{"id":21622,"date":"2019-09-03T22:09:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T02:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=21622"},"modified":"2020-02-16T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T17:18:40","slug":"ice-dance-observer-september-3-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/ice-dance-observer-september-3-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Dance Observer &#8211; September 3, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IDObserver2.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0.0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Introduction&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to this week&#8217;s edition of the Ice Dance Observer!<\/p>\n<p>Anne and I returned from the Junior Grand Prix in Lake Placid and our recap and photos are now available (links are at the right).\u00a0 It was a fun and exciting week in New York and the series continues this week in Latvia. TJ previews Riga Cup below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also listed at the right are feature stories that we have conducted over the past few weeks, including an in-depth conversation with Hugo Chouinard, the man behind the music creations for many of the top skaters in the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Cowan from On Ice Perspectives shared a behind the scenes video of a photo shoot in Lake Placid with Molly Cesanek &amp; Yehor Yehorov.\u00a0 Molly and Yehor came up with and researched the concept and I was the photographer, while Jordan recorded the shoot.\u00a0 Anne and Gina (from Figure Skaters Online) assisted with traffic control and the entire shoot was a collaborative effort.\u00a0 While the teaser video is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oniceperspectives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On Ice Perspectives Instagram account<\/a>, you can view the entire video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/oniceperspectives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OIP&#8217;s Patreon Page<\/a> OR wait until he releases the full video on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this particular shoot, I will be sharing images from other Summer photo shoots on our Instagram account.\u00a0 Jordan and I had many sessions in Lake Placid and Melanie was busy with several during the Chicago event.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until next week,<\/p>\n<p>Daphne, Anne &amp; TJ (The Ice Dance Observer Team)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;New on IDC&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#282828&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">NEW ON IDC<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Davis-Smolkin-2019.jpg&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Photo&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; 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MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.ice-dance.com\/2019-20\/19JGPLP\/\">JGP Lake Placid Photographs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/recap-2019-junior-grand-prix-lake-placid\/\">JGP Lake Placid Recaps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/results-2019-jgp-lake-placid\/\">JGP Lake Placid Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Events This Week&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#282828&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; _i=&#8221;3&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1.3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">EVENTS THIS WEEK<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;List of Events&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f9f9f9&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; _i=&#8221;4&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<strong>SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2019<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/event\/2019-jgp-riga-cup\/\"><em>Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup<\/em><\/a><br \/>Riga, Latvia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isuresults.com\/schedules\/jgplat2019_ColouredTimeSchedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isuresults.com\/events\/cat03109482.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ISUJGP2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISU Youtube Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; 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Lauzon said (reading from a prepared statement).\u00a0 &#8220;We offer coaching that is both mental and physical and psychology that is what we try to bring to our skaters to help them evolve in every aspect of their own life.\u00a0 We can help every student be better athletes and have a better life after sports and be all around amazing people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The full press conference is available for viewing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iceacademyofmontreal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ice Academy of Montreal Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Preview&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.1.0.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>COMING ATTRACTIONS: JUNIOR GRAND PRIX RIGA CUP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by TJ Carey<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/ice-dance-observer-september-3-2019\/rigacup2019\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RIGACUP2019-e1567559323773.jpg?fit=350%2C156&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,156\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RIGACUP2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RIGACUP2019-e1567559323773.jpg?fit=350%2C156&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21651 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RIGACUP2019-e1567559323773.jpg?resize=350%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RIGACUP2019-e1567559323773.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RIGACUP2019-e1567559323773.jpg?resize=337%2C150&amp;ssl=1 337w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RIGACUP2019-e1567559323773.jpg?resize=300%2C134&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>With the third Junior Grand Prix event of the season almost upon us in Riga, Latvia, we\u2019re starting to see how the junior couples stack up against each other for qualification for the Final in December. This week\u2019s event will be attended by 19 couples from 17 countries and the competition should be quite open for up-and-coming teams to take advantage of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city of Riga is a common host for recent seasons of the JGP. It has been hosted an event every other year since 2011, and past champions include Russia&#8217;s Sofia Shevchenko and Igor Eremenko.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The medal hunt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgia\u2019s first couple to ever qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final, Maria Kazakova and Georgy Reviya, are coming off of a sixth place finish at last year\u2019s World Junior Championships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, who is the world junior silver medalist with Nikita Nazarov, will be making her international debut with her new partner, Andrey Filatov.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Canada&#8217;s Natalie D&#8217;Alessandro &amp; Bruce Waddell finished fourth and sixth at their Junior Grand Prix events last season.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Golubstova and Kirill Belobrov from Ukraine are competing in their sixth Junior Grand Prix season. They\u2019ve finished as high as fifth place three times in the series out of nine events.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other items of note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making their international debut at this event, Molly Cesanek and Yehor Yehorov will be the only American couple competing in Riga.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For three couples in this event, it will be their second JGP of the season. Angelina Kudryavtseva and Ilia Karankevich of Cyprus competed at the first JGP event in Courchevel, France. Mariia Nosovitskaya and Mikhail Nosovitskiy from Israel as well as Katica Kedves and Fedor Sharonov will take on the challenging task of competing directly after last week\u2019s event in Lake Placid, New York.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excluding Khudaiberdieva in her former partnership with Nazarov, Only one of these teams (Kazakova and Reviya) has medaled in the JGP series before. 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