Madison Chock and Evan Bates just won the PSA Award for 2020 for the Snake!
https://www.facebook.com/135977363114767/posts/2885778941467915/?substory_index=0
The PSA awatds are interesting awards since they are awarded for the best program at US Nationals. Quite often, the winner was not the winner of the event. One year, a junior team even won! They have been awarded every year since 1999.
Here are the formal criteria:
https://skatepsa.com/best-performance-awards
I thought it would be fun to go back through the years and rewatch these amazing programs, when they could be found. I want to start with ice dance, because it is my
favorite discipline, but if you guys like this thread, I will do the other three disciplines in new threads.
2020 Madison Chock / Evan Bates - Championship Dance Free Dance Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeA1CqN_m8A
PSA Coach – Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis
Choreographers – Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
Music Selection - Egyptian Snake Dance: Yearning" by Raul Ferrando, "Sahara Nights" by DJ Quincy and "Layali Al-Sharq" by Al-Ahram Orchestra
Costume Designer – Mathieu Caron
The interesting thing here-Mathieu Caron did Madi's fabulous snake outfit.
2019 -Madison Chock / Evan Bates - Championship Dance Free Dance Program
The US Nationals performance is not on youtube, but their 4CC version is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAGwksI898
PSA Coach – Patrice Lauzon
Choreographers – Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
Music Selection – “Fever” by Elvis Presley and Michael Bublé and “Burning Love” by Elvis Presley
Costume Designer – Mathieu Caron/Feeling Company
Chock and Bates did not win the event, but won the PSA.
2018 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue – Championship Dance Free Dance Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMLwOhURL0I
PSA Coaches – Patrice Lauzon
Choreographers – Marie–France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
Music Selection – “Across the Sky” Instrumental by Rag N’Bone Man, “Caught Out In the Rain” by Beth Hart
Costume Designers – Susan Hubbell and Mathieu Carron
Their best FD IMO , and started the huge wave of Beth Hart's popularity with ice dancers.
2017 - Madison Chock and Evan Bates – Championship Ice Dance Free Dance Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjmcri6tTlc
PSA Coach – Igor Shpilband
Choreographers – Christopher Dean, Igor Shpilband
Music Selection – “Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Freddie Mercury
Music Work– Oleg Karpachev, Dmitriy Rubezhov and Igor Shpilband
Costume Designer – Feeling, Mathieu Caron
It is interesting the PSA listed "Music Work" here.
2016 - Maia and Alex Shibutani – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70dg8fBUR1s
PSA Coaches – Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali
Choreographer – Peter Tchernyschev, Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali
Music Selection – “Fix You” by Coldplay
Costume Designer – Maia Shibutani, D. Gschwendtner
I did not know Maia was a costume design person! They were US Champions this season.
2015 - Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean–Luc Baker – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udHS0BllMVw
PSA Coaches – Pasquale Camerlengo, Angelika Krylova
Choreographer – Pasquale Camerlengo
Music Selection – Soundtrack of Romeo and Juliet (2013)
Costume Designer – Stephanie Miller & Nina Maluda
They were the fourth place finishers!
My love for this team started here.
2014-Meryl Davis and Charlie White – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqB_HeOQ6PU
Coaches– Marina Zoueva, Oleg Epstein
Choreographer – Marina Zoueva
Music – Selections from “Scheherazade” by Nikolai Rimsky–Korsakov. Kirov Theatre Orchestra
Costume Design – Meryl Davis
Meryl did their costumes???? For their Olympic season?? WOW.
2013 - Meryl Davis and Charlie White – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv9M4E8eD8s
Coaches – Marina Zoueva and Oleg Epstein
Choreographer – Marina Zoueva
Music – “Notre–Dame de Paris” by Riccardo Cocciante and Luc Plamondon
If they wanted to give it to D&W, I thought their polka SD was far better, as a program.
So the Doris award goes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBjRshTZv9Y
It was genius to realize the required polka could be combined with ballet if you picked Giselle! IMO the best part of this is the Yankee Polka (and thanks to Sladky and Schwomeyer and their coaches for creating it.)
