by Melanie Hoyt Ice dance was first contested as a part of the Winter Olympic Games 35 years ago in Innsbruck, Austria. This week, 18 junior-level dance teams from 15 countries will have the opportunity to compete in Innsbruck as…
The 19th Ondrej Nepela Memorial will take place from September 29 to October 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Named for the 1972 Olympic gold medalist and held annually since 1993, the event has included ice dancing in all but two years.…
2011 ISABELLA HENDERSON MEMORIAL — PARIS, ON September 23-25, 2011 SENIOR: PL NAME SD FD TOTAL 1 Olga Lioudvinevitch / Benjamin Mulder 45.83 63.54 109.37 NOVICE: PL NAME PD-SW PD-SS FD TOTAL 1 Chelsea Robinson / Nick…
2011 JGP BRASOV CUP – BRASOV, ROMANIA September 21-24, 2011 Protocols: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 134.29 1 1 2 Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI UKR…
Welcome back to your regularly-scheduled Tuesday Northern Lights update. Work is behaving much better this week (knock on wood), so I’m back on time, and there’s plenty going on in the world of Canadian dance. In this post, I’ve got…
by Laura S. Marshall This week, the Junior Grand Prix heads to Brasov, Romania, for the fourth event in the series. The Brasov Cup roster contains 15 teams from 12 countries, including two of the world’s top junior teams.…
by Melanie Hoyt The Junior Grand Prix is already in its fourth week, and skaters around the world have been competing in domestic events and proving themselves during test skates for their federation officials for several months already. Something about…
2011 AUTUMN SKATE – OTTAWA, ON September 16-18, 2011 Official Event Website: SENIOR SHORT DANCE: PL NAME FINAL 1 Hélène Létourneau / Kevin Boczar 48.75 2 Audrey Dupont / Marcus Connolly 44.54 3 Anoushka Ritchie-Hervieux / Philippe Massé 39.27…
2011 RUSSIA CUP 1 – DIMITROV, RUSSIA September 13-18, 2011 Official Results SENIOR: PL NAME SD FD TOTAL 1 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 61.55 87.79 149.34 2 Valeria Starigina / Ivan Volobuyev 51.90 75.51 127.41 3 Evgenia Shakhtarina…
2011 JGP BALTIC CUP – GDANSK, POLAND September 14-17, 2011 Protocols: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS 140.31 1 1 2 Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI UKR…