by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Melanie Hoyt Summer training at the Vancouver Ice Dance Academy provides Canadians Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams a welcome chance for exploration in their off-ice dance work, which during the season focuses intensively on…
by Jennifer Wester Jennifer Wester is a former competitive ice dancer who competed at international events representing the United States. She is a student at Yale University and the Skating Class Director at Newington Arena in Newington, CT. One of…
by Melanie Hoyt | Photos by Robin Ritoss Yura Min & Timothy Koleto joked about forming a dance partnership for a couple of years before they actually teamed up. Koleto wasn’t even an ice dancer when the joke started in…
Saitama, JapanMarch 24-30, 2014 Protocols: FINAL RESULTS: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 175.43 1 4 2 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 175.41 2 3 3 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT…
The event announcement for the 2014 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships has been released and is now available at LakePlacidSkating.com. The event will be held at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY from July 30 – August 2 and…
by Lynn Kriengkrairut & Logan Giulietti-Schmitt It is impossible to capture the stories, experiences, and lessons that we’ve encountered through skating in just a few words or paragraphs. However, we can say that we couldn’t have asked for a better…
by Daphne Backman | Photos by Robin Ritoss & Andriana Andreeva In just three seasons as a team, Russia’s Anna Yanovskaya & Sergey Mozgov have excelled as juniors on the world stage. In the incredibly deep field of Russian juniors,…
by Melanie Hoyt | Photos by Robin Ritoss After four consecutive years of one-two finishes at the World Championships by Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (world titles in ’10 and ’12) and Meryl Davis & Charlie White (world titles in…
by Melanie Hoyt | Photos by Robin Ritoss With the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships underway in Saitama, Japan, 33 dance teams from 24 countries wait to begin their final competition of the Olympic season. This year, the top two…