Final season, Ambre Perrier Gianesini & Samuel Blanc Klaperman broke by on the junior stage ending fifth at each Junior Grand Prix occasions, successful the French junior title and the gold medal on the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Video games. Lately, they spoke to IDC about their carriers and targets for this season.
Inform us about your particular person skating journeys, together with any early particular recollections.
Ambre Perrier Ganesini (AG): I used to do ice dance in membership for 8 years now. I start in my residence city within the mountains. In my household, we’re all skaters or hockey gamers so i’ve discovered actually quick. I remembered simply after i get inscription to the membership, my dad used to take me actually usually to public periods within the ice rink and this was making me so blissful to skate and being with him. I’ll always remember this.
Samuel Blanc Klaperman (SK): I’ve all the time educated in Lyon, the place I had just a few companions earlier than discovering Ambre. That’s the place our journey started.
What drew you to ice dance?
AG: All my household is skater or hockey gamers, so i’ve discovered learn how to skate since my youthful age. I used to be not drawn to do it on membership and at some point, one among my finest buddy in class was going to classes on the ice rink and he or she took me along with her. Since today, I by no means stopped placing my skates.
SK: Once I was youthful, my neighbors have been skaters and seeing them impressed me to pursue it.
Inform us how your partnership began. Describe the tryout.
SK: Our partnership started fairly shortly. On the time, Ambre was coaching with Isabel Delobel, and I used to be with Olivier Schoenfelder. We have been each in search of a accomplice, so when our coaches, who clearly know one another effectively, organized a gathering. After simply three days of attempting out, we determined to proceed collectively, and Ambre moved to Lyon. All of it occurred very merely.
AG: I do not forget that we have been joking quite a bit and actually acquired the identical skating talent. I additionally keep in mind humorous factor, it was Sam who will get lengthy hair when i got here to strive with him.
What’s it that you simply already like most about dancing together with your accomplice?
AG: What i like probably the most is that Sam is a very hardworking individual, with a very humorous persona, he all the time making me chortle.
SK: I feel Ambre could be very expressive, and it’s particulars like these that make us complement one another effectively.
Inform us about your coaching website and coaches.
SK: We prepare on the Charlemagne Ice Rink in Lyon. The rink is positioned within the metropolis heart however located in a quiet space, which makes our day by day routine extra nice. We’re lucky to work on ice with Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Emi Hirai, Olivier Schoenfelder, and Marien de la Asuncion. Along with our ice coaching, we now have weekly ballet, sports activities dance, and bodily conditioning lessons. It’s pointless to reward their technical abilities and training skills, however what’s actually exceptional is the staff spirit and the great ambiance amongst everybody, like a giant household.
What has been your favourite skating reminiscence as a staff?
AG: My favourite reminiscence was when Sam, Marien and me In Korea tried a very good restaurant after successful the gold medal. It was a very good restaurant however with fish, and we have been laughing quite a bit about me struggling reducing octopus.
SK: I feel each competitors is a particular second, because the ambiance is all the time distinctive, leaving us with great recollections every time.
You gained gold on the Youth Olympics. Inform us about your expertise on the competitors and what it meant to you to take part in and win this occasion.
AG: It was a very enriching expertise. I beloved it quite a bit and I used to be capable of meet lots of people aside from ice dancing, which I additionally actually loved. Collaborating within the Youth Olympics was our aim for this 12 months. We have been actually very blissful to be chosen for this occasion and much more so to have the ability to proudly signify our nation. Collaborating within the Olympic Video games was additionally very disturbing as a result of in France there are by no means so many individuals within the arenas. Finally once we get on the ice, we realized that it solely offers us help and we really feel even higher. Successful the YOG for us is a logo of labor and benefit as a result of all through this 12 months we now have labored as exhausting as doable to get right here and that is solely the reward of exhausting work.
SK: Collaborating within the Youth Olympic Video games and representing our nation was an incredible honor for us. This competitors has turn into one among my most cherished skating recollections, primarily due to the distinctive and indescribable ambiance of the Video games. Successful gold was an unforgettable second, a real sense of delight and accomplishment for each of us.
Inform us about your applications for this season.
SK: This season, Olivier choreographed our rhythm dance. We selected to attract inspiration from the Seventies whereas avoiding an excessive amount of disco affect. The theme of this system focuses on a person placing on a present to impress a lady. For our free dance, Marien choreographed it. The story is a little more complicated. The primary a part of the dance illustrates romantic recollections, whereas the second half depicts a gift second of a pair strolling by the capital of affection. For the music, we now work with Hugo Chouinard and Karl Hugo, who do an distinctive job in making our applications extra harmonious.
Final season the RD theme was from the Eighties and this 12 months it’s 50s, 60s, and 70s. Have been you acquainted with this music? What has it been prefer to skate and relate to music that’s from so way back?
AG: These are musical kinds that we actually get pleasure from. Final season we labored on the 80s model and eventually this 12 months we’re dancing to the 70s so we’re staying virtually in the identical register. We will additionally say thanks to our mother and father who educated us with this model of music and never solely with music from our generations. So most of it, I already knew from my mother and pop.
In case you might have a lesson with any ice dancer previous/current, who would it not be? Why?
AG: if i might have a lesson with one of many biggest skaters, i feel it will be with Tessa Advantage and Scott Moire who, for me are the best examples to have, and likewise they appear so good and humorous.
SK: I’m enormously impressed by Olivier, whom I’ve the prospect to work with daily. Nevertheless, if I had to decide on another person, it will most likely be Scott Moir or Guillaume Cizeron. I love Scott for his dancing model and Guillaume for his distinctive skating method.
What’s every of you trying ahead to most this skating season? What shall be your greatest problem(s)? What are your targets?
SK: It might sound traditional, however I feel our greatest problem this season shall be to keep away from making errors throughout competitions. Our targets are a number of, however on this first a part of the season, one among our most important targets is to qualify for the Grand Prix Ultimate.
What’s your first competitors this season?
AG: Our first competitors this 12 months is the JGP in Ankara, Turkey.
Please share something you want to our readers to find out about you as a staff.
AG: We attempt to convey feelings, our ambition is to attempt to get nearer to what seniors do by way of interpretation, but in addition, we’re actually tremendous humorous.
SK: We will’t wait to indicate you our applications.