2023-24 Programs by Discipline

[elektra blue]

From their ISU Bio:

Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps CAN
SP: "Oxygene"
FS: "Interview with a Vampire;" choreo by Julie Marcotte

 

[dorispulaski]

Jr men from JGP Osaka

Chiu Hei Cheung HKG
SP: "It's a Sin"
FS: "Les Miserables"HKG

Chit Wang Chow HKG
SP: "Sound of Silence"
FS: "Blood and Stone"

Jedidiah Lincoln GBR
SP: "Redemption" by Hurts, Adam Anderson, Theo Hutchcraft
FS: "I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen" by Robbie Williams, Vince Mendoza; "Mack The Knife" by Kurt Weil, perf. by Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers

Tao Macrae GBR
SP,: "Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra perf. by Hilary Hahn
FS: "Overture from Jesus Christ Superstar" by A. L. Webber - perf by 1996 London Cast; "Gethsemane" from Jesus Christ Superstar (" I Only Want To Say") by A. L. Webber - perf. Ian Gillan; choreo by Massimo Scali (SP), Kehaunani Malama (FS)

Gianni Motilla FRA
SP: "Nothing Else Matters" (Orchestra Clean Guitar Vocal Mix) by Metallica
FS: "Bad News" by Drehz; "Heart Cry Remix" (Extented Version) by Drehz

Vadym Novikov UKR
SP: "Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter): I. Allegro non molto" by Antonio Vivaldi, Alberto, LizzioMusici di San Marco
FS: "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin, Columbia Symphony Orchestra Leonard Bernstein; choreo by David Vincour

Anthony Paradis CAN
SP; "Ace in the Hole" by Nick Tzios; "Ayrilik" by Cris Taylor
FS: "Yours" by Conan Gray; choreo by Vanessa Sauriol

Bo-Shun Wu TPE
SP: "Spiderman Theme" by Michael Buble, Bob Harris, Paul Francis Webster
FS: "The Name’s Bond... James Bond" (from 007 Casino Royale soundtrack) by David Arnold; "Blunt Instrument" (from 007 Casino Royale soundtrack) by David Arnold; "City of Lovers' (from 007 Casino Royale soundtrack) by David Arnold; choreo by Yuka Sato; Szu-Chia Lee

Arin Yorke GBR
SP: "Theme from 11 Postino" by Itzak Perman, John Williams and the Pittsburgh Orchestra, Luis Bacalov
FS: "Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No1 in B minor" by Edvin Marton, Stradivarius; choreo by Tamara Cvijanovic

 

[dorispulaski]

Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson GBR
RD: "Sweet Dreams;" "Here Comes the Rain Again" by the Eurythmics
FD:

 

[icewhite]

I do wonder if it's worth the time to go through all the programs for the GPs and JGPs and count the amount of programs with MJ, JJ, Pointer Sisters, Eurythmics, Queen, Tina's The Best, Joan, AeroRun and Scorpions. Who of them wins?

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

I do wonder if it's worth the time to go through all the programs for the GPs and JGPs and count the amount of programs with MJ, JJ, Pointer Sisters, Eurythmics, Queen, Tina's The Best, Joan, AeroRun and Scorpions. Who of them wins?

And Run DMC.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson GBR
RD: "Sweet Dreams;" "Here Comes the Rain Again" by the Eurythmics
FD:

I’m disappointed. Such a conventional choice!

I would have expected these two, at least, to take this theme and really go all out. This theme seems tailor-made for Lilah and Lewis!

Love, love, love a vampire theme for Deanna and Maxime, though. I can’t wait for that one.

 

[icewhite]

Okay, maybe I miscounted, but so far, going through the programs, these artists/songs are leading as they have been chosen more than 3 times for the RD:

Michael Jackson 6 times
Prince 5 times
Queen 5 times
Joan Jett 5 times
Pointer Sisters 5 times
Bonnie Tyler 4 times

I mean I can understand the eagerness to skate to Michael Jackson or Prince. You hardly ever get to skate to them otherwise.

