{"id":29420,"date":"2022-11-01T05:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=29420"},"modified":"2022-11-02T17:52:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:52:35","slug":"recap-2022-skate-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/recap-2022-skate-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2022 Skate Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Matteo Morelli<\/em><\/p>\n

The ice dance competition at Skate Canada International this year saw two medals awarded to the local teams: Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier showed their programmes for the first time and secured the lead in both sections of the competition and earning their third gold at Skate Canada, while Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha gained bronze after jumping up a position from the rhythm dance. Great Britain\u2019s Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson delivered two strong programmes, securing their first silver at a Grand Prix event.<\/p>\n

USA\u2019s Molly Cesanek & Yehor Yehorov were happy after their free dance, and are ready to keep working on their programmes that they feel have already improved since the feedback they received at Nebelhorn Trophy. In their rhythm dance, they decided not to use a pattern in their programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gives us more time to improve transitions, footwork, choreography, some different special moments,\u201d Yehorov said. \u201cIt is something new, and we are excited to do it, to experiment\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Holly Harris & Jason Chan from Australia ended in eighth place with some disappointment, a week after having competed at Skate America and ending in fifth place there. Asked about back to back competitions, Holly said that they tried not to think about it and focus on their job, however they now believe they deserve a little time to rest before heading to other events. To build their free programme choreography, they worked with Olympic Champion Guillaume Cizeron.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is pretty amazing to have him by our side,\u201d Chan shared.<\/p>\n

Emily Bratti & Ian Sommerville from the USA ended sixth overall and were really happy with the energy they put into their programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have a moment where we disengaged,\u201d Somerville said. \u201cWe were really happy with the score\u201d.<\/p>\n

Every spot in the competition didn\u2019t change from the rhythm dance to the free dance, apart from third and fourth which was battled between Caroline Green & Michael Parson from the USA, and Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha from Canada. The American team secured the third place after the rhythm dance, with the Canadian team just a fraction of a point behind them. However, the free programme ended with a different outcome, with their Gershwin\u2019s Rhapsody in blue programme not delivering enough to keep their third place and jumping off the podium.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis season is turning into a huge learning experience,\u201d Green shared. \u201cWe had to leave expectations at the door and just really be open to a whole new perspective\u201d. The duo changed coaches and now working with Charlie White, Tanith White and Greg Zuerlein. They are enjoying learning from such an experienced team, and think that it is helping the way they are approaching their partnership and their skating.<\/p>\n

Lajoie & Lagha delivered a solid & convincing free programme on piano and violin music by Ilan Eshkeri, claiming their first Grand Prix medal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy, especially with the performance we did today,\u201d Lajoie said. \u201cWe managed to destress and we were able to deliver very good performances in front of our home crowd\u201d.<\/p>\n

The challenges before the Gran Prix helped them to prepare for it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWe need to deal with the stress before going into Grand Prix,\u201d Lagha added.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson presented solid performances with their Jennifer Lopez rhythm dance and Lady Gaga\u2019s free programme, which is quickly becoming one of the most entertaining and crowd pleasing programmes of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we both had so much fun performing today,\u201d Gibson said. \u201cIt is always such a gift to get to skate to Born this way by Lady Gaga as a free dance. It is super empowering music\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got to watch her live,\u201d Fear added. \u201dShe is so confident, and she is so inclusive with everyone. This really inspired us and is a message that we really want to get across in our skating and our performance\u201d.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier were strongly in the lead in both sections of the event. Their free programme is based on music from the movie Evita.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an absolute blast performing this free for the first time,\u201d Gilles said. \u201cI think we knew the moment we started choreographing this programme that it was going to be something special and it absolutely tells this beautiful story about this iconic figure. We are really proud of everything that we did today and yesterday\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe mind-set was really critical in just creating the moment that we were able to have today, particularly for us returning this season after the last Olympic cycle,\u201d Poirier added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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