2024 NHK Trophy Rhythm Dance

[4everchan]

Hello lovely folks, it feels weird to have an event in my time zone but here I am

this is in my timezone too!!!

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Nice skate, AzuShun!!!

 

[Weathergal]

Love Azu/Shin -such a fun choice of music! Love his shirt and her skirt.

I love the colors in their costumes.

 

[labgoat]

I feel I shouldn't like that orange megablinged dress... but I do!

The translucent sparkles have a different kind of sparkle - I like!

 

[Sai Bon]

Happy Birthday!

Thank you!

 

[TT_Fin]

This just started? I can wstch this before i go to the office. 5.47 am now. I have a couple of hours before I leave.

 

[Sai Bon]

Well done, AzuShin! I held my breath.

 

[labgoat]

I am here for tonight only as I will be working tomorrow and miss the rest of the event.

 

[Ichatdelune]

this is in my timezone too!!!

IIRC it's nearly midnight in your part of Mapleland..?

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Go UtaMasa GO!!!
GANBAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa!!!

 

[jgg220]

I would be happy to never see Marie-Complicit at another skating event. I pray that she gets banned before the next Olympics.

 

[Seven Sisters]

BOTH Marie France and Patch are there? And for an early-career team? That doesn’t happen too often

 

[4everchan]

IIRC it's nearly midnight in your part of Mapleland..?

1049 pm

eating dinner now

jambon beurre lol still stuck in angers

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

2. Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA
Be Bop a Lula, Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On, choreo. by Cathy Reed

PSt2 (so close on a lot of the footwork!)
SyTwW4 + SyTwM4
MiSTw2 + MiStM3
ChRS +2.00
RoLi4 (struggles a bit on the pickup)

RD: 64.30 (1st)

I love this program, and I love Cathy's choreography so much. This is such a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of the programs this season, even other Elvis programs. The music choices are unique, and go together so well, and even the costume choices are welcome in a season of warm-tones RD outfits. This team mentioned yesterday that they struggle with balancing the performance and the cleanliness of turns, and I felt they were a little tight here in choreo elements but the actual skating was really excellent - they skate so close and have so much speed and dynamism throughout - your quintessential "almost on the edge of disaster" team (but I mean that in a good way) that makes them so exciting to watch when they skate cleanly.

 

[4everchan]

wow!!!!

 

[labgoat]

I also love the costumes for Uta/Masa - they work so well for the bepop and Elvis music.. He is very expressive and they are both having a very solid skate.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Utana is such a star, and they need to climb up the rankings ASAP so that AzuShin can get to go to WC in the near future

 

[Seven Sisters]

I do find what Cathy Reed has done for this team (and others) more creative than what IAM did for their countrymen just concluded

 

[Sai Bon]

Cathy Reed has done a stellar job with these two

 

[tsuyoboogie]

UtaMasa!!!