The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

[coralline]

Plz someone tell me is the rumor that Cizeron has teamed up with Laurence Fournier-Beaudry true?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGqHMfvJBp4/?igsh=aTJ2em1vbjVncnY=

 

[Karen-W]

Plz someone tell me is the rumor that Cizeron has teamed up with Laurence Fournier-Beaudry true?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGqHMfvJBp4/?igsh=aTJ2em1vbjVncnY=

We've been discussing it in Sekret Sources, lol. No one knows anything for certain.

 

[Alilou]

Oof. That’s a French idea of country music (John Denver, GMAFB) and dance. Similar to Americans using Jacques Brel, doesn’t translate. I hated that dance.

Lol, I loved it, even though it lacked, um, authenticity. I also love country music, a lot, and John Denver. I'm an equal oportunities country lover

 

[Rukia]

i swear if someone skates to country because of this i will have nothing but bad wishes for some of you xoxo

 

[Marta24]

Simova/Aksenov (SVK) are done

Кирилл Аксенов on Instagram: "Hello guys! I have news for you. Our partnership with Anna has come to an end. I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who supported our couple. Thank you for the incredible four years we spent together. The

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[coralline]

i swear if someone skates to country because of this i will have nothing but bad wishes for some of you xoxo

oh don't worry most of them will just skate to Britney Spears Backstreet Boys Madonna and more Michael Jackson

 

[Karen-W]

Simova/Aksenov (SVK) are done

Кирилл Аксенов on Instagram: "Hello guys! I have news for you. Our partnership with Anna has come to an end. I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who supported our couple. Thank you for the incredible four years we spent together. The

16 likes, 1 comments - kirill.aksenov11 on March 1, 2025: "Hello guys! I have news for you. Our partnership with Anna has come to an end. I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who supported our couple. Thank you for the incredible four years we spent together. These years were not...

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He's looking for a new partner. There are certainly plenty of options available, both in Europe & in North America.

 

[gkelly]

It must be bewildering for the juniors to learn all those patterns and then move up and get hit with this "LOL YOLO nothing matters!" approach.

Well, they've been learning patterns for years up through novice level, and then one more (partial or whole) each year in junior. One could think of the way the patterns are used in junior RD as a gradual transition from pattern dance only in lower levels to pattern snippets only in seniors.

 

[BlueRidge]

Imagine a RD to this: https://youtu.be/OKSSfUPtdsY?si=lbXvenOgtvoL5UFN

Or this: https://youtu.be/CBQ01X-1AlI?si=r1VUKvTlY5zqQAhO

Or this: https://youtu.be/d05tQrhNMkA?si=PNma_az_HxOlUcC5

I'll take the John Denver.

 

[Belsornia]

no pattern news for Sr now. Jr has two patterns, which is quite a challenge to choreograph.

I don't hate the oh-so-creative decade themes as much as some but I really hate all the ridiculous technical (or non-technical) element requirements.

Though even favouring uptempo programmes and fun and contemporary music choices, all the RDs after Finnstep/musicals start to merge into one cheesy blob. The most memorable RDs this quad are from the season the juniors got to do a tango (Mrazeks dicing with death by skirt, BaBeau waltz tango, Fradji/Fourneaux Hall of the Mountain King, Neset/Markelov Lady Gaga, Swiss skeletango babies I miss you).

I will cringe at and mute any team that uses Macarena. I hated it already in th 90s.

We already got a Macarena short axis choreo step (Nette/Westwood in the 2022-23 'latin' RD).

I’m convinced that the Ice Dance Technical Committee secretly hates ice dance.

What's the likelihood that there will be changes to the IDTC after next season?

What country-themed program has ever scored well in dance? Judges have hated them in past (see, e.g., Belbin/Agosto, Hubbell/Donohue, even arguably LeGacs this season).

I know most people were hoping for John in a kilt encore (and he gave the people what they wanted at Worlds), but I liked the Kerrs' Johnny Cash FD from 2009-10. As far as I remember the main thing holding back their scores was John's ability to mess up the twizzles in a new and creative way each time out.

Samuelson/Bates' Chicks RD was also infinitely better than their FD that year.

90s is also my favourite era of country music, but I'm not sure which teams I could see doing a good, non-hokey country programme.

oh don't worry most of them will just skate to Britney Spears Backstreet Boys Madonna and more Michael Jackson

Any team that skates a tribute to Pasha in her Madonna era 90s RD will be my new fave.

