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The teams are listed in the order they will skate at the Grand Prix. Note that the highest scoring OD's in the Junior Grand Prix were between 53 and 54.21
They were skated by the Riazanova & Guerreiro, Hubbells, Chock and Zuerlein and the Shibutanis. Obviously, that's a tight range, so this should be an interesting competition.
For some of the couples, a video of their OD is available. If I found one, I posted a link.
1 Marina ANTIPOVA / Artem KUDASHEV RUS
Coach: Oleg Sudakov, Valentin Kuziaev
Choreographer: Elena Maslennikova
Program: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Rhythm: Foxtrot, Quickstep
Best score in the OD this year: 48.81 at Ostrava JGP
TES 28.75 PCS 20.06
Judge's highlight: The initial spin
They had problems with the twizzles
1 Sp4 4.70 0.69
2 MiStNt3 6.20 0.88
3 STw4 4.70 -0.25
4 RoLi4 4.00 0.63
5 DiSt3 7.20 0.00
6 Li+TRANS
2 Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Dmitri KISELEV RUS
Coach and Choreographer: Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Program: Fanny Met, Tiger Rag
Rhythms: Charleston, Ragtime
Best score this year in the OD: 46.88 in JGP Belarus
TES 25.40 PCS 21.48
Judge's highlight: Synchronized twizzles, element 1
Flight Plan at Belarus:
1 STw4 4.70 0.25
2 SlLi2 3.00 0.38
3 CiSt2 6.40 0.25
4 Sp4 4.70 -0.06
5 Li+TRANS 0.00
6 MiStNt2 5.40 0.38
Unfortunately, ragtime is not a dance of the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's. It is a dance of the 1900's and 1910's.
3 Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN
Coach: Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razguliaevs, D. Iljima
Choreographer: Carol Lane, Juris Razguliaevs
Program: They Can't Take That Away from Me by George and Ira Gershwin
Rhythm: Foxtrot:
Best score this year: Mexico JGP 48.88
TES 28.10 PCS 20.78
Judge's highlight: Second element, the diagonal step
They did have a problem with the twizzles
Flight Plan from Mexico:
1 RoLi4 4.00 0.30
2 DiSt3 7.20 0.80
3 MiStNt3 6.20 0.40
4 STw4 4.70 -0.40
5 Sp4 4.70 0.20
6 Li+TRANS
4 Alisa AGAFONOVA / Dmitri DUN UKR
Coach: Svetlana Chernikova, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband
Program: Puttin' On the Ritz
Rhythm: Charleston
Best Score this year in the OD: Sheffield JGP 50.14
TES 26.12 PCS 22.64
Judge's highlight: The initial midline step sequence (not touching)
They had problems with the twizzles
1 MiStNt3 6.20 0.88
2 Sp4 4.70 0.06
3 STw3 4.00 -0.31
4 DiSt2 6.40 0.25
5 RoLi3 3.50 0.44
6 Li+TRANS
Video of their OD. Doesn't look much like Charleston to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcd2CjeyFiY&feature=related
Shpilband knows what a Charleston is--he and Zoueva choreographed one for Davis and White. I am nonplussed that they have mislabelled this music. BTW, Putting on the Ritz itself is a fine choice for this OD. It just isn't a Charleston.
Warm-Up Group 2
5 Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS
Coach: Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva
Choreographer: Elena Kustarova
OD : C'est Si Bon performed by Louis Armstrong; Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima
Rhythm: Slow Foxtrot, Swing
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Madrid 54.21
TES 30.99 PCS 23.22
Judge's Highlights: Synchronized twizzles (element 1) and the dance spin (element 3)
Flight Plan from Madrid:
1 STw4 4.70 0.81
2 MiStNt3 6.20 1.00
3 Sp4 4.70 0.75
4 CiSt3 7.20 1.13
5 RoLi4 4.00 0.50
6 Li+TRANS
Video from Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRfggYeG6Us&feature=related
6 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
OD: Selection from Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Paul Englishby
Rhythm: Swing 1940s:
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Madrid 53.22
TES 30.31 PCS 22.91
Judges' highlight: Element 3 the rotational lift, which received two GOE's of 3! (Alex spins on one foot, holding Maia up)Flight Plan from Madrid
1 MiStNt3 6.20 0.88
2 Sp4 4.70 0.50
3 RoLi4 4.00 1.00
4 STw4 4.70 0.50
5 DiSt3 7.20 0.63
6 Li+TRANS
Video of their OD from Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCFMJwJb8i4&feature=related
7 Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN USA
Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Program: Minnie the Moocher; The Dancing Floor
Rhythm: Blues, Quickstep
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Sheffield 53.78
TES 30.93 PCS 22.85
Judge's Highlight: The third element, straight line lift
Flight Plan from Sheffield:
1 STw4 4.70 0.50
2 DiSt3 7.20 1.13
3 SlLi4 4.00 0.94
4 Sp4 4.70 0.56
5 MiStNt3 6.20 1.00
6 Li+TRANS
Video of their OD from Merano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUIsTC8IaoY
8 Madison HUBBELL / Keiffer HUBBELL USA
Coach: Jaroslava Netchaeva, Juri Tchesnitchenko
Choreographer: Juri Tchesnitchenko, Jaroslava Netchaeva
Program: Minnie The Moocher performed by Cab Calloway
Rhythm: Blues
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Mexico 53.31
TES 29.90 PCS 24.41 Deduction -1.0 Extended lift
Their Flight Plan, as skated at Mexico:
Judge's highlight: The initial straight line lift
1 SlLi4 4.00 0.90
2 Sp4 4.70 0.50
3 MiStNt3 6.20
4 STw3 4.00 0.00
5 CiSt3 7.20 1.40
6 Li+TRANS
The teams are listed in the order they will skate at the Grand Prix. Note that the highest scoring OD's in the Junior Grand Prix were between 53 and 54.21
They were skated by the Riazanova & Guerreiro, Hubbells, Chock and Zuerlein and the Shibutanis. Obviously, that's a tight range, so this should be an interesting competition.
