2016 Trophée de France Short Dance

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11 - 13 Nov 2016
Paris, France

Short Dance
Friday, November 11, 2016 17:00 UTC +1

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Starting Order​

StN. Name Nation Warm-Up Group 1 1 Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA CZE 2 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 3 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC FRA 4 Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV BLR 5 Isabella TOBIAS / Ilia TKACHENKO ISR Warm-Up Group 2 6 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA 7 Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS 8 Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR 9 Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Pierre SOUQUET FRA 10 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA

Entries
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No.	Name	Nation
1	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV SD Blues: Hello by Adele; choreo by Alexander Tolstik, Sergei Dravitski FD Take Care of Business by Nina Simone, The Unfinished Kiss by Daniel Pemberton, Circular Story by Daniel Pemberton, Take You Down by Daniel Pemberton; choreo by Alexander Tolstik, Sergei Dravitski	BLR
2	Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER SD Blues: Oh What a Night for Dancing by Barry White, Vance Wilson, Disco: Disco Inferno by Leroy Green and Ron Kersey; choreo by Carol Lane, Juris Razguliaevs FD Argentine Tango: " Con Buena Onda by Daniel Lomuto, Ernesto Baffa, Hector M. Arce;" choreo by Carol Lane, Juris Razguliaevs	CAN
3	Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA SD Blues: "Summertime," performed by Renée Olstead, Swing: "Diga Diga Do," performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; choreo by Igor Shpilband FD "Kay by Carmine Coppola, A New Carpet by Carmine Coppola, The Immigrant (Main Title) by Nino Rota, Godfather Waltz (from "The Godfather" soundtrack) by Nino Rota, Finale (from "The Godfather" soundtrack) by Nino Rota; choreo by Igor Shpilband	CZE
4	Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Pierre SOUQUET SD "Treat Me Rough" by Debbie Gravitte, "Rhythm by Casey McGill and the Spirits of Rhythm;" choreo by. Diana Ribas, O. Schoenfelder, C. Giordani FD Trees by Max Richter, Summer by Max Richter (a 'recomposed' version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons),Love Actually (soundtrack suite) by Craig Armstrong; choreo by Diana Ribas, O. Schoenfelder, C. Giordani	FRA
5	Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC SD The way you make me feel performed by Judith Hill; The way you make me feel performed by Michael Jackson; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer FD Tonight by Elton John; Sorry seems to be the hardest word by Elton John; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer	FRA
6	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON SD Blues: Bittersweet by Lene Riebau, Maxim Illion perf. by Club des Belugas, Swing: Diga Diga Doo by Dorthy Fields, Jimmy McHugh perf. by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; ; choreo by Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil FD Stillness by Nest, Oddudua by Aldo Lopez Gavilan, Happiness Does Not Wait by Olafur Arnalds; choreo by Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil	FRA
7	Isabella TOBIAS / Ilia TKACHENKO SD Blues: "Real Life" by The Weeknd, Hip-Hop: "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd; choreo by Igor Shpilband FD Pas de deux from "The Nutcracker" by Petr I. Tchaikovski choreo by Igor Shpilband	ISR
8	Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN SD Blues: Big, Bad Love," performed by Ray Charles & Diana Ross, and Swing: "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Louis Prima; choreo by Elena Kustarova, Antonio Najarro FD 'Slumdog Millionaire (soundtrack), Ang Laga De by Aditi Paul; choreo by Elena Kustarova, Antonio Najarro	RUS
9	Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN SD Blues: Only You by Buck Ram, Swing: Tutti Frutti by Little Richard; choreo by Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne Lenda FD Droit de Cite by Raphael Beau ("Micmacs" soundtrack), Sur le mesure by Hugues Le Bars, Diabolique by Raphael Beau ("Micmacs" soundtrack); choreo by Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne Lenda	UKR
10	Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE SD Blues: "Feelin' Good" by Nina Simone; Hip Hop: "Hammer Time (Can't Touch This)" by MC Hammer "Push It," by Salt N Pepa, "Ice, Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice, "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot; "Apache (Jump On It)" by Sugarhill Gang; and "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake & Lil Jon;. choreo. by Samuel Chouinard FD Love Medley by various artists: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," performed by Bootstraps, "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You," performed by Ingrid Michaelson, "Earned It," by Bootstraps; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil	USA

 

[cathlen]

So many teams I like will compete!

 

[NoNameFace]

So many teams I like will compete!

with Disco Diane with colourful hair and sequins and Disco Reggie from the 70's couch (wearing it) accessorized with cool moustache on the top of that list

ETA - 1000 posts for me , I had my break periods from GS, my posts are maybe not very good, not very frequent as I would have them to be, but regardless - the forum is giving me so much fun and so much knowledge from you posts guys. It's great to have so many people a bit crazy over figure skating to share my passion for it, off to go for another 1000!

 

[cathlen]

with Disco Diane with colourful hair and sequins and Disco Reggie from the 70's couch (wearing it) accessorized with cool moustache on the top of that list

Yup

 

[dorispulaski]

NoNameFace, Cheers and Congratulations!!

 

[Crossover]

So many teams I like will compete!

