#nadia bashynska

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rubicon program references

due to the slow death of twitter i'm collecting my program links here. (almost) none of the rubicon skates are meant to be identical to real life programs, but some of the inspiration is pretty one-to-one… and some is a little less direct.

if you find yourself region blocked, try a free vpn - i recommend the veepn browser extension (firefox | chrome) or proton. 

if you only have so much time, i've starred the most important ones. if you want more… i have so many more.

chapter one

**tessa virtue/scott moir - mahler no. 5 (olympics 2010)

chapter two

tessa virtue/scott moir - carmen (worlds 2013)

kaitlyn weaver/andrew poje - the way you make me feel (canadian nationals 2017) | bonus worlds finish

chapter three

nadia bashynska/peter beaumont - romeo & juliet (gp espoo 2023)

maia shibutani/alex shibutani - smile (4cc 2011)

**michelle kwan - tosca (us nationals 2004) | music

chapter four

**meryl davis/charlie white - scheherazade (olympics 2014)

shizuka arakawa - turandot (olympics 2006)

**alexei yagudin - winter (olympics 2002)

chapter five

daisuke takahashi - blues for klook (worlds 2013)

mirai nagasu - pirates of the caribbean (olympics 2010)

chapter six

miki ando - the mission (4cc 2011)

meryl davis/charlie white - my fair lady (olympics 2014)

chapter seven

katarina witt - where have all the flowers gone (olympics 1994)

chapter eight

mao asada - bells of moscow (olympics 2010)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (internationaux de france 2019)

chapter nine & ten

mao asada - rachmaninov no. 2 (olympics 2014)

kazuki tomono - one more time (rostelecom cup 2018 gala)

tessa virtue/scott moir - what's love got to do with it (niagara ice show 2016)

yuna kim - les misérables (all that skate 2013)

ensemble - uptown funk (ice fantasia 2019)

chapter eleven

madison chock/evan bates - touch/contact (olympics 2022 team event)

chapter twelve

yuzuru hanyu - romeo and juliet (worlds 2012)

chapter thirteen

tatsuki machida - east of eden (worlds 2014)

johnny weir - the swan (olympics 2006)

kaitlin hawayek/jean-luc baker - feeling good (us nationals 2017)

tessa virtue/scott moir - prince medley (worlds 2017)

chapter fourteen

**jeremy abbott - lilies of the valley (olympics 2014)

nathan chen - le corsaire (us nationals 2017)

chapter fifteen

yuzuru hanyu - heaven and earth (olympics 2022)

denis ten - the artist (worlds 2013)

chapter sixteen & seventeen

ashley wagner - moulin rouge (us nationals 2015)

chapter eighteen

kaori sakamoto - elastic heart (worlds 2023)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (japan nationals 2019)

**adam rippon - arrival of the birds (olympics 2018)

chapter nineteen

michelle kwan - fields of gold (olympics 2002)

**tessa virtue/scott moir - moulin rouge (olympics 2018)

epilogue

tessa virtue/scott moir - long time running (olympics 2018 gala)

bonus 

the rippon lutz (quad edition)

stationary lift BASE?

f/f ice dance feat. madison hubbell and gabrielle papadakis

best of kpop in figure skating

fs dynamics 101

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2022 JGP Poland stage 2 entry #39

Junior short dance

Bashynska/Beaumount(CAN)

Thoughts: Nadia, not your best work. But I’ve also seen a lot worse in the seduction department.

Tali/Frasca(ITA)

Thoughts: Noemi, I kept going back and forth with this dress. But the ending pose helped a lot.

Monchot/Chardain(FRA)

Thoughts: Martin, there’s a quiet confidence about him. And I remember, this isn’t first time he’s caught my eye.

Carhart/Horovyi(USA)

Thoughts: Helena made a good attempt at trying to win me back after Volodymyr’s fall.

Vainik/Barshak(GEO)

Thoughts: their video was blurry. But I loved Grace’s hairstyle.

Junior free dance

Bashynska/Beaumount(CAN)

Thoughts: this music choice is perfect for Nadia. She looks like she’s floating.

Tali/Frasca(ITA)

Thoughts: the rotational lift was a beauty.

Monchot/Chardain(FRA)

Thoughts: Eek, Martin laid there for a little while after the fall. Yikes.

Carhart/Horovyi(USA)

Thoughts: I don’t think I ever noticed Volodymyr’s facial hair before.

