{"id":29018,"date":"2022-08-17T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=29018"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:57:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T17:57:42","slug":"pate-bye-focus-on-improving-and-pushing-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/pate-bye-focus-on-improving-and-pushing-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Pate & Bye focus on improving and pushing everything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

by Gina Capellazzi \/ Photos by Daphne Backman<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A rhythm dance to the song \u201cBye, Bye, Bye\u201d sung by the early 2000\u2019s boy band NSYNC.<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>A mid-program costume change in their Hung\"Evaer Games free dance.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

So how are Eva Pate and Logan Bye planning to top their 2021-2022 season programs that were among their favorite programs and that were well-received by fans?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a good question,\u201d Bye told <\/span>Ice-Dance.com<\/span><\/i>. \u201cHow do you get better every year? How do you do what you did last year and keep it still exciting, especially with a new quad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But exciting and fun is exactly what the 22-year-old and 24-year-old, who train under Igor Shpilband in Novi, Michigan, are aiming for this season with their programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think we are really trying to push our limits,\u201d Pate said about their programs this season. \u201cWe don’t really do anything super easy. We’re really trying to push our limits, push the creativity, push the technical elements, everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For their free dance this season, the team is skating to \u201cReel Around the Sun” from the 25th anniversary of Riverdance. Pate said they were just thinking of different ideas on what to do for their free dance and that one just stuck with them so they took it to their choreographer, Pasquale Camerlengo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like, \u2018Let’s try it. It\u2019s so fun and happy,\u201d Pate said of Camerlengo\u2019s reaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, not everyone had the same reaction to the music selection. Pate and Bye said Shpilband wasn\u2019t sold on them skating to Riverdance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was on the fence (about it),\u201d Bye remarked.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, while Shpilband was at the Olympics in Beijing, Camerlengo went ahead and choreographed the program. When Shiplband came home and saw the program, his opinion changed.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was like, \u2018Wait, I really like this for you guys,\u2019 Pate said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt worked out well,\u201d Bye added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye both have Irish heritage, which Pate noted in her social media post announcing their free dance. The post included a 1914 wedding photo of her great-great grandfather, John Craven. The team also told Ice-Dance.com that one of their choreographers, Renee Petkvoski, traveled with Celtic Thunder, an Irish stage show, for six to eight months. Along with having Petkvoski\u2019s knowledge of the Irish dance world, the team also watched previous Riverdance programs for inspiration. Riverdance programs, like Canada\u2019s Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz\u2019s 1997-1998 free dance and Jason Brown\u2019s free skate from 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not trying to top anybody or anything,\u201d Pate explained. \u201cWe are just trying to make it our own version of what we believe Riverdance is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter watching those two programs, it is really nice to see the crowd and everyone engaging in the programs, and I think that\u2019s something we are hoping to pull from,\u201d Bye added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye, who finished eighth at the 2021 U.S. Championships, debuted work-in-progress free dance costumes at Lake Placid. Pate is wearing a green dress that\u2019s modeled off the dress that the lead female dancer wears in the show. The costumes are being designed by Jane Pastor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While Pate and Bye got an early start on their free dance, they had to wait a little longer to start working on their rhythm dance. That\u2019s because the International Skating Union (ISU) did not release the technical requirements for the rhythm dance until mid-April, which was three months after the end of Pate and Bye\u2019s season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of stressful,\u201d Pate admitted about waiting for the requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t sure if we were doing any compulsory dance within the rhythm dance itself. We knew it was going to be Latin, but we weren’t sure what rhythms it was going to be, whether it was going to be bossa nova or meringue. We had no idea,\u201d Bye explained.\u00a0 \u201cSo we were kind of just experimenting with compulsory (dances).\u00a0 Then we had heard a rumor that there wasn\u2019t going to be one, so we weren\u2019t too concerned with it. Really, it was coming up with the music itself, trying to figure out what Latin music to work with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye will be skating to the <\/span>\u201cBeautiful Creatures\u201d, \u201cFly Love\u201d and \u201cReal in Rio\u201d from the 2011 movie \u201cRio\u201d.<\/span> Pate told Ice-Dance.com that she had previously used that soundtrack when she competed in solo dance in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really liked it and the crowd really liked it so I was like \u2018let’s look into it,\u2019\u201d Pate explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really cool, it has really neat drum beats,\u201d she added. \u201cOur whole rhythm dance is definitely carnival and fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The team admits it\u2019s weird not having a pattern in their rhythm dance this year. Both say they miss the technical element that has been the essence of the rhythm dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love patterns. I just think they are so classic,\u201d Pate shared. \u201cI really miss patterns because I liked to work on them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely miss having it,\u201d Bye echoed Pate\u2019s sentiments. