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Folk dance watchpost
Yes, the folk rhythm dance next season is not happening, we’ll see (fingers crossed) the repeat of this year’s theme (and probably all already existing programs). But let’s take a look at the folk dances anyway - in my opinion, it was one of the most interesting ideas for ice dance as it provided some great entertainment and, when done right, led to very memorable programs. (Although when done wrong it also led to some incredibly cringey moments.)
Folk happened first in 2008 and, after its big success, was brought back for the Olympic season in 2010.
2008
Delobel & Schoenfelder - Breton Gavotte
Virtue & Moir - Dark Eyes
Khokhlova & Novitski - Two Guitars
Belbin & Agosto - Cotton Eyed Joe
Faiella & Scali - Pizzica
Davis & White - Kalinka
Pechalat & Bourzat - Flamenco
Kerr & Kerr - Auld Lang Syne (one of my all time favorite ice dance programs)
Alexandra Zaretski & Roman Zaretski - Shich, Shack, Shock
Cappellini & Lanotte - Bubamara
Bobrova & Soloviev - Kalinka
Weaver & Poje - Road to Vladivostok
Some programs from then-juniors:
Samuelson & Bates - Kalinka
Crone & Poirier - Blue Kerchief
Hubbell & Hubbell - Schuhplattler
Shibutani & Shibutani - Kobo music
2010
Virtue & Moir - Farrucas
Davis & White - Indian Folk Dance
Faiella & Scali - Tammurriata Nera
Domnina & Shabalin - Aboriginal Dance (I mean, let’s not forget this infamous program; today it woud probably get so much backlash they would’ve had to change it)
Delobel & Schoenfelder - Can Can
Pechalat & Bourzat - Thank God, I'm a country boy
Kerr & Kerr - I've been everywhere
Zaretsky & Zaretsky - Hava Nagila
Crone & Poirier - Flamenco
Khokhlova & Novitski - Vdol po Piterskoi
Bobrova & Soloviev - Yablochko
Samuelson & Bates - Dixie Chicks Medley (pretty sure (actually not, I’m just joking:)) there was a competition for the shortest shorts in a country dance that year)
Hoffmann & Zavozin - Hungarian Folk Dance
Belbin & Agosto - Moldovanesca
Cappellini & Lanotte - Torna a Surriento
Reed & Reed - Japanese Folk Dance
Katelyn Goode & Nikolaj Sorenen - Danish Folk Dance
Weaver & Poje - Flamenco
Chock & Zuerlein - Afro-Cubal Dance (another dance that wouldn’t fly today - he’s a colonizer in it?)
Hubbell & Hubbell - Ukrainian Folk Dance
Coomes & Buckland - Irish Folk Dance
Juniors
Ilihykh & Katsalapov - Sikuriadas
Gilles & Donohue - Flamenco
Paul & Islam - Flamenco
Monko & Khaliavin - Ukrainian Folk Dance
Shibutani & Shibutani - Japanese Folk Dance
Finnstep Preview Watchlist
So the thing about the ISU's vigorous recycling schedule is that most of the top teams have actually already competed the Finnstep. Everyone was younger and less experienced then of course, but it's still cool to look back and see a preview of next season. It's also fun to see how many of them were skating to musicals even when that wasn't required at all, because life is a cabaret I guess. Check out some sparkling Finnsteps and the just as sparkling hairpieces below!
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Kaetlyn Osmond Watchpost
A look back at Kaetlyn’s career so far from 3rd at senior nationals at 15, her first senior grand prix win at 16 and national title at 17, to an individual Olympic medalist and world champion at 22!
2011-12 (Skate Canada Challenge win, 3rd at senior nationals)
Your Good Name/Ganesh SP
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso FS
Interview after Skate Canada Challenge win
2012-13 (Nebelhorn win, Skate Canada win, first national title win, first worlds)
Latin SP
Carmen FS
Reach EX
Candyman EX
Interview after Nebelhorn win
Interview after Skate Canada win
Interview after nationals win
Meet Kaetlyn Osmond: 2013 World Figure Skating Championships spot
2013-14 (Second Skate Canada Challenge win, second national title win, first Olympics and Olympic team silver, second worlds)
Big Spender/Sweet Charity SP
Cleopatra FS
Somewhere Over The Rainbow EX
Mamma Knows Best EX
Interview after Skate Canada Challenge win
Interview after nationals win
Meet Kaetlyn Osmond 2013-14
Interview with team after team Olympic silver
2015-16 (Comeback season, Second Nebelhorn win, 3rd at nationals, didn’t make the worlds team)
La Vie En Rose SP
Astor Piazzolla Tango Medley FS
Human EX
Lovefool EX
Interview after Nebelhorn win
Interview after nationals bronze
2016-17 (Finlandia win, 2nd at both GP events, first GPF, third national title win, 2nd at worlds)
Edith Piaf SP
La Bohème FS
Wild Horses EX
Hallelujah EX
Interview after SCI silver
CBC “Roller coaster of a year” spot
Interview after nationals win
TSN “Sisters” spot
Feature after world silver
My Canada Skate Canada spot
2017-18 (ACI win, second Skate Canada win, 3rd at IDF, 3rd at GPF, 2nd at nationals, second Olympics, Olympic team gold, Olympic individual bronze, worlds win)
Edith Piaf SP
Black Swan FS
I Love It EX
Lost EX
Too Darn Hot EX
If It Makes You Happy EX
Interview after ACI win
Interview after Skate Canada win
Whisper Challenge
Interview after GPF bronze
CBC Fight to Heal and Skate Again mini doco
Interview with team after team Olympic gold, X
Interview after individual Olympic bronze
Interview after worlds win
Photo credits: (1) Miguel Medina / AFP / Getty Images (2, 3) David W. Carmichael (4) Dax Melmer / The Windsor Star (5) MCT / Getty Images (6, 7) Danielle Earl (8) Greg Kolz
Jason Brown
Junior Programs
2009-10: SP Hey Pachuco, FS Pas de Deux
2010-11: SP Baliwood, FS Nessun dorma (the music for this is rly loud, be careful!)
