Event Recaps

  by Anne Calder | Photo by Melanie Heaney The 2015 podium winners – Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter (USA), Alla Loboda & Pavel Drozd (RUS) and Rachel Parsons &…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss The sixth Grand Prix event was held November 25-27 at the Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan. The arena will also…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss The 2016 ISU Grand Prix Series moved to Asia for its fifth event – the Audi Cup of China hosted by Beijing from November…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss The 2016 Grand Prix moved 1550 miles (2494 kilometers) southwest from Moscow to Paris for the fourth event November 11-13. Ten teams…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Julia Komarova Moscow, Russia hosted the third event in the Grand Prix Series from November 4-6. Ten teams representing seven countries competed for prize…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss The second Grand Prix event, Skate Canada, has held in Mississauga, Ontario, from October 27-30.Ten teams who represented seven countries competed for…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Skate America, the first 2016 Grand Prix event, was held in Chicago, IL from October 21-23. Ten dance teams representing seven countries…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Irina Tsimfer Finlandia Trophy was the last Challenger Series warm-up event before the ISU Grand Prix kicks off with Skate America on October 21.…

by Anne Calder  The 47th Pokal der Blauen Schwerter – last of the 2016 JGP events – was hosted by Dresden, Germany, from October 5-8. Fourteen ice dance teams from 11…

by Anne Calder Two Challenger Series events were held September 28-October 1. While some skaters were competing in Bratislava, Slovakia in Europe others were asleep in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Personal best scores…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman The Challenger Series had two competitions September 28-October 1. One was in Europe and the other in North America. The Sportplexe Pierrefonds…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Julia Komarova Estonia hosted the sixth ISU Junior Grand Prix event September 28-October 1. Sixteen teams representing thirteen countries participated. Short Dance In the…

by Anne Calder Nebelhorn Trophy, the third ISU Challenger Series event, was held in Oberstdorf, Germany September 22-24. 10 teams from eight countries competed. The event counted for the required Minimum…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Barry Gropman (from JGP St. Gervais) The fifth JGP competition was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia September 21-25. 13 ice dance teams representing 11 countries participated.…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue (USA) expressed the story of love with every movement in their free dance. It opened with “I…