2024 4CC FD - Shang-Bye

[skatingguy]

Shang Shi/Nan Wu
Caoch: Bing Han, Chongbo Gao
Music: Exogensis: Symphony (Parts 1-3) by Muse

Dance Spin 3
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Straight Line Lift 4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Slide Move
Choreo Spin Move

Very nice skate. A bit conservative,and reductive but really at this point Exogensis has been done so many times that it's hard for skaters to bring something new to the music, and that's just at this event.

92.17 = 1st Place
147.28 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Natalia Pallu-Neves/Jayin Panesar
Coach: P. Commes, N. Buckland, K. Quinn, A. Abretti
Music: 1999, Nothing Compares 2 U, Kiss by Prince

Choreo Spin Move
One Foot Turns W:1 M:2
Choreo Assisted Jumps
Straight Line Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Dance Spin 4
Stationary Lift 4 (3 after review)
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Choreo Character Step Sequence

I thought they did a nice job with the Prince music. The opening choreo spin move was really neat with using her top picks to pivot around, and the entry into the stationary lift with her in the arabesque drag position.

85.38 = 3rd Place
135.97 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Azusa Tanaka/Shingo Nishiyama
Coach: R. Haguenauer, M.-F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon
Music: Giselle by Adolphe Adam

Choreo Assisted Jump
Choreo Slide Move
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Dance Spin 2
Curve Lift 4 + Curve Lift 4
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:1 - Azusa stumbled at the beginning of thesequence
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Twizzle Move

An exciting young team. A couple of issues today, but hopefully lots to look forward to with this team in the future. Azusa's wrist is very heavily wrapped.

95.54 = 1st Place
157.63 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Xizi Chen/Jianing Xing
Coach: Xun Zheng
Music: The Phantom of the Opera on Ice by R. Danova

Curve Lift 4 + Curve Lift 4
Choreo Spin Move
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:3
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:1
Dance Spin 4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2 (W:1 M:2 after review)
Stationary Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Assisted Jump

Good ice coverage on their elements, but the transitions seemed a bit simple. Nice skate, but Phantoms been so many times before it's hard not to seen repetitive with it.

96.47 = 1st Place
157.57 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
Coach: Cathy Reed, Rie Arikawa
Music: Rise of the Phoenix, X-X

One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Straight Line Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4
Dance Spin 4
Circular Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Stationary Lift 4 (3 after review)
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Dance Lift
Choreo Slide Move

That was a great program. Cathy Reed doing wonderful work, and Utana & Masaya really performed so well.

103.27 = 1st Place
166.13 = 1st Place

 

[ice crystal]

I stayed on for the victory ceremony, wanting to see G/P on top of the podium. I didn't need to see Buchanan (according to Chris) hugging Sorensen, but not the other males on the podium. Now I feel a tad nauseous.

 

[skatingguy]

Hannah Lim/Ye Quan
Coach: M.-F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R. Haguenauer
Music: Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand

Straight Line Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:3 M:2
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:1
Curve Lift 4
Dance Spin 4 (3 after review)
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Hydroblade Move
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Dance Lift

The opening lift is lovely, and she hits the musical highlights her movement, and extension. Love the choreo lift at the end. This was a much better skate for Hannah &Ye after a bit of disappointing rhythm dance.

113.87 = 1st Place
182.78 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Holly Harris/Jason Chan
Coach: M.-F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R.Haguenauer
Music: Ocean Lullaby, Gefion, Freya

Stationary Lift 3 (4 after review)
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Choreo Hydroblade Move
Dance Spin 4
Curve Lift 4 + Curve Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Dance Lift

Holly had a slight stumble between the Dance Spin, and the Curve Lift combination. This team looks much better now than they did last fall. Not sure if there was an injury issue, or something, but a big improvement from when we saw them on the Grand Prix.

107.00 = 2nd Place
176.34 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain le Gac
Coach: P. Lauzon, M.-F. Dubreuil, R. Haguenauer
Music: Corpse Bride (soundtrack) by D. Elfman

Choreo Spin Move
Rotational Lift 4 + Stationary Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:3
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Dance Spin 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Straight Line Lift 4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:3
Choreo Dance Lift

Such a wonderfully creative team, and they put their full talents on display in this program. Every element has it's own little spin on it so it looks like something you've not seen before. Certainly this was their best performance of the season.

