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Papadakis/Cizeron FD (I realized that I have been posting their content in a wrong (We're fewer but still good!) thread. Sorry...)

The person who uploaded Mana's FP has also uploaded the performances of Rino, Wakaba, Kaori, and Shoma. I am wondering about this too. I am not sure why Yuma took part in Kanto Regionals instead of JO, but seeded skaters sometimes take part in qualifying events to have their programs checked by judges, to maintain their intuition for competition, to try new elements, etc.

Thank you for the video! Good to know that Mana continued doing well while my laptop froze and got rebooted

Papadakis/Cizeron RD: Made to Love/You & I by John Legend, choreographed by Axelle Munezero, Kim Gingras, Samuel Chouinard, and Marie-France Dubreuil FD: Élégie by Gabriel Fauré', choreographed by Saxon Fraser and Marie-France Dubreuil https://www.instagram.com/p/CUU7QSnFL_s/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CUYMqDfJzUd/

Random thoughts on JO By the way, Yuma has changed his SP costume

Japan Open results https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2021-2022/japanopen/data0105.pdf https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2021-2022/japanopen/data0205.pdf

Translation of the story Konno san shared in this video [NEWS] ETA: According to other videos uploaded on his channel, Konno san started his channel hoping to leave his performances and activities on record. Konno san has been working as a musician for many years since he graduated high school, but as he has been a live musician mostly and often playing to support others, there weren't many filmed/recorded performances of his available online. A few years ago, he got seriously sick and realized that he had to do what he had to do when he had time and started this YouTube project to leave his own music and performances on record. Listening to what he said, I had an impression that PW encore at FaOI2017 was truly a happy moment for people involved. The skater, the musician, and the organizing staff respect and care for each other, and together they made fans super happy. These are Konno san's tweets on the day Yuzu WDed from NHK2017 and the day Yuzu won the second OGM. (*He has studied abroad for a while so he often tweeted in English)

I gave it a try [NEWS]

Good luck, Javi! Looking forward to seeing him in Kiss and Cry Interview with lilbet's mum, Padishahan Sultanalieva https://fs-gossips.com/elizabet-tursynbaevas-mother-representing-not-a-skating-country-on-the-world-stage-its-hell-no-judges-no-technical-controllers-no-behind-the-scenes-support-at-all/

Snippets of P/C's new FD Looks like they are going to skate to Fauré's Élégie https://www.instagram.com/p/CUYMqDfJzUd/

Good point. But compared to mimes and facial expressions, aren't ice dance moves easy to catch from a distance? I have seen some competitions sitting on a seat away from the ice, but I rarely felt frustrated missing small ice dance moves from above. Well, I had learned their programs in advance, and I also used binocular at the beginning of their programs, but when their movement fit the music well, I could see it. I mean, I could not see it as clearly as I saw it on TV, but I could catch it and feel it with the music. For example, P/C's Shape of You SD had many small hand choreography but was a super fun SD even seen from above. Fear/Gibson's Vogue is another example. In this case, even their mime was easy to get because you could hear the sound of the shutter when Lewis moved as if he was taking a photo of Lilah. I think small choreographic moves become problematic mainly when they don't correlate with the music/sound.

Thank you for your confirmation! As to Whacking, I found this video (*The title is "What is Waacking?" but it explains about Whacking as well) Among the collaborators, I guess Axelle Munezero is the one that coached them on Whacking. She is a beautiful dancer.

