Event Coverage – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships
Team IDC
Tobias returns to the ice with Tkachenko
Photos by Robin Ritoss Sometimes you must go back to go forward. Isabella Tobias & Ilya Tkachenko skated together briefly in 2008. “When we tried out that summer, and he decided he wanted to skate with me, it was a…
2015-16 Pattern Dances – An Overview
Our annual technical breakdown of the pattern dances for the 2015-16. This season, it has been expanded to include patterns for the juvenile, intermediate and novice levels. SENIOR Waltz, March, Foxtrot, PolkaPD: Ravensburger Waltz This year, the Senior dancers will…
Current Season Results
Event results from the 2015-16 Season 2015 Chesapeake Open 2015 Edward G. Picken Pro-Am
Results – 2015 Chesapeake Open
June 25-27, 2015Laurel, MD SENIOR: Short Dance Place Name TSS= TES+ PCS+ SS TR PE CC IT Ded– Start# 1 Karina Manta, Coyotes SC of ArizonaJoseph Johnson, Broadmoor SC 40.50 21.00 19.50 4.75 5.00 4.94 4.94 4.75 0.00 #5 2…
Results – 2015 Edward G. Picken Dance Classic
Rockville, MD June 5-6, 2015 JUNIOR: Free dance Pl. Name TSS TES PCS 1 Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville 65.78 34.63 31.15 2 Alina Efimova / Kyle MacMillan 59.95 29.65 30.30 3 Rebecca Lustig / Zachary Milestone 59.90 32.35…
Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen Break New Ground
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Robin Ritoss Danish ice dancer Nikolaj Sørensen has found much to reflect on after finishing 11th at the World Championship—and ninth in the short dance—with partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry. “Back in 2004, I remember…
Detroit’s Paul & Islam, Hubbell & Donohue Join Montreal Ranks
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Daphne Backman, Melanie Hoyt & Robin Ritoss The move from Michigan to Montréal for two of the Detroit Skating Club’s leading couples—two-time U.S. bronze and Grand Prix medalists Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue and…
Hoptman & Filchenkov Announce Retirement
Photo by Katie Weigel U.S. ice dancers, Ginna Hoptman & Pasha Filchenkov have announced their retirement from competitive ice dancing. In their five years together, Hoptman & Filchenkov won the 2014 Eastern Sectional Championships and finished in the top 10…
Siblings in Skating #7: Louisville Skating Academy Edition
Our seventh edition of the Siblings in Skating series focuses on two brother-sister teams that share the same training base and coaches. Both Sophia Elder & Christopher Elder and Claire Purnell & Lucas Purnell have been training at the Louisville…