New Team Series: Giulia Paolino & Andrea Tuba
Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who will enter the upcoming 2024-25 season in a new partnership, or debuted last season. In our fifth…
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Getting to Know France’s Gianesini & Klaperman
Last season, Ambre Perrier Gianesini & Samuel Blanc Klaperman broke through at the junior level finishing fifth at both Junior Grand Prix events, winning the French junior title and the…
New Team Series: Sophia Feige & Wiles Middlekauff
Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who will enter the upcoming 2024-25 season in a new partnership, or debuted last season. In our fourth…
Best friends create on-ice partnership
by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Aasha Sisaudia & Van Johnson are a new Juvenile Ice Dance team that trains with Todd Gilles at the Scottsdale Ice Den…
Veronica Carhart: From Singles to Success in Solo Dance
by Anne Calder Novice solo dancer Veronica Carhart has three sisters who have competed in ice dance. However, she started with freestyle when she was very young and stuck with…
New Team Series: Noemi Tali & Noah Lafornara
Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who will enter the upcoming 2024-25 season in a new partnership, or debuted last season. In our third…
Oona & Gage Brown open up about financial struggles
by Morgan Matthews Pennington In this Q&A, Oona Brown and Gage Brown, the sister and brother ice dance team who won the 2022 World Junior Championships and made their senior…
Phebe Bekker & James Hernandez talk about the fire that motivates them
by Matteo Morelli Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez are a young team representing Great Britain. In their first year as senior skaters, they competed at the European Championships in Kaunas,…
Unique Beauty: Ice dancers’ hair and makeup is more than meets the eye
by Morgan Matthews Pennington Hair and makeup are the finishing touches to an ice dance performance. Hair and makeup help transform an ice dancer into the character that they wish…
New Team Series: Hana Maria Aboian & Daniil Veselukhin
On-ice photo by Melanie Heaney Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who will enter the upcoming 2024-25 season in a new partnership, or debuted…
Solo Q & A: Khloe Felton
Photos by Melanie Heaney In this Solo Q&A, learn more about Khloe Felton, a U.S. ice dancer who competes in Junior Solo Combined. At the 2023 U.S. Solo Dance Championships,…
Yoga Meets Figure Skating: Yoga provides healing and refuge for figure skaters both current and past
by Morgan Matthews Pennington Figure skating is a sport that requires mastery of both mind and body. Similarly, yoga is a practice aimed at harmonizing the mind and body. A…
New Team Series: Amy Cui & Jonathan Rogers
Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who will enter the upcoming 2024-25 season in a new partnership, or debuted last season. In our first…
One of a Kind: Costume designers help ice dancers express their individuality through custom-made creations
by Morgan Matthews-Pennington | Photos by Daphne Backman Costume designers give ice dancers the opportunity to express themselves through the designs that they wear on the ice. Whether one prefers…
Arizona skaters learn from a champion
by Anne Calder Lucas Appel is the 2023 (gold) and 2024 (silver) Solo Dance U.S. National Champion. He attends Florida Gulf University as a full-time student majoring in psychology and…