I would have expected more Madonna, but it seems the rocky stuff is preferred, she got picked a few times, but so far not as often.

 

[elektra blue]

Okay, maybe I miscounted, but so far, going through the programs, these artists/songs are leading as they have been chosen more than 3 times for the RD:

Michael Jackson 6 times
Prince 5 times
Queen 5 times
Joan Jett 5 times
Pointer Sisters 5 times
Bonnie Tyler 4 times

I mean I can understand the eagerness to skate to Michael Jackson or Prince. You hardly ever get to skate to them otherwise.

I would have expected more Madonna, but it seems the rocky stuff is preferred, she got picked a few times, but so far not as often.

i guess you're ironical now we get our share of MJ every year. i was expecting more Madonnas too but i'm fine with rock, i only complain about Billy Idol and air metal absence (except for a few guns and roses programs. what did Bon Jovi do to them?)

 

[el henry]

I am going to be the mala voce here:

Totally unironically, straight up and meaning it: Michael Jackson: yes! Prince: yes! Even Queen (who I don't like):yes!

These artists were enormously popular in the 80s *for a reason*. They are great pop artists. They have an extensive catalog of skateable tunes. Why wouldn't a skater pick them?

Listen, I make fun of warhorse bingo as much as the next poster. But I don't want a skater to show me they know some indie grunge band that was all the rage with the cool kids back in the 80s. I don't care. I don't want them to show their great individuality and fine tuned ear for the alt rock of the 80s. I want well constructed programs that fit the music and skaters that skate them well.

I'd rather see five MJ programs than one emo whiny boy ballad, or rock tune, from *any* decade.

/rant over.

 

[icewhite]

I am going to be the mala voce here:

Totally unironically, straight up and meaning it: Michael Jackson: yes! Prince: yes! Even Queen (who I don't like):yes!

These artists were enormously popular in the 80s *for a reason*. They are great pop artists. They have an extensive catalog of skateable tunes. Why wouldn't a skater pick them?

Listen, I make fun of warhorse bingo as much as the next poster. But I don't want a skater to show me they know some indie grunge band that was all the rage with the cool kids back in the 80s. I don't care. I don't want them to show their great individuality and fine tuned ear for the alt rock of the 80s. I want well constructed programs that fit the music and skaters that skate them well.

I'd rather see five MJ programs than one emo whiny boy ballad, or rock tune, from *any* decade.

/rant over.

Mala voce!

But there are great choices from the 80s that would have been very 80s and not emo whiny ballad. And often it's not "one of the songs", but the usual ones. In the case of Joan Jett I waited for Crimson and Clover, but of course it's always I love R&R and I hate myself...
It's not that I don't like these songs! And they can still make a very good program. I just feel... there's this ocean of choices and so many unexplored possibilities... And also medleys... need to be done away with. In figure skating and in general. I just hate them. But with Michael Jackson you usually get them.
/rant over, on to the positives:
I'm very excited to see (and hear) the Rock Me Amadeus from Wang/Liu, the Technotronic program and the Taschlers.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Katerina Mrazkova / Daniel Mrazek CZE

RD: Self Control by Laura Branigan; Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler
FD: Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

source: ISU app

...and the other selections are fine too I guess.

 

[el henry]

Mala voce!

But there are great choices from the 80s that would have been very 80s and not emo whiny ballad. And often it's not "one of the songs", but the usual ones. In the case of Joan Jett I waited for Crimson and Clover, but of course it's always I love R&R and I hate myself...
It's not that I don't like these songs! And they can still make a very good program. I just feel... there's this ocean of choices and so many unexplored possibilities... And also medleys... need to be done away with. In figure skating and in general. I just hate them. But with Michael Jackson you usually get them.
/rant over, on to the positives:
I'm very excited to see (and hear) the Rock Me Amadeus from Wang/Liu, the Technotronic program and the Taschlers.

you are right, the same songs by the same artists do get wearying.

