Photos – 2023 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships
Team IDC
Meet ice dancer Mina Esfandiari
In this Q&A, we introduce you to Mina Esfandiari, an ice dancer who competes in the junior solo combined dance events. She finished eighth at the 2022 U.S. National Solo Dance Finals. She trains with Krigor Studio at Montclair State…
2023 Skate Ontario July Sectional Series & NextGen Competitions
Ottawa, OntarioJuly 20-23, 2023 Protocols Senior Rank Competitor Club Section Total Rhythm Dance 1 Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers Ilderton SC & Ilderton SC ON 66.18 66.18 2 Alyssa Robinson / Jacob Portz Calalta FSC & Calalta FSC AB/NT/NU…
New Team Series: Athena Roberts & Eric Alis
Athena Faith Roberts (17) and Eric Alis (20) represent Spain and started skating together last season. They finished 26th at the World Junior Championships. Tell us about your individual skating journeys, including any early special memories.Athena Roberts (AR): I started…
Anne’s Take: 2023 Dallas Classic
by Anne Calder Team IDC traveled to Texas for the 2023 Dallas Classic, which served both as a National Qualifying Series (NQS) Dance event and also a participating event in the National Solo Dance Series (SDS). Scores for the NQS…
Photos – 2023 Dallas Classic
Meet ice dancer Shauna Vorhees
by Anne Calder Shauna Vorhees is fifteen and lives only five minutes away from the Chandler Arizona Ice Den. Unlike many of the other dancers, she was a bit older when she first laced up her skates. IDC: How did…
2023 Dallas Classic
Meet ice dancer Josephine Javing
by Anne Calder Josephine Javing actually lives in Bozeman, Montana, but her family also owns a home in Chandler, Arizona so she can participate in the Chandler Ice Den’s Solo and Synchro Dance programs. The fifteen-year-old is home schooled to…
New Team Series: Michela Melillo & Simon Mintz
Action photos by Tony Melillo Michela Melillo (18) and Simon Mintz (15) are a new U.S. junior ice dance team who formed their partnership in April 2023. Tell us about your individual skating journeys, including any early special memories.Michela (MM):…