The Dance Hall 8: Join the Maskerade 2020-2021

There is some good French hip hop out there; I googled awhile ago and found a few articles with a sampling of YouTube videos that I enjoyed a lot. I don't know if it matches with the idea of So You Think You Can Dance audience friendly type stuff, but I've only seen that show a few times.
 
Sylvia said:
Wagret/Souquet were with Alper Ucar and John Kerr this past season in Florida (iceberg_skating_academy on Instagram - their program recently moved to the Coral Springs, FL rink).
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I hadn’t followed that close, but they were definitely with Marina before that.

I feel like we’re seeing a lot of teams choosing to train closer to home now.
 
aka_gerbil said:
I hadn’t followed that close, but they were definitely with Marina before that.
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Yes they were - I assume they moved to the Kerrs with Alper Ucar.

From January 2021:
Sylvia said:
Turkey's Alper Ucar and Berk Akalin (with new partner Yuliia Zlata representing TUR), as well as France's Julia Wagret/Pierre Souquet, used to be in Zoueva's group and they are now based at the Iceberg Skating Academy in Pembroke Pines, Florida, that was founded by Ucar, John & Nadine Kerr: https://www.instagram.com/iceberg_skating_academy/
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jmtfti said:
Last time around, Virtue/Moir, the Shibutanis, Hubbell/Donohue, Weaver/Poje, Chock/Bates, Stepanova/Bukin, and Hawayek/Baker were all among the seniors using hip hop. If teams of that prominence were willing to tackle it the first time around, I don't see why it should be all that daunting now (tbh I'd find more strict blues and swing programs far more refreshing given my feelings about the caliber of most on-ice hip hop).
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Last time around the gap between what ice dance judges thought was good quality hip hop, and what I thought was good quality hip hop, was huge. Far bigger than the gap that typically existed between SYTYCD judges and myself -- and I had plenty of disagreements there as well. :lol:
 
litenkyckling said:
I really don't understand why, France will be more opened up once P/C retire and Canada already has top teams AND great juniors on the rise?
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I don't see a particularly strong reason for why they shouldn't though. P&C have only benefited Lauriault & LeGac opportunity-wise. Without P&C to earn the second berth, it will be down to the younger teams to do it & L&LG aren't in a particularly good position there at the moment. Maybe less travel & the support of the Canadian fed would be a plus. If Gilles & Poirier do retire after the Olympics, then there's an opening on the Canadian team. And the Danadians + Lajoie & Lagha are in a decent position to earn a third berth post international retirements. Canada has some good juniors right now, but none as far along as L&LG. Plus, if L&LG were to get themselves on track, they could potentially make things a little more interesting for Lajoie & Lagha. Soucisse & Firus are there to go after the same opening, of course; but they probably aren't any more competition than the current young teams in France. Six of one; half dozen of another. Easier to get a host berth at the French GP; but shoot, L&LG would have an in getting invited there anyway.

(All of this assuming Carreira & Ponomarenko are continuing to compete for the US).

It seems like earlier I had read speculation that L&LG were considering getting out all together? So I guess, switching countries is better news regarding their current outlook.
 
Dobre said:
(All of this assuming Carreira & Ponomarenko are continuing to compete for the US).
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Re-posting this IFS article link (originally published in the IFS June 2021 issue):
www.ifsmagazine.com

Carreira - Ponomarenko Quickstep Into Canada – International Figure Skating

Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko made a surprising move earlier this year when the moved north of the border to train with Scott Moir.
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... in August 2020, she finally received a green card. “It was a very long, complicated story,” said Carreira. “I actually petitioned three times and the third time I was approved. There were still problems getting the card and getting it expedited, but now I have it.”
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skylark said:
Won't it be a problem for Christina eventually getting US citizenship if they're living in Canada?
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She's not going to be living in Canada for most of the year. She's going to commute over the border.
 
Rukia said:
She's not going to be living in Canada for most of the year. She's going to commute over the border.
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Yes. She will basically have an hour commute to the rink, while Anthony gets to live in London and will have a very short commute.
 
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