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of tradition and knowing that this is where ice dance came from on top of the fact that because you\u2019re doing the same steps, it\u2019s easier to tell exactly who\u2019s the better skater and who\u2019s not because you all have the same steps, even though the partnering and the holds can be different, as we did have last year in the blues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In May, Pate and Bye had the opportunity to work with Olympic bronze medalist and three-time U.S. Champion Zachary Donohue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an amazing lifter,\u201d Bye spoke of Donohue. \u201cOn the last day (of working with him), we were able to touch a little bit on the free dance. At that point, it was still a bit fresh so we were kind of working through some of the kinks, but he helped a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very detail oriented,\u201d Pate added. \u201cHe wants to make sure everything looks good. He has a good sense of humor too and is fun to work with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye debuted their programs at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International in July, where they won the silver medal, their first international medal together. This season, Pate and Bye will make their Grand Prix debut at Grand Prix de France in November<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2019\u201cMy mom called me and she was like \u2018You\u2019re going to France!\u2019 and I\u2019m like \u2018that\u2019s crazy!\u2019 I was so excited,\u201d Pate said of her reaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The team did compete at Skate America in 2020 when the series was held as domestic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so this will be their first international Grand Prix. Grand Prix de France will be only the second competition out of the United States for Pate and Bye. Their first was last season at Warsaw Cup in Poland. Also, it will only be Pate\u2019s second time out of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because the team was assigned to a Grand Prix event, they will get the opportunity to participate in their first Champs Camp, which is a performance-based camp for Grand Prix athletes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While Pate and Bye are excited about their first Grand Prix experience, they are focused on their goals, which is to just improve with each competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor this season, I think it (our goal) is just to skate and do what we can to actually show our stuff,\u201d Bye said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like many of their fellow competitors – they do have their sights set on making an Olympic team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is the Olympics and our plan is to compete for the next four years,\u201d Pate said. \u201cThen we\u2019ll re-evaluate and see where life takes us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Gina Capellazzi \/ Photos by Daphne Backman A rhythm dance to the song \u201cBye, Bye, Bye\u201d sung by the early 2000\u2019s boy band NSYNC.A mid-program costume change in their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n\n\n

A rhythm dance to the song \u201cBye, Bye, Bye\u201d sung by the early 2000\u2019s boy band NSYNC.<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>A mid-program costume change in their Hunger Games free dance.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

So how are Eva Pate and Logan Bye planning to top their 2021-2022 season programs that were among their favorite programs and that were well-received by fans?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a good question,\u201d Bye told <\/span>Ice-Dance.com<\/span><\/i>. \u201cHow do you get better every year? How do you do what you did last year and keep it still exciting, especially with a new quad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But exciting and fun is exactly what the 22-year-old and 24-year-old, who train under Igor Shpilband in Novi, Michigan, are aiming for this season with their programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think we are really trying to push our limits,\u201d Pate said about their programs this season. \u201cWe don't really do anything super easy. We're really trying to push our limits, push the creativity, push the technical elements, everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For their free dance this season, the team is skating to \u201cReel Around the Sun'' from the 25th anniversary of Riverdance. Pate said they were just thinking of different ideas on what to do for their free dance and that one just stuck with them so they took it to their choreographer, Pasquale Camerlengo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like, \u2018Let's try it. It\u2019s so fun and happy,\u201d Pate said of Camerlengo\u2019s reaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, not everyone had the same reaction to the music selection. Pate and Bye said Shpilband wasn\u2019t sold on them skating to Riverdance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was on the fence (about it),\u201d Bye remarked.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, while Shpilband was at the Olympics in Beijing, Camerlengo went ahead and choreographed the program. When Shiplband came home and saw the program, his opinion changed.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was like, \u2018Wait, I really like this for you guys,\u2019 Pate said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt worked out well,\u201d Bye added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye both have Irish heritage, which Pate noted in her social media post announcing their free dance. The post included a 1914 wedding photo of her great-great grandfather, John Craven. The team also told Ice-Dance.com that one of their choreographers, Renee Petkvosk, traveled with Celtic Thunder, an Irish stage show, for six to eight months. Along with having Petkvosk\u2019s knowledge of the Irish dance world, the team also watched previous Riverdance programs for inspiration. Riverdance programs, like Canada\u2019s Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz\u2019s 1997-1998 free dance and Jason Brown\u2019s free skate from 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not trying to top anybody or anything,\u201d Pate explained. \u201cWe are just trying to make it our own version of what we believe Riverdance is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter watching those two programs, it is really nice to see the crowd and everyone engaging in the programs, and I think that\u2019s something we are hoping to pull from,\u201d Bye added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye, who finished eighth at the 2021 U.S. Championships, debuted work-in-progress free dance costumes at Lake Placid. Pate is wearing a green dress that\u2019s modeled off the dress that the lead female dancer wears in the show. The costumes are being designed by Jane XXX.