119.57 = 1st Place
190.83 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Caroline Green/Michael Parsons
Coach: Charlie White, Tanith White, Greg Zuerlein
Music: Denmark, Wind and Snow

Stationary Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Choreo Assisted Jumps
Dance Spin 4
Curve Lift 4 + Curve Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Dance Lift

Better than the rhythm dance, but still a few moments – Caroline on the twizzle in the diagonal step sequence, and the transition out of the choreo dance lift – that were just a bit off.

115.16 = 2nd Place
190.53 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto
Coach: M.-F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R. Haguenauer
Music: Loving You, Love Grows, Loving You

Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Circular Step Sequence W:1 M:2 (W:2 M:2 after review)
Dance Spin 4
Choreo Spin Move
Curve Lift 4 + Curve Lift 4
Choreo Slide Move
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Dance Lift

Very nice skate for Misato & Tim. Kind of a generic romantic program but they skated so well together, and it just works for their style.

111.41 = 4th Place
182.70 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik
Coach: I. Shpilband, N. Deller, A. Lenda
Music: Beauty and the Beast

Stationary Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Choreo Spin Move
One Foot Turns W:2 M:3
Curve Lift 4
Dance Spin 4
Choreo Slide Move
Serpentine Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Rotational Lift 4

Disney version of ice dance care of Igor Shpilband. They are certainly performing it, but it's missing the mark all season for me.

117.31 = 1st Place
193.07 = 1st Place

 

[Rukia]

I stayed on for the victory ceremony, wanting to see G/P on top of the podium. I didn't need to see Buchanan (according to Chris) hugging Sorensen, but not the other males on the podium. Now I feel a tad nauseous.

Yeah. Like I'm not going to be on Skate Canada or the IAM coaches thinking that they should just dump fbs because I imaging it's a pretty complicated situation for them. But seeing the referee hugging Sorensen for a long time and no one else was...strange to say the least.

 

[skatingguy]

Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko
Coach: S. Moir, M. Hubbell, A. Diaz, P. Lauzon
Music: Perfume - The Story of a Murderer

One Foot Turns W:3 M:3
Dance Spin 4
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Synchronized Twizzles W:3 M:4 - Christina's 2nd twizzle was off balance, touched down (W:2 M:4 after review)
Circular Step Sequence W:3 M:2
Straight Line Lift 4
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Assisted Jumps
Choreo Slide Move

The power of @Rukia has been too focused on Anthony. Time to light some candles for Christina. Better to do them now then to wait to long as Worlds approaches. Apparently the end of the program was so unwatchable that the cameraperson showed us a shot of the crowd reaction – the shock on people's faces - before returning to the skaters. I guess we'll never know what happened in those moments.

116.67 = 3rd Place
194.14 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen
Coach: M.-F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R. Haguenauer
Music: Notre Dame de Paris

One Foot Turns W:3 M:2
Rotational Lift 4 + Stationary Lift 4
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4 (W:3 M:4 after review)
Diagonal Step Sequence W:3 M:2
Dance Spin 4
Choreo Assisted Jumps
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Dance Lift

125.52 = 1st Place
207.54 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
Coach: Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Jon Lane
Music: Wuthering Heights (soundtrack) by R. Sakamoto

One Foot Turns W:3 M:3
Straight Line Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Dance Spin 4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Dance Lift
Choreo Hydroblade Move

A beautiful skate from Piper/Paul. Best they've looked this season.

128.87 = 1st Place
214.36 = 1st Place

 

[just tuned in]

@skatingguy, it is nice of you to do this.

 

[cholla]

Nothing about their FD is a great look.

Their simple presence at 4CC isn't a great look. It's indecent.

 

[her grace]

Small medal for Laurialt/Le Gac. Nice accomplishment for them.

 

[Wyliefan]

I watched unspoiled this morning, and said out loud, "Christina, not you!" at the twizzle. That was close, but they hung on. All hail the power of @Rukia. Anthony and Scott were cute dancing in the K&C (presumably trying to cheer her up?).

Corpse Bride third in the free! Who'd'a thunk?

