Various ice shows

The names of V/T, S/S, Ashley and Javi have been added as cast members of ATS show.
As a result, Javi will appear in DOI, FOI and The Ice in Japan and ATS in Korea

FYI,

Art on Ice (June 1, 2: Tokyo)
Akiko, Miki, Shizuka, Sarah
Dai, Yuzu, Mura, Stephane
V/T, S/S
P/B

All That Skate (June 21, 22, 23: Korea)
Yuna, Joannie, Ashley
Javi, Stephane, Kurt
V/T, S/S

Dreams on Ice (June 28, 29, 30: Yokohama)
Yuzu, Mura, Nobu, Hino, Tanaka, Uno
Kanako, Akiko, Miki, Satoko, Rika
Javi

Fantasy on Ice (July 6, 7: Fukuoka)
Yuzu, Javi, Brian, Tatsuki, Stephane, Johnny, Philippe
Miki, Shizuka
I/K

The Ice (July 24, 25, 27, 28: Nagoya and Osaka)
Mao, Adelina, Ashley, Gracie
Taka, Javi, Mura, Maxim, Jeff
W/P, Shibus, T/K

Javi was not kidding when he said he was going to start strong after his month of vacation O_O (I wonder if Javi and Yuzu will be skating in the Mariposa Gala this year too - they haven't even updated their page from last year yet -_-)

Wow, Javi is doing a lot of shows. This is good for making the much needed money for training, but I hope this won't affect his preparations for the upcoming season.

Denis Ten's ice shows in Kazakhstan (May 24 & 25)
Carolina, Brian, Tomas, Stéphane and Irina


Photo by slambiel

Art on Ice
Rehearsal for the Finale:
Maxim Trankov, Stéphane Lambiel and Dai.

https://www.facebook.com/ArtOnIce

It is interesting to see how they perform respectively with the same song.
 
Carolina Kostner / Lori Nichol (sung by Eva Cassidy)
at D. Ten and friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3GS4jY8AeM


Yuna Kim / David Wilson (sung by Avril Lavigne)
at ATS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df8cZEUp-zM

silenceisgolden wrote:

It is interesting to see how they perform respectively with the same song.
 
Carolina Kostner / Lori Nichol (sung by Eva Cassidy)
at D. Ten and friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3GS4jY8AeM


Yuna Kim / David Wilson (sung by Avril Lavigne)
at ATS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df8cZEUp-zM

omg the Avril rendition makes me cringe.... why would David choose such a terrible version (Canadian bias?).  I still think the David Archuleta version is the best lol.  I prefer Carolina's program, more transitions and less literal choreography (I didn't particularly enjoy the whole "not the only 1" part of Yuna's, but maybe that's just because I hated the rendition of the song so much).  Let's get Mao to skate to it too ahahaha. no.

helen91 wrote:

silenceisgolden wrote:

It is interesting to see how they perform respectively with the same song.
 
Carolina Kostner / Lori Nichol (sung by Eva Cassidy)
at D. Ten and friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3GS4jY8AeM


Yuna Kim / David Wilson (sung by Avril Lavigne)
at ATS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df8cZEUp-zM

omg the Avril rendition makes me cringe.... why would David choose such a terrible version (Canadian bias?).  I still think the David Archuleta version is the best lol.  I prefer Carolina's program, more transitions and less literal choreography (I didn't particularly enjoy the whole "not the only 1" part of Yuna's, but maybe that's just because I hated the rendition of the song so much).  Let's get Mao to skate to it too ahahaha. no.

Ooh. Same song. I like the original version by John Lennon, but David Archuleta's version was also good. Now if only Mao would skate to it... Just kidding. I still think Mao's Jupiter and Ballade exhibitions trump these two any day.

Carolina version was very abstract, but I liked it nonetheless. That final spin was great!!  While I don't hate Yuna's routine, that 'not the only 1' gesture annoys me too, more than it should. It's an 'okay' program to me with neat elements and all that, but I wish she'd get another choreographer at least for her show programs, and she has to work on her spread eagle because to me it pales considerably to other spread eagles I've seen.

I like both versions. But in Yuna's version I also cringed at the "not the only 1" part. I felt like it was placed there purely to induce crowd reaction. I did like her dress a lot.

roma wrote:

I like both versions. But in Yuna's version I also cringed at the "not the only 1" part. I felt like it was placed there purely to induce crowd reaction. I did like her dress a lot.

She does have good taste in dresses.

DOI in Yokohama, JP from Jun 28~30

Some news from DOI on Jun 28:
- Oda to "Last Sumarai" (New Ex); Hanyu to his SP last season; Mura to "Love never dies"
- Akiko to "Love dance" (New Ex as shown in AOI)
- Kanako to "I want to spend my lifetime loving you" (New Ex choreo-ed by Yuka Sato)
- Imai to her old SP of Mendelssohn (not sure if it will be her new SP, but an renewed version?)
- Miyahara to "Solace (by Vanessa-Mae)" (not sure if this will be her new SP)
- Rika Hongo to "Kitri from Don Quixote" (new SP, but she performed with a fan in one hand)
- Miki to Amazing Grace (Miki started to include jumps in her EX!)

