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March 14, 2010

Ice Theatre of New York: Free ice concerts at Rockefeller Center Skating Rink

FREE! Is there a more lovely word than free? Is anything free anymore? Especially in New York City -- I once walked out of a deli because the guy charged me $.50 to have my bagel toasted! Just when you become jaded, here comes an unexpected surprise -- Ice Theatre of New York, an ice dance company that showcases ice skating as performance art, is holding free concerts at Rockefeller Center Skating Rink throughout March. The last free concert at Rockefeller Rink is on Wednesday, March 17 at 1 p.m. so if you work or live around the area, please come by to watch an entertaining 30-minute show.

Moira North, founder of the company, really packs the half hour in with numbers that will appeal to everyone. I had a chance to see their first Rockefeller Rink ice concert this year and it was a mix of modern and traditional, but with one common theme -- all the ensemble members are accomplished skaters so they made all the pieces look very interesting. This is also an exciting time for Ice Theatre because they will be celebrating the 25th year of the company and Moira is planning something spectacular towards the end of the Ice Theatre of New York performs La Revolte Des Enfants at Rockefeller Center Skating Rink in NYC, March 2010 year or beginning of 2011.

Here's a rundown of the ice concert that I saw in early March:

  • La Revolte Des Enfants: Choreographed by Alberto Del Saz, music by Renee Aubry, performed by Eve Chalom, Ali Blank and Marni Halasa (see photo at right) (They are attached to each other with pink spandex, no kidding.)
  • The Dreame: Choreographed by Jacqulynn Buglisi, music by Franz Liszt, performed by Elisa Angeli and Tyrrell Gene (Watching them made me wish I liked to work out.)
  • Dare Greatly: Choreographed by Douglas Webster, music by Coldplay, performed by Alizah Allen, Eve Chalom and Susanne McDonald (Watching them made me wish I had great edges.)
  • Hot Chocolate: Choreographed by Douglas Webster, performed by Ali Blank, Tyrrell Gene, Marni Halasa, Marie Ogawa, Radmila Olshandky, Kevin Sidewell, Wendy Wilke and Greg Wittrock (What an awesome number --- made everyone smile at the end.)

Special guests included:

  • Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre, two-time U.S. bronze medalists in ice dance as well as two-time World competitors, skating to Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman

So mark your calendars everyone: Wednesday, March 17, at 1 p.m. at Rockefeller Center Skating Rink. Raindate is the following day. Special guest skater for the March 17 show will be Emmanuel Savary, 2010 U.S. silver medalist in novice men's -- cute as a button and you can't believe he's only 11. See you there!

March 13, 2010

2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Murakami from Japan wins gold, Zawadzki from US wins silver

2010 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2010 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships concluded today in The Hague, The Netherlands with the ladies free skate. Much like the junior men's event, the results aren't always predictable after the short program. The U.S.'s Agnes Zawadzki, the 2010 U.S. junior national champion, came from way behind after the short program to capture the silver! What a thrill that must have been for her. Kanako Murakami from Japan won the gold, and Polina Agafonova from Russia won the silver. The U.S.'s Kiri Baga and Christina Gao finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

Results for the top 24 ladies are as follows: Note: SP=Short Program, FS=Free Skate

FPL
Name
Country
SP
FS
Points
1
Kanako MURAKAMI
JPN
2
1
165.47
2
Agnes ZAWADZKI
USA
8
2
156.79
3
Polina AGAFONOVA
RUS
3
4
154.27
4
Polina SHELEPEN
RUS
7
3
151.65
5
Anna OVCHAROVA
RUS
1
8
147.52
6
Kate CHARBONNEAU
CAN
4
7
147.46
7
Kiri BAGA
USA
5
5
146.98
8
Christina GAO
USA
9
6
143.86
9
Joshi HELGESSON
SWE
6
9
138.13
10
Julia PFRENGLE
GER
11
10
133.05
11
Lena MARROCCO
FRA
10
12
127.62
12
Svetlana ISSAKOVA
EST
17
11
124.10
13
Romy BUEHLER
SUI
15
13
121.94
14
Sila SAYGI
TUR
13
15
118.28
15
Beata PAPP
FIN
20
14
117.32
16
Karina JOHNSON
DEN
18
16
115.17
17
Angelica OLSSON
SWE
12
19
114.44
18
Isabel DRESCHER
GER
21
17
111.95
19
Qiuying ZHU
CHN
24
18
110.55
20
Francesca RIO
ITA
16
20
107.12
21
Alina MILEVSKAIA
UKR
14
22
105.02
22
Ira VANNUT
BEL
23
21
103.68
23
Manouk GIJSMAN
NED
19
23
103.14
24
Alina FJODOROVA
LAT
22
24
102.18

2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ilynikh and Katsalapov win ice dance

2010 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2010 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships continue in The Hague, The Netherlands with ice dancing. Elena Ilynikh and Nikita Katsalapov from Russia won the gold with 188.28 points. Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam from Canada took the silver, and Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin from Russia won the bronze. The U.S.'s Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani came in fourth place.

