentary series called Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing that will feature Chock/Bates, Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron, and Gilles/Poirier.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009248725579829381

The first trailer was released today, looks intriguing (with some interesting editorial decisions in the trailer IMO)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013636697368523145

 

[Sylvia]

Link to the thread in TV Alerts :

Thread 'Netflix Ice Dancing Documentary (C/B, G/P, F-B/C)'

Jan 8, 2026

Starts streaming Febuary 1. Apparently featuring Chock and Bates, Gilles and Poirier, and Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry.

Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing Trailer and Key Art From Netflix

Netflix is bringing the heat with a first look at Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing, the new docuseries streaming on February 1, 2026.

www.vitalthrills.com

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[Vagabond]

Trust Netflix to disregard protocol and put Cizeron's name before Fournier-Beaudry's!

Not that he wouldn't do the same thing himself.

 

[PRlady]

Do we think the special will explain WHY Laurence was free to skate with Cizeron?

 

[MsZem]

Well. At best I guess this documentary will age better than the 2022 one about IAM?

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Well. At best I guess this documentary will age better than the 2022 one about IAM?

If you mean age like spilled milk, then yes.

 

[Andrea82]

Callers at 4 Continents are
David Molina (TC at Cup of China this season), Julia Rey (NHK Trophy this season) and Lauren Senft (Cup of China this season)
Referee is Csaba Bálint (Hungary)

 

[Gris]

Just watched 4CC FD in person (in a nosebleed seat). Some of my thoughts:

My overall favorite is Hensen / Lickers. The program has such an edgy and cool vibe and just went by so quickly.

I also like the Browns’ program and even from the last row I could tell they were performing the hell of it.

Among the first group I quite like Nauryzova and Datiev’s dance. I think their lifts could’ve been timed to match the music crescent better though.

I hope Lim / Quan ditch this kind of schmaltzy stuff in the future - they’re definitely capable of better.

By the way, I don’t remember Fabbri and Ayer’s program much now, but their music had a very nice layered effect through the audio system in the arena.

 

[tony]

Start order updates for the Olympics:

The Skating Session by Tony Wheeler on Instagram: "Updated after Four Continents! Skate orders for the rhythm dance in Milano ⛸️"

2 likes, 0 comments - theskatingsession on January 22, 2026: "Updated after Four Continents! Skate orders for the rhythm dance in Milano ⛸️".

www.instagram.com

 

[marbri]

Just watched 4CC FD in person (in a nosebleed seat). Some of my thoughts:

My overall favorite is Hensen / Lickers. The program has such an edgy and cool vibe and just went by so quickly.

I also like the Browns’ program and even from the last row I could tell they were performing the hell of it.

Among the first group I quite like Nauryzova and Datiev’s dance. I think their lifts could’ve been timed to match the music crescent better though.

I hope Lim / Quan ditch this kind of schmaltzy stuff in the future - they’re definitely capable of better.

By the way, I don’t remember Fabbri and Ayer’s program much now, but their music had a very nice layered effect through the audio system in the arena.

I love this team. For a relatively new team to seniors they more than hold their own (even if the judges are sleeping on them). Their potential excites me.

 

[PRlady]

Saw Hensen/Lickers in Lake Placid last summer and was pleasantly surprised. They were sharp and interesting. I hope they succeed in Canada.

 

[Belsornia]

Start order updates for the Olympics:

The Skating Session by Tony Wheeler on Instagram: "Updated after Four Continents! Skate orders for the rhythm dance in Milano ⛸️"

2 likes, 0 comments - theskatingsession on January 22, 2026: "Updated after Four Continents! Skate orders for the rhythm dance in Milano ⛸️".

www.instagram.com

So which of the four teams who skate before the flood will be the lucky one to make the cut?

(My gut is saying Wang/Liu, even though my mind tells me it should be whichever of the other three skates the best on the day.)

 

[Sylvia]

Saw Hensen/Lickers in Lake Placid last summer and was pleasantly surprised. They were sharp and interesting. I hope they succeed in Canada.

Both seem very determined to keep progressing (this is their 14th season together! “They’re committed for a run at the 2030 Winter Games, slated for the French Alps.”) - this London Free Press article was posted in the Canadian Ice Dance news thread before 4CC:

Article on Lily Hensen and Nathan Lickers who are going to 4CC:

Local ice dancers carry momentum into Four Continents championships

Lily Hensen and Nathan Lickers had an early indication this skating season would be full of twists and turns.

lfpress.com

 

[PRlady]

So which of the four teams who skate before the flood will be the lucky one to make the cut?

(My gut is saying Wang/Liu, even though my mind tells me it should be whichever of the other three skates the best on the day.)

I hope not! Rooting for Brits or Swedes, I think the Brits have a better chance.

 

[uandmfan]

An article with Tessa and Scott. It's a fluff piece but interesting.

Seven years into retirement, Virtue and Moir still share an Olympic bond

Superstar figure skating duo cherish their 2018 gold medals and the way they captivated a global audience

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[Rukia]

An article with Tessa and Scott. It's a fluff piece but interesting.

Seven years into retirement, Virtue and Moir still share an Olympic bond

Superstar figure skating duo cherish their 2018 gold medals and the way they captivated a global audience

www.theglobeandmail.com

I think it's cute Scott is nervous about his first Olympics as a coach