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Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis

2024 Grand Prix Helsinki - Free Dance

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From Satoko's post

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A new interview from Turkkila/Versluis with program announcements! Since it's in Finnish, I have translated the highlights below:

They skated in L’Apprenti Sorcier in Champery as the only ice dancers. How this came to be: last year Matthias edited the music for Deniss’s free program, and this year he was asked to edit music for about ten of Lambiel’s students. This brought them into contact with Lambiel, and he asked them to participate in the ice show.

They were amazed by all the Japanese fans at the show and skating to live piano was an amazing experience.

They learned new choreography in Rome in early May, and attended a camp in Czechia for five weeks in July.

Rhythm dance: they chose 60's music since they thought that disco would be too popular. They have an unnamed ”jive-style song” combined with ”I got you” by James Brown for music. Juulia: ”We wanted to have music that the audience will recognise and which has a high level of energy. There’s no slow parts in our rhythm dance, which makes it difficult (to perform).”

Free dance: Music is the tango ”La Rubia Mirella”, which is based on a true story. They had an Argentinian tango dancer teach them, both off and on the ice. Juulia will play the role of a woman who is initially strong, but ends up being used/abused by men. Matthias will play an antagonistic role. Matthias: ”The beginning is softer, but the ending is strong. We want to show that we can (also) be strong and fast.”

This season their goal is the GP final and good ranking points for the Olympic season, to skate in the last group (perhaps? I didn’t quite understand this part).

Juulia: ”We want to bring something different from the past few seasons, though we will of course (also) use our old strong points. We are working on a new combo lift for the free dance and the choreographic elements will differ from previous ones, since we want to show the passion of the tango.”

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Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis skating to Phoria for their free dance at the 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy, 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo and 2024 Worlds.

(Sources: 1, 2 and 3)

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Turkkila and Versluis in their free dance at Worlds 2024

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Worlds 2024 | Free Dance | Group 3 Album

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Finlandia Trophy Review

Men:

Yuma Kagiyama (Japan) Total Score 263.09 - 1st in short, 5th in the free. The short was absolutely breathtaking, but the free was very rough. However, it's been a while since Yuma has had a disaster skate so I'm glad he got it out of his system because he has the Grand Prix Final and JNats coming up quick!

Kevin Aymoz (France) Total Score 259.15 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. Wayyyy overscored in the short, but it's very groovy and he moves so well to it. Free was okay, he went down on the first 4T but he kept it together. I still don't trust him tho.

Daniel Grassl (Italy) Total Score 258.55 - 6th in the short, 1st in the free. Why isn't his jumps getting rotation calls????? I really am not digging the Billy Elliot program. He doesn't have a lot of speed and there's a lot of music cuts and it makes the program feel like it goes on forever.

Sota Yamamoto (Japan) Total Score 249.91 - 4th in the short, 3rd in the free. I'm so sad he didn't make the podium. Both of his programs are so gorgeous. The 3A was very troublesome for him in this competition, as he went down on it in both the short and the free. I love him and that's all that matters. Can't wait to see him at JNats.

Lukas Britschgi (Switzerland) Total Score 246.7 - 5th in the short, 4th in the free. His short is very interesting, I just don't love the long voiceover, but that's just a personal preference. The free grew on me a little more. The music is very pretty, and I felt like I was traveling through space and time just a smidge.

Kazuki Tomono (Japan) Total Score 238.41 - 2nd in the short, 7th in the free. Great short program, but it's a shame that he fell apart a bit in the free. Both of his costumes are gorgeous. Japan's depth of field never fails to amaze me.

Aleksandr Selevko (Estonia) Total Score 214.15 - 8th in the short, 6th in the free. Meh

Vladimir Samoilov (Poland) Total Score 205.47 - 9th in the short, 8th in the free. In both the short and the free he absolutely nailed his first opening quad - the Salchow in the short, and Lutz in the free which is very impressive. However, after the first jump, he kinda fell apart in both programs. Needs to work on his consistency and PCS.

Camden Pulkinen (USA) Total Score 195.18 - 10th in the short, 9th in the free. Watching him continues to frustrate me. I just want him to do well, but he doesn't look that fazed that he isn't doing well. The music cuts in the free are weird. I wish he would just stay with the first song the whole time. Hopefully, he can get it together at US Nationals.

Maker Suntsev (Finland) Total Score 180.48 - 11th in the short, 10th in the free. "He is a samurai, and he is fighting for important things" lol. Yeah, the music for his free program has a lot going on, and yet he did not show a single emotion.

Valtter Virtanen (Finland) Total Score 166.25 - 12th in the short, 11th in the free. He's li37!?!?! And is a doctor!?!?! And has a child!?!?!? Good for him for going there and doing his thing in front of the home crowd.

Junhwan Cha (South Korea) WD - :(((( His ankle is bothering him again which is absolutely tragic. Maybe if the Korean federation didn't overwork their skaters he would be healthy. IDK why the judges are robbing him on his PCS. I love you Jun forever and always.

Women:

Hana Yoshida (Japan) Total Score 199.46 - 1st in the short, 2nd in the free. Both of her programs are a little weird but I like them for her. Went for the 3A in the free, but went down. So excited to see her at the Grand Prix Final!

Rino Matsuike (Japan) Toal Score 199.2 - 4th in the short, 1st in the free. She's just the free skate queen I guess. Who needs the short? JK, I need the short, because I love Moulin Rouge, and I want to see her skate it clean.

