Young Skating choreographers compete-videos up.include Jeremy Abbott & Dan Hollander

Young Skating choreographers compete-videos up.include Jeremy Abbott & Dan Hollander

http://www.grassrootstochampions.com/YoungArtistsShowcase.htm

The Young Artists Showcase will foster and encourage young ice skating choreographers by giving them experience through a series of challenges and guidance from an expert panel of Artists, Skaters, and Choreographers.

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The Young Artists competing are:
Joel Dear - former ice dancer
Courtney Baga
Tommy Steenberg - current competitor in Senior Men's
Adam Blake
Amber Van Wyk
Nanoha Sato
llana Sedaka
Jade Esposito
Victoria Beebout
Elisa Siegmund
Kathryn McSwain
Shannon Lenihan
Amanda Hoffman

There may be others who competed, but whose videos I have not found yet.



Now the entries for the first through third challenges to this competition are on youtube.

Main YouTube Channel for the Competition
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/p

Challenge One - Carving Space
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/CD38D9AD1E55F124

Challenge One - All Judges' Reviews- Includes Kurt Browning commenting!
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/1A2EAC130F10AC64

Announcement of Challenge One winner
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/F733A8DACDB8BC85

Challenge Two A - Proper Seating
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/7D336C52A1B92556
Judges' Reviews for Challenge 2A
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/80CF8256F671AA36

Challenge Two B - Stomp on It
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/E17030A6DAF9EE3B

Judges' Review for Challenge 2B
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/F733A8DACDB8BC85

Challenge Three - Return to the Classics
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/009AC7007D753F5C
Judge Review of the programs for Challenge Three
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/0CE85331FFB8FBE3

The judges are (judge profiles here):
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/D109BE5F9AC3B542

Some of the judges were interviewed, and some appear not to have been, and yet appear commenting on the competitors' work. It's not clear to me whether the non-interviewed were celebrity bystanders or real judges. Plus I have only found the announcement of the winner of Challenge 1 so far. Different judges judged different challenges, as far as I can decode.

Joe Inman-Judge
Michael Weis-Competitor
Stephanie Grosscup
Lorna Brown-Choreographer
Gary Beacom-Competitor and utterly unique skater
Sara Kawahara-Choreographer
Dan Joyce
Doug Webster
It appears that
Kurt Browning
Jeri Campbell
Jamie Isley
Leann Miller

Here is a playlist that the person who put it up felt were the best programs of the competition:

http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/62D778E465D651EB

Joel Dear, I think skating his own composition, Race of Life, for Challenge One Carving Space on an outdoor rink!
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/62D778E465D651EB

Tommy Steenberg skating his own composition UnLeashed Insanity for Challenge One
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/1/uf4QEX-kx9U

Elisa Siegman Challenge 2A-Props for Small Ice with a chair
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/4/uhn0BoAgeNw

Adam Blake, Challenge 2A Crash, skated by Alexander Allen
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/2/1mlU1L0xbOM

Amanda Hoffman Challenge 2B (turn up the sound. It's kind of low)
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/3/cNICxZK0xEc

Joel Dear, Challenge 3, Return to the Classics, tell a story through ballet (The Perfect Rose)
Skated by Natalia Zaitseva on the outdoor rink
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/5/8rA4y9Nlsuw

Here are some programs another viewer found interesting:
Joel Dear Challenge 2A:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/search/5/B8v9ZrdmF_Q

Joel Dear 2B (skated by Dan Hollander):
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/search/1/BuzXS9q6g2o

Kathryn McSwain's challenge 3 piece, Giselle skated by Jeremy Abbott
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/38/vQHqNOAe_Zc

There may be additional postings...and I haven't watched most of the competition, but I thought some of you might be interested in what the future might bring in skating, when the works of these young people begins to be performed by elite level competitors

There are 2 more Challenges. Audrey Weisger announces ithem:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/1/82xKecTRkHg

Re: Young Skating choreographers compete-videos up.include Jeremy Abbott & Dan Hollan

Jeremy's choreo is great! Kathryn McSwain is really talented and had the best model for her creation =)

Re: Young Skating choreographers compete-videos up.include Jeremy Abbott & Dan Hollan

http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/62D778E465D651EB/1/uf4QEX-kx9U

I really like Tommy Steenburg's number in the first challenge. There are some interesting new moves in it.

Re: Young Skating choreographers compete-videos up.include Jeremy Abbott & Dan Hollan

These are fun to watch and it's so encouraging to see something like this. Yay!

Re: Young Skating choreographers compete-videos up.include Jeremy Abbott & Dan Hollan

Results are up for Challenge 4A and 4B:


In the Champions group, Joel Dear and Tommy Steenberg advanced to the finals.
In the Grassroots group, Nanoha Sato and Victoria Beebout advanced to the finals.
The finals will be held August first.


Tommy Steenberg
Challenge 4a working with 3 skaters to Fosse
RIch Man's Frug
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/2/dRecGJYs5IU

Joel Dear
Challenger 4b Inspiring the Next Generation (working with kids)
Inspired by Nathan Chen
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/1/LG6MBg2ITXg

Victoria Beebout
Challenger 4b Inspiring the Next Generation (working with kids)
My Friend the Dictionary
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/4/xUWaMswXNk4

Amber Leigh Van Wyck
Challenge 4A Fosse Fosse Fosse (3 skaters) won the popular vote
If I had my way
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/5/YSBL7QDesq4