Some photos can be seen here:
http://www.aflo.com/index.asp?goto=%2Fsys%2Fcommon%2Fpowersearch.asp&target=editorial&input_key=figure%20skating&input_key_select=and

DOI is scheduled for a TV broadcasting on Jul. 7th.

Really loved to see Yuna looking so happy on the ice and skating with emotion. But Carolina wins the "Battle of Imagine" and by some margin. At least in my eyes.

Videos clips from the broadcasting of DOI on Jul 7 (The following are taken from FSU, thanks to the poster. [The added notes are mine]):

Cathy & Chris Reed - "Onmyoji": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbGakCE2KYk
Shoma Uno - "The Blessed Spirits": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmHArq-w7cA
[Shoma's new SP, also by Vanessa-Mae]
Keiji Tanaka - "Doctor Zhivago": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBXqtbrzBMo
[New FP, choreo by N. Abe. Tanaka will be competing at Senior level]
Takahito Mura - "Jumpin' Jack": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCDAhZXueYs
[Mura's new SP. It's nice to see a different side of Mura!]

And hopefully there will be videos of the followings to be found soon:
- Oda to "Last Sumarai" (New Ex)
- Akiko to "Love dance" (New Ex)
- Kanako to "I want to spend my lifetime loving you" (New Ex choreo-ed by Yuka Sato)
- Imai to her old SP of Mendelssohn (not sure if it will be her new SP, but an renewed version?)
- Miyahara to "Solace (by Vanessa-Mae)" (not sure if this will be her new SP) [From twitter: it was tweeted that Miyahara has some new Ex/programs choreo-ed by Katia Gordeeva (!) and she's training with Kulik for jumps. BTW, has Satoko grown taller?]
- Rika Hongo to "Kitri from Don Quixote" (new SP, but she performed with a fan in one hand) [choreo-ed by Miyamoto. She did 3T-3T/3L/2A, and her posture has improved a lot!]
- Riona Kato [Sorry I didn't catch the name of her new SP. It is reported that she's training in US now. and she has landed 4S in practice. She reminds me Yukari Nakano so much!]
- Miki to Amazing Grace and Bolero

COHK wrote:

DOI in Yokohama, JP from Jun 28~30

Some news from DOI on Jun 28:
- Oda to "Last Sumarai" (New Ex); Hanyu to his SP last season; Mura to "Love never dies"
- Akiko to "Love dance" (New Ex as shown in AOI)
- Kanako to "I want to spend my lifetime loving you" (New Ex choreo-ed by Yuka Sato)
- Imai to her old SP of Mendelssohn (not sure if it will be her new SP, but an renewed version?)
- Miyahara to "Solace (by Vanessa-Mae)" (not sure if this will be her new SP)
- Rika Hongo to "Kitri from Don Quixote" (new SP, but she performed with a fan in one hand)
- Miki to Amazing Grace (Miki started to include jumps in her EX!)

Some photos can be seen here:
http://www.aflo.com/index.asp?goto=%2Fsys%2Fcommon%2Fpowersearch.asp&target=editorial&input_key=figure%20skating&input_key_select=and

DOI is scheduled for a TV broadcasting on Jul. 7th.

Thank you very much for the photos! I would love to see vids of Miki Ando, if she jumps or not, she is always worth watching!  

Haidogirl wrote:

COHK wrote:

DOI in Yokohama, JP from Jun 28~30

Some news from DOI on Jun 28:

Thank you very much for the photos! I would love to see vids of Miki Ando, if she jumps or not, she is always worth watching!  

No problem!   Here are Miki's performances at DOI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFn_M6BYwV8
(Amazing Grace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxBNlE8JF-Y
(Bolero)

Thanks to the uploader! I'll also update the videos of other (Junior+Senior) skaters' videos in the next post!

COHK thank you for posting the videos. Do you know who is Riona's coach in the US?

zarinaballerina wrote:

COHK thank you for posting the videos. Do you know who is Riona's coach in the US?

Her coach is Anthony Liu and Yukari Kato (Riona's aunt).  There was a report that Phillip Mills also give her lessons.

Thanks COHK for the video links!!

linglang wrote:

zarinaballerina wrote:

COHK thank you for posting the videos. Do you know who is Riona's coach in the US?

Her coach is Anthony Liu and Yukari Kato (Riona's aunt).  There was a report that Phillip Mills also give her lessons.

Thanks COHK for the video links!!

No problem!   I think the information by linglang should be correct. I remember from watching the broadcasting, they said Riona is training in California. Then I tried to look for more info about her online. She trains with Liu, and Phillip Mills had choreographed for her before. So I think it sounds right....

Thanx linglang and COHK for the information. 

I'm really curious to see how Riona will evolve. She has potential, and I absolutely love her name. 

zarinaballerina wrote:

Thanx linglang and COHK for the information. 

I'm really curious to see how Riona will evolve. She has potential, and I absolutely love her name. 

Same here! I wonder if Riona will get to go to JGP this season...Rika probably has more chances, as she went to Junior world last season. But now Satoko has been moved to senior, so there's more possibility!