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Junior Rhythm Dance, Lake Placid Ice Dance International 2019

Nadia Bashynska/Peter Beaumont 🇨🇦, 55.48

Emmy Bronsard/Aissa Bouaraguia 🇨🇦, 54.70

Molly Cesanek/Yehor Yehorov 🇺🇸, 53.86

Irina Galiyanova/Grayson Lochhead 🇨🇦, 53.83

Oona Brown/Gage Brown 🇺🇸, 53.66

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2022 JGP Solidarity Cup Entries

Here are the entries for the JGP Solidarity Cup (the first of two weeks in Gdansk, Poland.)

Updated 9/2/2022 -

Savika Refa Zahira (INA) IN

Louise Bourdet / Thomas Gipoulou (FRA) OUT & Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans Forneaux (FRA) IN

Updated 9/5/2022 -

Bertrand Zeusef Zuriel (INA) IN

David Sedej (SLO) OUT

Updated 9/7/2022 -

Lucius Kazanecki (USA) OUT / Lucas Broussard (USA) IN

Updated 9/9/2022 -

Dorotea Letiger (AUT) OUT / Flora Marie Schaller (AUT) IN

Giulia Papa / Grigory Kornienko (NED) OUT

Sophia Bushell / Alex Labsky (GBR) OUT & Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez (GBR) IN

Reka Leveles / Balazs Leveles (HUN) OUT

Updated 9/12/2022 - 

Nikola Fomchenkova (LAT) OUT / Anastasia Konga (LAT) IN

Updated 9/16/2022 -

Sofia Krause / Albert Loor (GER) OUT

Updated 9/21/2022 -

Pavlo Klimin (POL) OUT

Alp Eren Ozkan (TUR) OUT / Ali Efe Gunes (TUR) IN

Chiara Hristova (BUL) OUT / Marina Nikolova (BUL) IN

Weronika Ferlin (POL) OUT / Laura Szcezesna (POL) IN

Updated 9/23/2022 -

David Bondar (CAN) IN

Nikita Krivoshev (KAZ) OUT / Dias Jirenbayev (KAZ) IN

Joseph Klein (USA) IN

Sophie Natalie Dayan (ARG) IN

Jade Hovine (BEL) OUT

Olesja Leonova (EST) IN

Vivien Papp (HUN) OUT / Polina Dzsumanijazova (HUN) & Katinka Anna Zsembery (HUN) IN

Mone Chiba (JPN) IN

Minchae Kim (KOR) IN

Jana Kukovska (MKG) IN

Dani Loonstra (NED) OUT / Emilia Soloukhin (NED) IN

Josephine Lee (USA) IN

Chaima Ben Khalifa / Everest Zhu (CAN) OUT & Nadia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont (CAN) & Dana Sabatini-Speciale / Nicholas Buelow (CAN) IN

Maya Benkiewicz / Mark Shapiro (HUN) IN

Kristina Bland / Matthew Sperry (USA) IN

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2022 junior worlds entry #23

Free Dance

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich(CYP)

Thoughts: there were some shaky parts. But these two still look like royalty.

Grim/Savitskiy(GER)

Thoughts: Michail, look at you and your swoopy hair. So cute.

Bashynska/Beaumont(CAN)

Thoughts: Nadia, you look stunning. But tell me, why does Peter just look like some random dude on the ice.

D’Alessandro/Waddell(CAN)

Thoughts: I love love black swan programs, but Natalie’s outfit just wasn’t doing it for me

Brown/Brown(USA)

Thoughts: Gage still needs a lot of help with his facial expressions. Oona, your hair looks fantastic.

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2022 Junior worlds entry #19

Short dance

Kudryatseva/Karankevich(CYP)

Thoughts: they look so good. It has been way too long since I saw video of them. This makes me really happy.

D’Alessadro/Waddell(CAN)

Thoughts: Natalie, you have an amazing smile. But only certain stunners can pull off bright yellow. Still love you but sorry, bright yellow is not your color.

Bashynska/Beaumont(CAN)

Thoughts: It took a while for this team to grow on me. And even today, I still think they are overhyped. But Nadia is pretty.

Brown/Brown(USA)

Thoughts: Oona. Onna looks fantastic.

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2022 Canadian Nationals entry #23

Junior free dance

Robinson/Portz

Thoughts: Alyssa was a wobbly mess. But they did a really good job selling that ending lift.

Yu/Giang

Thoughts: Hailey, I love you. But these are eyesore outfits.

Makita/Gunara

Thoughts: these two know how to create drama with their arms. And that lift right before the foxtrot sequence, fucking magnificent.

Bashynska/Beaumont

Thoughts: the judges were a little generous with those twizzles. How does Nadia not have a heart attack when Peter does the straddle jump way too close to her face?!

D’Alessandro/Waddell

Thoughts: Bruce has such an expressive face. It fits this song perfectly.