Rachel Tibbetts and Collin Brubaker from the U.S. placed seventh and teammates Piper Gilles and Zachary Donohue placed ninth.

Results for the top 20 in ice dancing are below. (Note: CD=Compulsory Dance; OD=Original Dance; FD=Free Dance)

FPl
Name
Country
Score
CD
OD
FD
1
Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV
RUS
188.28
1
1
1
2
Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM
CAN
172.37
5
2
2
3
Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN
RUS
168.81
4
3
5
4
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
USA
168.35
2
4
4
5
Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI
ITA
167.84
6
5
3
6
Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO
RUS
162.16
3
6
6
7
Rachel TIBBETTS / Collin BRUBAKER
USA
153.50
7
7
7
8
Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI
UKR
146.96
8
8
8
9
Piper GILLES / Zachary DONOHUE
USA
141.30
11
9
12
10
Geraldine BOTT / Neil BROWN
FRA
140.65
12
10
10
11
Stefanie FROHBERG / Tim GIESEN
GER
139.51
9
15
11
12
Dora TUROCZI / Balazs MAJOR
HUN
139.29
16
12
9
13
Olivia Nicole MARTINS / Alvin CHAU
CAN
135.63
13
14
13
14
Gabriela KUBOVA / Dmitri KISELEV
CZE
133.48
15
13
14
15
Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE
GBR
132.24
10
11
17
16
Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ
ESP
128.44
17
21
15
17
Katelyn GOOD / Nikolaj SORENSEN
DEN
128.41
20
16
16
18
Oksana KLIMOVA / Sasha PALOMAKI
FIN
127.82
14
22
18
19
Nikola VISNOVA / Lukas CSOLLEY
SVK
126.23
21
17
19
20
Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Dawid PIETRZYNSKI
POL
109.40
18
18
20

March 12, 2010

2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan wins gold

2010 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Wow, look at the final men's results at the 2010 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands. It's true what they say -- anything can happen at Junior Worlds. Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu took the gold after placing third in the short program and first in the free skate. Nan Song from China roared back from fifth after the short to win the silver. And Artur Gachinski from Russia was SIXTH after the short and placed third in the free skate to win the bronze.

The U.S.'s Grant Hochstein and Keegan Messing, who were first and second after the short, couldn't hang on to their lead and finished seventh and fourth, respectively. The U.S.'s Armin Mahbanoozadeh finished twelfth overall.

Results for the top 24 men are as follows: Note: SP=Short Program, FS=Free Skate

FPL
Name
Country
SP
FS
Points
1
Yuzuru HANYU
JPN
3
1
216.10
2
Nan SONG
CHN
5
2
205.25
3
Artur GACHINSKI
RUS
6
3
199.19
4
Keegan MESSING
USA
2
4
197.03
5
Grant HOCHSTEIN
USA
1
7
194.30
6
Andrei ROGOZINE
CAN
13
6
179.81
7
Artur DMITRIEV
RUS
15
5
177.78
8
Alexander MAJOROV
SWE
7
8
177.01
9
Denis TEN
KAZ
4
15
171.86
10
Armin MAHBANOOZADEH
USA
8
12
168.69
11
Abzal RAKIMGALIEV
KAZ
10
11
167.88
12
Javier RAYA
ESP
9
14
164.41
13
Morgan CIPRES
FRA
16
10
162.01
14
Jiaxing LIU
CHN
17
9
161.50
15
Jorik HENDRICKX
BEL
14
13
159.67
16
Daniel DOTZAUER
GER
11
17
154.83
17
Wenbo ZANG
CHN
20
16
148.99
18
Sebastian IWASAKI
POL
21
18
142.39
19
Kevin ALVES
BRA
18
19
141.44
20
Ronald LAM
CAN
12
22
141.31
21
Petr COUFAL
CZE
23
20
138.11
22
Stephen Li-Chung KUO
TPE
19
21
136.27
23
Petr BIDAR
CZE
24
23
131.30
24
Bela PAPP
FIN
22
24
128.78

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