At their 2010 congress, the International Skating Union approved the elimination of two competitions phases (compulsory dance and original dance) in favor of creating a new ‘short dance’, thus reducing the number of competition segments from three to two and…
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Melanie Hoyt, Liz Chastney & Robin Ritoss Realization of an Olympic dream presented a mixed blessing for Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje. “We’ve trained and dreamed all our lives to go to the…
For our fifth installment of Siblings in Skating, sisters Alina and Kseniya Ponomaryova share their unique coach-student relationship. While many siblings either skate together or train in the same location with different partners, few have the coach-student relationship of…
Laurel, MDJune 18-21, 2014 SENIOR FREE DANCE: Pl. Name TSS= TES+ PCS+ SS TR PE CC IT Deduction– StN. 1 Kseniya Ponomaryova / Oleg AltukhovSkokie Valley SC / Escondido FSC 55.95 27.22 29.73 5.10 4.80 4.85 5.10 5.00 1.00…
Ashburn, VAJune 6-8, 2014 JUNIOR FREE DANCE: PLACE NAME SCORE 1 Gwen Sletten / Elliot Verburg 46.26 2 Rebecca Lucas / Temirlan Yerzhanov 45.30 3 Gigi Becker / Luca Becker 35.89 WD Diana Avaz / Ross Gudis WD Julia Biechler…
The World’s top figure skaters including World, Four Continents, European and World Junior Champions and medalists will compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2014 There are eight entries available at each of the six Grand Prix…
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Melanie Hoyt Summer training at the Vancouver Ice Dance Academy provides Canadians Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams a welcome chance for exploration in their off-ice dance work, which during the season focuses intensively on…
by Jennifer Wester Jennifer Wester is a former competitive ice dancer who competed at international events representing the United States. She is a student at Yale University and the Skating Class Director at Newington Arena in Newington, CT. One of…
by Melanie Hoyt | Photos by Robin Ritoss Yura Min & Timothy Koleto joked about forming a dance partnership for a couple of years before they actually teamed up. Koleto wasn’t even an ice dancer when the joke started in…