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…
by Anne Calder Today we introduce five more ice dancers in our Focus on Solo Dance series. These athletes are all alumni of the National Solo Dance Series. Karina Manta is a former Solo Dance Series (SDS) gold medalist, US…
by Anne Calder Today we introduce three young ice dancers who competed at the 2019 Solo Dance Final in Provo, Utah. Two also skated at the 2019 inaugural USFS Ice Dance Final with their partners. In June, two formed a…