2012 - Meryl Davis and Charlie White – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53BotahnuJ0
Coaches – Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva
Music – “Die Fledermaus"
The rotational lift shows how to make a rather ordinary type of lift jaw dropping-an amazingly quick entry, (how did she get up there???) Very fast rotation, and the split legs of the lady parallel to the ice.
2011- Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani – Short Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4colfd-F0
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “The Carousel Waltz” by Richard Rogers
Maia & Alex were just out of juniors. This SD served instant notice they were a force to be reckoned with, a campaign that ended with them winning the bronze medal at 2011 Worlds.
2010 - Meryl Davis & Charlie White – Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVd39Re-xw
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns, Adrienne Lenda
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “Music of the Night” by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack
The Doris award goes to their Bollywood SD instead.
https://youtu.be/1oGa0ukzplk?list=PLRts3TuTkzm3XhnrqZMggfe99aT3sKuBL
2009 - Meryl Davis & Charlie White – Original Dance
The 4CC version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1I4X8D_7w
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns, Adrienne Lenda
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “Happy Feet” by Manhattan Rhythm Kings
This was a program so tricky they never quite got it right and Charlie fell three times during it in Russia. None the less, this is some of the best Charleston choreography. Charlie is a college guy on the town, Meryl is a very random, ditzy flapper.
2008 - Meryl Davis & Charlie White – Original Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xlYpQPK_Tg
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “Kalinka"
The original version at Skate America had Charlie in a more ethnically correct hat, and had them waving handkerchiefs, which again was more authentic, but the US audience did not get it at all.
2007 - Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov – Free Dance
The GPF version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3msZ68pLL4g
Coaches – Natalia Linichuk, Gennardi Karponosov
Choreographer – Patti Wilcox
Music – “Adam and Eve,” by Yoav Goren
I wish I knew who did the costumes!
2006 - Kimberly Navarro & Brett Bommentre – Free Dance
https://youtu.be/664k3L1ym3E
Coaches – Robbie Kaine, Cheryl Snyder
Choreographer– Natalia Linichuk
Music – “How Sweet it is,” “Feeling Good,” by Michael Buble
They were a new team. They finished fourth over all. They got a tremendous standing ovation. This dance seemed a celebration of their new beginning.
2005 - Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9iUiRTzPuI
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – “Gypsy Dance"
Love it!
2004 - Lydia Manon & Ryan O’Meara – Free Dance
I could not find this program
In fact there were few vids of them at all
Here is their 2005 FD instead. Sorry about that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_OgObnJslM
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – Medley from Cabaret
2003 - Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto – Original Dance
The Four Continents version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADOcbuq8bcc
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – “Jolly Robbers Polka
2002 - Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
The Worlds version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRQLmisCLTY
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – “Plight of Sarajevo” by Goran Bregovic
They skated this in both junior and senior Worlds that year! They hit the ground running in seniors, for sure.
2001 - Kakani Young & Ikaika Young – Free Dance
This won two years running, but there is no trace of this team on youtube![Sad :( :(](/forum/data/assets/smilies/sad4.gif)
Coach – Bernard Ford
Choreographer – Bernard Ford
Music – “Dos a Dos”
2000- Kakani Young & Ikaika Young – Free Dance
This won two years running, but there is no trace of this team on youtube![Sad :( :(](/forum/data/assets/smilies/sad4.gif)
Coach – Bernard Ford
Choreographer – Bernard Ford
Music – “Dos a Dos”
1999 - Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek – Original Dance (Junior)
The JGPF version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b16CLKRIWT4
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Elizabeth Coates
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
They were an amazing team.
Do/did you agree with the choices?
Do the programs stir any good memories?
Did you enjoy this thread?
I hope you will tell us?
https://www.facebook.com/135977363114767/posts/2885778941467915/?substory_index=0
The PSA awatds are interesting awards since they are awarded for the best program at US Nationals. Quite often, the winner was not the winner of the event. One year, a junior team even won! They have been awarded every year since 1999.
