Kolbe & Caruso REUNITE!
Everything happened very fast! Monday I flew to Berlin and took part in a meeting with the President of the German Federation, Mr. Udo Donsdorf; the head coach of the…
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IDC’s Lake Placid IDC site is online!
Ice-dance.com’s Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships event website is now online. More information will be posted on our site once it is available. – IDC’s coverage of LPIDC
Catching Up with Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Melanie Hoyt Canadian national bronze medalists Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier, who last season competed only within Canada due to Gilles’s pending release from…
The latest from the ISU
In the last week, the ISU has released three communications that include ice dancing: ISU Communication #1742 – Decisions of the ISU Council (6/27/20120) ISU Communication #1739 – Ice Dance…
A Summer of Change for Paul & Islam
by Jacquelyn Thayer After an unusually challenging season troubled by injury, Alexandra Paul & Mitchell Islam knew a “shake-up,” in Islam’s words, was in order. The change came in the…
Hot Air, Cool Ice – Recap of the 2012 USFS Ice Dance Camp
by Andrea Gropman / Photos by Barry Gropman Although the air outside was hot, there was plenty of coolness inside the Gardens Ice House in Laurel, MD, as the USFSA…
Decisions and Revisions from the ISU 54th Ordinary Congress
by Jacquelyn Thayer The ISU’s 54th Ordinary Congress convened in Kuala Lumpur from June 11-15, deciding upon new proposals and rule changes for next season and those immediately following. Shortly…
Russia announces national team for 2012/13
The Figure Skating Federation of Russia has announced the Russian National Team for 2012 Senior TeamElena Ilinykh & Nikita Katsalapov Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev Ekaterina Riazanova & Ilia Tkachenko…
Shall we dance? An update from Isabella Cannuscio
Hello again! As all of you probably know, the last time I wrote for Ice-Dance.com was to unfortunately inform everyone that Ian and I had ended our partnership. However, this…
ISU Announces competitors for 2012/13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The International Skating Union has announced the initial competitors lists for the six events of the 2012-13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. For ice dance, 45 of…
U.S. Figure Skating announces 3A Award Winners
(From the U.S. Figure Skating press release) U.S. Figure Skating announced the 2012 Athlete Alumni Ambassador (3A) award recipients. The 3A award is a scholarship program that recognizes skaters who…
ISU Releases calendar for 2012-13
The International Skating Union has announced the following competitions for 2012-13. To view the list, download Communication 1727 (pdf). Please note the inclusion of a U.S. senior international event which…
Dance is the Star in Investors Group Stars on Ice Presented by Lindt’s “Love ‘N’ Life” Tour
by Jacquelyn Thayer / Photo by Melanie Hoyt For the first time in the show’s 21-year history, audiences at three stops on the Canadian leg of the Stars on Ice…
Dance items on the ISU Congress agenda
by Jacquelyn Thayer From June 11-15, the International Skating Union’s 54th Ordinary Congress will convene in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Union and member federations will finalize the new rules for…
Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships mark 80th anniversary
The 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships are scheduled to take place from July 25-29, 2012 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid. This is the 80th year of the…