Lara Naki Gutmann (Italy) Total Score 198.49 - 2nd in the short, 3rd in the free. My creepy queen finally made the podium. I am actually so obsessed with the Squid Game program and the free is also very pretty. I love her so much.

Sarah Everhardt (USA) Total Score 191.17 - 3rd in the short, 5th in the free. Her jumps are great, but does not show a single emotion (sounds like someone else we know who is shaped by the same people lol). It's a little frustrating because I really like the Firebird program but it just feels like she is checking off the boxes as she goes through it. However, she is very young and has so much room to grow. SO excited to see her at US Nationals. She has the ability to shake things up a bit.

Ahsun Yun (South Korea) Total Score 187.68 - 5th in the short, 6th in the free. She surprised me (in a good way). The music in the short was a smidge fast for her but the costume was great. She also had a solid free, she had one boo-boo with the pop on the Lutz.

Lorine Schild (France) Toal Score 182.36 - 7th in the short, 7th in the free. She improved a lot from the Grand Prix de France which is great! However, neither one of her programs really stands out to me.

Niina Petrokina (Estonia) Total Score 178.66 - 11th in the short, 4th in the free. Struggled in the short again, but her free was pretty solid.

Mai Mihara (Japan) Total Score 174.74 - 6th in the short, 8th in the free. Her performance was pretty similar to her performance at Grand Prix de France. She keeps popping the 2F which is frustrating.

Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Total Score 170.64 - 8th in the short, 9th in the free. I'm glad that there was nothing on the ice to mess her up in the short, but she still went down on the 3Lz tho. 0A in the free was a shame

Janna Jyrkinen (Finland) Total Score 157.44 - 9th in the short, 11th in the free. Short was decent but fell apart in the free. Quite slow.

Nella Pelkonen (Finland) Total Score 155.22 - 12th in the short, 10th in the free. Only got a level 2 in the stsq because she didn't have twizzles. Did a good job of holding it together in the free, but she did pop the 3S.

Olivia Lisko (Finland) Total Score 153.67 - 10th in the short, 12th in the free. Had a decent short, but there were 2 pops in the free.

Pairs:

Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (Canada) Total Score 207.44 - 1st in the short, 1st in the free. 10 points higher than Skate Canada! I hate the cover in the short, but I think I liked the water program a little more this time around. Still have some things we need to clean up tho. Idk how they'll fare against Miura/Kihara.

Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko (Hungary) Total Score 184.21 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. I am an absolute sucker for a Pirates of the Caribbean program! That aborted lift sure was scary tho. I do not vibe with the short at all.

Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini (Italy) Total Score 181.59 - 2nd in the short, 6th in the free. I really like the short, and was disappointed that they changed the free from Phantom to Dracula. Free skate was quite rough, so I'm only gonna talk about the short. It was awesome and they were so dramatic. She was absolutely feeling it.

Ice Dance:

Lilah Fear /Lewis Gibson (Great Britain) Total Score 203.22 - 2nd in the short, 1st in the free. Them winning was not on my Bingo card, but I'm so glad that they won. Love the Beyonce program - especially the first half. I think they have too many cuts in their short.

Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (Canada) Total Score 200.79 - 1st in the short, 4th in the free. A FALL!?!?!?!?!? Still hate the backless suit. And I don't really like her dress either.

Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis (Finland) Total Score 196.6 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. Listen, I was not expecting them to do well but they kinda slayed. I really liked the free. Her dress was great and the emoting was wonderful.

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so this article (helsingin sanomat 19.3.2024) interviews juulia turkkila and matthias versluis on some changes that they've made to their free dance as well as talks about matthias's side hustle as a music editor (summarized and translated by yours truly)

an assisted lift in the free dance step sequence was over the allowed 3.10 seconds by 0.1 seconds and led to juulia and matthias lose the fifth place by 0.07 points

as such they edited the overly long move out of the program.

"we changed the move so we don't make the same mistake, not taking unnecessary risks," says turkkila at pirkkola ice rink, where she and versluis prepare for the worlds

turkkila and versluis arrived to toronto, canada, early on to recover from jet lag and to polish their programs. their rink mates there are the canadian piper gilles and paul poirier

on music: versluis plays the guitar and knows how to edit music, so he has arranged the pair's rhythm dance medley

"we're on version 15 now," versluis laughs

versluis has arranged music to other skaters as well, like a finnish synchronized skating team and the latvian deniss vasiljevs (!!)

vasiljevs premiers a new free program in the worlds with music arranged by versluis

"a request came from deniss. arranging is a bit of a side hustle, I get small compensations from it," tells versluis

in montreal turkkila and versluis compete for the fifth time on worlds level. a year ago the pair was ninth. the placement brought finland a second spot in ice dance, represented by world championships first-timers yuka orihara and juho pirinen, who were tenth in europeans

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Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis

2024 Grand Prix Helsinki - Rhythm Dance

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Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis (FIN) RD Rebelado, Wicked Game, Banto || ISU European Championships 2023

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Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis free dance at Budapest Trophy 2024 (116.67)

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Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis skating to a Taylor Dayne medley at the 2024 World Championships and 2024 European Championships.

(Sources: Wilma Alberti and Ester Ayerdi Photography)

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The signs as costumes from the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships

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Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis Rhythm Dance, 2023. Photographed by Joosep Martinson.