Richard Dornbush

[reneerose]

here is the video of Richard's clean FS courtesy of Jackie Wong,
and good news! its said that his recovery process will take about 3 week and should be at "peek performance" in a month

I haven't been to this thread in a LONG time. LOL at that mashup. That would be the ideal clean program that I wish he would have skated too. Part of me thinks he will make 1 last run at the 2018 Winter Olympics and then retire afterwards....a lot of times I wonder what sort of career he could have had if he had decided to change coaches and skate consistently clean programs.......but he's doing what he wants to do as has been said so many times before. Wish him the best. He is such a beautiful skater!

 

[musicfan80]

I haven't been to this thread in a LONG time. LOL at that mashup. That would be the ideal clean program that I wish he would have skated too. Part of me thinks he will make 1 last run at the 2018 Winter Olympics and then retire afterwards....a lot of times I wonder what sort of career he could have had if he had decided to change coaches and skate consistently clean programs.......but he's doing what he wants to do as has been said so many times before. Wish him the best. He is such a beautiful skater!

I don't think that Ricky would have ever left Tammy. But I LOVED his LP at 2011 Nationals and his SP at 2014 Nationals was so thrilling to watch. I think he has as much potential as any of the other U.S. men. It's just getting it together at the right time.

I also GREATLY respect that he has made school a priority (as much as he realistically can) - I would love to hear him on something like an episode of Star Talk. That would be fascinating.

 

[musicfan80]

Some recent photos:

Ricky on Halloween
Ricky will be at the Providence Tree Lighting on 12/3 - That's a really great photo of Ricky!

 

[musicfan80]

Some recent photos:

Ricky having fun with Rohene Ward.
Ricky singing backstage!
Ricky backstage with some of the performing from the ice show.
Ricky hanging out in NYC during the Christmas holiday.

Has Ricky worked with Rohene a lot before? I wonder if they are going to collaborate more in the future - perhaps for a program if Ricky comes back to compete.

 

[el henry]

I don't know if Ricky has worked with Rohene before, but he (Rohene) is posting quite a few of his own IG photos out on the town with Ricky, including this one where Rohene is wearing stilettos I could not stand up in, let alone walk.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOZQjKigvQs/?taken-by=roheneward

Christina Cleveland, a senior lady who trains at 7K with Rohene, is also in the show. Wouldn't it be awesome if Ricky did skate to a Rohene program?

 

[apgold]

I don't know if Ricky has worked with Rohene before, but he (Rohene) is posting quite a few of his own IG photos out on the town with Ricky, including this one where Rohene is wearing stilettos I could not stand up in, let alone walk.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOZQjKigvQs/?taken-by=roheneward

Christina Cleveland, a senior lady who trains at 7K with Rohene, is also in the show. Wouldn't it be awesome if Ricky did skate to a Rohene program?

Hope to see Ricky back next season. The show he, Christina and Rohene are in is running thru New Year's Day at the Patchogue Theatre out on Long Island. Hope some Long Islanders are able to see it!

And bless Rohene in his heels. He could always star in Kinky Boots

http://www.patchoguetheatre.org/event/The-Gateways-Holiday-on-Ice-Spectacular/7301

 

[ice coverage]

Hope to see Ricky back next season. The show he, Christina and Rohene are in is running thru New Year's Day at the Patchogue Theatre out on Long Island. Hope some Long Islanders are able to see it!

And bless Rohene in his heels. He could always star in Kinky Boots

http://www.patchoguetheatre.org/event/The-Gateways-Holiday-on-Ice-Spectacular/7301

For any fans of Chase Belmontes, he too is in the cast of this show. (Chase seems to have an ensemble-type role, per Instagrams from Christina, for example.)

