#Andrew Poje

[resssistance]

#figure skating #daisuke takahashi #andrew poje #ice explosion 2023 #takahashi/poje fr #look how they work! and even difficult exit lol #it's time to end the f/m monopoly in pairs and ice dance #this ice show is really keeps on giving #just wanted to havre the blessed vid here for hard times haha

[dozydawn]

Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje Compulsory Dance “Paso Doble” 2008. Photographed by Koji Watanabe.

#height difference #ice dance #kaitlyn weaver #andrew poje #figure skating #paso doble

[flapper-dai]

UNHOLY || Ice Explosion 2023 (@ka2sh)

 Choreography : Kaitlyn Weaver   /    EP: @d1sk_t

⛸️: @yuraxmin @apoje @55satoko @juhopirinen @hiro1_0629    @sasha.kolosovskyi @adriennecarhart @kikinakanishi611 @ka2sh @okayukapee @d1sk_t @k.a.n.a.m.u.r.a @rimachangram 🎥: @massyscali @mick_brezina

#watch the full video! #ie2023 #ice explosion 2023 #fskateedit #daisuke takahashi #kaitlyn weaver #andrew poje #yura min #kana muramoto #adrienne carhart #yuka orihara #satoko miyahara #kiki nakanishi #marie ogawa #oleksandr kolosovskyi #juho pirinen #hirokazu kobayashi #unholy #edits #gif

[edgecallskating]

A little Throwback Thursday™ to the 2019 Four Continents ice dance podium. Everyone was surprised and delighted to be there and looks like they're accidentally celebrating Hubbell & Donohue's invalidated lift score. This is among my favourites from all the gifs I've ever made! It's also the first one that went really wide on T*itter and made me the fs gif-maker I am today. Thanks accidental podium cinema!

#figure skating #i love the ISU officials shimmying into frame #gilles & poirier #weaver & poje #podium cinema #chock and bates #piper gilles #paul poirier #kaitlin weaver #andrew poje #madison chock #evan bates #ice dance #throwback

[weapoprotectionprogram]

Love them forever

#andrew poje #kaitlyn weaver #weaver poje #weapo

[tallshipandstar]

Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE EX 2023 CTNSC

#who ever thought we'd see them skate in front of the canadian tire logo again #they still have my heart #sometimes i don't want to watch new videos because i know one day there won't be any more #so i have to save them #yes i am very dramatic #kaitlyn weaver #andrew poje

[lwaxanacrusher]

Stars on Ice 2022, “We’re Still Skating”

#those butts tho #could bounce a toonie off em #Kaitlyn and Paul butt bumping #queer icons #living for it #Kurt and Elvis bromance #canadian icons #stars on ice #elvis stojko #kurt browning #piper gilles #paul poirier #elladje baldè #kaitlyn weaver #andrew poje #weapo #canadian figure skating #bucket list

[thepermanentrainpress]

PREVIEW: STARS ON ICE AT ROGERS ARENA - MAY 19TH, 2022

You’ll recognize the names Kurt Browning and Elvis Stojko, icons for what they’ve accomplished on both the national and world stage during their careers in the sport. Tour director/choreographer Jeffrey Buttle and former national junior champion Elladj Baldé will certainly bring flair and character to the ice. Baldé has done extensive work to bring the sport into mainstream culture, while increasing accessibility in BIPOC communities and supporting self-expression beyond competition. His activism alone inspires. 

Ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje are slated to perform, in addition to two-time US champion Alissa Czisny and four-time Japanese champion Satoko Miyahara. Known for her elegance, grace and attention to detail in performances, Miyahara announced her retirement from competitive figure skating in March. She’ll be one to watch in her North American debut in Stars On Ice. Rounding out the cast is Kaetlyn Osmond, a formidable Canadian champion whose ‘Swan Lake/Black Swan’ program is still one of my all-time favourite free skates – you may remember it helping her win the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, and the World title a month later in Milan. 

Expect a jam-packed show with both individual and ensemble performances, costume changes, and great music. Across two acts, the skaters will perform to a melting pot of tracks including Noah Cyrus’ “Lonely,” The Rolling Stones’ “How Can I Stop” and Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” with a cast finale to an Elton John medley. I’m almost certain Messing and Baldé will show off their signature backflips, and there will be jumps, spins, lifts, and crossovers for days! 

