New Team Series: Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Emilea Zingas & 2020 World Junior Champion, Vadym Kolesnik officially announced their Senior Ice Dance partnership on May 15, 2022. The duo…
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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…
Italy’s Guignard & Fabbri take it one step at a time
by Matteo Morelli | Photos by Melanie Heaney Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri have been the leading ice dance partnership for Italy for a few years now. We met with…
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…
FSO & IDC join forces to present This Week in Skating podcast
The team at ice-dance.com is excited to announce our collaboration with Figure Skaters Online (FSO) on a new figure skating podcast. This Week in Skating is a weekly podcast highlighting…
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…
Ice Dancing for Everyone: How Inclusive Skating is Expanding our Sport into the Future
by Anne Calder IDC is proud to shine a light on Inclusive Skating, a charity that created a new competition and event system for skaters with additional needs. In 2018,…
Getting to Know: Vanessa Pham & Jonathan Rogers
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Vanessa Pham & Jonathan Rogers are the 2022 U.S. National Junior pewter medalists. They live and train in Houston, Texas, which is…
Solo Dance Camp prepares dancers for next season
Last week, 80 ice dancers and 13 coaches headed to Allen, Texas for the third annual Solo Dance Camp. Hosted by the Dallas Figure Skating Club, the 2022 edition included…
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?…
Getting to Know: Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud
By Matteo Morelli | Photo by Robin Ritoss Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud train in Lyon and are a relatively new team representing France. Three years into their partnership, they…
Getting to Know: Emily Bratti & Ian Somerville
by Anne Calder Emily Bratti, 19 and Ian Somerville, 21 are long-time friends and former training mates in Rockville, Maryland. Last summer they became partners and moved to Canton, Michigan…
Gloskowski & Rohner: A Unique Partnership
by Anne Calder | Photo by Melanie Heaney Finding a partner who is compatible, dedicated and just all around fun to work with can be difficult in ice dance. However,…