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…
Hello again! As all of you probably know, the last time I wrote for Ice-Dance.com was to unfortunately inform everyone that Ian and I had ended our partnership. However, this time I’m writing in with much better news! I am…
The International Skating Union has announced the initial competitors lists for the six events of the 2012-13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. For ice dance, 45 of the 48 slots were assigned, leaving one host pick at…