by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Melanie Hoyt Canadian national bronze medalists Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier, who last season competed only within Canada due to Gilles’s pending release from the USFSA, are now preparing to embark upon their first…
Short Dance Group A Anna Bolshem & Ronald Zilberberg (ISR) – “Minnie the Moocher” (black & neon green dress w/black gloves / neon green shirt and black pants) Smooth Blues pattern dance, but slight break in leg lines. She was…
In the last week, the ISU has released three communications that include ice dancing: ISU Communication #1742 – Decisions of the ISU Council (6/27/20120) ISU Communication #1739 – Ice Dance Scale of Values as of July 2012 (6/22/2012) ISU Communication…
by Jacquelyn Thayer After an unusually challenging season troubled by injury, Alexandra Paul & Mitchell Islam knew a “shake-up,” in Islam’s words, was in order. The change came in the form of a summer-long relocation to the bustling Detroit Skating…
by Andrea Gropman / Photos by Barry Gropman Although the air outside was hot, there was plenty of coolness inside the Gardens Ice House in Laurel, MD, as the USFSA Ice Dance camp returned June 22-24, 2012. Ice dance teams…
by Jacquelyn Thayer The ISU’s 54th Ordinary Congress convened in Kuala Lumpur from June 11-15, deciding upon new proposals and rule changes for next season and those immediately following. Shortly after the Congress’ conclusion, the ISU issued a press release…
Laurel, MDJune 21-23, 2012 Placements are correct, but scores will be verified once posted on official site. SENIOR: Short Dance: Pl. Name Total Score 1 Danielle Gamelin & Alexander Gamelin 38.31 2 Kseniya Ponomaryova & Oleg Altukhov 30.13 3 Gabriela…
Ashburn, VAJune 8-10, 2012 Additional results SENIOR: Short Dance Place Name TSS= TES+ PCS+ SS TR PE CC IT Ded- Start# 1 Danielle Gamelin, SC of New YorkAlexander Gamelin, SC of New York 37.25 18.91 18.34 4.71 4.63 4.50…
The Figure Skating Federation of Russia has announced the Russian National Team for 2012 Senior TeamElena Ilinykh & Nikita Katsalapov Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev Ekaterina Riazanova & Ilia Tkachenko Ksenia Monko & Kirill Khaliavin Ekaterina Pushkash & Jonathan Guerreiro…
I haven’t forgotten about Northern Lights…at least, not completely! My life veered a little closer towards insanity than usual this spring, and I apologize for the unplanned silence on this blog. My last posts were from Canadians in January. Since…