I felt for Caroline and Michael, but they seemed in pretty good spirits on the couch, and I'm glad for that.

Well done, Piper and Paul. And I will never mock a transparent skirt again. Well, at least not in ice dance.

 

[Icetalavista]

Nope ... but someone needs to tell Scott to stop shopping in the "Big and Tall" stores.

Aspirational. Aim high. Kitten with lion mindset. Own it, Scott!

 

[skategal]

hey I also thought LaLa should be ahead of the Danadians last year! @Jay42 can attest to that

Me too.

But I do remember there wasn’t many of us who felt that way.

We were clearly ahead of our time.

 

[Spikefan]

All caught up and I actually enjoyed the first two groups. Even though technically not great it was nice to see new to me programs.

Green/Parsons skated better than Nationals, so some redemption. It will be fascinating to see what’s next for them. This was the first time I liked Z/K Beauty and the Beast. I enjoyed them and Lim/Quan the most today. Christina and Anthony definitely need some rest, thankfully plenty of time for Worlds.

I FF through FB/S, I tried to watch the RD and he just grosses me out now. Annoyed I also had to skip the medal ceremony. If they are at Worlds in Boston I will be walking out during their skate.

I still think Charlene/Marco should win Worlds but I doubt it happens. I will be fine with Piper/Paul but it will probably be Chock/Bates again.

 

[AYS]

hey I also thought LaLa should be ahead of the Danadians last year! @Jay42 can attest to that

I can tell you for a fact that both @BlueRidge and I agreed with this, although I'm not going to link to our DMs to prove it.

 

[BlueRidge]

I can tell you for a fact that both @BlueRidge and I agreed with this, although I'm not going to link to our DMs to prove it.

yeah but @BlueRidge is a LaLa uber so you have to take that with a grain of salt.

 

[skategal]

Just watched the medal ceremony and realized 5 out of 6 are Canadian citizens. (Can we give Anthony honorary citizenship so he’s not left out?)

2 are American (soon to be 3).

1 Dane.

Ice dance is truly an international affair.

 

[jlai]

I'm not even close on either card.

He didn't talk much during the performance, which limited the possibility of certain phrases. And he kept saying brilliant instead of magnificent, UGH!

eta: Worrying for C/P politically speaking given what happened in the fd

 

[Rukia]

eta: Worrying for C/P politically speaking given what happened in the fd

They had the 15th ranked twizzles I'm not that concerned tbh, but they don't have wiggle room to not skate clean (as others do lol)

 

[Karen-W]

He didn't talk much during the performance, which limited the possibility of certain phrases. And he kept saying brilliant instead of magnificent, UGH!

eta: Worrying for C/P politically speaking given what happened in the fd

They had the 15th ranked twizzles I'm not that concerned tbh, but they don't have wiggle room to not skate clean (as others do lol)

They were a little off their game this week, which is understandable given how fabulously they skated last week at Nationals. They are part of a pack of 5 Worlds-bound teams whose RD scores are bunched within 2 points of each other (LopBri, TurkVer, DavSmo, CarPon, Taschlers) and I'm convinced that it is going to come down to who skates best in Montreal. None of these teams have the wiggle room to not skate clean - the three that come out on top will make the penultimate group for the FD (presuming the top 7 are ChoBat, GilPoir, GuiFab, FearGib, LajLag, FBSoer & ReedAmbru).

 

[peibeck]

They were a little off their game this week, which is understandable given how fabulously they skated last week at Nationals. They are part of a pack of 5 Worlds-bound teams whose RD scores are bunched within 2 points of each other (LopBri, TurkVer, DavSmo, CarPon, Taschlers) and I'm convinced that it is going to come down to who skates best in Montreal. None of these teams have the wiggle room to not skate clean - the three that come out on top will make the penultimate group for the FD (presuming the top 7 are ChoBat, GilPoir, GuiFab, FearGib, LajLag, FBSoer & ReedAmbru).

Eh... ReedAmbru got their honorary Euro medal. The judges should rightfully dump them behind LopBri, CarPon and the Taschlers where they belong. I wasn't remotely impressed with DavSmo at Euros, sloppy and awkward transitions in and out of their elements. (Not to mention the spawn of Eteri deserves no favors). So I pray they really aren't a top ten threat.