The only skater I remember doing "Man in the Mirror" by MJ is Elladj Balde (there are probably others, that's what I remember). they could certainly expand.

To answer one question, I don't know Joan Jett's Crimson and Clover, but Tommy James and the Shondells did a tune with that tile in 68. It was very popular (as was Tommy James). So it may have been excluded as not original to the 80s.

 

[4everchan]

I, too, was hoping for more of the "dance" stuff from the 80s and less of the rock. There is so much fun dance music as the 80s is the era of the synthesizer and bright sounds and colours !

 

[dorispulaski]

Emily Chan & Spencer Howe USA
SP: Elvis medley
FS: Exogenesis Symphony by Muse; choreo by Ben Agosto and Katherine Hill

 

[4everchan]

Emily Chan & Spencer Howe USA
SP: Elvis medley
FS: Exogenesis Symphony by Muse; choreo by Ben Agosto and Katherine Hill

ok... this is it... I am going to bed ! Why?

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

you are right, the same songs by the same artists do get wearying.

The only skater I remember doing "Man in the Mirror" by MJ is Elladj Balde (there are probably others, that's what I remember). they could certainly expand.

To answer one question, I don't know Joan Jett's Crimson and Clover, but Tommy James and the Shondells did a tune with that tile in 68. It was very popular (as was Tommy James). So it may have been excluded as not original to the 80s.

Evan Lysacek did.

 

[PaulE]

Emily Chan & Spencer Howe USA
SP: Elvis medley
FS: Exogenesis Symphony by Muse; choreo by Ben Agosto and Katherine Hill

In their interview that was recently posted I believe Emily and Spencer said that Ben Agosto and Katherine Hill choreographed the Elvis medley. Their FS is choreographed by the their coaches (Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva) and themselves.

 

[TontoK]

Emily Chan & Spencer Howe USA
SP: Elvis medley
FS: Exogenesis Symphony by Muse; choreo by Ben Agosto and Katherine Hill

Good team on the rise, top Americans, first National Championship on the horizon, GP medals and maybe a World medal await...

This is their moment. I should be excited! Sadly, I'm not.

Edit: I'll give it a chance, but this base is just not inspiring.

 

[dorispulaski]

Women from JGP Osaka
Now I know why we occasionally get ISU Bios in Juniors that list only the FS.

I think these are kids just up from Adv. Novice, probably keeping a FS from last season or who are competing in both Adv.Nov. and Junior this season.

Natalia ACOSTA MOISES MEX
FS: "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Hope & Kammerochester, The Mantonavi Orchestra, Zegler, Rachel & Elgort
FS: "Cinema Paradiso' (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone, Monica Mancin; choreo by Joey Russell

Lotta ARTIMO FIN
SP: "True Colours by Chlara, Tom Kelly, Willian Steinberg
FS: "Tree of Life Suite" by Roberto Cacciapaglia; "A Model of the Universe" by Johann Johannson; choreo by Sari Hakola

Michelle Edgina AXILLE INA
SP: "Perahu Kertas" by Maudy Ayunda
FS: "Minor Swing" (from "Chocolate" soundtrack) performed by Rachel Portman

Hayden Isabel BALUCATING PHI
SP: "Nella Fantasia" (The Mission soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone, performed by Sarah Brightman
FS: "Paint It Black" (Cello); "Winter" by Helb Glise; choreo by Jamie Isley

Andrea GUO AUS
SP: "Brush on SIlk"
FS: "Adios Nonino" by Astor Piazzolla; choreo by Natalia Efremova

Katerina HANUSOVA CZE
SP: "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch
FS: "Paint It, Black" by Ciara, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards; choreo by Zuzana Olbrechtova

Jana HORCICKOVA CZE
SP: "Candyman" by Christina Aguliera, Linda Perry
FS: "Shatter Me" by Lindsey Stirling, Lzzy Hale, Dia Frampton, Si-Las; choreo by Zuzana Olbrechtova