Here are the formal criteria:
https://skatepsa.com/best-performance-awards
One winner is chosen from each category in men’s, ladies, pairs, dance, and synchronized skating. Selection will be based on performance, not placement and will not necessarily reflect the best technical skater. Elements considered include artistry, charisma/appeal, balance, originality, drama/emotion, music, costuming, humor, showmanship, quality, theme, and technical ability. Votes are tabulated by the executive director’s office and determined by a majority vote.
I thought it would be fun to go back through the years and rewatch these amazing programs, when they could be found. I want to start with ice dance, because it is my
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2020 Madison Chock / Evan Bates - Championship Dance Free Dance Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeA1CqN_m8A
PSA Coach – Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis
Choreographers – Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
Music Selection - Egyptian Snake Dance: Yearning" by Raul Ferrando, "Sahara Nights" by DJ Quincy and "Layali Al-Sharq" by Al-Ahram Orchestra
Costume Designer – Mathieu Caron
The interesting thing here-Mathieu Caron did Madi's fabulous snake outfit.
2019 -Madison Chock / Evan Bates - Championship Dance Free Dance Program
The US Nationals performance is not on youtube, but their 4CC version is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAGwksI898
PSA Coach – Patrice Lauzon
Choreographers – Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
Music Selection – “Fever” by Elvis Presley and Michael Bublé and “Burning Love” by Elvis Presley
Costume Designer – Mathieu Caron/Feeling Company
Chock and Bates did not win the event, but won the PSA.
2018 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue – Championship Dance Free Dance Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMLwOhURL0I
PSA Coaches – Patrice Lauzon
Choreographers – Marie–France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
Music Selection – “Across the Sky” Instrumental by Rag N’Bone Man, “Caught Out In the Rain” by Beth Hart
Costume Designers – Susan Hubbell and Mathieu Carron
Their best FD IMO , and started the huge wave of Beth Hart's popularity with ice dancers.
2017 - Madison Chock and Evan Bates – Championship Ice Dance Free Dance Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjmcri6tTlc
PSA Coach – Igor Shpilband
Choreographers – Christopher Dean, Igor Shpilband
Music Selection – “Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Freddie Mercury
Music Work– Oleg Karpachev, Dmitriy Rubezhov and Igor Shpilband
Costume Designer – Feeling, Mathieu Caron
It is interesting the PSA listed "Music Work" here.
2016 - Maia and Alex Shibutani – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70dg8fBUR1s
PSA Coaches – Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali
Choreographer – Peter Tchernyschev, Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali
Music Selection – “Fix You” by Coldplay
Costume Designer – Maia Shibutani, D. Gschwendtner
I did not know Maia was a costume design person! They were US Champions this season.
2015 - Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean–Luc Baker – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udHS0BllMVw
PSA Coaches – Pasquale Camerlengo, Angelika Krylova
Choreographer – Pasquale Camerlengo
Music Selection – Soundtrack of Romeo and Juliet (2013)
Costume Designer – Stephanie Miller & Nina Maluda
They were the fourth place finishers!
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2014-Meryl Davis and Charlie White – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqB_HeOQ6PU
Coaches– Marina Zoueva, Oleg Epstein
Choreographer – Marina Zoueva
Music – Selections from “Scheherazade” by Nikolai Rimsky–Korsakov. Kirov Theatre Orchestra
Costume Design – Meryl Davis
Meryl did their costumes???? For their Olympic season?? WOW.
2013 - Meryl Davis and Charlie White – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv9M4E8eD8s
Coaches – Marina Zoueva and Oleg Epstein
Choreographer – Marina Zoueva
Music – “Notre–Dame de Paris” by Riccardo Cocciante and Luc Plamondon
If they wanted to give it to D&W, I thought their polka SD was far better, as a program.