Programs to watch for include Messing’s humbling free skate this season (to “Home”), Miyahara’s interpretation of Barbara Pravi’s “Voilà,” and any of the cast medleys that start and finish the acts. It’s chemistry and genuine happiness to be skating that can’t be feigned. 

Stars On Ice has captured fans around the world for over thirty years, highlighting some of the sport’s brightest talent in an interactive experience. Tapping into the athletes’ showmanship and athleticism, the night will prove that different (but equally rich) backgrounds can come together and create magic.

For further information, visit their official website and purchase your tickets through Ticketmaster. The tour offers discounts for groups over ten, so it’s the perfect opportunity for an outing with friends or family!

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Photo credit to: James Bennett (cover) and Jason Thompson (bottom)

#Stars on Ice #Vancouver #yvr #Rogers Arena #preview #SOI #Stars on Ice 2022 #Stars On Ice Canada #Keegan Messing #figure skating #sports #Piper Gilles #Paul Poirier #Kristen Moore-Towers #Michael Marinaro #Kaetlyn Osmond #Satoko Miyahara #Alissa Czisny #Andrew Poje #Kaitlyn Weaver #Elladj Baldé #Skate Canada #Kurt Browning #Jeffrey Buttle #Elvis Stojko #skating #SOI Canada

[myobt]

Grace on Ice

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#Andrew Poje #figure skating #ice dancing #ice skating #Kaitlyn Weaver #LGBTQ+ #Open Ice Collective #Postaday #Weapo

[resssistance]

thank you @an-odd-idea 🙏

#unmute! #figure skating #daisuke takahashi #andrew poje #a simple but truly genius thought 😆😆 thanks again #is it just me or do they even hit other beats too lmao #i was considering making the flute meme variation #a new post bc you can't add a video in the reblog >__<

[dozydawn]

Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje Exhibition, 2010. Photographed by Jung Yeon-Je.

#lifts #ice dance #kaitlyn weaver #andrew poje #figure skating #jung yeon je

[flapper-dai]

The future~Cyberpunk || Ice Explosion 2023 Choreography : Kenji Miyamoto EP : Daisuke Takahashi ⛸ : Daisuke Takahashi, Jason Brown, Michal Brezina, Oleksandr Kolosovskyi, Andrew Poje, Juho Pirinen, Sena Miyake, Masaya Morita, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Kohei Yoshino

#ice explosion 2023 #the future #daisuke takahashi #fskateedit #jason brown #michal brezina #oleksandr kolosovskyi #andrew poje #juho pirinen #sena miyake #masaya morita #hirokazu kobayashi #kohei yoshino #ie2023 #edits #gif

[merionettes]

rubicon program references

due to the slow death of twitter i'm collecting my program links here. (almost) none of the rubicon skates are meant to be identical to real life programs, but some of the inspiration is pretty one-to-one… and some is a little less direct.

if you find yourself region blocked, try a free vpn - i recommend the veepn browser extension (firefox | chrome) or proton. 

if you only have so much time, i've starred the most important ones. if you want more… i have so many more.

chapter one

**tessa virtue/scott moir - mahler no. 5 (olympics 2010)

chapter two

tessa virtue/scott moir - carmen (worlds 2013)

kaitlyn weaver/andrew poje - the way you make me feel (canadian nationals 2017) | bonus worlds finish

chapter three

nadia bashynska/peter beaumont - romeo & juliet (gp espoo 2023)

maia shibutani/alex shibutani - smile (4cc 2011)

**michelle kwan - tosca (us nationals 2004) | music

chapter four

**meryl davis/charlie white - scheherazade (olympics 2014)

shizuka arakawa - turandot (olympics 2006)

