2023-24 Programs by Discipline

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Deniss chose Hallelujah because he cut his hair, that is why it is so personal to him. Losing such a glorious ponytail must be very difficult and the lyrics of the song reflect this.

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

Deniss chose Hallelujah because he cut his hair, that is why it is so personal to him. Losing such a glorious ponytail must be very difficult and the lyrics of the song reflect this.

Sources for this info, please.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Sources for this info, please.

Deniss three weeks ago: long hair

Deniss three days ago: short hair (go to 3rd picture)

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

^^ Thanks @figureskatingandrainbows LOL! Deniss is looking fine and fresh with his shorter locks. Now, for a quote from Deniss, plus lyrics to his chosen version of H...

 

[elektra blue]

Deniss chose Hallelujah because he cut his hair, that is why it is so personal to him. Losing such a glorious ponytail must be very difficult and the lyrics of the song reflect this.

he did what? noooooooooooooooooooo

 

[yesterday]

he did what? noooooooooooooooooooo

look into the Fantasy on Ice thread (or the FF)

 

[dorispulaski]

Kazuki Tomono JPN
SP: "Underground" by Cody Fry; choreo by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: "Halston" by Stephan Moccio; choreo by Misha Ge

 

[Ruthypegs]

Deniss three weeks ago: long hair

Deniss three days ago: short hair (go to 3rd picture)

Crikey, Deniss looks like Patrick Swayze in "Dirty Dancing" in that Instagram pick... which makes me wonder - has anyone chosen "I've had the time of my life" for this year's Rhythm Dance

 

[elektra blue]

Crikey, Deniss looks like Patrick Swayze in "Dirty Dancing" in that Instagram pick... which makes me wonder - has anyone chosen "I've had the time of my life" for this year's Rhythm Dance

i hope someone doesn't want to be put in a corner

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Deniss three weeks ago: long hair

Deniss three days ago: short hair (go to 3rd picture)

Finally! I have to be honest, I didn´t like Jason ponytail and I didn´t like Deniss ponytail. But it´s two brilliant skaters with much in common, lovely skating quality, excellent spins, joy to watch. Jason just became better after his hair cut, so this is promising for Deniss I´m also not very excited about the song choice, but I agree, Deniss could make it work.

 

[el henry]

This unforeseen mix will either be or epic. I am praying for epic.

Shira Ichilov/Dmitiry Kravchenko (Israel)

RD: Get Down on It/Yesterday/It's Raining Men

New Team Series: Shira Ichilov & Dmitriy Kravchenko – Ice-dance.com

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This is the second program I've heard use "It's Raining Men". I hope we have program after program of "It's Raining Men".I am not being ironic, I really do.

 

[cheerknithanson]

This unforeseen mix will either be or epic. I am praying for epic.

Shira Ichilov/Dmitiry Kravchenko (Israel)

RD: Get Down on It/Yesterday/It's Raining Men

This is the second program I've heard use "It's Raining Men". I hope we have program after program of "It's Raining Men".I am not being ironic, I really do.

I can't wait for this. I wonder if yellow will be used in the costumes.

 

[dorispulaski]

Shock. From the article, the choreographers for this program are Pasquale Camerlengo and Igor Shpilband.

Their FD is to a song by a Montreal singer

Hugo Chouinard is involved with mixing the music

Yesterday was released in 1965, so I guess this will be an 80's cover version. There are plenty to choose from.

 

[icewhite]

I can actually imagine it as a "meta" throwback program, after all it's "yesterday" we are talking about with the 80s programs - so seeing the 80s as a time when people had fun, I mean it would be a narrative.

 

[yesterday]

Hey hey, keep me out of this!

 

[elektra blue]

This unforeseen mix will either be or epic. I am praying for epic.

Shira Ichilov/Dmitiry Kravchenko (Israel)

RD: Get Down on It/Yesterday/It's Raining Men

New Team Series: Shira Ichilov & Dmitriy Kravchenko – Ice-dance.com

www.ice-dance.com

This is the second program I've heard use "It's Raining Men". I hope we have program after program of "It's Raining Men".I am not being ironic, I really do.

somebody pressed the random button on their vintage playlist

 

[lauravvv]

But Hallelujah? I despise Hallelujah with the passion of a thousand burning suns. I despise the Leonard Cohen "OP", the Jeff Buckley version, the kd Lang version, the Canadian tenors version, any version at all and no version at all.

In my opinion, Hallelujah is a great song, wonderful melody, unusual lyrics with a meaning. Seems like the reasons why people hate it are that there is too much of it with all the different versions, it's overused in skating in particular and, also, it's often used with the wrong meaning in mind/not really understanding the true meaning (that is, as a purely religious song praising God and Jesus). Okay, maybe you and some other people don't like the lyrics or something, but even then you have to admit that the melody is great if you are being objective about it, it's just that you have heard it too many times and often used in a wrong way.

he has a nice voice but oh well.. i hate the arrangement... it takes away the essence of the piece and turns it into so much darker... oh well... I like DV enough to watch him without muting his music... thankfully, it's just a SP.

You know... if he wanted to do Thomas Feiner... why now Dreamers ? Or any other original song... HA! Thanks to DV, i am discovering an artist I didn't know. I like his original stuff much better than Hallelujah.

In an interview Denis said that 'Hallelujah' feels personal for him. So most likely he wanted to skate to 'Hallelujah', not so much to Thomas Feiner. Perhaps he liked Feiner's version exactly because it's darker - who knows. Or he was offered this version by Bourne and it resonated with him.

Matteo and his choreographer made the program good, Maneskin per se are as rock as a boyband popped out from a talent show.

What is rock, in your opinion? Only heavy and hard rock? Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple? Jimi Hendrix? Metal? Metallica and Iron Maiden? Perhaps Kiss? Bon Jovi?

Maneskin have more rock attitude in them than many bands who have "heavier" sound, although, admittedly, I haven't listened to them that much.

 

[el henry]

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I appreciate your answering, and different opinions are what make the world go round. If we all liked the same music, the universe of musicians would be pretty small.

But as for Hallelujah, I don't think understanding the lyrics really help: whether it is about sex and orgasm, lost love, religious metaphor, I am afraid it matters little to me. The tune goes nowhere, and keeps going there, and depends on a singer belting out the word "hallelujah" at the top of their lungs to even, dare I say it, climax.

For me, it doesn't work. But that's just my opinion, and I am glad (not being snarky) it works for others.

 

[icewhite]

For me, Hallelujah (depending on the version) is a great and touching song. It just has been used over and over and at this point it usually isn't touching anymore for me when a skater does it - because I know it inside out, because the skaters usually don't do an original choreo when they skate to it, because I don't believe them when they show emotions to this song - I always get, more or less, the feeling they did it because they just thought it would work. Because I don't believe there is a more personal connection. And then this song becomes kind of lame. Worse, songs like these, so extremely emotional, can become kitsch.
That being said, you never know what you get until you've seen the program. As with any warhorse, I am sceptical and disappointed at the announcement, but often enough I have been pleasantly surprised, so... my final judgement will come when I've seen it

 

[4everchan]

i like hallelujah but not for skating see .. we can like music and not like it at the rink but feiner's version is too depressing for me, especially now that Deniss has this wonderful new look ... thank you haircut gods for putting some sense into him.