For some of the couples, a video of their OD is available. If I found one, I posted a link.
1 Marina ANTIPOVA / Artem KUDASHEV RUS
Coach: Oleg Sudakov, Valentin Kuziaev
Choreographer: Elena Maslennikova
Program: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Rhythm: Foxtrot, Quickstep
Best score in the OD this year: 48.81 at Ostrava JGP
TES 28.75 PCS 20.06
Judge's highlight: The initial spin
They had problems with the twizzles
1 Sp4 4.70 0.69
2 MiStNt3 6.20 0.88
3 STw4 4.70 -0.25
4 RoLi4 4.00 0.63
5 DiSt3 7.20 0.00
6 Li+TRANS
2 Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Dmitri KISELEV RUS
Coach and Choreographer: Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Program: Fanny Met, Tiger Rag
Rhythms: Charleston, Ragtime
Best score this year in the OD: 46.88 in JGP Belarus
TES 25.40 PCS 21.48
Judge's highlight: Synchronized twizzles, element 1
Flight Plan at Belarus:
1 STw4 4.70 0.25
2 SlLi2 3.00 0.38
3 CiSt2 6.40 0.25
4 Sp4 4.70 -0.06
5 Li+TRANS 0.00
6 MiStNt2 5.40 0.38
Unfortunately, ragtime is not a dance of the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's. It is a dance of the 1900's and 1910's.
3 Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN
Coach: Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razguliaevs, D. Iljima
Choreographer: Carol Lane, Juris Razguliaevs
Program: They Can't Take That Away from Me by George and Ira Gershwin
Rhythm: Foxtrot:
Best score this year: Mexico JGP 48.88
TES 28.10 PCS 20.78
Judge's highlight: Second element, the diagonal step
They did have a problem with the twizzles
Flight Plan from Mexico:
1 RoLi4 4.00 0.30
2 DiSt3 7.20 0.80
3 MiStNt3 6.20 0.40
4 STw4 4.70 -0.40
5 Sp4 4.70 0.20
6 Li+TRANS
4 Alisa AGAFONOVA / Dmitri DUN UKR
Coach: Svetlana Chernikova, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband
Program: Puttin' On the Ritz
Rhythm: Charleston
Best Score this year in the OD: Sheffield JGP 50.14
TES 26.12 PCS 22.64
Judge's highlight: The initial midline step sequence (not touching)
They had problems with the twizzles
1 MiStNt3 6.20 0.88
2 Sp4 4.70 0.06
3 STw3 4.00 -0.31
4 DiSt2 6.40 0.25
5 RoLi3 3.50 0.44
6 Li+TRANS
Video of their OD. Doesn't look much like Charleston to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcd2CjeyFiY&feature=related
Shpilband knows what a Charleston is--he and Zoueva choreographed one for Davis and White. I am nonplussed that they have mislabelled this music. BTW, Putting on the Ritz itself is a fine choice for this OD. It just isn't a Charleston.
Warm-Up Group 2
5 Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS
Coach: Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva
Choreographer: Elena Kustarova
OD : C'est Si Bon performed by Louis Armstrong; Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima
Rhythm: Slow Foxtrot, Swing
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Madrid 54.21
TES 30.99 PCS 23.22
Judge's Highlights: Synchronized twizzles (element 1) and the dance spin (element 3)
Flight Plan from Madrid:
1 STw4 4.70 0.81
2 MiStNt3 6.20 1.00
3 Sp4 4.70 0.75
4 CiSt3 7.20 1.13
5 RoLi4 4.00 0.50
6 Li+TRANS
Video from Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRfggYeG6Us&feature=related
6 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
OD: Selection from Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Paul Englishby
Rhythm: Swing 1940s:
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Madrid 53.22
TES 30.31 PCS 22.91
Judges' highlight: Element 3 the rotational lift, which received two GOE's of 3! (Alex spins on one foot, holding Maia up)Flight Plan from Madrid
1 MiStNt3 6.20 0.88
2 Sp4 4.70 0.50
3 RoLi4 4.00 1.00
4 STw4 4.70 0.50
5 DiSt3 7.20 0.63
6 Li+TRANS
Video of their OD from Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCFMJwJb8i4&feature=related
7 Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN USA
Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Program: Minnie the Moocher; The Dancing Floor
Rhythm: Blues, Quickstep
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Sheffield 53.78
TES 30.93 PCS 22.85
Judge's Highlight: The third element, straight line lift
Flight Plan from Sheffield:
1 STw4 4.70 0.50
2 DiSt3 7.20 1.13
3 SlLi4 4.00 0.94
4 Sp4 4.70 0.56
5 MiStNt3 6.20 1.00
6 Li+TRANS
Video of their OD from Merano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUIsTC8IaoY
8 Madison HUBBELL / Keiffer HUBBELL USA
Coach: Jaroslava Netchaeva, Juri Tchesnitchenko
Choreographer: Juri Tchesnitchenko, Jaroslava Netchaeva
Program: Minnie The Moocher performed by Cab Calloway
Rhythm: Blues
Best score this year in the OD: JGP Mexico 53.31
TES 29.90 PCS 24.41 Deduction -1.0 Extended lift
Their Flight Plan, as skated at Mexico:
Judge's highlight: The initial straight line lift
1 SlLi4 4.00 0.90
2 Sp4 4.70 0.50
3 MiStNt3 6.20
4 STw3 4.00 0.00
5 CiSt3 7.20 1.40
6 Li+TRANS
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