Articles & Interviews

Hawayek & Baker: Reflecting and looking ahead

Interview by Gina Capellazzi (figureskatersonline.com)Article by Anne Calder (ice-dance.com)Photos by Melanie Heaney While the 2022 U.S. bronze medalists have enjoyed a National and International competitive ten year partnership, the team…

Getting to Know: Reed & Ambrulevicius

by Matteo Morelli | Photos by Melanie Heaney & Robin Ritoss In their fifth year skating together, Lithuania’s Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevičius are keen to continue to grow and…

Meet Juliana Sweeney-Baird

by Anne Calder IDC recently posted a guest article by American retired ice dance competitor Christopher Martin Davis:, titled Ice Dancing for Everyone: How Inclusive Skating is Expanding our Sport…

Dispatches from Beijing: Gilles & Poirier

By Lynn Rutherford | Photo by Melanie Heaney Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier compete in Beijing not only as reigning World ice dance medalists, but as Canada’s only legitimate medal…

Smart & Diaz: the Evolution of Zorro

by Anne Calder | Photos by Robin Ritoss What happens in an Olympic Season when your country has two elite ice dance teams, but only one spot for the Games?…

Min, Eaton pin Olympic hopes on Macklemore

by Lynn Rutherford | Photos by Daphne Backman When Daniel Eaton hit town for the Lake Placid Ice Dance International in Norwood, Massachusetts in August, he was ready to rock.…