Senior women short program

Alexandra Diaz

Thoughts: spins need help. Speed is good but she puts so much energy into her speed. It gives her these little curly q landings and those are going to cost her.

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2022 Canadian Nationals entry #19

Junior short dance

Bolender/Dotzert

Thoughts: twizzles were a little wobbly on Nicole’s side

Martel/Chant

Thoughts: first time seeing these two. Not a fan of the choreography on Savanna’s side.

Cutler/Mah

Thoughts: every time you watch these two, you must mention what a stunner Mackenzie is

D’Alessandro/Waddell

Thoughts: Did Bruce get a haircut? I like it.

Bashynska/Beaumont

Thoughts: I think I liked Nadia’s outfit the first time I saw it but, the novelty is kind of wearing off now.

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2021 Skate Canada challenge entry #15

I’ve been watching all of the federation talk. Now that I pay more attention to nationals. None of the federations are perfect. There’s abuse. There’s too much focus on quads and winning. The lower scored skaters. Some of them never even see international competition.

Junior free dance

Gauthier/Thieren

Thoughts: the anger and the drama in the choreography. So much fun.

Bashynska/Beaumont

Thoughts: I don’t know what gives me a heart attack more. Peter doing that split jump way too close to the wall or that the same split jump also brought his leg way too close to Nadia’s face.

Yu/Giang

Thoughts: Hailey, one eyesore dress doesn’t make me not love you anymore or anything crazy like that. But it is still an eyesore dress.

Junior Pairs short program

Wilberforce/Wright

Thoughts: Lilly is a sprightly little thing.

Mcintosh/Mimar

Thoughts: Did Brooke get taller?! These two need better death spiral positions.

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Skate Canada Challenge entry #11

Junior short dance

Gadoury/Desmarais

Thoughts: Eliane, I tried to let your choreography grow on me but it just wasn’t enough.

Fournier/Haddad

Thoughts: I know I’ve seen these two before. But I can’t remember where. Hm…  Anyway, the rotational lift was very fun.

Bashynska/Beaumount

Thoughts: Peter, what is that tie?! Nadia, have you lost weight? Those side cutouts. Perfection.

Gover/Patriquin

Thoughts: The ending won me over

Yu/Giang

Thoughts: this number seems a little thin, even with the botched twizzle. Or maybe I just love Hailey like, a lot.

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Oona Brown and Gage Brown of the US lead at Junior Worlds after the Rhythm Dance. Canada is currently 2-3, with Natalie D' Alessandro and Bruce Waddell in second and Nadia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont in third.

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Known 2022 Junior Worlds Entries

As of 1/28/2022

Canada

Men - Wesley Chiu, Stephen Gogolev

Women - Justine Miclette, Lia Perriera

Pairs - Summer Homick / Marty Haubrich*, Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar

Ice Dance - Nadia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont, Natalie D’Al/essandro / Brude Waddell

* pending attainment of TES minimums

Chinese Taipei

Men - Yu-Hsiang Li

Women - Chia-yu Ou*

* pending attainment of TES minimums

Japan

Men - Kao Miura, Shun Sato, Tatsyua Tsuboi

Women - Rion Sumiyoshi, Rinka Watanabe

Ice Dance - Nao Kida / Masaya Morita

Philippines

Women - Sofia Frank

South Korea

Men - Young-hyun Cha

Women - Haein Lee, Ji-a Shin, Seo-yeong Wi

Ice Dance - Hannah Lim / Ye Quan

Sweden

Men - Andras Nordeback

Women - Emelie Ling

United States

Men - Ilia Malinin, Lucas Broussard, Liam Kapekis

Women - Isabeau Levito, Lindsay Thorngren, Clare Seo

Pairs - Isabella Martins / Ryan Bedard, Anastasia Smirnova / Daniil Sianytsia

Ice Dance - Oona Brown / Gage Brown, Angela Ling / Caleb Wein, Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen

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French Masters Free Dance #6

Papadakis/Cizeron

Thoughts: I liked this more than I’ve liked their performances in years past. We could do without the deep V from Guillaume though.

JGP Austria Junior Short Dance #1-4

Brown/Brown(USA)

Thoughts: I was trying to find a nice thing to say about Gage’s outfit because I used to like him before his hair got too crazy, but I gave up somewhere around the 2 minute mark. Oona was fun though.

Huber/Huber(AUT)

Thoughts: I was going to say something nice about Patrik’s torso filling out but then he fell down.

Calderari/Cilli(ITA)

Thoughts: Nicole has such a large stage presence that Marco kind of fades into the background TBH

Bashynska/Beaumount(CAN)

Thoughts: there was a speed to them that I don’t remember seeing before. And I liked Nadia and all her hearts.