Simova/Aksenov (SVK) are done

Кирилл Аксенов on Instagram: "Hello guys! I have news for you. Our partnership with Anna has come to an end. I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who supported our couple. Thank you for the incredible four years we spent together. The

16 likes, 1 comments - kirill.aksenov11 on March 1, 2025: "Hello guys! I have news for you. Our partnership with Anna has come to an end. I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who supported our couple. Thank you for the incredible four years we spent together. These years were not...

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That's a shame. Their Dracula FD was the best Zanni programme for a long time.

 

[Andrea82]

What's the likelihood that there will be changes to the IDTC after next season?

There will be at least one after 2026 season.
Hilary Selby just turned 70 years old. So she will be delated from the list of ISU officials for next season and so she can't restand in IDTC elections at 2026 Congress.

 

[alice73]

Plz someone tell me is the rumor that Cizeron has teamed up with Laurence Fournier-Beaudry true?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGqHMfvJBp4/?igsh=aTJ2em1vbjVncnY=

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/1895945890550202553

 

[caseyedwards]

Maybe this will be a skater he actually establishes a connection with

 

[Bigbird]

Only this could stop me gaging about the RD choices for next season. What an absolute, utter waste of training time.

 

[thvu]

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/1895945890550202553

 

[Debbie S]

Expressing your feelings?

Yeah, this is even ickier than Grishuk and Zhulin's pro pairing.

 

[The Observer]

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/1895945890550202553

So since Laurence Fournier-Beaudry doesn't have French citizenship yet, does this mean they are aiming for the 2030 Olympics in France?

 

[litenkyckling]

So since Laurence Fournier-Beaudry doesn't have French citizenship yet, does this mean they are aiming for the 2030 Olympics in France?

surely not? Hasn't he had continuous issues with his back? Which is so much easier to deal with in your 20s vs age 35 which is what he will be at the 2030 games. I think France will fast track her citizenship.

 

[taz'smum]

So since Laurence Fournier-Beaudry doesn't have French citizenship yet, does this mean they are aiming for the 2030 Olympics in France?

There is fast-tracking in France for top level athletes, as happened with Vanessa.

 

[Wyliefan]

Well, here it officially is: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGsqJY8IiAB/?igsh=MW4wejQzcmxhNnNhNg==

 

[litenkyckling]

Ugh. That's basically all I have to say.

There are so many reasons I don't care for this, the majority of those are because it irks me that he can treat his former partner of so many years so badly and continue working and choreographing for someone who has been banned for sexual abuse allegations and then go on to find success despite all of this? I guess in tune with what is acceptable in this current global climate even in the highest of offices I guess!

Also - I just don't care about what they have to offer? He is pretentious, I think she'll do whatever he says to find success and we'll just end up with boring programmes that don't bring much new to the sport.

 

[Tesla]

Well, here it officially is: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGsqJY8IiAB/?igsh=MW4wejQzcmxhNnNhNg==

That picture has no joy.

 

[ChelleC]

A dance written by the years, and fueled by the fire of our dreams.

I rolled my eyes so hard at that sentence.

 

[Marta24]

I rolled my eyes so hard at that sentence.

The whole caption is pretentious.

 

[Wyliefan]

That picture has no joy.

Joy is so gauche.

 

[ChelleC]

The whole caption is pretentious.

I guess it wouldn't be Cizeron without being pretentious.

 

[Bigbird]

Come on. They have talent. Hasn't ice dance been pure pretentiousness for the last three cycles with very few exceptions. Let's just see, it can't be more dreary than it currently is, right?

 

[On My Own]

I'm sure their first Free Dance will be offering a second perspective on delusion.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

The whole caption is pretentious.

You'd think the comms/social media person assigned to write the copy for this announcement would have considered the background circumstances involved and written something a bit more humble and way less tone-insensitive. But given that they made this announcement on this day of all days, I'm guessing that self-awareness and propriety is lacking in the entire team associated with this new pairing.

 

[The Observer]

surely not? Hasn't he had continuous issues with his back? Which is so much easier to deal with in your 20s vs age 35 which is what he will be at the 2030 games. I think France will fast track her citizenship.

Does Fournier-Beaudry have to be released by Canada first before she can compete for France?