{"id":29248,"date":"2022-10-10T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T02:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=29248"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:29:32","slug":"profile-julia-epps-blake-gilman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/profile-julia-epps-blake-gilman\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile – Julia Epps & Blake Gilman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

TEAM INFORMATION:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country:<\/strong><\/td>\n Israel (ISR) \"il\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Level:<\/strong><\/td>\nJunior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Club(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nIceworks SC \/ Peninsula SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coach(es): <\/strong><\/td>\nSlava Uchitel, Penny Coomes,  Nick Buckland, Zhanna Palagina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Choreographer(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nSlava Uchitel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Training Location:<\/strong><\/td>\nPhiladelphia Skating Club & Humane Society \u2014Summer Iceworks Skating Club, Aston, PA (USA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Began Skating Together:<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

ATHLETE INFORMATION:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
   <\/td>\nJULIA EPPS<\/strong><\/td>\nBLAKE GILMAN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birth date:<\/strong><\/td>\nSeptember 8, 2009<\/td>\nNovember 1, 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birth place:<\/strong><\/td>\nPhiladelphia, PA (USA)<\/td>\nPhiladelphia, PA (USA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Home town:<\/strong><\/td>\nDrexel Hill, PA (USA)<\/td>\nMerion Station, PA (USA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Started skating:<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Former partner(s):<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n


BY SEASON:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

2025-2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For Israel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RD: “Fly Away” and “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz
FD: “The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps” by Philip Glass & Andrew Mellor, “Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement)” by Ludwig Van Beethoven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27th – 2026 World Junior Championships
8th – 2026 Skate Berlin International
6th – 2026 Sofia Trophy
1st – 2026 Israel National Championships
4th – 2025 Santa Claus Cup
10th – 2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup
6th – 2025 Budapest Trophy
3rd – 2025 US Challenge Cup
4th – 2025 Bolero Cup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

2024-2025 (Junior)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For the United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RD: \u201cI Gotta Feeling in My Body\u201d, \u201cHeartbreak Hotel\u201d and \u201cA Little Less Conversation\u201d by Elvis Presley
FD: \u201cTruman Sleeps\u201d by Philip Glass from The<\/em> Truman Show<\/em> and \u201cSomething I Could Never Be\u201d by Tony Ann and Wrabel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11th – 2025 U.S. National Championships
7th – 2025 U.S. Ice Dance Final
4th – 2024 Austin Autumn Classic (NQS)
2nd – 2024 Challenge Cup (NQS)
9th – 2024 Lake Placid Ice Dance International
7th – 2024 Dallas Classic (NQS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

2023-2024 (Junior)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For the United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RD: \u201cModern Love\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Dance\u201d by David Bowie and \u201cDancing in the Street\u201d by David Bowie and Mick Jagger
FD:  \u201cSegundo\u201d by Pink Martini, \u201cBesame Mucho\u201d by Edna Vasquez, \u201cQue Rico El Mambo\u201d by Perez Prado<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th – 2024 U.S. National Championships
9th – 2024 U.S. Ice Dance Final
2nd – 2023 Challenge Cup (NQS)
5th – 2023 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (NQS)
11th – 2023 Dallas Classic (NQS) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

2022-2023 (Junior)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For the United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RD: \u201cUccen \u2013 (DWTS Remix)\u201d by Taalbi Brothers & \u201cTango D\u2019amor\u201d by Bellma Cespedes
FD:  “Talking to the Moon” and “Runaway Baby” by Bruno Mars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd – 2023 Bavarian Open (Advanced Novice)
8th – 2023 U.S. National Championships
8th – 2023 U.S. Ice Dance Final
2nd – 2022 Challenge Cup (NQS)
2nd – 2022 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

2021-2022 (Novice)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For the United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PD: \u201cTightrope\u201d by Greatest Showman Cast (Westminster Waltz)
\u201cMinnie the Moocher\u201d by The Blues Brothers (Blues)
FD: \u201cKiss\u201d, \u201cPurple Rain\u201d & \u201c Let\u2019s Go Crazy\u201d by Prince & Revolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd \u2013 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series \u2013 Alpharetta, GA
2nd \u2013 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series \u2013 Blain, MN
1st \u2013 2021 Challenge Cup
2nd\u2013 2021 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships
2nd \u2013 2021 Chesapeake Open<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n