2015 EDI Awards from PSA

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Professional Skaters Association's EDI Awards for Best Performances at 2015 Nationals:

• Ashley Wagner for Moulin Rouge FS
• Adam Rippon for Liszt FS
• Scimeca/Knierim for Tango de Roxanne SP
• Hawayek/Baker for Romeo & Juliet FD
• Haydenettes FS

Reported in @LynnRutherford tweets (Mar 9):

https://twitter.com/LynnRutherford/status/575007964156837889
https://twitter.com/LynnRutherford/status/575008469771796480
https://twitter.com/LynnRutherford/status/575008916469325825​

Awards "committee members will be present at Nationals and will review every performance at Junior and Senior level, long and short programs ...
One winner is chosen from each category in Men’s, Ladies, Pairs, Dance, and Synchronized Skating. Selection will be based on performance, not placement and will not necessarily reflect the best technical skater."

ELEMENTS CONSIDERED

Artistry
Originality
Costuming
Showmanship
Theme
Charisma/Appeal
Drama/Emotion
Humor
Quality
Technical Ability
Balance
Music

http://www.skatepsa.com/BEST-PERFORMANCES.htm​

 

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PSA Announces 2015 EDI Awards for Best Performance

Posted by U.S. Figure Skating
March 10, 2015

The Professional Skaters Association announced the winners of the 2015 EDI Awards for Best Performance. They were a result of the 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the 2015 Synchronized Skating Championships. The winners, chosen by a committee, were chosen based on the “total performance” with an eye to costuming, presentation, music selection, choreography, style, and technique.

Best Performance Ladies | Ashley Wagner – Championship Free Skate
PSA Coaches – Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadezda(Nadia) Kanaeva, and John Nicks
Choreographer – Shae-Lynn Bourne
Music selection – Soundtrack of Moulin Rouge
Costume designer – Jan Longmire

Best Performance Men | Adam Rippon – Championship Free Skate
PSA Coaches – Rafael Arutyunyan, Vera Arutyunyan, Denys Petrov
Choreographer – Tom Dickson
Music selection – Piano concerto No. 1 by Franz List
Costume designer – Braden Overett

Best Performance Dance | Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker – Championship Free Dance
PSA Coaches – Pasquale Camerlengo and Angelika Krylova
Choreographer – Pasquale Camerlengo
Music Selection – Soundtrack of Romeo and Juliet (2013)
Costume Designer – Stephanie Miller

Best Performance Pairs | Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim – Championship Short Program
PSA Coaches – Dalilah Sappenfield and Laureano Ibarra
Choreographer – Julie Marcotte
Music Selection – “Tango de Roxanne” from Moulin Rouge
Costume Designer – Elena from Luda Designs

Best Synchronized Performance | Haydenettes – Senior Free Skate
PSA Coach – Saga Krantz (with assistance from Suzanne Schurman and Becky Stump, Genevieve Coulombe and Dmitri Kazarlyga)
Choreographer – Saga Krantz (with assistance from Jamie Isley)
Music – Sunset Boulevard
Costume Designer – Del Arbour

http://www.usfigureskatingfanzone.com/uncategorized/psa-announces-2015-performance-awards/

 

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Congrats to the winners! Does skating to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack increase your odds of winning, lol?

Nice to see H/B acknowledged - their FD was beautiful.

 

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Merry E. Neitlich ‏@MerryCoachsEdge
Charlie White knocks it out of the park announcing @jasonbskates as recipient of Gus Lussi Award Congrats! #PSA2015MSP

Professional Skaters Association EDI AWARDS

Gustave Lussi Award
Presented to a male, professional skater who has brought recognition to the sport in a positive and favorable manner.

Congratulations, Jason!

Update:

Merry E. Neitlich ‏@MerryCoachsEdge
And @RoheneWard wins choreographer of the year for work with @jasonbskates and others. #PSA2015

Congratulations, Rohene! :dance:

 

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"@MerryCoachsEdge: No words needed! @RoheneWard #PSA2015MSP http://t.co/7p0y9WBGDz"

 

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"@jasonbskates: Wow! Thank you PSA 4 naming me the recipient of the 2015 PSA/EDI Gustave Lussi Award last night. I'm truly honored! http://t.co/xmN9EOjCLU"

 

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2015 EDI Award winners will eventually be listed here
https://www.skatepsa.com/PSA-EDI-AWARDS.htm

 

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Sylvia tweeted that the Wheaton Academy dance coaches won Developmental coaches of the year.
Check out @ProfSk8rsAssoc's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ProfSk8rsAssoc/status/601928322529009665

 

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@MerryCoachsEdge: Congrats to Rafael Artyunyan for winning PSA Coach of the Year! #PSA2015MSP"

More news

 

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"@MerryCoachsEdge: Diane Miller wins Sports Science Award. Congrats! #PSA2015MSP"

 

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"@MerryCoachsEdge: Sara Kawahara wins Sonja Henie Award! #PSA2015MSP"

This is the female version of the award Jason won.

 

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"@MerryCoachsEdge: Diane Miller wins Sports Science Award. Congrats! #PSA2015MSP"

Professor Mishin should win this!

 

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"@MerryCoachsEdge: F. Ritter Shumway Award for dedication and distinction in Skating World goes to Eddie Shipstad #PSA2015MSP"

 

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"@MerryCoachsEdge: Congrats to PSA Coaches Hall of Fame Peter Burrows #PSA2015MSP"

 

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"@MerryCoachsEdge: Charlie White knocks it out of the park announcing @jasonbskates as recipient of Gus Lussi Award Congrats! #PSA2015MSP"

Charlie was last year's Gustave Lussi winner. Meryl won the Sonie Henie last year. ,2013 Tanith won it.

#All_InTheFamily

 

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dorispulaski said:

2015 EDI Award winners will eventually be listed here
https://www.skatepsa.com/PSA-EDI-AWARDS.htm

Click to expand...

And for most of the coaching/choreographer awards, those honored in 2015 (whose names already were posted above by Doris) will be added to the illustrious lists here:

http://www.skatepsa.com/Joint-PSA-USFS-EDI-AWARDS.htm​

Thanks for all the updates to this thread, Doris .

Congrats to the honorees.

 

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Congrats to all the award winners!

 

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Sort of related: Frank Carroll received the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from ISI this evening, in Boston. The award was presented by a former student:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CF-lw5hWEAAdGH1.jpg:large

 

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USFS press release gives the citations for the PSA awards (previously reported in this thread) to Rafael Arutyunyan; Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin; Rohene Ward; and Diane Miller.
Also lists the names of the other nominees in the same category.

Example:

Developmental Coaches of the Year: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin - Kiliakov, Novak and Ilin created one of the most comprehensive ice dance programs in the country, based in Rockville/Wheaton, Maryland. Their teams achieved podium finishes at the U.S. Championships in junior (gold, silver), novice (gold, bronze) and juvenile (pewter). Two of their junior teams fared well in the Junior Grand Prix Series. Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter placed third at JGP Czech Republic, second at JGP Germany, first at Torun Cup and second at the World Junior Championships. Rachel Parsons and Michael Parsons placed third at JGP Japan, second at JGP Croatia, second at Torun Cup and fourth at the World Junior Championships.

Other nominees: Artem Torgashev and Ilona Melnichenko; Lisa Kriley; Jim Peterson, Lyndon Johnston and Amanda Evora; Serguei Zaitsev and Josh Babb.​

http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=51186&type=media (May 29)