Junior Short Dance Report Victoria Hasegawa & Connor Hasegawa – “The Merry-Go-Round of Life” (waltz) Good character, the most expressive I’ve seen them skate. Cute play on a sibling rivalry…
ByTeam IDCNovice Free Dance Report Although quite a few of the teams hit some bumps along the way, the novice dance competition at the 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals in Victoria,…
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The senior short dance at the 2010 Grand Prix Final did not quite turn out to be a celebration of the best ice dancing has to offer. Only Americans Meryl…
ByTeam IDCThe Russian Junior National competition kicked off… Oops. The short dance at the Junior Grand Prix Final finished with Russian teams claiming the top four spots (and the sixth and…
ByTeam IDCThe short dance wrapped up the first day of competition at the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard, the final stop on the ISU Grand Prix Series. As expected, Nathalie Pechalat &…
ByTeam IDC2010 Rostelecom Cup was not very kind to non-Russian skaters. Of the ten teams who were supposed to compete this week in Moscow, only five completed the event. And…
ByTeam IDCIf this year’s new short dance is one thing, it is unpredictable. Surprises (and mistakes) abounded in today’s competition at Cup of Russia. Russian’s Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev…
ByTeam IDCThe 21st time’s the charm. Since they debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in 2000 and moved up to seniors in 2002, France’s Nathalie Pechalat & Fabian Bourzat have…
ByTeam IDCToday in Beijing, the short dance kicked off the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series at the Cup of China. It was not ice dancing’s finest hour (and a…
ByTeam IDC2010 Skate Canada wrapped up Sunday afternoon with the free dance. Canada claimed its second gold medal of the event (Patrick Chan took top prize in men’s) when Vanessa Crone…
ByTeam IDCThe battle for bronze is tight, with teams in third through sixth within four points of each other. The top two steps of the podium may be out of reach,…
ByTeam IDCPhotographs by Robin Ritoss Nine ice dance teams skated to a variety of music, a sometimes befuddling mash-up of themes and rhythms, and when it was all done, only 0.01…
ByTeam IDCMore than half a day after the short dance at the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy was skated, people are still looking at the results with that tipped-head-huh-what? reaction frequently reserved for…
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Short Dance Group A Nicole Orford/Thomas Williams: (Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” waltz to “Help” quickstep) good twizzles to start and transition into the Viennese Waltz. Waltz could be skated closer together. …
ByTeam IDCFree Dance Cassandra Jeandell/Damian Dodge: (“You Raise Me Up”) opening with their twizzle sequence. A little off on the first set. Nice straightline lift. Maintained good expression throughout the program.…
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