Articles & Interviews

Photos by Yoriko Suzuki For the next entry in our New Team Series, we meet Jasmine Robertson & Chase Rohner, junior ice dancers who represent the United States. The team…

For the next entry in our New Team Series, we meet Jane Calhoun & Mark Zheltyshev, junior ice dancers who represent the United States. The team won the 2026 U.S.…

Photos by Robin Ritoss | Maria Bagdasarova contributed to this article. France’s Célina Fradji & Jean-Hans Fourneaux have been skating together for nearaly 10 years and are competing in their…

by Maria Bagdasarova | On Ice Photos by Yoriko Suzuki Representing Georgia from 2023, Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin have emerged as one of the most improved ice dance teams…

By Matteo Morelli | Photos courtesy of Louise Walden-Edwards Former British professional ice dancer Louise Walden-Edwards has launched her new book titled “The Ice Dream Sundays.” We spoke with her…

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman IDC spoke with Karen Li, James Zhu and their parents at the Lake Placid Championships in late July 2025. The Novice ice…

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Maggie Blackstone and Tait Light credit siblings for their figure skating genesis. Blackstone began skating in Birmingham, Alabama when she was four…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman Recently at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, IDC spoke with Shira Ichilov & Mikhail Nosovitskiy, a new ice dance duo representing…

by Anne Calder | Photos by Melanie Heaney The U.S. Figure Skating (USFS) National Solo Dance Final will be held from September 11-14 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The seed…

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman The first Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships was held in 1933 and is the world’s longest-running ice dance competition. The event is…

Coaching photo by Melanie Heaney The U.S. Figure Skating Solo Dance Subcommittee is proud to announce the creation of the Sasha Kirsanov Trophy, to be awarded annually to the winner…

Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who entered the 2025-26 season in a new partnership, or debuted last season. In this interview, we meet…

By Matteo Morelli As a new season starts, the ISU is busy gathering information to add to the skaters’ bios, capturing any relevant updates or changes to their skating career.…

By Matteo Morelli Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck completed their second season after joining forces as a new partnership representing Spain. With both of them being experienced ice dancers, they…