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While Pate and Bye got an early start on their free dance, they had to wait a little longer to start working on their rhythm dance. That\u2019s because the International Skating Union (ISU) did not release the technical requirements for the rhythm dance until mid-April, which was three months after the end of Pate and Bye\u2019s season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of stressful,\u201d Pate admitted about waiting for the requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t sure if we were doing any compulsory dance within the rhythm dance itself. We knew it was going to be Latin, but we weren't sure what rhythms it was going to be, whether it was going to be bossa nova or meringue. We had no idea,\u201d Bye explained.\u00a0 \u201cSo we were kind of just experimenting with compulsory (dances).\u00a0 Then we had heard a rumor that there wasn\u2019t going to be one, so we weren\u2019t too concerned with it. Really, it was coming up with the music itself, trying to figure out what Latin music to work with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye will be skating to the <\/span>\u201cBeautiful Creatures\u201d, \u201cFly Love\u201d and \u201cReal in Rio\u201d from the 2011 movie \u201cRio\u201d.<\/span> Pate told Ice-Dance.com that she had previously used that soundtrack when she competed in solo dance in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really liked it and the crowd really liked it so I was like \u2018let's look into it,\u2019\u201d Pate explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really cool, it has really neat drum beats,\u201d she added. \u201cOur whole rhythm dance is definitely carnival and fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The team admits it\u2019s weird not having a pattern in their rhythm dance this year. Both say they miss the technical element that has been the essence of the rhythm dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love patterns. I just think they are so classic,\u201d Pate shared. \u201cI really miss patterns because I liked to work on them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely miss having it,\u201d Bye echoed Pate\u2019s sentiments. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of tradition and knowing that this is where ice dance came from on top of the fact that because you\u2019re doing the same steps, it\u2019s easier to tell exactly who\u2019s the better skater and who\u2019s not because you all have the same steps, even though the partnering and the holds can be different, as we did have last year in the blues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In May, Pate and Bye had the opportunity to work with Olympic bronze medalist and three-time U.S. Champion Zachary Donohue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an amazing lifter,\u201d Bye spoke of Donohue. \u201cOn the last day (of working with him), we were able to touch a little bit on the free dance. At that point, it was still a bit fresh so we were kind of working through some of the kinks, but he helped a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very detail oriented,\u201d Pate added. \u201cHe wants to make sure everything looks good. He has a good sense of humor too and is fun to work with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pate and Bye debuted their programs at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International in July, where they won the silver medal, their first international medal together. This season, Pate and Bye will make their Grand Prix debut at Grand Prix de France in November<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2019\u201cMy mom called me and she was like \u2018You\u2019re going to France!\u2019 and I\u2019m like \u2018that\u2019s crazy!\u2019 I was so excited,\u201d Pate said of her reaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The team did compete at Skate America in 2020 when the series was held as domestic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so this will be their first international Grand Prix. Grand Prix de France will be only the second competition out of the United States for Pate and Bye. Their first was last season at Warsaw Cup in Poland. Also, it will only be Pate\u2019s second time out of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because the team was assigned to a Grand Prix event, they will get the opportunity to participate in their first Champs Camp, which is a performance-based camp for Grand Prix athletes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While Pate and Bye are excited about their first Grand Prix experience, they are focused on their goals, which is to just improve with each competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor this season, I think it (our goal) is just to skate and do what we can to actually show our stuff,\u201d Bye said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like many of their fellow competitors - they do have their sights set on making an Olympic team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is the Olympics and our plan is to compete for the next four years,\u201d Pate said. \u201cThen we\u2019ll re-evaluate and see where life takes us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"1280","_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-interviews","category-featured"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=957%2C566&ssl=1","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=957%2C566&ssl=1",957,566,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=254%2C150&ssl=1",254,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=300%2C177&ssl=1",300,177,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=768%2C454&ssl=1",768,454,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=957%2C566&ssl=1",957,566,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=957%2C566&ssl=1",957,566,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=957%2C566&ssl=1",957,566,true],"et-pb-post-main-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1",400,250,true],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?resize=957%2C566&ssl=1",957,566,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1",400,284,true],"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?resize=510%2C382&ssl=1",510,382,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?fit=957%2C566&ssl=1",957,566,true],"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?resize=400%2C516&ssl=1",400,516,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pate-Bye-22FD-Riverdance-1092.jpg?resize=45%2C45&ssl=1",45,45,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Team IDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/author\/idcadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"by Gina Capellazzi \/ Photos by Daphne Backman A rhythm dance to the song \u201cBye, Bye, Bye\u201d sung by the early 2000\u2019s boy band NSYNC.A mid-program costume change in their […]","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7GOSM-7y2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29018"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29030,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29018\/revisions\/29030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}