{"id":39893,"date":"2025-08-17T01:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T05:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=39893"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:19:42","slug":"peal-peal-a-new-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/peal-peal-a-new-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Peal &amp; Peal: A New Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>by Anne Calder<\/em> | <em>Photo by Daphne Backman<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">U.S. ice dancers Elliana Peal &amp; Ethan Peal have made several recent changes in their lives.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The siblings have moved to London, Ontario Canada to train with the Ice Academy of Montreal coaching staff. The team made their senior debut at the recent LPIDI event and finished sixth of the twenty-one competitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana and Ethan spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/ice-dance.com\"><span class=\"s1\">ice-dance.com<\/span><\/a> in Lake Placid, NY about their recent experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: Tell us about moving to London, Ontario CAN, and what the experience has been like.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: Last season by a biometrics standpoint was very successful. We achieved our personal best score, we made the Final, and we won a JGP.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Personally we were stuck in a rut. It wasn\u2019t necessarily anything that was specifically wrong, it\u2019s just that we were at a point in our lives where so many things were changing externally around us. Elliana graduated high school; we both had a discussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: Also our skate at Nationals felt very good to us. Then not making the Junior World Team was a big stepping stone to us making the decision to move. In my opinion, I think that maybe if we had made the team, we wouldn\u2019t have decided to make the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: I don\u2019t know. It was something we\u2019ve discussed for a while, but it was never serious because she was in school. Her finishing her education was very important to us; my school is very important to me. That made it a little more complicated about figuring it out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: Did you check out other sites or was this the goal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: In March just before [2025] Senior Worlds we went to Montreal and trained there for a week. I had been to Montreal several times. We just wanted to see it. It was a great time. We got to see all the teams preparing for Worlds. It was very inspiring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: It was very motivating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: Obviously, they were very busy. We had a discussion with them. It was an option to go there, but we felt maybe we would tryout at Ontario to see if we would like it there, too. That\u2019s ultimately what we did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: We went there in April to get choreography and decided, \u201cI think this is where we want to be\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: It was originally going to be a temporary thing &#8211; for just a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: Then, maybe we\u2019ll go to Montreal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: As we trained, we found a home there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: And we got connections with the coaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: You already knew Madison Hubbell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: A little bit. They\u2019ve been so welcoming &#8211; not just in skating. They\u2019ve helped me grow a passion and love for training. I\u2019m really grateful to them for that. We are just exploring change and loving it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: The coaches are very youthful. They\u2019ve only retired a couple of years ago. . They have a very fresh look on the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: Every day feels like a bit of a competition in the best way. These are our idols and to skate in front of them you want to impress them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: They make training really fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: Every day is still evolving, and we\u2019re continuing to have conversations with them about what the future is going to look like. Ultimately we\u2019ve decided to stay with them for the foreseeable future rather than move over to Montreal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: Ethan, what will happen with school?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: Right now I\u2019m taking a few on-line classes. Then ultimately I\u2019m about 75% done with with my degree. I\u2019ve kind of made the decision to basically stretch out the remaining over the next couple of years. My plan currently, which could change, is essentially next Spring during the off-season after Nationals to go back to Nashville for three months to take some classes in person, where we\u2019ll train. Obviously we\u2019ll go back to [Ontario] to do choreography. I\u2019m planning to do that during the second semester. I\u2019m in no rush to graduate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: It\u2019s important for me to continue to develop and move along in my education. I\u2019ve also been looking into taking some classes at Western University, which has a program there that could transfer credits over. If I have to drag it out two more years, it\u2019s not a big thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: Elliana, are you also attending school?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: Yes, I\u2019m enrolled in on-line school through Arizona State University, majoring in sports-business. I actually start next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: Ethan, I understand you have added an outside internship to your schedule. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m interning at a company organizing data. It\u2019s important for me to do multiple things and also to have something outside of skating that I enjoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: So what\u2019s it like living in Ontario?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: Everyone is super welcoming. It\u2019s nice because I kind of knew some of the teams that we had competed against in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: A lot of the skaters in Ontario are transplants from other places, so it\u2019s a very welcoming environment. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>No one feels too territorial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>IDC: This sounds like is a great new adventure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ethan: Yes, and we\u2019re just excited to be exploring it together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliana: It\u2019s a new journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman U.S. ice dancers Elliana Peal &amp; Ethan Peal have made several recent changes in their lives.\u00a0 The siblings have moved to London, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-interviews"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=1080%2C639&ssl=1","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=1080%2C639&ssl=1",1080,639,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=254%2C150&ssl=1",254,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=300%2C178&ssl=1",300,178,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=768%2C454&ssl=1",768,454,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=1024%2C606&ssl=1",1024,606,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=1080%2C639&ssl=1",1080,639,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=1080%2C639&ssl=1",1080,639,true],"et-pb-post-main-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1",400,250,true],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?resize=1080%2C639&ssl=1",1080,639,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1",400,284,true],"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?resize=510%2C382&ssl=1",510,382,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?fit=1080%2C639&ssl=1",1080,639,true],"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?resize=400%2C516&ssl=1",400,516,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25LPIDI-SrRD-5014-Peal-Peal.jpg?resize=45%2C45&ssl=1",45,45,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Team IDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/author\/idcadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman U.S. ice dancers Elliana Peal &amp; 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