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by Anne Calder | Photos Courtesy Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka Sylwia Nowak-Trebecka is an ice dancing coach and a technical specialist from Poland. The former competitor and her partner, Sebastian Kolasinski were the 1994 World Junior Champions. The duo retired in 2003 after...

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Douglas Webster created Ice Dance International in 2014 and is the Executive Artistic Director. IDI showcases and promotes ice dancing as an internationally recognized performing art untethered by the technical rules of...

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Caroline Green & Michael Parsons are a new USA ice dance team who skated previously with their siblings, Gordon Green and Rachel Parsons. They train in Rockville MD with the Wheaton Ice Dance Skating Academy (WISA), where...

by Anne Calder | Photos courtesy Melissa Gregory The third “Skating Mom” in our series is Melissa Gregory, 1998 U.S. Junior Champion (James Shuford), six-time U.S. National Senior medalist, 2005 Four Continents silver medalist, four-time World and 2006 Olympic...

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman & Jordan Cowan Molly Cesanek and Yehor Yehorov are junior ice dancers who represent the USA. The team sat down with IDC in Lake Placid, NY at the Ice Dance International and shared their skating journey. Molly Cesanek’s...

IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting in the 2019-20 competitive season. France's Emily Bratti & Mathieu Couyras are the next team we are featuring in this season’s series.  On ice photo by Daphne Backman; Off-ice photo by Jordan...

by Daphne Backman | Photos courtesy of Hugo Chouinard Pierre-Hugues “Hugo” Chouinard is the man behind the musical arrangements of many of the world’s top competitors. He also prepares music for Skate Canada’s national and international events, as well as the Thank...

by Anne Calder | Photos courtesy of Alexandra Zaretsky The second “Skating Mom” in our series is Alexandra “Sasha” Zaretsky, an Israeli ice dancer, coach and single mom to “two rambunctious and fun-loving boys”. Sasha Zaretsky and her brother Roman were three-time...

IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting in the 2019-20 competitive season. Hilary Asher & Kyle Pearson of the U.S. are the next team we are featuring in this season’s series.  Off-ice photo by Melanie Heaney. Tell us about your...