Young Skating choreographers compete-videos up.include Jeremy Abbott & Dan Hollander
http://www.grassrootstochampions.com/YoungArtistsShowcase.htm
The Young Artists competing are:
Joel Dear - former ice dancer
Courtney Baga
Tommy Steenberg - current competitor in Senior Men's
Adam Blake
Amber Van Wyk
Nanoha Sato
llana Sedaka
Jade Esposito
Victoria Beebout
Elisa Siegmund
Kathryn McSwain
Shannon Lenihan
Amanda Hoffman
There may be others who competed, but whose videos I have not found yet.
Now the entries for the first through third challenges to this competition are on youtube.
Main YouTube Channel for the Competition
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/p
Challenge One - Carving Space
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/CD38D9AD1E55F124
Challenge One - All Judges' Reviews- Includes Kurt Browning commenting!
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/1A2EAC130F10AC64
Announcement of Challenge One winner
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/F733A8DACDB8BC85
Challenge Two A - Proper Seating
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/7D336C52A1B92556
Judges' Reviews for Challenge 2A
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/80CF8256F671AA36
Challenge Two B - Stomp on It
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/E17030A6DAF9EE3B
Judges' Review for Challenge 2B
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/F733A8DACDB8BC85
Challenge Three - Return to the Classics
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/009AC7007D753F5C
Judge Review of the programs for Challenge Three
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/0CE85331FFB8FBE3
The judges are (judge profiles here):
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/D109BE5F9AC3B542
Some of the judges were interviewed, and some appear not to have been, and yet appear commenting on the competitors' work. It's not clear to me whether the non-interviewed were celebrity bystanders or real judges. Plus I have only found the announcement of the winner of Challenge 1 so far. Different judges judged different challenges, as far as I can decode.
Joe Inman-Judge
Michael Weis-Competitor
Stephanie Grosscup
Lorna Brown-Choreographer
Gary Beacom-Competitor and utterly unique skater
Sara Kawahara-Choreographer
Dan Joyce
Doug Webster
It appears that
Kurt Browning
Jeri Campbell
Jamie Isley
Leann Miller
Here is a playlist that the person who put it up felt were the best programs of the competition:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/62D778E465D651EB
Joel Dear, I think skating his own composition, Race of Life, for Challenge One Carving Space on an outdoor rink!
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/62D778E465D651EB
Tommy Steenberg skating his own composition UnLeashed Insanity for Challenge One
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/1/uf4QEX-kx9U
Elisa Siegman Challenge 2A-Props for Small Ice with a chair
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/4/uhn0BoAgeNw
Adam Blake, Challenge 2A Crash, skated by Alexander Allen
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/2/1mlU1L0xbOM
Amanda Hoffman Challenge 2B (turn up the sound. It's kind of low)
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/3/cNICxZK0xEc
Joel Dear, Challenge 3, Return to the Classics, tell a story through ballet (The Perfect Rose)
Skated by Natalia Zaitseva on the outdoor rink
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/5/8rA4y9Nlsuw
Here are some programs another viewer found interesting:
Joel Dear Challenge 2A:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/search/5/B8v9ZrdmF_Q
Joel Dear 2B (skated by Dan Hollander):
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/search/1/BuzXS9q6g2o
Kathryn McSwain's challenge 3 piece, Giselle skated by Jeremy Abbott
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/38/vQHqNOAe_Zc
There may be additional postings...and I haven't watched most of the competition, but I thought some of you might be interested in what the future might bring in skating, when the works of these young people begins to be performed by elite level competitors
There are 2 more Challenges. Audrey Weisger announces ithem:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/1/82xKecTRkHg
http://www.grassrootstochampions.com/YoungArtistsShowcase.htm
The Young Artists Showcase will foster and encourage young ice skating choreographers by giving them experience through a series of challenges and guidance from an expert panel of Artists, Skaters, and Choreographers.
The Young Artists competing are:
Joel Dear - former ice dancer
Courtney Baga
Tommy Steenberg - current competitor in Senior Men's
Adam Blake
Amber Van Wyk
Nanoha Sato
llana Sedaka
Jade Esposito
Victoria Beebout
Elisa Siegmund
Kathryn McSwain
Shannon Lenihan
Amanda Hoffman
There may be others who competed, but whose videos I have not found yet.
Now the entries for the first through third challenges to this competition are on youtube.
Main YouTube Channel for the Competition
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/p
Challenge One - Carving Space
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/CD38D9AD1E55F124
Challenge One - All Judges' Reviews- Includes Kurt Browning commenting!
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/1A2EAC130F10AC64
Announcement of Challenge One winner
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/F733A8DACDB8BC85
Challenge Two A - Proper Seating
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/7D336C52A1B92556
Judges' Reviews for Challenge 2A
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/80CF8256F671AA36
Challenge Two B - Stomp on It
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/E17030A6DAF9EE3B
Judges' Review for Challenge 2B
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/F733A8DACDB8BC85
Challenge Three - Return to the Classics
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/009AC7007D753F5C
Judge Review of the programs for Challenge Three
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/0CE85331FFB8FBE3
The judges are (judge profiles here):
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/D109BE5F9AC3B542
Some of the judges were interviewed, and some appear not to have been, and yet appear commenting on the competitors' work. It's not clear to me whether the non-interviewed were celebrity bystanders or real judges. Plus I have only found the announcement of the winner of Challenge 1 so far. Different judges judged different challenges, as far as I can decode.
Joe Inman-Judge
Michael Weis-Competitor
Stephanie Grosscup
Lorna Brown-Choreographer
Gary Beacom-Competitor and utterly unique skater
Sara Kawahara-Choreographer
Dan Joyce
Doug Webster
It appears that
Kurt Browning
Jeri Campbell
Jamie Isley
Leann Miller
Here is a playlist that the person who put it up felt were the best programs of the competition:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/62D778E465D651EB
Joel Dear, I think skating his own composition, Race of Life, for Challenge One Carving Space on an outdoor rink!
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#g/c/62D778E465D651EB
Tommy Steenberg skating his own composition UnLeashed Insanity for Challenge One
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/1/uf4QEX-kx9U
Elisa Siegman Challenge 2A-Props for Small Ice with a chair
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/4/uhn0BoAgeNw
Adam Blake, Challenge 2A Crash, skated by Alexander Allen
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/2/1mlU1L0xbOM
Amanda Hoffman Challenge 2B (turn up the sound. It's kind of low)
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/3/cNICxZK0xEc
Joel Dear, Challenge 3, Return to the Classics, tell a story through ballet (The Perfect Rose)
Skated by Natalia Zaitseva on the outdoor rink
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/c/62D778E465D651EB/5/8rA4y9Nlsuw
Here are some programs another viewer found interesting:
Joel Dear Challenge 2A:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/search/5/B8v9ZrdmF_Q
Joel Dear 2B (skated by Dan Hollander):
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/search/1/BuzXS9q6g2o
Kathryn McSwain's challenge 3 piece, Giselle skated by Jeremy Abbott
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/38/vQHqNOAe_Zc
There may be additional postings...and I haven't watched most of the competition, but I thought some of you might be interested in what the future might bring in skating, when the works of these young people begins to be performed by elite level competitors
There are 2 more Challenges. Audrey Weisger announces ithem:
http://www.youtube.com/user/G2CYAS#p/u/1/82xKecTRkHg
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