New season, new music, new stories. 

The 2026-2027 season is officially underway, and Team Canada is bringing plenty of fresh energy to the ice. From playful characters to unexpected music choices, this season’s lineup has a little bit of everything.  

Wondering what your favourite skaters will be performing to this season? Here’s your guide to programs you’ll want to keep an eye out for.  

Pairs 

Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud 
Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud are showing off two different sides of their skating this season. 

The World bronze medallists will turn up the energy in their short program with Sérgio Mendes’ “Baianá” and “Magalenha,” bringing a Latin-inspired feel to the ice. Their free skate takes a more graceful and atmospheric direction with music from Forgotten Odes by Eternal Eclipse. 

The programs were choreographed by former ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Adrián Díaz, with the team drawing inspiration from the strengths of their Olympic-season programs while exploring something new. 

“We’ve skated to powerful music that has such a well-known storyline, so this year we wanted to take the strengths from our Gladiator program and, from the short program, take the more graceful side of skating.” 

Short program: “Baianá” and “Magalenha” – Sérgio Mendes
Free program: Forgotten Odes – Eternal Eclipse 

Ava Kemp & Yohnatan Elizarov 
Junior World Champions Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov are taking fans on a musical journey this season, which will be their first competing at the senior level. Their short program pairs Birdy’s emotional “Not About Angels” with Karl Hugo’s “Indelible Impression,” before shifting gears for their free skate with one of classical music’s most recognizable pieces: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune.” 

Short program: “Not About Angels” – Birdy / “Indelible Impression” – Karl Hugo
Free program: “Clair de Lune” – Claude Debussy 

Jazmine Desrochers & Kieran Thrasher 
If you loved Jazmine Desrochers and Kieran Thrasher’s Black Eyed Peas short program last season, you’re in luck: it’s back for another run. 

The World Junior silver medllists will once again skate to “Meet Me Halfway” and “Boom Boom Pow,” bringing the energy back to the ice. Their free skate takes a more cinematic turn, featuring “A Grand Finish,” “Overture” and “I Am Venus.” In their free skate, they portray Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Basset, the main characters from season one of the TV show, Bridgerton.  

Short program: “Meet Me Halfway” and “Boom Boom Pow” – Black Eyed Peas
Free program: “A Grand Finish,” “Overture” and “I Am Venus” 

Ice Dance 

Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac 
Get ready to laugh. 

Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac are putting their own comedic spin on the rhythm dance this season with a unique premise: Mr. Bean goes to dance class. Marie-Jade takes on the role of the teacher, while Romain channels the iconic character as he attempts to master the cha-cha, waltz, and swing.  

“We hope for no falling, but a lot of laughing,” Romain joked. 

Their free dance takes fans in a completely different direction, with a selection of music by Daft Punk. The song choices are already proving to be a winning combination, with Marie-Jade and Romain taking home the silver medal from Nebelhorn Trophy, their first event of the season. 

 

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Rhythm dance: “The Dancing Cat” – Henry Mancini / “Voices of Spring, Op. 410” – Johann Strauss II / “Glitz at the Ritz” – Jules Gaia
Free dance: “Horizon Ouverture,” “Prime (2012 Unfinished)” and “Horizon (Japan CD)” – Daft Punk 

Layla Veillon & Alexander Brandys 
Layla Veillon and Alexander Brandys are turning to two iconic bands for their first season competing at the senior level.   

Their rhythm dance brings Queen to the ice with “Innuendo” and “The Millionaire Waltz,” while their free dance transports fans into the world of TRON: Legacy with a Daft Punk medley. 

 

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Rhythm dance: “Innuendo” and “The Millionaire Waltz” – Queen
Free dance: TRON: Legacy medley – Daft Punk 

Women 

Madeline Schizas 
Madeline Schizas is embracing her jazzy side this season with a short program featuring “Why Don’t You Do Right” by Sinéad O’Connor and “Sing, Sing, Sing.” 

And there’s a fun piece of history behind the program: Madeline first skated to the music when she was just seven years old. “When I say it was my first program, I really mean it…I was quite literally seven.” 

The season also marks a creative collaboration between Madeline and fellow Canadian Olympian Piper Gilles, who contributed to her choreography.   

“She brought a lot of fun ideas to the creative process, and we were able to create something I think is really special,” Schizas said. 

Short program: “Why Don’t You Do Right” – Sinéad O’Connor / “Sing, Sing, Sing” 
Free program: “Hymne a l’amour” and “La Foule” 

Gabrielle Daleman 
Some programs are worth bringing back. 

Gabrielle Daleman is returning to the ice with her fan-favourite “Roxanne” short program, while unveiling a new free skate to Gods of Egypt. The combination gives fans a familiar favourite to look forward to, alongside a new program that brings together the power and drama that have become hallmarks of Gabrielle’s skating.  

Short program: “Roxanne”
Free program: Gods of Egypt 

Men 

Stephen Gogolev 
Stephen Gogolev is showing two very different sides of his personality this season.  

Working once again with choreographer Benoît Richaud, the Canadian men’s champion brings a fun and playful energy to his short program set to Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy.”  

Then, for his free skate, he shifts gears completed with the drama and emotion of Moulin Rouge. “I wanted this season for Stephen to work on a character, and create a story, a little bit like a movie in a way, and I wanted this year to really develop his personality,” said Richaud.

 

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Short program: “Smalltown Boy” – Bronski Beat
Free program: Moulin Rouge 

Wesley Chiu 
For Wesley Chiu, this season’s programs are about moving forward. 

With a new coaching team at Toronto Cricket Skating and two programs that reflect his journey, Wesley is using music to tell the story of a fresh start. 

His short program, choreographed by Joey Russell and set to Ástor Piazzolla’s “Adiós Nonino,” reflects his journey back from an ankle injury that sidelined him from competition for over a year. “It’s a farewell to my past and moving forward.” 

That theme continues in his free program to Jon Batiste’s “Butterfly,” a piece describes as “symbolic of starting a new life and flying free.” 

Short program: “Adiós Nonino” – Ástor Piazzolla
Free program: “Butterfly” – Jon Batiste 

From playful characters to iconic music choices, there’s no shortage of personality in Team Canada’s programs this season. And as the 2026-2027 season unfolds, these programs will continue to evolve — revealing new details, new moments and new sides of the athletes skating them. 

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