Lajoie and Lagha look to JGP Final

gsk8 · Nov 19, 2018

Two-time Canadian junior ice dance champions Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha have had a great start to the 2018-19 figure skating season. The team had two good outings at their Junior Grand Prix (JGP) events, placing second at JGP Austria and first at JGP Canada.

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“What I like the most about the free dance is its intensity, especially at the beginning of the program, when we do the stationary lift,” said Lajoie. “I also really like how the music becomes slow and calm right at the heart of the program as it is, for us, a special moment of connection together, and it allows us to reset for the rest of the program. At the beginning of the season, we just did it with our intuitive feeling of the music. Now we have been working with a coach who helped us refine the story.”

The story is built around a sister and a brother during the middle of WWII who are working to build trust with each other. The characters are trying to find a way to survive and accomplish a mission that is very important to them and their family. The end depicts the deep brother-and-sister love they have established as they succeed despite the challenges and chaos of war.

What are your thoughts on their dances? Their performances thus far on the JGP circuit?

el henry · Nov 19, 2018

Their programs this year have been complicated and intriguing, particularly for juniors.

And I had no idea Zach was such an accomplished pianist :clap:

ancientpeas · Nov 19, 2018

Good luck to the playfully named La/La at the GPF!!

I really enjoyed watching them in their gp outings this year.

dorispulaski · Nov 19, 2018

Thank you for the interesting article! I love how much info they volunteered about how they developed their programs this season, and about the story for the free dance.

It is unusual for a non sister/brother team to use a sister/brother story!

Good luck to them at the JGPF in Vancouver!

Colonel Green · Nov 19, 2018

dorispulaski said:
It is unusual for a non sister/brother team to use a sister/brother story!

The strange thing to me is that in a previous interview Zach implied that the story of the "Warsaw Concerto" was from the movie it's from, but what they're describing isn't the plot of Dangerous Moonlight at all (beyond being set in World War II).

dorispulaski · Nov 19, 2018

That is odd.

I have not seen the movie though.

Colonel Green · Nov 20, 2018

dorispulaski said:
That is odd.

I have not seen the movie though.

I haven’t either (it’s extremely obscure and not available on home media), I just read the Wikipedia entry.

gsk8 · Nov 20, 2018

Colonel Green said:
The strange thing to me is that in a previous interview Zach implied that the story of the "Warsaw Concerto" was from the movie it's from, but what they're describing isn't the plot of Dangerous Moonlight at all (beyond being set in World War II).

Here is what Zachary said:

"We have different interpretations and multiple stories to help us reaching a good level of connection between us. Marjorie said one of them. Of course, our story is not limited to a single story between a brother and sister. But the most important is to make the public feels emotions and we need different inspirations at different moments of the programs to deliver feelings to the people watching our programs."

Hope that clears things up

Lajoie and Lagha look to JGP Final

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