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JGP Croatia 2019 Preview

Entries: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111908.htm Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1920/jgpcro2019/ Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbv3gsBXzIwotCt2JGySfJA

We have two more weeks of the Junior Grand Prix, and spots in the Final are starting to fill up. This week, we are off to the JGP Croatia! As a note, this is the final week for Junior Pairs!

Schedule

9/26: Men’s SP: 10:30; Pairs SP: 14:10; Ladies SP: 16:50 9/27: Ice Dance RD: 11:00; Pairs FP: 14:00; Men’s FP: 17:00 9/28: Ice Dance FD: 12:15; Ladies FP: 16:25; 

The Junior’s Men’s competition looks to be intense - there are nine skaters who have broken the 200-mark before, eight of whom have either medaled this season or medaled in the past, with Adam Siao Him Fa of France making his season debut, seeking to set himself up to qualify for the Final in his final season on the circuit.

In the Junior Ladies event, Haien Lee of South Korea looks to solidify her spot after winning her previous competition, but she faces tough competition from the Russians. In the Junior Pairs event, Annike Hocke and Robert Kunkel look to continue their great debut season as a pair by qualifying for the Final and stopping a possible Russian sweep of the podium.

In the Junior Ice Dance event, Maria Kazakova and Gregory Reviya of Georgia look to secure their spot in the Final, while holding off strong competition from Russia, Canada, and the Czech Republic.

Skaters to Watch

As always, these are not necessarily medal contenders, but skaters that should bet watched.

Junior Men: Luc Maierhofer (AUT), Stephen Gogolev (CAN), Aleksa Rakic (CAN), Matyas Belohradsky (CZE), Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA), Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR), Shun Sato (JPN), Sihyeong Lee (KOR), Artur Danielan (RUS), Andrei Mozalev (RUS), Andrew Torgashev (USA) Junior Pairs: Huidi Wang/Ziqi Jia (CHN), Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER), Iuulia Artemeva/Mikhail Nazarychev (RUS), Diana Mukhametzianova/Ilia Mironov (RUS), Anna Shcheglova/Ilia Kalashnikov (RUS) Junior Ladies: Mana Kawabe (JPN), Chisato Uramatsu (JPN), Haien Lee (KOR), Daria Usacheva (RUS), Anna Frolova (RUS), Anastasia Arkhipova (UKR), Gabriella Izzo (USA) Junior Ice Dance: Nadia Bashynska/Peter Beaumont (CAN), Emmy Bronsard/Aissa Bouaraguia (CAN), Natalie Tascherlova/Filip Taschler (CZE), Maria Kazakova and Gregory Reviya (GEO), Svetlana Luzinova/Alexander Vakhnov (RUS), Sofya Tyutyunina/Alexander Shustitsky (RUS), Katarina Delcamp/Ian Somerville (USA)

JGP Final Qualification

Okay, so let’s start with the Junior Men, cause there are several skaters fighting for a Final spot:

Shun Sato of Japan and Andrei Mozaelv of Russia both need to only medal to earn a place in the Final - even a top-four finish might do it for them. Stephen Gogolev of Canada, Artur Daneilan of Russia, Sihyeoung Lee of South Korea and Aleksa Rakic of Canada all must place at least second or better in order to qualify. Andrew Torgashev of the US must win in order to qualify.

In the Junior Ladies event, Daria Usacheva of Russia needs to place second or higher in order to qualify for the Final, while Heien Lee of South Korea needs only to medal in order to secure her spot. 

With this being the last week for Junior Pairs, Artemeva and Nazarychev of Russia, Hocke and Kunkle of Germany, and Mukhametzianova and Moronov of Russia need only to medal in order to go to the Final.

In the Junior Ice Dance event, Kazakova and Reviya of Georgia need to only place second or higher in order to secure their spots in the Final. Bashynska and Beaumont of Canada, Tascherlova and Taschler of the Czech Republic, and Tyutyunina and Shustitsky of Russia need to place at least second in order to put themselves into contention for the Final.

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JGP Solidarity Cup Preview

Welcome to what was supposed to be week five of the Junior Grand Prix, but what is now week four with the JGP Solidarity Cup, the first of two weeks in Gdansk, Poland.

Last week’s competition in Yerevan, Armenia was cancelled. Due to this, the spots were reallocated to the final three weeks of competition.

