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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the theme is actually "Musical, Operetta, Broadway", so LLL would be fine, as would the Greatest Showman and all other Hollywood musicals.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the theme is actually "Musical, Operetta, Broadway", so LLL would be fine, as would the Greatest Showman and all other Hollywood musicals.
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oh lord.. Please be careful anyone who chooses Showboat. 
Agreed. This is my assumption. I would assume there will be further communication and/or clarification by/at the week of Worlds.
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That depends on whether they've classified "musical" as just stage musicals or film/tv musicals as well.
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I hope they cast as wide a net as possible. God knows the skaters are going to need the leeway if we want to survive the season.
Personally, I'm quite optimistic. There are simply loads of Broadway & musical numbers. Especially if people aren't foolish enough to dismiss every production created before or during the current decade. Bring on Gypsy and Showboat and South Pacific. And Rent and Little Shop of Horrors and Fame. Bring them all on. I hope teams will select something that is right for them. It's not like tango, where many athletes probably have no personal association with the genre outside of listening to their choreographer's CD collection. Most athletes will have some connection to musicals--from some era. And because it's the RD, some of these teams are going to put some effort into trying to select something we aren't likely to see from five other teams in the same season. We should really finally get the "entertainment" factor that the dance committee tried to encourage last season with the entertainment bonus that was promptly shot down. I am so tired of watching every team try to look ethereal, soft, and romantic. Bring on the character dancers, and let's see who can stop the show.
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Given just how many musicals have been on Broadway over the years, an adventurous choreographer and coach and team wouldn't need to look elsewhere.
This site should tell you just how many there have been:
www.ibdb.com
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The question is if there will be enough desire for individuality and selecting something that is maybe not well known/recognized, but fits into team's aesthetic/expression. The theme indeed gives a wide range of choices and opportunity to stand out. My hope is to see as much variety as possible, lots of catchy songs and dynamic aesthetic adapted, but I kinda suspect some teams will rather adapt something that is well-known & established in perception as a substitution of going more creative & challenging themselves. Instead they will challenge us with Les Mis/POTO sauce...
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You rightly pointed 'entertainment' factor - for me, this RD format begs for going out & loud, manifest team in more exuberant way than this unspoken 'decorum' aesthetic we see kinda expected from the way judging goes. It is an opportunity to make a statement, almost like a FD inside of RD, quite open in terms of style and dynamic; I hope that teams will be encouraged & empowered to be 'showy', use this opportunity in full to maybe show us different side of them and different sides of entertainment.
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I expect Gibson & Fear to excel in next year's RD. Exuberant and showy is their groove, for sure. 
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I expect Gibson & Fear to excel in next year's RD. Exuberant and showy is their groove, for sure.
Don’t get my hopes up! They have such a great opportunity next season. I just hope they get two GP slots to make the most of it.
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i can totally see them skating on cabaret
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I expect Gibson & Fear to excel in next year's RD. Exuberant and showy is their groove, for sure.
I also think this will suit Chock/Bates, Piper & Paul, and Hawayek & Baker - they do so well with Austin Powers exhibition. It may also work for McNamara /Carpenter.
Last chance to qualify to Worlds this week at the Open Ice Mall Cup. Finally only the estonian team Katerina Bunina & German Frolov are concerned, as the bulgarian Markova/Dazé were removed from the entries list. Bunina/Frolov need to score at least 31 points during the RD to be the 28th team qualified to Saitama. Good luck to them!
It's possible that Nazarova & Nikitin's performance at the Open Ice Mall Cup could get them to Worlds as well. They withdrew from Ukrainian Nationals. Popova & Byelikov won & were selected for Europeans; but as far as I've heard, Ukraine hasn't made a selection yet for which team will represent Ukraine at Worlds.
Andrew Poje though. He's the tango man. :luv17:
Nazarova & Nikitin did both Junior & Senior Worlds the year they moved up to seniors. And Popova & Byelikov have been competing both junior & senior programs not only this season but also last season. I think Ukraine may send whoever they think is the most competitive. I wish N&N the very best at the coming competition.
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Check with 34,10 TES at the Open Ice Mall Cup :agree:
Daze got measles on the way back from Europeans, this is the reason they had to withdraw from Bavarian Open and Israel. Very unfortunate for them....
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