2018 Nepela Trophy Free Dance

[ancientpeas]

I enjoyed that.

 

[cheerknithanson]

That was lovely!

 

[ancientpeas]

why can't they turpentine that screen and remove the smudge?

 

[ancientpeas]

cut 30 seconds from every routine to speed things up. Take 4 times as long to judge. I guess this is a win in the ISU's eyes?

 

[WeakAnkles]

Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER
Country: United States of America
Music: "Porz Goret" by Yann Tiersen
Choreography by: Elena Novak, Alexei Kiliakov, Natalia Hvoyneva, Jonah Bokaer
Costumes: Pink and grey dress for her, basic black for him

Program Layout:

Chor Spin
Chor Char. Step Seq. - a bit fuzzy. They really need to clarify the axis on this.
NT Step Seq
St Line Lift
Twizzles - almost the length of the entire rink
Rotational Lift flowing absolutely seamlessly into
Dance Spin ... this was just floaty and beautiful
Diag. Step Seq with twizzle exit
Stationary Lift
Chor Lift - nice spin to this

They have grown up. There's absolutely nothing junior about that program. It's floaty and ethereal and lovely. She used to ham it up to almost unbearble degrees, and she's reined that in. Bravo. Really enjoyed that. US Nats is gonna be VERY interesting.

Score: 108.27 and that's underscored. Tsk tsk judges.

 

[Ichatdelune]

I disagree with Mozgov's costume.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Insane lifts, insane slide, overall insane program. I'm currently mentally unstable, so I think I like it.

 

[pearly]

I'm currently mentally unstable, so I think I like it.

Would you like to share something with us?

 

[ancientpeas]

Aw.. cuteness in the kiss and cry.

 

[WeakAnkles]

Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV
Country: Russia
Music: Master and Margarita soundtrack by Igor Korniliuk
Choreography by: Anjelika Krylova
Costumes:Red bodice top with black skirt for him. Black pants with sheer black shirt and fringe and red highlighted shirt for him (his shirt is all a bit much...like the program!)

Program Layout:

Twizzles
Rotational Lift - fab position
Dance Spin - they're sacrificing speed for interesting positions in the first two positions. And it's ALOT of speed they're sacrificing
Curve Lift - with a bobbled exit
NT St Seq
Ch Spinning Movement
St Line Lift
Cir Step Seq
[Chor Character Step Seq] - I knew it was in there somewhere but it's VERY blurry. They need to clarify it.
Chor Slide

I'm sure there's a choroegraphic character step sequence in there, but I couldn't ID it. Which is a problem because it means they've totally blurred skating on the axis.

They're skating a very dangerous line here. There are SO MANY LIFTS that it starts looking like Pairs without jumps. They're trying to find a style and they haven't yet. So they're throwing EVERYTHING at the wall to see what sticks. That's my take.

SCORE:102.82 and that should be second.

 

[NoNameFace]

Popova/Mozgov's FD is very dramatic, but every trick, insane lift, challenging body position takes speed and flow from them, so it looks sloppy altogether. And that duo body slide...it is too much for me

 

[Ichatdelune]

Would you like to share something with us?

Aside from the fact that I actually do take pills for ADD plus a light antidepressant, for now disrupted sleep cycle+lack of quality sleep+Junhwan's FS music cut being a living terror.

 

[ancientpeas]

I think the DJ might be having just a little too much fun.

 

[Ichatdelune]

They aren't going to remove that smudge, are they?

 

[cheerknithanson]

They aren't going to remove that smudge, are they?

Oh. I see the smudge now.

 

[Mrs. P]

I have SUCH a new appreciation for you WeakAnkles for the PBP. I think I'm doing OK, but not as good as you lol.

 

[ancientpeas]

They aren't going to remove that smudge, are they?

Never. It will still be there at the 2019 Nepela Trophy.

 

[WeakAnkles]

Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI
Country: Italy
Music: "Hymne a l'amour" performed by Rocco De Villiers; "Joy Follows Suffering" performed by Michael W. Smith
Choreography by:
Costumes: Basic black dance drag with sparkles for both

Program Layout:

Dance spin with very nice speed and a good second position
Straight line lift -- MUCH better than at Lombardia. It was on a highlight
Twizzles - he bobbled the third deet
Chor Twizzles
Cir Step Seq -
STationary Lift
NT step seq
Rotational Lift
Chor Char Step Seq.
Chor Lift

MUCH improved from Lombardi. Better speed, better flow. First time I wasn't bored by them.

Score: 98.16

 

[Ichatdelune]

Lovely stuff, scary lifts but was overall absolutely great.

 

[sk8dc]

I liked their lifts a lot. Very complex but she never hit an awkward or ugly position