Articles & Interviews

by Anne Calder | Photo courtesy Jackie Wong Jackie Wong is a popular social media skating journalist, known for his live tweets of competitive program elements and scores. His play-by-play…

IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting in the 2019-20 competitive season. Katrine Roy & Claudio Pietrantonio are the first team we are featuring in this…

by Gina Capellazzi | Photo by Robin Ritoss Last week, Gina Capellazzi, who is a part-time contributor to ice-dance.com, had a quick chat with two-time U.S. champions Madison Hubbell &…

by Claire Cloutier | Edited by Anne Calder | Photos by Robin Ritoss & Claire Cloutier It’s been five years since Meryl Davis and Charlie White became the first American…

by Francesca Team IDC’s Francesca attended Patinage Atypique on April 2, in Montreal Canada.  Marjorie Lajoie, who organized Patinage Atypique, graciously answered a few questions about the benefit show. How…

At the World Championships in Saitama, Japan, the ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee conducted a Coaches’ Meeting and discussed the 2019-2020 Senior and Junior Rhythm and Free Dances.    Anne…

by Francesca | Photos by Melanie Heaney Francesca met with Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen at Gadbois on February 25, after their training and before Nikolaj head to the…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje won the Autumn Classic International, their only competition in the 2018 fall season. They then skipped the…

by Anne Calder This morning I opened my new calendar to January where the scenic winter photo was a quick reminder of my imminent trip to Detroit and the 2019…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman In the Fall, Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier won two Grand Prix bronze medals and earned prize money as the highest-ranking Challenge…

By Maura Sullivan Hill | Photo by Robin Ritoss When American ice dancer Jean-Luc Baker suffered a concussion during preseason training in August, his season with partner Kaitlin Hawayek could…

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman & Robin Ritoss “Compared to singles, what I love about ice dance is having someone there for you all the time.” ~ Haley Sales…

by Anne Calder | Photos by Robin Ritoss Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis each skated singles at the international level for almost a decade and in 2016, they became ice…

Daphne was a guest on the new Skate Talk Online webcast program where she talked about ice-dance.com’s beginnings and how the sport has changed in the last two decades.

by Francesca | Photos by Robin Ritoss Thank you to all the #TeamKoKo fans who submitted questions for Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto. Special thanks to Misato & Tim for…