New program announcements!
MEN
Dmitri Aliev - SP: Je Dors Sur Des Roses; FS: The Sound of Silence
Jason Brown - SP: I Can’t Go On Without You (choreo Rohene Ward) FS: Schindler’s List (choreo David Wilson)
Nathan Chen - SP: La Boheme (choreo Shae-Lynn Bourne)
Daniel Grassl - SP: Lacrimosa (choreo Benoit Richaud); FS: A Single Man (choreo Benoit Richaud)
Tomoki Hiwatashi - FS: Petrushka (choreo Tom Dickson)
Mikhail Kolyada - SP: Wind of Change; FS: Chaplin
Alex Krashnozhon - SP: Runaway, Freedom (choreo Alex Johnson); FS: Dracula (choreo Alex Johnson)
Conrad Orzel - SP: In My Blood (choreo Jeff Buttle)
Romain Ponsart - FS: The Greatest Showman (choreo Fabian Bourzat)
Camden Pulkinen - SP: Caruso (choreo Josh Farris); FS: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Rain (choreo Stephane Lambiel)
Matteo Rizzo - FS: Flamenco (choreo Massimo Scali)
Daisuke Takahashi - FS: Pale Green Ghosts
Kazuki Tomono - SP: The Hardest Button to Button (choreo Phillip Mills); FS: Moulin Rouge (choreo Misha Ge)
Andrew Torgashev - SP: Bloodstream, Tokio Myers (choreo Andrew Torgashev); FS: Tosca (choreo Andrew Torgashev)
Sota Yamamoto - SP: East of Eden (choreo Pasquale Camerlengo); FS: In This Shirt (choreo Pasquale Camerlengo)
Vincent Zhou - SP: I Will Wait (choreo Shae-Lynn Bourne); FS: Cloud Atlas (choreo Lori Nichol)
LADIES
Starr Andrews - SP: You Lost Me, Christina Aguilera (choreo Derrick Delmore); FS: Dance of the Seven Veils
Mariah Bell - SP: Britney Spears mix, incl. Work, Bitch (choreo Adam Rippon)
Karen Chen - SP: You Say, Lauren Daigle; FS: Illumination
Ting Cui - SP: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; FS: Nocturnal Animals soundtrack, incl. Wayward Sisters, Table For Two
Gabrielle Daleman - SP: Jazz Man (choreo Lori Nichol); FS: It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
Gracie Gold - FS: She Used To Be Mine
Hanna Harrell - SP: Carmon’s Story, Tanguera (choreo Misha Ge); FS: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (choreo Misha Ge)
Loena Hendrickx - SP: It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
Wakaba Higuchi - SP: Bird Set Free, Sia; FS: Poeta
Marin Honda - SP: Seven Nation Army; FS: La La Land (choreo Lori Nichol)
Rika Kihira - SP: Breakfast in Baghdad (choreo Shae-Lynn Bourne); FS: O Virtus Sapientae
Yelim Kim KOR - SP: Black Swan; FS: Love Story
Stanislava Konstantinova - SP: February; FS: Moulin Rouge
Alena Kostornaia - SP: Twilight; FS: No One Ever Called Me That
Laurine Lecavelier - SP: November (choreo Massimo Scali); FS: Chopin medley (choreo Massimo Scali)
Alysa Liu - FS: New World Symphony (choreo Lori Nichol)
Evgenia Medvedeva - SP: Exogenesis; FS: Memoirs of a Geisha
Mai Mihara - SP: La Gitana (choreo David Wilson)
Satoko MIyahara - SP: Yalla, Table, & Percussion Solo, Egyptian Disco (choreo Benoit Richaud); FS: Schindler’s List (choreo Lori Nichol)
Alexia Paganini - SP: 16 Tons, Bei Mir Bist du Schön (choreo Misha Ge)
Kaori Sakamoto - SP: No Roots (choreo Shae-Lynn Bourne)
Anna Shcherbakova - SP: Perfume
Maria Sotskova - SP: To Build a Home (choreo Nikolai Morozov); FS: Fifty Shades of Grey
Alexandra Trusova - FS: Game of Thrones
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - SP: Drumming Song (choreo Shae-Lynn Bourne)
Elizabet Tursynbaeva - SP: Danse Macabre
Young You - FS: Evita
Alina Zagitova - FS: The Feeling Begins, Lawrence of Arabia, Ramses
PAIRS
Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy LeDuc - SP: A Storm Is Coming (choreo Misha Ge); FS: Experience, Moonlight (choreo Pasquale Camerlengo)
Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson - SP: Game of Thrones (choreo Benoit Richaud); FS: You Are The Reason (choreo Cindy Stuart)
Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise - FS: Pilgrims on a Long Journey, Saturn (choreo Massimo Scali)
Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier - FS: The Lion King (choreo Renee Roca)
Sarah Feng/TJ Nyman - SP: I Put a Spell on You (choreo Pasquale Camerlengo); FS: Adagio in G Minor (choreo Pasquale Camerlengo)
Tarah Kayne/Danny O’Shea - SP: Sweet Dreams (choreo Charlie White); FS: Les Miserables (choreo Pasquale Camerlengo)
Polina Kostiukovich/Dmitrii Ialin - SP: Smoke on the Water; FS: Sarabande
Audrey Lu/Misha Mitrofanov - SP: Skyfall; FS: Live for the One I Love
Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov - FS: The Master and Margarita
Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro - FS: Carry You (choreo Julie Marcotte)
Alexa Scimeca-Knierim/Chris Knierim - SP: At Last (choreo Benoit Richaud); FS: Drop of Fragrance, Experience (choreo Benoit Richaud)
Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang - SP: La Califfa (choreo Luca Lanotte); FS: Experience (choreo Luca Lanotte)
Natalia Zabiiako/Alexander Enbert - SP: The Fire Within
Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer - SP: Broken (choreo Silvia Fontana, John Zimmerman)
DANCE
Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko - RD: Too Darn Hot; FD: Farrucas, Malaguena
Sofia Evdokimova/Egor Bazin - FD: Schindler’s List
Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker - RD: Saturday Night Fever
Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue - RD: Let’s Be Bad; FD: A Star Is Born, incl. Shallow
Sara Hurtado/Kirill Khaliavin - RD: Hello Dolly; FD: Flamenco (choreo Antonio Najarro)
Chantelle Kerry/Andrew Dodds - RD: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto - RD: Dreamgirls, FD: Lord of the Dance
Betina Popova/Sergey Mozgov - RD: Cabaret; FD: Bohemian Rhapsody
Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov - RD: Singin’ In The Rain
Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz - RD: Grease
Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus - FD: It’s Not Unusual
Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin - RD: Moulin Rouge (choreo Ilia Averbukh)
Tiffani Zagorski/Jonathan Guerrero - RD: Chicago
Retirements
Larkyn Austman CAN
Javier Fernandez ESP
Brooklee Han AUS
Maxim Kovtun RUS
Alexander Majorov SWE
Kaetlyn Osmond CAN
Soyoun Park KOR
Joti Polizoakis GER
Kevin Reynolds CAN
Polina Tsurskaya RUS
Splits
Hanna Abrazhevich/Martin Bidar CZE
Laura Barquero/Aritz Maestu ESP
Winter Deardorff/Max Settlage USA - Settlage retired
Caroline Green/Gordon Green USA - Caroline teamed up with Michael Parsons
Eliana Gropman/Ian Somerville USA
Annika Hocke/Ruben Blommaert GER
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Nikita Nazarov RUS
Chelsea Liu/Ian Meyh USA
Carolina Moscheni/Andrea Fabbri ITA
Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons USA - Michael teamed up with Caroline Green
Deanna Stellato/Nate Bartholomay USA
Miu Suzaki/Ryuichi Kihara JPN
New Partnerships
Francis Boudreau-Audet/Nadine Wang CAN
Anna Duskova/Radek Jakubka CZE
Lubov Ilyushechkina/Charlie Bilodeau CAN
Chelsea Liu/Zhong Xie CHN
Elizaveta Zhuk/Martin Bidar CZE
Coaching changes
Camden Pulkinen - from Tom Zakrajsek to Tammy Gambill and Damon Allen
Shoma Uno - from Machiko Yamada and Mihoko Higuchi to ??
Other news
Alaine Chartrand - will skip 2019-2020 Grand Prix series
Hannah Miller - taking indefinite break from competition
Mirai Nagasu - will skip 2019-2020 Grand Prix series
Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani - will take 2019-2020 off
Ashley Wagner - will skip 2019-2020 Grand Prix series
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje - will skip 2019-2020 Grand Prix series