**alexei yagudin - winter (olympics 2002)

chapter five

daisuke takahashi - blues for klook (worlds 2013)

mirai nagasu - pirates of the caribbean (olympics 2010)

chapter six

miki ando - the mission (4cc 2011)

meryl davis/charlie white - my fair lady (olympics 2014)

chapter seven

katarina witt - where have all the flowers gone (olympics 1994)

chapter eight

mao asada - bells of moscow (olympics 2010)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (internationaux de france 2019)

chapter nine & ten

mao asada - rachmaninov no. 2 (olympics 2014)

kazuki tomono - one more time (rostelecom cup 2018 gala)

tessa virtue/scott moir - what's love got to do with it (niagara ice show 2016)

yuna kim - les misérables (all that skate 2013)

ensemble - uptown funk (ice fantasia 2019)

chapter eleven

madison chock/evan bates - touch/contact (olympics 2022 team event)

chapter twelve

yuzuru hanyu - romeo and juliet (worlds 2012)

chapter thirteen

tatsuki machida - east of eden (worlds 2014)

johnny weir - the swan (olympics 2006)

kaitlin hawayek/jean-luc baker - feeling good (us nationals 2017)

tessa virtue/scott moir - prince medley (worlds 2017)

chapter fourteen

**jeremy abbott - lilies of the valley (olympics 2014)

nathan chen - le corsaire (us nationals 2017)

chapter fifteen

yuzuru hanyu - heaven and earth (olympics 2022)

denis ten - the artist (worlds 2013)

chapter sixteen & seventeen

ashley wagner - moulin rouge (us nationals 2015)

chapter eighteen

kaori sakamoto - elastic heart (worlds 2023)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (japan nationals 2019)

**adam rippon - arrival of the birds (olympics 2018)

chapter nineteen

michelle kwan - fields of gold (olympics 2002)

**tessa virtue/scott moir - moulin rouge (olympics 2018)

epilogue

tessa virtue/scott moir - long time running (olympics 2018 gala)

bonus 

the rippon lutz (quad edition)

stationary lift BASE?

f/f ice dance feat. madison hubbell and gabrielle papadakis

best of kpop in figure skating

fs dynamics 101

#rubicon #my fic #maybe i will streamline the formatting later

[weapoprotectionprogram]

Wedding WeaPo

Absolutely love wedding WeaPo

#kaitlyn weaver #andrew poje #weapo

[virtchandmoir]

Scott Moir, Kaitlyn Weaver advocates of gender-expansive ice dance and pairs figure skating teams

January 11, 2023

Canadian ice dancer Kaitlyn Weaver says, as an LGBTQ2S+ person, her sport has never fully reflected her lived experience.

Skate Canada has rewritten its policy that specifies ice dance and pairs team must comprise a man and a woman, a rule change that has Weaver and two-time Olympic ice dance champion Scott Moir as its biggest advocates — and could revolutionize the stuffy figure skating world.

Canada, which is the first country in the world to make such a move, plans to push for an international rule change at the next ISU congress in 2024.

"There's so many different ways that it can impact young people," Weaver said. "But as an ice dancer, and especially as a queer person growing up that didn't know she was queer, seeing different stories represented and different partnering, different types of identities on the ice, would have been very liberating for me."

As of next season, pairs and ice dance skaters — up to the Canadian championships, but not beyond — need only be two skaters.

"This is meant to be gender inclusive, so it doesn't matter how you identify yourself, if you're a skater, you're welcome," said Skate Canada president Karen Butcher.

"We'd like to be leaders in the sport no matter what, and we believe that this change is the right thing for more skaters in Canada, and by extension around the world to be able to enjoy skating and have more opportunities," she added. "Why not examine it and see what changes can be made?

"If we're not constantly looking at how do we make our sport better, we're going to die."

Weaver, a two-time Olympian with partner Andrew Poje, said Canada's rule change has been the "talk of the figure skating world," and she was pleasantly surprised to see Russian Maxim Grinkov, who won Olympic pairs gold in 2014 with Tatiana Volosozhar, support the move.

"Max said, 'Why not? A skater is a skater, and if you can do the elements, then who's to say that it's any different?' and I think that, coming out of Russia, that's a big statement," Weaver said.

Moir and partner Tessa Virtue became the most decorated ice dancers in history when they won Olympic gold in 2018. The 35-year-old Moir now coaches the Ice Academy of Montreal's satellite program in London, Ont., and said, because there are far more female skaters than male, removing the gender stipulation could have a huge impact on keeping girls and women in the sport.

"Seeing so many women that want to ice dance, and not having the opportunity because that partner doesn't come along or what have you," Moir said.

He added that he and Virtue had a true 50/50 partnership on the ice, where the strength of their elements came from the two of them equally.

