Articles & Interviews

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.…

Choreographer Spotlight: Jimmie Manners

Article & photos by Anne Calder Pictured: Manners with Lorraine McNamara & Anton Spiridonov Elena Novak and Alexei Kiliakov opened the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in 2003. Seventeen years later,…

Neset & Markelov aim for the JGP

by Anne Calder Leah Neset and Artem Markelov began their separate figure skating journeys over 6,000 miles apart, she in Minot, North Dakota and he in Volgograd, Russia. After partnering…

Flores & Tsarevski shine in Nationals debut

by Anne Calder | Photo by Melanie Heaney Isabella Flores and Dimitry Tsarevski were six and five when they began their skating journeys in different Colorado cities. As  14 year-old…

Siblings Oona and Gage Brown Aim High

by Anne Calder Oona and Gage Brown were five and seven when they first stepped on the ice at a local Long Island skating rink. Their mother had registered them…

Peal & Peal: Savoring the Journey

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman and Michelle Wojdyla. Banner photo by Robin Ritoss “Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward,…

Getting to Know Fournier & Haddad

While the COVID-19 pandemic has made this skating season much more complicated, Team IDC wanted to continue its tradition of highlighting new teams.  Jamie Fournier and Anthony Haddad are a…

Jordan Cowan and his on-ice perspective

by Matteo Morelli \ Photos by Danielle Earl Jordan Cowan tells us how he managed to combine his passion for music, dance and videography, to create On Ice Perspectives, a…