Entries & Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/jgp5pol2022/  Stream: https://www.youtube.com/c/isujuniorgrandprix

Schedule (Local Time):

9/29: Women’s Short 9:00; Pairs Short 16:15; Men’s Short 18:20 9/30: Rhythm Dance 9:00; Pairs Free 12:50; Women’s Free 15:00 10/1: Men’s Fee 12:15; Free Dance 17:00

In the Men’s competition, the frontrunner of the event is Week Two winner Nozomo Yoshioka of Japan. Competition for the other two medals is wide open as skaters from the US, China, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and South Korea look to try to snag a medal.

In the Women’s event, Mao Shimada of Japan looks to earn her second win of the season. The competition for the other two spots on the podium looks to come from Japan and South Korea.

In the Pairs event, the favorites look to be Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore of Australia. Favorites for silver look to be Violeta Sierova and Ivan Khobta of Ukraine, while silver looks to be a battle between Haruna Murakami and Sumitada Moriguchi of Japan and Oxana Vouillamoz and Flavien Giniaux of Fance.

In the Ice Dance event, the battle for gold looks to be between Nadia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont of Canada and week two silver medalists Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez of Great Britain. The battle for bronze looks to be between teams from Japan, France and Ukraine.

Final Qualification

There are more skaters looking to cement a place in the Final in December.

In the Men’s event, favorite Nozomu Yoshioka of Japan has the easiest path. With a win already, he only needs to medal here to secure a place in the Final. Ryoga Morimoto of Japan also has a shot - he’ll need to place at least second here to have a chance after winning bronze in week one. A win would secure it.

Younghyun Cha of South Korea is another skater who has a shot. After placing second in week one, if he can repeat that finish or better it, he will be going to the Final. A bronze would give him a chance, as well. 

In the Women’s event, the only skater looking to qualify for the Final here is favorite Mao Shimada. She only needs to medal to go to the Final. 

In the Pairs event, Haruna Murakami and Sumitada Moriguchi of Japan have a shot at qualifying for the Final here. If they can medal, they will most likely be headed to the Final. Oxana Vouillamoz and Flavien Giniaux of France have an outside shot at qualifying - they’ll need at least a silver in order to have any chance.

In the Ice Dance, Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez of Great Britain will be looking to secure their place in the Final this week. After a silver medal in in week two, another silver or better would secure them a spot. A bronze would also give them a shot here.

Mariia Pinchuk and Nikita Pogorielov of Ukraine and Nao Kida and Masaya Morito of Japan both have an outside shot here - both teams will need a silver to secure a spot, but another bronze will put them into contention. 

Celina Fradji and Jean-Hans Forneaux of France also have a shot at qualifying here. After a silver in week two, a silver would secure them a spot in the Final, and a bronze would put them in contention.

Skaters to Watch

As a reminder, these are not necessarily podium contenders, but just skaters to keep an eye on and are in no particular order.

Men - Alec Ginzbourg (CAN), Yudong Chen (CHN), Francois Pitot (FRA), Raffaele Francesco Zich (ITA), Ryoga Miromoto (JPN), Nozomu Yoshioka (JPN), Younghyun Cha (KOR), Naoki Rossi (SUI), Lucas Broussard (USA), Joseph Klein (USA), Michael Xie (USA)

Women - Kimmy Repond (SUI), Clare Seo (USA), Noelle Streuli (POL), Anna Pezzetta (ITA), Mone Chiba (JPN), Mao Shimada (JPN), Heesue Han (KOR), Chaeyon Kim (KOR), Minchae Kim (KOR), Nataly Langerbauer (EST), Ilda Karhunen (FIN), Lorine Schild (FRA), Xiangyi An (CHN)

Pairs - There’s only ten pairs so I say just watch them all!

Ice Dance - Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogoreliev (UKR), Helena Carhart / Volodmyr Horovyi (USA), Nao Kida / Masaya Morita (JPN), Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont (CAN), Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans Forneaux (FRA), Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez (GBR). Karla Marie Karl / Kai Hoferichter (GER)

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JGP Austria Junior Free Dance #13-17

Rybakova/Makhonosov(RUS)

Thoughts: Ekaterina’s dress took a while to grow on me, but it helps that she has one of those joyful contagious type smiles.

Bashynska/Beaumont(CAN)

Thoughts: I liked the red ribbons in Nadia’s hair but nothing about Peter stood out to me.

Ling/Wein(USA)

Thoughts: the purple suited Caleb. I liked Angela better in the SP though.

Brown/Brown(USA)

Thoughts: Gage was better. The hair wasn’t as crazy. Poor Oona fell though☹

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy(RUS)

Thoughts: the chemistry between these two is beautiful

JGP Austria Pairs Free Program #1

Sazonova/Tashmukhamedov(UZB)

Thoughts: ooh poor dears. At least the death spiral was clean.