Carreira & Ponomarenko reflect on their journey so far
By Matteo Morelli | Photos by Robin Ritoss Team USA’s Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko enjoyed a fantastic junior career and are on a promising journey as senior ice dancers,…
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Muramoto & Takahashi: Their Story Together
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman The 2019 announcement of the new ice dance partnership of Kana Muramoto & Daisuke Takahashi sent a seismic shock-wave across the skating…
Holubtsova & Bielobrov soak in I.AM experience
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Mariia Holubtsova & Kyryl Bielobrov represent Ukraine on the senior ice dance circuit. The partnership began almost 10 years ago. During their…
Orihara & Pirinen Create Their Own Style
by Matteo Morelli | Skating Photos by Robin Ritoss Yuka Orihara and Juho Pirinen are a new team that has been skating together for four years representing Finland. We met…
Shadid Siblings return to competition
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Junior ice dancers, Juliette Shadid (18) and Lucas Shadid (20) recently qualified for the 2023 U.S. National Championships. The brother-sister team has…
Harris & Chan embrace the challenges
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman IDC caught up with Holly Harris and Jason Chan after their recent Skate America Free Dance. The reigning Australian ice dance champions…
Flores & Desyatov: Our Goal is to Break Barriers
by Anne Calder | Photos by Melanie Heaney “Our goal for this season is to break barriers and show that it is possible to reach great heights in even a limited…
Vainik & Barshak: An International Team
by Anne Calder | Photos by KissnCry Pics & courtesy of the team Grace Vainik & Yegor Barshak represent the Georgian Figure Skating Federation. The new ice dance team trains…
New Team Series: Romy Malcolm & Noah Lafornara
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman As our New Team Series continues, we meet Romy Malcolm & Noah Lafornara, who formed their partnership in 2020. Due to the…
Getting to Know: Kristina Bland & Matthew Sperry
by Anne Calder | On Ice Photos by Daphne Backman | Off Ice Photos by Jordan Cowan In July, IDC caught up with Junior ice dancers Kristina Bland & Matthew…
New Team Series: Emily Renzi & William Lissauer
In the latest edition of our New Team Series, we meet U.S. novice ice dancers Emily Renzi & William Lissauer, who are currently ranked fifth in the 2022-23 U.S. National…
Carhart & Horovyi: Injuries lead to new careers in ice dance
by Anne Calder Helena Carhart became an ice dancer by accident. She was a thirteen year old intermediate singles skater when she was injured. Ironically a similar situation happened to…
New Team Series: Harlow Stanley & Nikita Sosnenko
by Anne Calder | Skating Photos by Daphne Backman | Off Ice Photos by Jordan Cowan IDC chatted with the new team of Harlow Stanley & Nikita Sosnenko in July…
Getting to Know: Elizabeth Tkachenko & Alexei Kiliakov
by Anne Calder | Skating Photos by Daphne Backman Elizabeth Tkachenko & Alexei Kiliakov began skating as partners for the USA in 2011 at WISA (Wheaton Ice Skating Academy) in…
Getting to Know: Jenna Hauer & Benjamin Starr
by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr began their life journeys 13 months and almost 400 miles apart. Hauer was born in Leesburg, Virginia,…