2018 NHK Free Dance

GS Forum Staff · Nov 8, 2018

ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018
ISU Grand Prix
Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center
Hiroshima / JPN
09 November 2018 - 11 November 2018

FREE DANCE
Sunday, 11 November 2018, 11:30 UTC +9 (JST)

Time in Other Places

START ORDER

StN. Name Nation RD Points
WARM UP GROUP 1
1 Misato KOMATSUBARA
Tim KOLETO JPN 9 59.40
2 Alexandra NAZAROVA
Maxim NIKITIN UKR 8 60.20
3 Anastasia SKOPTCOVA
Kirill ALESHIN RUS 6 64.53
4 Lilah FEAR
Lewis GIBSON GBR 7 63.91
WARM UP GROUP 2
5 Carolane SOUCISSE
Shane FIRUS CAN 5 66.01
6 Shiyue WANG
Xinyu LIU CHN 4 66.27
7 Rachel PARSONS
Michael PARSONS USA 3 69.07
8 Tiffani ZAGORSKI
Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS 1 75.49
9 Kaitlin HAWAYEK
Jean-Luc BAKER USA 2 70.71

ENTRIES

No.	Name	Nation
1	Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS RD: Tango: "Felino" by Electrocutango; Tango - Hip Hop: Tango by Electrotutango; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil FD: "Earned It" by The Weeknd; cover of the Michael Jackson song, "Dirty Diana," by Michael Jackson; covered by Weeknd; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil	CAN
2	Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU RD: Tango: "Angelic"a (from "Pirates of the Caribbean" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; Tango: "End Credits" (from "Pirates of the Caribbean" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil FD: "Meant" by Elizaveta; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil	CHN
3	Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON RD: Tango: "Tango Flamenco" by Armik; Flamenco: "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" by Gypsy Kings; choreo by Romain Haguenauer FD: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer; "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire; "On the Radio" by Donna Summer, "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson; choreo by Romain Haguenauer	GBR
4	Misato KOMATSUBARA / Tim KOLETO RD: "El sol Sueño" by Gidon Kremer; Tango: "Sueño de Barrilete" by Eladia Blázquez Susana Rinaldi; choreo by M. F. Dubreuil and Romain Hagenauer FD: Love Story soundtrack by Francis Lai: "Une Histoire D'Amour" performed by Mireille Mathieu; choreo by M. F. Dubreuil and Romain Hagenauer	JPN
5	Anastasia SKOPTCOVA / Kirill ALESHIN RD: Tango: "Viejos Aires" performed by Ara Malikian; Tango: "Yo Soy Maria" performed by Maria Volonte; choreo by Mikhail Kolegov, Antonio Najarro FD: "Bad"by Billi Elish, performed by Michael Jackson; "Dangerous" (Immortal Version) performed by Michael Jackson; "They Don't Care About Us," performed by Michael Jackson; choreo by Mikhail Kolegov, Antonio Najarro	RUS
6	Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO RD: Tango: "Besame Mucho;" Tango: Selections by Astor Piazzolla; choreo by Mikhail Kolegov FD: "Blues for Klook" by Eddie Louis; choreo by Mikhail Kolegov, Christopher Dean (FD)	RUS
7	Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN Tango: "Cell Block Tango" (from "Chicago") by John Kander, Fred Ebb; Foxtrot: "Overture" (from "Chicago") by John Kander, Fred Ebb; Foxtrot: "All That Jazz" (from "Chicago") by John Kander, Fred Ebb; choreo by Fabian Bourzat FD: "The Nightclub-Dance Suite" (from "City Lights" soundtrack) by Charlie Chaplin; "At the Millionaire's Home" (from "City Lights" soundtrack) by Charlie Chaplin; "The Adventurer" by Charlie Chaplin and Carl Davis; "Titine" (from "Modern Times") by Charlie Chaplin; choreo by Fabian Bourzat	UKR
8	Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER RD: Tango: "Vuelvo al Sur" by Juan Carlos Caceres; Tango: "A los Amigo" by Forever Tango; choreo by M. F. Dubreuil FD: "Trampoline Theme" by The Irrespressibles, "In This Shirt" by The Irrespressibles; choreo by M. F. Dubreuil	USA
9	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS RD: "Vuelvo Al Sur" by Medialuna Tango Project; “Tango Cha;" choreo by Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Esperanto Bean FD: "To Build a Home" by The Cinematic Orchestra; choreo by Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Esperanto Bean	USA

CaroLiza_fan · Nov 10, 2018

Going to bed now, so putting this up as a placeholder, and will add the links tomorrow.

At the moment the skating World Feed streams for tomorrow are still listed on the Eurosport Player. So, hopefully they will stay there.

Here is the link for the ISU livestream on the Eurovision Sports website:
https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/single-pair-skating-ice-dance/live.html?id=2419

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 5 hours from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/nhk-trophy-free-dance/b310f9ed-433e-438a-9a18-6587e096425e

Unfortunately, the Free Dance is not being shown LIVE on Eurosport’s linear TV channels. :disapp:

...BUT, there will be highlights on straight after the LIVE coverage of the Gala.

Here is the link for the archived British Eurosport 2 highlights on the Player (starts at 7m 48s. LIVE coverage of Gala at start. Highlights of Ladies FS at 1h 7m 00s):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/figure-skating-grand-prix/99cff3cb-8c0b-472d-85d6-e33e51584f29

Here is the Time Schedule of the Free Dance:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/gpjpn2018/data0405.htm

And here is the Live Scoring:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/gpjpn2018/time0405.pdf

Hope this helps.

