Articles & Interviews

by Anne Calder | Skating Photos by Liz Chastney Cathy Reed, two-time Olympian, seven-time Japanese national champion and popular IDC blogger, retired from competition at the conclusion of the 2015 season. …

IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting in the 2019-20 competitive season. Charley Steen & Reese Moore are the next team we are featuring in this…

  Oona & Gage Brown, the 2019 U.S. pewter medalists, come from a family of seven children.  They competed as part of Team USA during the 2018-19 season and finished…

IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting in the 2019-20 competitive season. Alexandria Loughlin & Daniil Petrenko, who represent Azerbaijan, are the next team we are…

IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting in the 2019-20 competitive season. Sara Buch-Weeke & Nicolas Woodcock, who represent Denmark, are the next team we are…

by Anne Calder | Photo courtesy Jackie Wong Jackie Wong is a popular social media skating journalist, known for his live tweets of competitive program elements and scores. His play-by-play…

IDC is highlighting some of the new partnerships that are debuting in the 2019-20 competitive season. Katrine Roy & Claudio Pietrantonio are the first team we are featuring in this…

by Gina Capellazzi | Photo by Robin Ritoss Last week, Gina Capellazzi, who is a part-time contributor to ice-dance.com, had a quick chat with two-time U.S. champions Madison Hubbell &…

by Claire Cloutier | Edited by Anne Calder | Photos by Robin Ritoss & Claire Cloutier It’s been five years since Meryl Davis and Charlie White became the first American…

by Francesca Team IDC’s Francesca attended Patinage Atypique on April 2, in Montreal Canada.  Marjorie Lajoie, who organized Patinage Atypique, graciously answered a few questions about the benefit show. How…

At the World Championships in Saitama, Japan, the ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee conducted a Coaches’ Meeting and discussed the 2019-2020 Senior and Junior Rhythm and Free Dances.    Anne…

by Francesca | Photos by Melanie Heaney Francesca met with Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen at Gadbois on February 25, after their training and before Nikolaj head to the…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje won the Autumn Classic International, their only competition in the 2018 fall season. They then skipped the…

by Anne Calder This morning I opened my new calendar to January where the scenic winter photo was a quick reminder of my imminent trip to Detroit and the 2019…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman In the Fall, Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier won two Grand Prix bronze medals and earned prize money as the highest-ranking Challenge…