So the Doris award goes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBjRshTZv9Y
It was genius to realize the required polka could be combined with ballet if you picked Giselle! IMO the best part of this is the Yankee Polka (and thanks to Sladky and Schwomeyer and their coaches for creating it.)
2012 - Meryl Davis and Charlie White – Championship Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53BotahnuJ0
Coaches – Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva
Music – “Die Fledermaus"
The rotational lift shows how to make a rather ordinary type of lift jaw dropping-an amazingly quick entry, (how did she get up there???) Very fast rotation, and the split legs of the lady parallel to the ice.
2011- Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani – Short Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4colfd-F0
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “The Carousel Waltz” by Richard Rogers
Maia & Alex were just out of juniors. This SD served instant notice they were a force to be reckoned with, a campaign that ended with them winning the bronze medal at 2011 Worlds.
2010 - Meryl Davis & Charlie White – Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVd39Re-xw
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns, Adrienne Lenda
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “Music of the Night” by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack
The Doris award goes to their Bollywood SD instead.
https://youtu.be/1oGa0ukzplk?list=PLRts3TuTkzm3XhnrqZMggfe99aT3sKuBL
2009 - Meryl Davis & Charlie White – Original Dance
The 4CC version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1I4X8D_7w
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns, Adrienne Lenda
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “Happy Feet” by Manhattan Rhythm Kings
This was a program so tricky they never quite got it right and Charlie fell three times during it in Russia. None the less, this is some of the best Charleston choreography. Charlie is a college guy on the town, Meryl is a very random, ditzy flapper.
2008 - Meryl Davis & Charlie White – Original Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xlYpQPK_Tg
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Music – “Kalinka"
The original version at Skate America had Charlie in a more ethnically correct hat, and had them waving handkerchiefs, which again was more authentic, but the US audience did not get it at all.
2007 - Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov – Free Dance
The GPF version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3msZ68pLL4g
Coaches – Natalia Linichuk, Gennardi Karponosov
Choreographer – Patti Wilcox
Music – “Adam and Eve,” by Yoav Goren
I wish I knew who did the costumes!
2006 - Kimberly Navarro & Brett Bommentre – Free Dance
https://youtu.be/664k3L1ym3E
Coaches – Robbie Kaine, Cheryl Snyder
Choreographer– Natalia Linichuk
Music – “How Sweet it is,” “Feeling Good,” by Michael Buble
They were a new team. They finished fourth over all. They got a tremendous standing ovation. This dance seemed a celebration of their new beginning.
2005 - Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9iUiRTzPuI
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – “Gypsy Dance"
Love it!
2004 - Lydia Manon & Ryan O’Meara – Free Dance
I could not find this program
In fact there were few vids of them at all
Here is their 2005 FD instead. Sorry about that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_OgObnJslM
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – Medley from Cabaret
2003 - Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto – Original Dance
The Four Continents version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADOcbuq8bcc
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – “Jolly Robbers Polka
2002 - Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
The Worlds version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRQLmisCLTY
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
Music – “Plight of Sarajevo” by Goran Bregovic
They skated this in both junior and senior Worlds that year! They hit the ground running in seniors, for sure.
2001 - Kakani Young & Ikaika Young – Free Dance
This won two years running, but there is no trace of this team on youtube
![Sad :( :(](/forum/data/assets/smilies/sad4.gif)
Coach – Bernard Ford
Choreographer – Bernard Ford
Music – “Dos a Dos”
2000- Kakani Young & Ikaika Young – Free Dance
This won two years running, but there is no trace of this team on youtube
![Sad :( :(](/forum/data/assets/smilies/sad4.gif)
Coach – Bernard Ford
Choreographer – Bernard Ford
Music – “Dos a Dos”
1999 - Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek – Original Dance (Junior)
The JGPF version exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b16CLKRIWT4
Coaches – Igor Shpilband, Elizabeth Coates
Choreographer – Igor Shpilband
They were an amazing team.
Do/did you agree with the choices?
Do the programs stir any good memories?
Did you enjoy this thread?
I hope you will tell us?
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