The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

[firstflight]

I wish this Beach Boys RD could have been combined with their Wuthering Heights FD from last season. That would have been my favorite set of programs in a long time.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I wish this Beach Boys RD could have been combined with their Wuthering Heights FD from last season. That would have been my favorite set of programs in a long time.

At first, I thought you meant into one program, and I was really struggling to imagine that.

 

[firstflight]

At first, I thought you meant into one program, and I was really struggling to imagine that.

But your first interpretation is actually funnily interesting: we’re blond bronzed beach buddies, and then we’re going to flip all of a sudden into a Gothic haunted house reality after pressing the wrong button.

 

[Bigbird]

This is the gap season, apparently. Sigh.

 

[leilaofpaper]

This is the gap season, apparently. Sigh.

gap season?

 

[Bigbird]

gap season?

Just a placeholder as they prepare for their Olympic FD? Didn't expect to be so underwhelmed by a program...

 

[deegee]

Just a placeholder as they prepare for their Olympic FD? Didn't expect to be so underwhelmed by a program...

which one?

 

[Spikefan]

which one?

All

 

[Wyliefan]

It looks like Solene Mazingue and Marko Gaidajenko have ended their partnership, though his post is rather long-winded and circuitous, and she hasn't posted anything yet. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBwm95pRuFH/?igsh=MWJ3NXIyOGQwMmR4eg==

 

[Karen-W]

It looks like Solene Mazingue and Marko Gaidajenko have ended their partnership, though his post is rather long-winded and circuitous, and she hasn't posted anything yet. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBwm95pRuFH/?igsh=MWJ3NXIyOGQwMmR4eg==

I saw that earlier and decided to wait to post anything since although it does seem like that's what Marko is saying she hasn't posted her own confirmation.

 

[Andrea82]

The tech panel at GP France is
David Molina from France and ISU technical committee as technical controller.
Philipp Rey (USA) and Benjamin Blum (Germany) as technical specialists.
Blum did JGP Ostrava and Rey called JGP Wuxi. For Molina it is the seasonal debut.

The panel of judges include only 8 people. One judge for each of the countries with an entry + the Chinese judge with double qualifications who is already on site for Men panel + the judge from the Principality of Monaco.

It is the second Grand Prix in a row with only 8 judges in Ice Dance rather than 9 (which should be the normal size of the Senior GPs panels). Same happened at Skate Canada.
Last minute withdrawals? Few people available? Organizers short of money?

 

[Colonel Green]

It looks like we’re going to have a real race for the sixth Grand Prix Final dance berth (assuming the Big Three, Fear/Gibson, and Lajoie/Lagha are the first five).

 

[Karen-W]

It looks like we’re going to have a real race for the sixth Grand Prix Final dance berth (assuming the Big Three, Fear/Gibson, and Lajoie/Lagha are the first five).

Next week will tell the tale.

 

[Rukia]

Next week will tell the tale.

might burn my house down with all the candles i will light this week

 

[Karen-W]

might burn my house down with all the candles i will light this week

Next week, but especially the week of CoC. I don't trust Eteri to not be gunning for a GP medal for her kid come hell or high water.

 

[Rukia]

Next week, but especially the week of CoC. I don't trust Eteri to not be gunning for a GP medal for her kid come hell or high water.

i start a week in advance i need the lead-up time to bend the universe to my will

I'm actually not that concerned about davis/smolkin they always seem to have an anomalous challenger and then their scores go right back to where they were which I guess can change but we shall see

 

[Karen-W]

i start a week in advance i need the lead-up time to bend the universe to my will

I'm actually not that concerned about davis/smolkin they always seem to have an anomalous challenger and then their scores go right back to where they were which I guess can change but we shall see

I'm gonna trust that Rettstatt makes sure a decent tech panel is assigned to CoC, lol.

 

[s_parks]

This has to be a wake up call for the Mrazeks. They're consistently losing levels, yet they're 4th in pcs. I'm not sure if staying with zanni is the answer long-term.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

It looks like we’re going to have a real race for the sixth Grand Prix Final dance berth (assuming the Big Three, Fear/Gibson, and Lajoie/Lagha are the first five).

No we won't. I'm manifesting. C/P will be there.

 

[PRlady]

No we won't. I'm manifesting. C/P will be there.

My problem is I like Lop/Bri just as much as Car/Pon. Shoot me.

This would all be so much easier for me if Haw/Bak were still skating. Following the Uber Matrix I couldn’t root for any other US team. As it is, even with F/D’s deserved demise, there are three US teams I want to succeed even without the furriners.

 

[Marta24]

This has to be a wake up call for the Mrazeks. They're consistently losing levels, yet they're 4th in pcs. I'm not sure if staying with zanni is the answer long-term.

And 3rd in GOE.

 

[Andrea82]

It looks like we’re going to have a real race for the sixth Grand Prix Final dance berth (assuming the Big Three, Fear/Gibson, and Lajoie/Lagha are the first five).

Marco Fabbri's fall sealed the final for Laporeva/Brissaud.

Positive week for Bratti/Sommerville who surprisingly got on the podium.
Logouge/Caffa are probably the only other team going home from Grand Prix de France happy in terms of positions.
Mrazeks should work on the levels. The podium was achievable here. Male Mrazek is saying he was sick last week and still had fever on Monday and so their training has been impacted.

 

[chameleonster]

Unless something very strange happens at the next three events(which is not impossible) we have our six GPF qualifiers. The fall for G/F was bad but exacerbated by the fact that we had three techni FDs in a row and theirs was imo the weakest.

 

[Rukia]

Yeah gpf is pretty much set barring some more really chaotic things but like surely the chaos has to end at some point, right??

 

[irenemulindwairen]

This is the gap season, apparently. Sigh.

Just watched the Italians free dance at TROPHEE DE FRANCE, and wept.

 

[Karen-W]

Yeah gpf is pretty much set barring some more really chaotic things but like surely the chaos has to end at some point, right??

Listen, ma cherie... Your powers know no bounds. I KNOW you can harken in some additional chaos over the next three weeks. Make our team rise, dammit!

 

[Rukia]

Listen, ma cherie... Your powers know no bounds. I KNOW you can harken in some additional chaos over the next three weeks. Make our team rise, dammit!

oh don't think i won't try because I 100% have a vision

 

[Theatregirl1122]

My vision is Lajoie/Lagha, Carreira/Ponomarenko, Lopereva/Brissaud, and Demougeot/le Mercier as the top 4 at worlds. Not specifically in that order.

 

[Marta24]

My vision is Lala, Cpom and Mrazkovi on the 2026 Olympic podium.

 

[Karen-W]

oh don't think i won't try because I 100% have a vision

Listen... If we can will it so that ChoBat and GuigFab both lose their 2nd GPs to CarPon & LajLag respectively, I'll be down with it.

And then TurkVer winning at Finlandia over both GilPoir and FearGib, also satisfying and ensuring maximal chaos.