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Free Dance, Results and Thoughts

ImaginaryPogue

Record Breaker
Joined
Jun 3, 2009
1. Do we have a new rivalry? 0.04 separating gold from silver!!!!!!

2. Good for the Parsons, and they kept pace as well (less than a point off of gold)

FD results
 

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
1 Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN RUS 80.21 39.25 40.96 6.79 6.68 6.93 6.96 6.89 0.00 #18
2 Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN RUS 77.89 36.20 41.69 7.04 6.71 7.04 7.04 7.07 0.00 #17
3 Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS USA 77.74 39.96 37.78 6.36 6.14 6.36 6.36 6.36 0.00 #16
4 Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN CAN 66.67 28.63 38.04 6.43 6.14 6.43 6.43 6.39 0.00 #19
5 Melinda MENG / Andrew MENG CAN 66.17 34.44 31.73 5.29 5.07 5.46 5.43 5.36 0.00 #12
6 Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR 64.93 29.49 37.44 6.29 6.11 6.21 6.36 6.32 2.00 #20
7 Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI KAZ 64.35 33.42 30.93 5.18 4.89 5.25 5.39 5.25 0.00 #13
8 Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV KOR 63.39 34.49 28.90 4.89 4.64 4.89 4.96 4.82 0.00 #11
9 Celia ROBLEDO / Luis FENERO ESP 62.03 32.20 29.83 4.93 4.75 5.11 5.18 5.07 0.00 #14
10 Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO UZB 60.92 26.61 34.31 5.71 5.46 5.82 5.93 5.86 0.00 #15
11 Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG ISR 60.21 33.03 27.18 4.61 4.36 4.61 4.64 4.54 0.00 #10




1 Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN RUS 134.63 3 1
2 Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN RUS 134.59 1 2
3 Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS USA 134.09 2 3
4 Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN CAN 118.64 4 4
5 Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR 114.06 5 6
6 Melinda MENG / Andrew MENG CAN 113.02 6 5
7 Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI KAZ 107.78 8 7
8 Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO UZB 105.00 7 10
9 Celia ROBLEDO / Luis FENERO ESP 104.79 9 9
10 Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV KOR 104.48 10 8
11 Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG ISR 97.39 13 11
12 Valeria GAISTRUK / Alexei OLEJNIK UKR 95.95 11 12
13 Carina GLASTRIS / Nicholas LETTNER GRE 92.15 14 13
14 Kathrin HAEUSER / Sevan LERCHE GER 91.46 12 15
15 Jasmine TESSARI / Stefano COLAFATO ITA 85.50 16 14
16 Marina ELIAS / Denis KORELINE EST 79.87 15 17
17 Sara CIBULKOVA / Aivaras STRAVINSKAS LTU 78.84 17 16
18 Millie PATERSON / Edward CARSTAIRS GBR 66.91 20 18
19 Szilvia MAGYAR / Daniel ILLES HUN 66.10 19 19
20 Slavyana TSENOVA / Egor ZAYTSEV BUL 57.86 21 20

EIGHTH IN THE FD

Rebecka Kim & Kirill Minov KOR

FD Midnight in Moscow by The Scorpions

They are coached by Irina Zhuk & Alexander Svinin who also do their choreography Rebecka is 14 &Kirill's 19.
I think you will see this team rise in the ranks.

Their base value of 32.70 is 3rd highest, behind Parsons at 36.20, Zenkova at 34.7, and ahead of kosigina at 31.70

TES 34.49 qualifies them for jr worlds & 4cc's
SD 22.64 also

They just need more speed
she has great flexibility
quick turns on the twizzles
his position in the dance spin is awkward
and they recentered rather far away
the first lift is interesting and has transitions that go with the music
simple rotational lift
a little awkward in final pose



FiFTH IN THE FD--AND BENT/ MACKEEN BETTER WATCH OUT

Melinda Meng & Andrew Meng CAN
FD MicMacs à tire-larigot, ('Non-stop shenanigans'). The film is billed as a "satire on the world arms trade".[French movie soundtrack) They are street people

Melinda & Andrew are just moving up to the Junior division, and had not competed internationally as of January 2, 2012.. Melinda is 15, and Andrew is 16.
Their coaches are Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, & Pascal Denis. Their choreographers are Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, & Milena Todaro.
The Mengs competed in Novices at Canadian Nationals in 2012, where they finished second.. There is a nice photo of them on the first page:

start with a bow
terrible dust rag (maybe kitchen sink net scrubbie) of a skirt on her with far too many colors of nylon net layered
appears to be about some kind of stage dancer
fairly typical rotational lift with hair cutter action
very smooth footwork
more french accordion music
pulls her between his legs in a very labored way

he has red suspenders hat, striped shirt
spin is ok
entrance to rotational lift a hair off
piggyback lift does not appeal

66.17

Combination rotational lift to start LOVED by judges
spin level 3 only
final rotational lift only level 1 but judges liked it




Seventh in the FD
Karina Uzorova & Ilias Ali KAZ
FD Live for the One I have; The Age of the Cathedrals; The Refugees (all from Notre Dame de Paris) by Richard Cocciante
They are coached by Kuralai Uzurova, & Maia Usova. Their choreographer is Maia Usova. Ilias is almost 18, and Karina is 15.
.
They are the Senior Ice Dance champions of Kazakhstan. start with a spin good speed in it
wiggly in the steps
peculiar lift where she just hands up as though she should keeep going but she doesn't
lots of jumps in the next part into a step sequencce
lift
first 2 sets of twizzles out of synch last set nice
64.35 PB


Ninth in the FD
Celia Robledo & Luis Fenero ESP
FD Chicago (soundtrack)
Their coaches are Muriel Zazoui, R. Haguenauer, & Olivier Schoenfelder
Their choreographer is Romain Haguenauer.
They are the current Spanish National Junior Champions.
starts with "Ladies & Gentlemen!!!"
nice shoot the duck by Luis while Celia holds his hand
I like this entry to the lift-she ends up upside on his foot
splits as part of the steps
twizzles second set really anemic
circular step is stumbly to "isn't it fun"...but it isn't
spin to the more Charlestony music
really suits the music here
a lift that looks mostly like him throwing her around his neck


62.03 overall PB

TENTH IN THE FD
Anna Nagornyuk & Viktor Kovalenko UZB

FD Me Voy by Jasmin Levy; Flamenco


Their coaches are Svetlana Alexeeva & Olga Riabinina, and their choreographer is Elena Kustarova. Anna is 16, and Viktor is 20.
Their best ever score was 114.98 at JGP Tallinn last year, where they placed sixth. They are the senior champions from Uzbekistan

They do the Latin & guitar thingie with her in the tango dress
black lace over red
castanets
smooth curve lift with him gliding backwards on one foot
little running steps without edges to start the footwork
spin he is particularly awkard & in the 2nd set just kind of drifts around in a circle rather than a centered spin

Into flamenco
twizzles oh dear. she stumbles badly and he stumbles to get out of her way. ick
level 2 hand clapping into another throwing her around lift
this program needs work
fast foottapping and they have lost all semblance of keeping up with it. Final lift of the throwing her around variety.

tanked 60.92




Warm-Up Group 4
THIRD IN THE FD (BUT NOT BY MUCH)
Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons USA
FD Walpurgis Night Faust Three Nymphs by Charles Gounod
Rachel is 14, and Michael is 16.

His in the requisite black rag suit for a demon
She's in unlucky green with a rag skirt
they are so much smoother than earlier in the season
long rotational lift, rotations could be quicker
he's in a lunge, she's standing on his foot in a Biellmann
very nice twizzles all 3 sets, audience can be heard applauding
man is the arena empty
step sequence
there is still something klutzy about her leg extensions
nice layback over his leg while he's in a lunge
spin to frantic music
nice
this appears to be nice girl & demon
final rotational lift. The jouncing up and down maybe intentional but it doesn't look so.
77.74 PB


best thing the opening level 3 step; circular step also level 3


SECOND IN THE FD
Evgenia Kosigina & Nikolai Moroshkin RUS

FD Michael Jackson Medley
Evgenia & Nikolai are coached by the team of Gorshkov & Shpilband. Their choreographer is Victor Kanevski.
Next time, get Shpilband to do the choreo too. This program is dreck

already the cuts are bad
thriller
fast steps not quite matching
another sandbag rotational lift
they almost crash in the last twizzle set. He seems a little off axis throughout, (why does this seem to be a problem with pri marily male ice dancers???)
step to drums
step onto his foot, hold leg in split lift. too obvious how they get into it
not thriller any more
spin
ragged second bit OK
this bit is good steps (but not a sequence, I think)
curved lift with a really big arc nice
final lift choreographic. just ok

Judge 7 also loves this team (but not as much as Z&S) 2's
level 1 &2 on steps, the difference

highlight the first lift


77.89

FIRST IN THE FD
Valeria Zenkova & Valerie Sinitsin RUS
FD Cats (musical) by A. L. Webber
They are coached by Alexander Zhulin & Oleg Volkov. Their choreographers are Alexander Zhulin & Sergei Petukhov.
Valeria is 17, and Valerie is 20.


every junior dancer's nightmare ---skating to Cats
this spin drifts
the entrance to the twizzles is very neat, from forward to back with leg up forward
1:00 minute mark
smoother getting into their lifts and out than K&M
their positions in lifts in general are more defined than K&M
final step
Another sling her around like a sandbag lift
then into neat back lift-I want to see that one again


80.21, and into 1st, and into the JGPF.
level 4 except steps 2 &3
judges liked the opening spin. Judge 7 ADORES this team 3's? (A little excessive there)

FOURTH IN THE FD

Mackenzie Bent & Garrett McKeen CAN
Their programs:

FD Misterio Y Fuego performed by Ensemble Vivant
Mackenzie is 15, and Garrett is 18.
Their coaches and choreographers are Carol and Jon Lane, and Juris Razgulajevs


jump twizzles ok
tango ish program, I guess
lots of lungy moves
carol lane recycles R&H tango???
blonde kitten girls should not do tango
spin to very slow music went a bit to pieces at the end
piano music tango ?
hydroblade haircutter lift
back to regular tango
more lunges, way too many in this program
up and down rotational lift she touches down, and they go up again in a lift and one has to ask, was that intentional or not.
*ETA* it wasn't, and they got level 1 for the final rotational lift, and for the circular step just preceding it., and for the diagonal step
Killed by the callers

66.67 into 4th

SIXTH IN THE FD
Alexandra Nazarova & Maxim Nikitin UKR

FD Gopher Mambo; Habanera; Malambo
Their coaches are Galina Churilova and Mariana Kozlova. Their choreographer is Larisa Fiodorova.
Alexandra is 15, and Maxim is 17.
They have rather different hobbies. Alexandra likes sky diving & swimming, while Maxim collects insects.

T
64.93 into 6th

He's in white, she's in a little red dress with ruffles on the chest
Low lift he's in an extreme hydroblade, she's stretched out parallel to the ice like a plank. OK!
steps-twizzly bits good, but some bad edges
level 2 at best
She's cantilevered out from his shoulder, uncomplex effetive lift
spin
sack of sand rotational lift
there's been alot of those this event
she falls doing nothing, basically, in a transition to a step
twizzles 3 sets nicely done
choreographic lift kind of anemic,
pair cantilever like spoons to end. OK :) I like this bit.

They also got dinged for an extra element. the 3rd lift was deemed a curve rather than a straight line lift, and so was an extra element -no score and -1.
And got -1.43 goe on the level 2 circular step that ended in a fall.
 

sky_fly20

Match Penalty
Joined
Nov 20, 2011
Zenkova/Sinitsin and Kosigina/Moroshkin into JGPF ? and Yanovskaia/Mozgov out of the qualifying correct ?
last 2 spots could go to the Germans and Stepanova/Bukin in last JGP event next week
 

Mao88

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 9, 2011
ICE DANCE COMPETITION - VIDEOS & RESULT

1. Valeria ZENKOVA & Valerie SINITSIN (RUS) - 134.63
Short Dance, Free Dance
2. Evgenia KOSIGINA & Nikolai MOROSHKIN (RUS) - 134.59
Short Dance, Free Dance
3. Rachel PARSONS & Michael PARSONS (USA) - 134.09
Short Dance, Free Dance
4. Mackenzie BENT & Garrett MACKEEN (CAN) - 118.64
Short Dance, Free Dance
5. Alexandra NAZAROVA & Maxim NIKITIN (UKR) - 114.06
Short Dance, Free Dance
6. Melinda MENG & Andrew MENG (CAN) - 113.02
Short Dance, Free Dance
7. Karina UZUROVA & Ilias ALI (KAZ) - 107.78
Short Dance, Free Dance
8. Anna NAGORNYUK & Viktor KOVALENKO (UZB) - 105.00
Short Dance, Free Dance
9. Celia ROBLEDO & Luis FENERO (ESP) - 104.79
Short Dance, Free Dance
10. Rebeka KIM & Kirill MINOV (KOR) - 104.48
Short Dance, Free Dance
 

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Definitely Stepanova & Bukin make it, if they don't get the stomach flu and withdraw at Chemnitz.
 

Icedancingdrmz

Spectator
Joined
Aug 3, 2011
Zenkova/Sinitsin and Kosigina/Moroshkin into JGPF ? and Yanovskaia/Mozgov out of the qualifying correct ?
last 2 spots could go to the Germans and Stepanova/Bukin in last JGP event next week

http://www.isuresults.com/events/jgp2012/jgpsdance.htm

The final will consist of the top five teams (Aldridge/Eaton, Papadakis/Cizeron, Zenkova/Sinitsin, Kosignia/Moroshkin, Yanovskaya/Mozgov) and presumably Stepanova/Bukin.
 

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!
Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 27, 2009
why Yanovskaia/Mozgov ? :confused: Koch/Nuchtern have higher score, I would assume if they win silver again
in Germany hey will qualify ahead of Y/M they win the tiebreaker

They already compeated in two events. They got 2nd and 4th so they are behind Y/M.
 

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!
Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 27, 2009
Koch/Nuchtern will compete in Germany, so assuming they podium again
it will not be counted in the points ?

They are not listed as competing in Germany. Where did you hear that they will be at this competition? Besides I don't think they can compete in more than two events anyway.
 
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