"We have a really unique opportunity in skating where you have the balance of grace and athleticism, where the body type or the body build, the pure science of what the traditionalists would call an advantage, I don't really see that," Moir said. "I see the fact that we have an opportunity to tell a new story and to have a new look.

"And what is the advantage? If traditionalists think that two women can't do lifts, I'm eager to prove them wrong. Or two men together can't be graceful in this era, I'm eager to prove them wrong. Because I don't believe that. I see an even playing field and a fantastic opportunity to get more people involved in figure skating. And that's always something I'm passionate about."

Moir believes that with the advancement in women's sport, and specifically skating, that the best skaters in the world right now are female. Women are reeling off triple axels. Kamila Valieva of Russia became the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics last year, at age 15.

"That female-female team is going to be hard to compete against," Moir said. "I just keep going back to: I'm happy I didn't have to compete against a Tessa Virtue and Tessa Virtue team."

Moir realizes there could be a backlash against the policy change, and hopes that skaters don't pay a price or face bullying.

News that artistic (formerly synchronized) swimming would now permit two male swimmers per team in the team event caused an uproar recently.

"I think it's ridiculous. It's small-minded, right?" he said. "In this next generation, hopefully we're starting to let people identify how they want to people. That's all it has to be. And whatever your background is, or however you identify, you should be able to participate in sport and that get the lessons that (sport) offers."

While the teams at this week's Canadian championships in Oshawa, Ont., will see only traditional male/female duos, both Moir and Weaver hope to see the rule change, which received a unanimous vote from Skate Canada's board of directors, reflected in next year's fields.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with the stories we're telling, (but) I think there's room for so much more," said Weaver, a three-time world senior medallist. "My queerness has a big part in why I felt especially motivated to help push this forward. We don't see young people in our sport that are not heteronormative … and I think that that's a problem.

"Canadians belong on the ice. And if there's a group of people that don't feel like that, it's our job to make sure that becomes a reality. And a visual reality. Kids can't be what they can't see. And if we can make space for everyone, I think that our sport and our country will be much richer for it."

Weaver has worked with American pair team Anna Kellar, a nonbinary trans athlete, and Erica Rand, who hoped to compete at the American national championships, but U.S. rules still stipulate a team must comprise a male and female.

Canada was also one of the world's first countries to drop the term "ladies" in figure skating, switching to "women's singles" over a decade ago. The ISU only recently dropped the relic. Women were called "women" at the Olympics for the first time in 2022.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 11, 2023.

—CTV News

#scott #off ice #interview: ctv news #canada will be on the right side of #history #the question is how long before others catch up

[tutuandscoot]

Day 7: Group Exhibition/Tour No.

(I will be cheating for this prompt and selecting two, because only one of them is each program).

Part 1: ‘Waiting For My Real Life To Begin’ - SOI 2012 x

Something that is a common factor in both this performance and the one I am analysing for T, is how much you are drawn to them on the basis of the way they use their eyes, and how convey emotion that is truly palpable to the audience, AND that they draw you too them no matter who/how many others they skating with.

In this performance there a 4 guys- Scott, Andrew Poje, Jeremy Abbott (from the US) and Jeff Buttle who also choreographed it, and who I would say along with Scott, are the two most compelling performers in this- the ones you are drawn too for their emotion and movement (but I would say Jeff doesn’t have the posture that Scott does).

Now, it is one thing watching on a screen through edited camera shots, and watching live- obviously it is easier to read emotions the closer you are, but this only further backs up the point, where you see close up shots of Scott (and Jeff) and the others, who is emoting and who understands there are people sitting very far away and at odd angles- you have to perform to the back of the arena and to every person.. (btw I have not counted.. but there are a significant number of close ups of scott- I don’t think there is as many of the others, and the ones of scott are truly beautiful..)

So this program (pretty obviously) is about 4 young men individually pondering about their lives, each contemplating different things, but are all essentially mirrors of each other. The lights I feels symbolise their inner.. thoughts/demons/hopes and dreams making themselves known to them and they having to confront them.. the song is more optimistic then that so I don’t mean to say it’s is all sad and deep.. but they the idea is these men contemplating their lives- they are in adulthood and are wondering where they want their lives to go.

It is no secret Scott is one of the most incredible actors ever on ice (and together with T.. some of the most believable actors ever considering what they had the world convinced of) and I think it’s beautiful here to see him on his ‘own’ (not partnering T), that he can be so expressive and vulnerable without his soulmate to share that with - although no doubt he enjoys it so much more with her.

