Grand Prix de France 2026, the program's best Composition mark so far. Video on YouTube.
Elements
Grand Prix de France 2026, free dance · 8 elements · 59.95 technical points- 1DSp4Dance spin, level 46.00+1.537.53
- 2OFTW3+OFTM2One foot turns sequence5.72+1.567.28
- 3CuLi4+RoLi4Combination lift10.90+2.8813.78
- 4SyTwW4+SyTwM4Synchronized twizzles No. 3 of 30 this season6.84+2.189.02
- 5ChSt1Choreographic character step sequence1.10+2.133.23
- 6SlLi3Serpentine lift4.70+1.235.93
- 7SeStW2+SeStM3Serpentine step sequence7.83+2.2310.06
- 8ChLi1Choreographic lift No. 4 of 14 this season1.10+2.023.12
Points are the base value plus the GOE, the judges' mean grade of execution without the highest and lowest mark. Each square is one judge's grade, -5 to +5. ★ marks an execution among the season's five best of its kind, out of at least 10. ◆ marks an element at most three teams skate this season and worth at least the usual base value of its kind.
About the program
Carreira found this one. She sent Ponomarenko a trailer for the Royal Ballet's Manon, and he told U.S. Figure Skating he "just found it so cool and cinematic." Marie-France Dubreuil put the program together to "Élégie" and Leighton Lucas's Manon score, and the team also worked with Bolshoi Ballet Academy graduate Eva Airapetian.
At Grand Prix de France it scored 111.53, third, with an 8.68 composition mark. The straight-line lift lost a level, and Carreira said they need more speed.
Fans on r/FigureSkating called the Angers skate sloppy and pointed to a lift error. Some still liked it best of the top three, while others said it looks a lot like their recent free dances.
