Gilles & Poirier Use Grand Prix Final Appearance as Motivation for Second Half of Season
By Maura Sullivan Hill | Photo by Robin Ritoss Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier returned to the Grand Prix Final this year for the first time since the 2014-15 season, propelled by their most successful Grand Prix campaign to date: a first-time Grand Prix victory at...
Getting to Know Helena Carhart & Volodymyr Horovyi
In their first season as a team, Helena Carhart & Volodymyr Horovyi won the silver medal at the 2020 U.S. Dance Final in November. The team trains in Florida with coaches Marina Zoueva, Ilya Tkatchenko, Alper Ucar, and Johnny Johns. How did you start skating and...
A look back at the first U.S. Dance Final
by Anne Calder “In the summer of 2017, [USFSA] President Sam Auxier established a Competitions Task Force with the goal of addressing a number of issues facing the current qualifying pipeline for singles, pairs and ice dance athletes.” (from the U.S. Figure Skating...
Skating Moms Series: Ashley Foy Tervoort
by Abril Ventura | Photos courtesy Ashley Foy Tervoort Ashley Foy Tervoort is a former competitive ice dancer who represented Germany with her partner Benjamin Blum from 2005 to 2008. She is currently a university lecturer in the Netherlands, where she lives with her...
Manta & Johnson’s New Chapter
by Gina Capellazzi Last fall, Karina Manta & Joe Johnson were preparing to make their senior ISU Grand Prix debut at Skate America in Everett, Washington. A few months after a memorable “Sweet Dreams” free dance at the 2019 U.S. Championships, which brought the...
Katherine Hill & Ben Agosto Talk Cirque du Soleil and AXEL
by Anne Calder Cirque du Soleil had a humble beginning in the early 1980s when a group of jugglers, dancers, and musicians began entertaining on the streets of their small village near Quebec City, Canada. Four decades later traveling troupes worldwide and permanent...
Getting to Know: Layla Karnes & Kenan Slevira
Layla Karnes & Kenan Slevira tried out on August 29th and by September 1st were forging ahead in a new skating partnership. Learn more about this new team in the following expanded edition of our New Team Series. How did you start skating and what drew you to ice...
Getting to Know: Arina Klinovitskaya & Jussiville Partanen
IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting during the 2019-20 competitive season. Finland's Arina Klinovitskaya & Jussiville Partanen are the next team we are featuring in this season’s series. Photos are courtesy of Arina Klinovitskaya...
Gilles and Poirier Kick Off Grand Prix Season at Skate Canada
By Maura Sullivan Hill | Photos by Robin Ritoss The Canadian duo took a new approach in the offseason and are eyeing a podium finish in Kelowna, as well as at the 2020 World Championships on home ice. They toured with Stars on Ice Canada for the first time in April...
Skating Moms Series: Galit Chait-Moracci
by Anne Calder Galit Chait-Moracci was a competitive ice dancer; she is currently a coach, technical specialist, wife and mom. She was born in Israel, but moved to New Jersey, USA at a young age. Her first ice-skating experience was a trip to the outdoor rink at...