Petra LAHTI FIN
SP: "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla, Robin Smith
FS: "Mina's Cry" by Antoine Silverman & Bernd Schoenhart, Frank Wildhorn & Jeremy Roberts; "Please Don't Make Me Love You" by Kate Shindle, Frank Wildhorn & Jeremy Roberts; choreo by Sari Hakola

Olesja LEONOVA EST
SP: "You Lost Me" by Christina Aguilera
FS: "February" by Leonid Levashkevich

Cathryn LIMKETKAI PHI
SP: "The Giving" by Michael W. Smith
FS: "Lovers" by Kathleen Battle, Shigeru Umebayashi; choreo by Alex Johnson

Michaela MALKOVA CZE
SP: "Now We are Free" by 2Cellos, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, Gavin Greenaway, Klaus Badelt; "Nelle Tue Mani" by Andrea Bocelli, Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Lisa Gerrard, Matteo Curallo
FS: No Time To Die" by Billie Eilish, Finneas Baird O'Connell; "Another Way to Die" by Jack White, Alicia Keys

Elena Catherine MILLS BRA
SP: "Dernniere Dance" by Indila, Adila Sedraia
FS: "Howl's Moving Castle" (soundtrack) by Joe Hisaishi; choreo by Mary Ro Reyes

McKayla ONG SGP
SP: "Sweet Dreams" by Emily Browning; "Sweet Dreams" by Annie Lennox
FS: "Minnie the Moocher" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; choreo by McKayla Ong (SP), Julian Yee (FS)

Minja PELTONEN FIN
SP: "Comme je l'aime" by La Zarra
FS: "Fields Of Gold" by Celtic Woman; choreo by Sari Hakola

Rosa REPONEN FIN
SP: "Champagne Problems" by Taylor Swift
FS: "Un Tramonto Infinito" by Ashram; "Elevation" by Ashram; "Resurrection" by Ashram; choreo by Tuuli Kivinen

Eugenia SEKULOVSKI SUI
SP: "Taboo" (soundtrack) by Max Richter
FS: "Cum Dederit" by Armand Amar; arranged by Cedric Tour; choreo by Stéphane Lambiel (SP); Benoit Richaud (FS)

Krystle Rheanne SIY PHI
SP: "Jumpin’ Jack" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
FS: "Romeo and Juliet" (soundtrack); choreo by Chrisha Gossard

Cara TANG NZL
SP: "Solo Tu" by Elliot Goldenthal, Robert Elha; "Tore My Heart" by Oona Garthwaite, Dave Tweedie, Stephen Bradley
FS: "Pure Imagination" by Holly Henry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Pure Imagination by Fiona Apple, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley

Aleksa VOLKOVA CAN
SP: "Adagio" by Sarah Brightman
FS: "Sign of the Times" performed by Courtney Hadwin; choreo by Martine Dagenais

Yun XUE HKG
SP: Advanced Novice Girls (no SP)
FS: "Skyfall" by Adele

Joyce Yue En YANG SGP
SP: "Etude for the Dreamer" by Jennifer Thomas
FS: "Yearning Hearts" by Eternal Eclipse, Bianca Ban; choreo by Wei Zhang, Mo Zhang

 

[NoNameFace]

I, too, was hoping for more of the "dance" stuff from the 80s and less of the rock. There is so much fun dance music as the 80s is the era of the synthesizer and bright sounds and colours !

My sentiments too.
I counted on at least some part of the field exploring deeper synth and alt 80s genre/music, but I got disappointed as predicted. Schools/teams went rather safe route (at least majority of them) - truly POP-ular music of the 80s, being unironically a popular choice for RD. But I'm overall underwhelmed so far with the look of ID this season, so I'm not the right opinion.
Small consolation is at least some of my favourite, beloved 80s numbers are safe from potential disaster lol.