2012 Canadian Nationals – Novice Recap
Surprise Gold in Novice Dance by Melanie Hoyt When Lauren Collins & Danny Seymour’s scores were announced during the novice free dance at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, a…
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2012 U.S. Championships – Novice Recap
Novice Pattern Dance Re-Cap by IDC Staff The 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships kicked off today with the novice pattern dances. For the first time at nationals, a leveled version…
Canadians finish 1-2 in Skate Canada short dance
For the journalists covering all four disciplines at Skate Canada, today’s string of back-to-back short programs/dances make for a long day. Anyone looking to “pre-write” their short dance article —…
One State, Three Flags – Michigan-Trained Teams Sweep the Podium at Skate America
After a night of short dances that brought back memories of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games’ original dance fiasco, the free dances this afternoon at Skate America made for one…
World Champions Set the Tone in Short Dance at Skate America
The short dance wrapped up the first night of competition at the 2011 Skate America. Reigning world champions Meryl Davis & Charlie White of the U.S. earned the first +3…
Robin & Daphne do Evening with Champions
Or “How not to get lost in Boston” by Daphne Backman I left for Boston at around 1:45 p.m. I wasn’t meeting Robin Ritoss until 5:15, but I wanted to…
2011 LPIDC Program Notebook – Novice
Free Dance Stacey Siddon & Jared Weisssomething lyricalOverall, much improved since last year. Nice extension and a good connection between them. Their straightline lift was shaky, but redeemed themselves with…
2011 LPIDC Program Notebook – Junior
Short Dance Group A Alicia Fortin & Matt Kleffman (CAN)“Smooth”Skated in the U.S. last year, but plan to compete in Canada this year. Good speed through the midline, nice expression…
2011 LPIDC Program Notebook – Senior
Short Dance Group A Tarrah Harvey & Keith Gagnon (CAN)“Straight to Number One”Really fun Latin feel in this program, sharp and sassy. Unfortunately, a few missteps here and there, including…
2011 USFS Ice Dance Camp
The Stuff Dreams are Made of… By Andrea Gropman On Sunday, June 26, 2011, ice dance couples from juvenile level to senior level, and representing clubs from Laurel to Los…
Nick Pilgrim’s Tidbits from Moscow
April 27, 2011 Firstly, congratulations must be given to the organization committee. You would never know the Russian Skating Federation had less than a month to put this competition together.…
2011 Four Continents Championships – Short Dance Recap
The 2011 ISU Four Continents Championships opened with the short dance Thursday afternoon, and, as expected, Canadians Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir and Americans Meryl Davis & Charlie White are…
2011 U.S. Championships – Senior Recap
Senior Short Dance Report When Alex & Maia Shibutani finished their short dance to “Carousel Waltz” at the 2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the audience rose to its feet…
2011 U.S. Championships – Junior Recap
Junior Short Dance Report Just when you think you know what’s going to happen in ice dance–or what will probably happen–the new short dance laughs in your face. Joylyn Yang…
2011 U.S. Championships – Novice Recap
Novice Compulsory Dance Report – Blues & Paso Doble The 2011 U.S. National Championships officially began with the novice pattern dances. Twelve teams skated first the Blues, followed by the…