The headliners Richard and Rohene (and other cast members) are interviewed about the show in this short video, which includes snippets of their skating:

https://youtu.be/j8VB8h3vEp4 (4:31, posted Dec 17)​

60-second preview video montage of the show:

https://youtu.be/t-rgGQCs8VQ (Dec 19)​

Richard and Rohene got nice reviews on a local news site:

http://www.danspapers.com/2016/12/g...tacular-on-ice-is-a-family-friendly-must-see/ (Dec 22)​

I will miss seeing Richard at Nationals, but it's great that he has starred in lots of shows this season .

Richard has been a very (IIRC) loyal client of choreographer Mark Pillay in the past.
What will come of Richard's enjoyable show experience with Rohene is anyone's guess.

 

[musicfan80]

Does anyone know how close Ricky is to finishing his degree? I wonder if he plans are to graduate in May and then focus the next season on skating before heading to (I'm assuming) grad school.

 

[el henry]

For any fans of Chase Belmontes, he too is in the cast of this show. (Chase seems to have an ensemble-type role, per Instagrams from Christina, for example.)

....

Thx for the links @ice coverage.

OK, off topic from Ricky, but I adore:luv17: Chase Belmontes. His skating has not always been what he would have wanted (He once famously tweeted that he owed a basket of muffins to anyone who sat through his SP, maybe at Glacier Falls???), but his blog posts and such are witty and he *loves* cats, what more could you want?

Ricky, Rohene and Chase, I would be set. :agree:

 

[musicfan80]

Cool! Ricky will be performing at The Frozen Fenway Winter Party on Ice at Fenway Park (Boston, MA) on Monday, January 16 with Alissa Czisny and Rohene Ward.

Ticket Info - Looks like there will be shows at 1:30pm and 6:00pm.

 

[el henry]

Cool! Ricky will be performing at The Frozen Fenway Winter Party on Ice at Fenway Park (Boston, MA) on Monday, January 16 with Alissa Czisny and Rohene Ward.

Ticket Info - Looks like there will be shows at 1:30pm and 6:00pm.

Thanks for the info, that explains the exchange between Ricky and Rohene on Rohene's IG.

Rohene does a 3A just to show off while coaching

And the exchange:

@rickdorn: You're an animal! Side by side this weekend!
@roheneward: done and done!!! @rickdorn get ready.

Becoming quite the performing buddies

 

[reneerose]

I'm assuming he's gone pro without actually formally announcing it because he isn't on the list for the upcoming Olympic season.

 

[musicfan80]

I'm assuming he's gone pro without actually formally announcing it because he isn't on the list for the upcoming Olympic season.

I think we'll hear something by mid summer about Ricky's plans for next season. I believe Ricky is either graduating from college this semester or he's really, really close to finishing. I believe he's always gone pretty close to full time - even while he was competing.

 

[Andrea82]

At Lombardia Trophy this week, Ricky was in the K&C for Brendan Kerry wearing a Team Australia jacket.

Has he turned to coaching?

 

[matmuh]

At Lombardia Trophy this week, Ricky was in the K&C for Brendan Kerry wearing a Team Australia jacket.

Has he turned to coaching?

they are training buddies and very close friends, their coach Tammy was at US Classic with her other students so probably thats why Ricky went there,

and this week reminded me of the very 1st time i saw him at Lombardia in 2014 where he won with an amazing LP:sad21:

 

[musicfan80]

I also think that Ricky has graduated and is planning on attending graduate school soon. I don't know where, though or what Ricky plans to study.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

I also think that Ricky has graduated and is planning on attending graduate school soon. I don't know where, though or what Ricky plans to study.

He studied computational physics as an Undergrad and wants to work in finance eventually, he had plans to go to grad school for quantitative analysis. He's coaching under Tammy G's tutelage from what I know.

 

[reneerose]

At Lombardia Trophy this week, Ricky was in the K&C for Brendan Kerry wearing a Team Australia jacket.

Has he turned to coaching?

That's what I thought. Besides being friends with Brendan. His Twitter bio says figure skating pro. So sad he never reached the higher echelons with cleanly skated programs, but he seems to value the education over the figure skating. His style was lovely to watch.