Lori with her pet skaters is unbeatable and has choreographed for basically all of my favorite ladies + Sui/Han. Shout-out to Carol Lane who seems to have struck a nice vein with G/P although her choreo for other teams is a bit nondescript for me.
Camerlengo has choreographed for US Pair Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc for the past 2 seasons, including the FS they won 2019 nationals with: W.E. soundtrack. He was working with them via internet during shut-down, with an eye to this next year's FS.
Camerlengo is listed as co-choreographer with Igor Shpilband for Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik, ice dancers who are 2020 World Junior Champions.
I don't want a "definitive" answer. I just want to see whom people consider the best, and why. We can judge based off who comes up with the best concepts and executes them fully, for instance. I don't think we've had anybody reason as to why they think someone's a good choreographer (me included).
Romain Haguenauer flies under the radar a lot but has put together some fantastic programs, particularly for F/G in the last couple of seasons.
I would certainly vote for Romain, he did an amazing job especially for Papadakis/Cizeron and Lewis/Gibson, but i would like to see how he would handle a single skater programme too
That's what I think Shae-Lynne does for all her skaters; she perceives something about them and makes it more visible, so it's as true as it is new and thrilling.
I don't think we've had anybody reason as to why they think someone's a good choreographer
Choreography is art, and it depends on who inspires the choreographer. Such as, Lori Nichol is inspired by Sui & Han.
Lori Nichol is my all-time favorite. From her work with Michelle Kwan to Carolina Kostner to Mao Asada to Satoko Miyahara, she has given my favorite skaters a number of their most breathtakingly gorgeous programs. I think Lori finds great inspiration whenever she works with remarkable artists and performers. That's when her works shines the best.
Shae Lynn Bourne because she frequently uses unusual music and her programs always seem to fit the skaters. Also, she frequently put nice touches and unusual moves in most of her programs, so they feel less generic than the body of work of other choreographers.
Shae-Lynne Bourne - Nathan Chen voiced what I've always thought, since Shae-Lynne started choreographing for Ashley Wagner. Nathan said (I'm paraphrasing) that he watched his training mate, Ashley, and he admired how Shae-Lynne was able to bring out Ashley's personality with her choreography. Nathan said he wanted that for himself.
So, Nathan's 2017-18 SP, "Nemesis," (the first program Shae-Lynne choreographed for him) showed Nathan's awesome dancing ability, and showed us a side of Nathan that hadn't been fully taken advantage of up to that time, a side that few suspected even existed -- and the rest is history.
That's what I think Shae-Lynne does for all her skaters; she perceives something about them and makes it more visible, so it's as true as it is new and thrilling.