Shingo Nishiyama decided not to compete as a singles skater this year. Here is his announcement with a snippet of his new program... https://www.instagram.com/p/CUV9_X3qChz/ Translation of his announcement: "Thank you for supporting Team Takanami-Nishiyama. I have an announcement regarding my participation in Tokyo Regionals. I had entered into the Tokyo Regionals and been preparing to compete as a singles skater hoping that there would be a change in the COVID-19-related immigration rules for entering Japan. However, unfortunately, Japan has not started exempting vaccinated from a quarantine. As much as I crave a chance to compete at Nationals (T/n: as a singles skater) and want to skate my new program, I would like to forgo taking part in Tokyo Regionals considering the difficulties in international travel during the pandemic and that this is the first season for newly-paired AyuShin. If anyone has been looking forward to it, I apologize to you for this decision. I am also sorry for Coach Joey, who took the time out of his busy schedule to choreograph this new program. It is so disappointing but　cannot be helped because it is the rules set by the government. I will keep plugging away and make myself ready, believing someday I can perform this program in front of you. In the meantime, I am working hard with Ayumi chan to show our improvement as AyuShin this year. I am going to dance as much as I can as an ice dancer to be able to make you happy with AyuShin's performance! That's it from Shingo Nishiyama."

Snippets of Papadakis/Cizeron's new RD https://www.instagram.com/p/CUU7QSnFL_s/ If deepL translation is accurate, they are using "Made to Love" and "You & I" by John Legend, and collaborated with Axelle Munezero, Kim Gingras, Samuel Chouinard, and Marie-France Dubreuil, in choreography, I guess? Also, it seems that they are going to announce the theme of their FD tomorrow. *Thought about posting this on the program thread, but I am going to post it here first and wait for French-speaking satellites' confirmation

AyuShin!

According to Nikkan Sports, Sota was originally planning to include both 4S and 4T in his FP, but he avoided 4T this time because he had hurt his left foot a bit and wanted to lessen the strain on it. The team decided to change the layout right before this competition, which made him slow and cautious. https://twitter.com/figure365/status/1441742350816989189 According to this article, Sota decided to take part in this event to perform his SP in a competition before going to Skate Canada, and he seems to be thinking that this competition gave him a chance to find his issues with the FP as well, but I hope he will take good care of his foot as well. I wonder what happened to Yura. Searched a bit in Japanese only to find others worrying the same.

I have only managed to watch men's FS, so I haven't watched Mako's SP, but I think she had a stamina issue because she says that she ran out of breath. She also says the Lz was what she had been worried about the most. Fans on Twitter also said Mako was skating well until she fell on the 3Lz. She says now she is injury-free. She has some worrisome jumps in her FP as well but wants to land them regardless. https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2021/09/25/kiji/20210925s00079000519000c.html Yuhana seems to have had some motivation issues. She said she had not been able to enjoy skating, worrying about her future, etc. She said she would try to enjoy skating in the FS even if she falls on all the jumps. https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2021/09/25/kiji/20210925s00079000488000c.html Rin Nitaya says that she has decided that this is going to be her last season. She has already found a job and decided what to do after retirement. She burned the bridges behind her to focus on delivering memorable performances at nationals and retire when everyone would miss her. https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2021/09/25/kiji/20210925s00079000587000c.html By the way, Rika Hongo was commentating on Chubu Regionals on FOD's stream, and it was fun to listen to. Like Kevin Reynolds did for ACI, she remained silent until the end of a performance, and then started commentating in a warm and supportive manner, sharing her point of view as the skater's ex-teammate or ex-rink mate. Fuji TV Two (one of Fuji's CS channels) will air the highlights of regionals in October. Chu-Shikoku Kyushu Regionals: October 9, 20:00-24:00 (JST) Chubu Regionals: October 10, 20:00-24:00 (JST) https://otn.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/921200177.html

Interview with Sota Yamamoto (*given before Chubu Regionals) https://4years.asahi.com/article/14445013 A rough translation:

Thank you for the video!

Praying the situation will be good enough for all the skaters to travel and compete By the way, this is the documentary film whose OST Richaud used for Kaori's FP. It took a while to recall, but I have seen Kaori skating to the music starts from around the 00:48 mark in The Ice this year.

The new program mentioned in the article is her FP, the one Richaud had already choreographed for her earlier in the off-season though she didn't debut it in the summer competition. (She skated The Piano instead.) She is planning to include the 3A in the FP.

What is happening?

At least he starts the new one earlier than the last one It's just a month and a half from now...