Count me in! G/P, P/C, T/T, H/D in this event.

 

[NoNameFace]

NoNameFace, Cheers and Congratulations!!

thank you , so happy to be there and posting!

 

[Mango]

So shall we expect a record breaking SD score of 80 here? Or is that being reserved for GPF?

 

[Sackie]

I would say it is too early for an 80 score yet! They have to save something for GPF and worlds.
But I expect H\D SD score to jump by 3-4 points to assure they make the GPF. So with that in mind P/C score will have to be higher -close to 77/78 in comparison.

 

[cathlen]

So shall we expect a record breaking SD score of 80 here? Or is that being reserved for GPF?

Good question! :think:

 

[Ice Dance]

But I expect H\D SD score to jump by 3-4 points to assure they make the GPF. So with that in mind P/C score will have to be higher -close to 77/78 in comparison.

Without a win, Hubbell & Donahue's score here cannot assure they make the GPF unless they outscore Chock & Bates's total. (They are over ten points behind C&B's lowest score at the moment and would have to defeat their high score by over ten points. It won't happen).

The placement for H&D in France is far more important for their chances than the score. Defeating Gilles & Poirier would make a huge difference in H&D's chances. If they lose to G&P, then H&D will fall beneath them in the rankings and likely wind up out of the Final. If they place second in France ahead of G&P, H&D have an excellent shot of getting in.

Regardless H&D would still need to wait to see what happens with the Shibs, Weaver & Poje, and Sinitsina & Katsalapov in China. W&P have a shot to win in China. If they place second there, they will not be able to pass a second place H&D regardless of the score. So, again, it's the placement that matters the most for H&D. The score, however, will likely matter a lot to Gilles & Poirier if they finish second in France.

 

[YesWay]

SD starting order is up:

http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/gpfra2016/

 

[Sackie]

And another nail in the coffin - the draw is not good for G/P and better for H/D!
I really think they should go back to some sort of seeding. At least group the top 6 seeds so they are assured of skating in the final group.

 

[cathlen]

And another nail in the coffin - the draw is not good for G/P and better for H/D!
I really think they should go back to some sort of seeding. At least group the top 6 seeds so they are assured of skating in the final group.

G/P should be close enough after SD anyway and can always pass H/D in FD if they skate well

 

[YesWay]

And another nail in the coffin - the draw is not good for G/P and better for H/D!

Only if you believe that starting earlier is a handicap.

Personally I think it's unproven superstitious nonsense, made up by malcontents to "explain" why their favourites don't get the scores they think they "deserve".

I have never seen anything approaching a proof that it happens. Even if it does indeed happen, I don't see it being as often and routine as some would have us believe. And indeed there have been glaring examples of skaters scoring very highly despite skating early (or late skaters scoring poorly). Oh, but of course those are explained by "home cooking", "reputation", "strong feds", whatever... because when one unproven conspiracy theory fails, there's always another one to turn to instead...

When people present convincing evidence of under/over scoring... based on actual protocols, the ISU rules, and video evidence... THEN is the time to look for conspiracies. And I will pick up my pitchfork and burning torch too. But not before there is proof. And certainly not before a competition even started...

 

[robredo40]

gilles and Poirier should easily beat Hubbel and Donahue if the judging is fair and their sd is the best this year deserves at least 73-74 points if skated cleanly.

 

[VIETgrlTerifa]

I don't think this is a wild prediction by any means, but I think P/C will score around 77-80+ in the SD and 115+ in the FD. Of course I could be wrong.

 

[LadyB]

Can't wait for G/P and I/Z!! I hope they're doing well. :clapper:
I'm not a fan, but I must admit I'm looking forward to P/C and H/D programmes.
Just a little concerned that Piper and Paul start so early.

 

[skylark]

Only if you believe that starting earlier is a handicap.

Personally I think it's unproven superstitious nonsense, made up by malcontents to "explain" why their favourites don't get the scores they think they "deserve".

I have never seen anything approaching a proof that it happens. Even if it does indeed happen, I don't see it being as often and routine as some would have us believe. And indeed there have been glaring examples of skaters scoring very highly despite skating early (or late skaters scoring poorly). Oh, but of course those are explained by "home cooking", "reputation", "strong feds", whatever... because when one unproven conspiracy theory fails, there's always another one to turn to instead...
.

Sometimes it's a matter of taste, because our taste (including the judges') affects our perceptions of "underscored." It's not necessarily conspiracy theory.

For instance, the B.Esp. guys said at Worlds that they both felt Ashley's SP could/should have been scored higher. She wasn't in the final group, and I think that could have made a difference. Of course, I realize that world ranking did affect her starting position in that instance.

But it's also about whether one loves, likes, tolerates, feels "meh" about or dislikes a certain skater's style. It's funny, because if I were to offer the opinion the B.Esp. guys did here in the forum, I know for sure that I'd be metaphorically pelted with rotten apples, rocks, etc. However, I do agree with it 100%.

 

[skylark]

Aaaaannnnd, to get back on topic, I can hardly wait to see Gabrielle/Guilliame, Piper/Paul, Elena/Ruslan, and Madi/Zach tomorrow.

Good luck to all!