He by far more then any of the others in this dance, expresses an array of emotions so honestly and vulnerably. I love how he looks right into the light, like he lets it wash over him. He’s not being over-expressive, it’s as if he is really confronting the emotions the dance is about feeling- he is such a feeler and you so often feel that so honesty when he performs.

Here too the emotions in his eyes, his mouth, his body.

Scott has the first solo in this piece (both he and Jeff have solos). This would be so strange for both him and Tessa to dance alone.. that he has such command of the space, reaching out with his performance but feeling every internal emotion- that’s really how I would describe TS in general; the emotions and feelings they experience are very internal and intimate between them but they share those feelings through their movement & performance for the whole audience.

(All this movement below is much more beautiful to watch with the music so please go watch it after reading this). He doesn’t try to move like anyone else, he just moves the way he feels- as T says he has such an innate sense of musicality- he lets that and his emotions guide the way he moves and that’s beautiful:

This (below) is maybe my favourite moment (specifically as a close up shot) in the whole thing: they all skate seemingly in a circle then move into pairs and begin partnering.

(Getting slightly off topic here for a moment) There’s those I’ll-informed, ignorant people out there who think they (TS, some skaters in general but TS in this conversation) are fully aware of where the cameras and play to them on purpose, deliberate create a fake narrative, do things specifically for the cameras for superficial purposes (eg the hug™️) which is not only wrong but one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever heard, and I feel the same dumb argument has been made for when they skate-they know the cameras are on them specifically- that would be the last thing TS are worried about- not to mention in a case like this where it is not a live broadcast, there are multiple camera angles and editors will go in later and choose the shots for the master broadcast.. all this is to say.. he is not ‘putting on faces/emotion’ for the cameras. That ignorant thinking is a slap in the face to his profession the incredible, dedicated, once in a generation talent that Scott (and Tessa, and many skaters who work hard and love their craft) is. He is performing for himself, the men he is skating with, and for every person in that audience. He is beautiful and his artistry it to be admired:

His face here is incredible, is too his posture, hands etc.. (I love it so much I’ve gifed it twice!)

He doesn’t have ‘dead eyes’ when he skates.. this may be more commonly known as ‘deer in head lights’ but what I mean by the dead eyes bit is there is life, thoughts, emotions behind them that isn’t being suppressed by the stage lights, crowd, nerves or just lack of performance.. it’s not the same as ‘deer in head lights where you just looked stunned, Scott uses his eyes to connect with his surroundings- when it’s with Tessa its communicating with her through his eyes. I don’t want to call it out through gif form but if you go watch this video there’s a moment in the video of one of the other guys where this difference (between Scott and them) is quite clear- the difference with the life in their eyes.

I adore how as he gets closer to partnering his eyes get more intense- it’s as if he’s facing off with himself.. that’s the best way I can explain it but it’s just that moment not only with his eyes but his breath and posture and energy, I LOVE how he uses his breathe when he dances, like it’s actually part of his movement and emotion. It’s all so stunning and very emotional and I just love watching him so much. His performance is no less captivating just because he isn’t with Tessa here which goes to show he in himself is so talented and loves what he does so much but together they have something that truly sets their hearts on fire and it’s why they only ever ice danced with each other.

And finally this close up moment here:

🥺😣😭😔.. there’s moments when TS dance, they way they emote they use their whole bodies, their whole faces, their whole beings. They emote very similarly in this way. There’s moments through close up images sometimes where it looks like they are crying, or screaming- usually with their foreheads pressed to each other- and most of the time in those moments that’s not actually what they are doing, but they emoting so much and feeling each other so much, almost yearning for each other even though they are right there as close as they could possibly be. I feel that in this moment here even though he is on his own. The yearning, the way he looks up to light, feels the emotions with his whole body, it’s so beautiful.

I’ve always wanted to pour all my love out for this beautiful performance he gives (and to Jeff as well it is a stunning piece overall). I don’t think I’ve done it complete justice here with this analysis so please go watch it over and over and feel all the emotion and cry into a pillow about this beautiful vulnerable artist doing what he loves and was born to do.

#april prompt challenge #day 7 #exhibition group no. #part 1