:cheer:

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!! :cheer:

CaroLiza_fan

WeakAnkles · Nov 10, 2018

I forgot to turn the VPN off, so I've used up my data for the day. So I hope someone can post a link to a live non-geoblocked link. Thank you!

cheerknithanson · Nov 10, 2018

Let's see if the Parsons can pull to silver. If they settle at bronze, I'll be okay with that too.

BillNeal · Nov 10, 2018

Wang/Liu for bronze! However, any top 5 finish would be a GP best for them

auser · Nov 10, 2018

WeakAnkles said:
I forgot to turn the VPN off, so I've used up my data for the day. So I hope someone can post a link to a live non-geoblocked link. Thank you!

potential streams

FS Live streaming: https://ok.ru/live/1319702699539

ISU Skating Channel:
https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/single-pair-skating-ice-dance/

The following streams were tested using an adblocker(ublock origin), so I don't know if malware may be lurking. Proceed with caution

:
Match Arena:
http://smotretsport.tv/7-match-arena.html
http://5streamking.co/sport1ru

Colonel Green · Nov 10, 2018

Not that I wish ill on anybody competing here, but it'd be nice for the hometown crowd if Komatsubara/Koleto didn't finish last.

Lota · Nov 10, 2018

I'm here!

I haven't gone to sleep since the Rhythm Dance, so I hope that the dances will be interesting, otherwise I'll fall asleep :laugh:

Colonel Green · Nov 10, 2018

Lota said:
I'm here! I haven't gone to sleep since the Rhythm Dance, so I hope that the dances will be interesting, otherwise I'll fall asleep

Lilah and Lewis will have you disco dancing in no time.

ancientpeas · Nov 10, 2018

Here in my best dancing frock ready to trip the light fantastic.

Level 4 twizzles for everyone!

cheerknithanson · Nov 10, 2018

Please Rachel and Michael, hit your twizzles, get level 4s on lifts, spins, and twizzles, try to get level 3 on step sequences, get decent GOEs, and perform your very best.

ancientpeas · Nov 10, 2018

Technically I think P/C are in last place by the way.

Lota · Nov 10, 2018

Wow, missed that in the rule book (not that I read the rule book), but according to Bobrova from this season the partner can hold the lady by the head in the lifts :laugh:

Not that anyone has dared to take advantage of this.

Mrs. P · Nov 10, 2018

LOL I almost missed it! For some reason I thought it started at 7!

ancientpeas · Nov 10, 2018

Does anyone know which came first: Tim and Misato teaming up or Tim and Misato being a couple?

Weathergal · Nov 10, 2018

Pleasant skate, but I miss Muramoto / Reed (sorry!). Wonder if either has found another partner.

Mrs. P · Nov 10, 2018

ancientpeas said:
Does anyone know which came first: Tim and Misato teaming up or Tim and Misato being a couple?

I think they teamed up first.

ancientpeas · Nov 10, 2018

I really want some nice Japanese fan to throw a christmas NHK mascot stuffed toy at me!

WeakAnkles · Nov 10, 2018

Misato KOMATSUBARA / Tim KOLETO
Country: Japan
Music: Love Story soundtrack by Francis Lai: "Une Histoire D'Amour" performed by Mireille Mathieu
Choreography by: Marie-France Dubreuil and Romain Hagenauer
Costumes: Purple draped dance dress for her; charcoal dress shirt and black pants for him

Program Layout:

Bias alert: This music is Sap City. Or since the vocal is in Franch, La Ville de Sève. YMMV of course.

Dance Spin - Nice speed but basic positions. Level 4, 1.09goe
Curve Lift - Over the shoulder pick up to one foot carry. Done on a vocal highlight. Nice. Level 4/.69goe and right into
Twizzles Level 3 for her, 4 for him. .51 goe. Improved their coverage and spacing. Better.
NT Step Seq still level 1 for both with .48 goe. they need better steps and to skate closer
Rotational Lift - Lift by thigh. Done to death (or am I getting ahead of myself?). The lifting and spinning movements out are more interesting. YMMV. Level 4, .76 goe
Tempo change into
Chor Char St Seq - this must be the "We're Young! We're in Love!" part of the movie. And they do have a nice connection as a couple here. 1.30 GOE
ML St Seq - Still Young! Still In Love! level 2, .39goe
Music cut to French vocal. This spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E. Sad faces. Nice spiral. Oh oh.
SL Lift - with clear positions. One foot exit out. Level 5, .69 goe Much improved
Chor Slide - This must be the "Oh no! It's Bad News!" 2.08 goe
Chor Lift - 1.66goe- and into final sudden Juliet Death Pose (I guess it still worked in 1970. And 2018).

Lots of little spinning movements which is pure recycled MFD choreo. Also lots of two foot and skating on the flats. Work the basics.

The program is just not resume worthy. For all involved. They deserve better.

Score: 94.87 a SB and deserved

oly2018 · Nov 10, 2018

That was pleasant, but a bit uninspired.

2018 NHK Free Dance

GS Forum Staff

CaroLiza_fan

EZETTIE LATUASV IVAKMHA

WeakAnkles

cheerknithanson

BillNeal

You Know I'm a FS Fan...

auser

Colonel Green

Lota

Colonel Green

ancientpeas

The Notorious SEW

cheerknithanson

ancientpeas

The Notorious SEW

Lota

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!

ancientpeas

The Notorious SEW

Weathergal

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!

ancientpeas

The Notorious SEW

WeakAnkles

oly2018

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