2011-12: SP Grand Guignol, FS Flow like Water
2012-13: SP The Question of U, FS Liebestraume
Senior Programs
2013-14: SP The Question of U, FS Riverdance
2014-15: SP Juke, FS Tristan & Iseult
2015-16: SP Love is Blindness, FS The Piano
2016-17: SP Appassionata, SP Writing’s on the Wall, FS The Piano
2017-18: SP The Room Where It Happens, FS Inner Love, FS The Piano
2018-19: SP Love is a Bitch, FS Simon & Garfunkel Medley
Exhibitions
The Time of my Life (2010-2011)
A Drop in the Ocean (2011-2013)
U Can’t Touch This (2013-2014)
Cotton-Eyed Joe (2014-2015)
Hip Hop mix (2014-2016)
Canned Heat (2015-2017)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (2016-2017)
Waving Through a Window (2017-2018)
Can’t Stop the Feeling (2017-present)
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte Watchpost
Competitive Programs
2006/2007: CD “Golden Waltz” || OD “Oblivion/Violentango” || FD “I’ve Got Rhythm”
2007/2008: CD “Yankee Polka”; CD “Argentine Tango” || OD “Bubamara” || FD “La Traviata”
2008/2009: CD “Viennese Waltz”; CD “Finnstep”; CD “Paso Doble” || OD “Bei Mir Bistu Shein” || FD “Love Story”
2009/2010: CD “Tango Romantica”; CD “Golden Waltz” || OD “Torna a Surriento/Tarantella” || FD “Requiem for a Dream”
2010/2011: SD “Que Sera Sera/Girls Girls Girls” || FD1 “Our Love is Easy/Goodnite”; FD2 “Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
2011/2012: SD “Volveras/El Chupacapra” || FD “La Strada”
2012/2013: SD “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” || FD “Carmen Suite”
2013/2014: SD “42nd Street” || FD “The Barber of Seville”
2014/2015: SD “Capriccio Espagnol” || FD “Danse Macabre”
2015/2016: SD “The Merry Widow” || FD “Fellini medley”
2016/2017: SD “Cry for Me/Choo Choo Boogie” || FD “Chaplin”
2017/2018: SD “Cha Cha Cha Kaboom/Skip to the Bip/1008 Samba” || FD “La Vita è Bella”
Exhibitions
2009/2010: Eres Todo En Mi
2011/2012: That’s Amore/Tu vuo’ fa’ l’Americano
2012/2013: Oblivion || I Was Here
2013: Resistance (with 2Cellos)
2013/2014: A Thousand Years || Pata Pata/Chupacapra
2014/2015: Fireflies
2015/2016: Dance of Hours
2016/2017: La Cumparsita
2017/2018: Chaplin
2018: Spiderman & Wonder Woman
2018: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Satoko Miyahara Watchpost
Short programs
11-12: Por Una Cabeza
12-13: The Swan
13-14: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
14-15: The Magic Flute
15-16: Firedance
16-17: Musetta’s Waltz
17-18: Memoirs Of A Geisha
Long programs
11-12: Mother Goose Suite
12-13: Romeo & Juliet / Adagio
13-14: Poeta
14-15: Miss Saigon
15-16: Un Sospiro
16-17: The Planets / Star Wars
17-18: Madama Butterfly
Exhibition programs
10-11: On The Town
11-12: Sympathique
12-13: Mambo
13-14: Solace
14-15: Let Her Go
14-15: Sing Sing Sing
15-16: Pennies From Heaven
15-16: Wings To Fly
16-17: Hernando’s Hideaway
16-17: One More Try
17-18: En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor