Photo by David J ,Murray After its six-week national tour was cut short by COVID-19 shutdowns earlier this year, Maine-based Ice Dance International (IDI) returns with an hour-long online event, Touching the Human Spirit, featuring appearances by legendary dance and…
This week, we checked in with the new team of Lorraine McNamara & Anton Spiridonov who will make their Grand Prix debut at Skate America this week. Tell us about your individual skating journeys? LM: I began skating just before…
By Matteo Morelli | Photos by Carolina Moscheni & Francesco Fioretti Italy’s Carolina Moscheni and Francesco Fioretti tell us about their newly formed partnership, how COVID made it start in a bit of an unusual way, and what they want…
Photo by Harumi Akabane France’s Natasha Lagouge & Arnaud Caffa are the first team in our New Team Series! Tell us about your individual skating journeys? NL: I did my first steps on the ice at four years old in…
by Matteo Morelli The Ice Academy of Montreal (I.AM) is launching I.AM LIVE, a special global live-stream broadcast event produced by Markey Int’l Arts. The 19 ice dance couples that are trained by Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer,…
by Anne Calder | Photo by John Higgins The final chapter in the IDC Series: A Perspective on Solo Dance reviews the 2020 season, and how the coaches and athletes coped with all its ups and downs. It also delves…
by Anne Calder The second article in the Coaches’ Perspectives section of the IDC Solo Dance Series continues to highlight coaches, who have developed programs that promote the discipline. Katrina (Reyes) Shalin has been involved in figure skating since 1998.…
by Anne Calder Great Britain has a rich tradition in Solo Dance. Phillipa (Pippa) Towler-Green briefly outlined the British Solo Dance system. “There are around eight solo dance qualifying events that make up the solo dance series each season. The…