Meet ice dancer Shauna Vorhees
by Anne Calder Shauna Vorhees is fifteen and lives only five minutes away from the Chandler Arizona Ice Den. Unlike many of the other dancers, she was a bit older…
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Meet ice dancer Josephine Javing
by Anne Calder Josephine Javing actually lives in Bozeman, Montana, but her family also owns a home in Chandler, Arizona so she can participate in the Chandler Ice Den’s Solo…
Meet ice dancer Emma Busby
by Anne Calder Emma Busby is fifteen years old and attends Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona. She has an 11 year old brother who competes internationally in gymnastics. IDC:…
Meet ice dancer Brooke Tufts
In this Q&A, we introduce you to Brooke Tufts, an ice dancer who competes in the senior solo combined dance events. She won the 2021 U.S. National Solo Dance Finals…
Solo Dancing in the Arizona Desert
by Anne Calder | Photo by MeLanie Heaney Naomi Lang is the Directer of Solo Dance at the Ice Den in Chandler, Arizona. Between 1998-2003, Lang and partner, Peter Tchernyshev…
Solo Dance Camp prepares dancers for next season
Last week, 80 ice dancers and 13 coaches headed to Allen, Texas for the third annual Solo Dance Camp. Hosted by the Dallas Figure Skating Club, the 2022 edition included…
Focus on Solo Dance: The Wrap Up
by Anne Calder | Photo by John Higgins The final chapter in the IDC Series: A Perspective on Solo Dance reviews the 2020 season, and how the coaches and athletes…
Focus on Solo Dance: Coaches’ Perspectives (Part II)
by Anne Calder The second article in the Coaches’ Perspectives section of the IDC Solo Dance Series continues to highlight coaches, who have developed programs that promote the discipline. Katrina…
Focus on Solo Dance: International Perspective
by Anne Calder Great Britain has a rich tradition in Solo Dance. Phillipa (Pippa) Towler-Green briefly outlined the British Solo Dance system. “There are around eight solo dance qualifying events…
Focus on Solo Dance: Athlete Perspective (Part III)
by Anne Calder Today we introduce five more ice dancers in our Focus on Solo Dance series. These athletes are all alumni of the National Solo Dance Series. Karina Manta…
Focus on Solo Dance: Athlete Perspective (Part II)
by Anne Calder Today we introduce three young ice dancers who competed at the 2019 Solo Dance Final in Provo, Utah. Two also skated at the 2019 inaugural USFS Ice…
Focus on Solo Dance: Athlete Perspective (Part I)
by Anne Calder IDC interviewed several ice dancers with various amounts of experience in Solo Dance. Participation in the discipline served to bolster their involvement in a wide range of…
Focus on Solo Dance: Coaches’ Perspectives
by Anne Calder | Photo by Melanie Heaney IDC interviewed only a few of the many coaches involved in the development of Solo Dance programs, but we do salute and…
Focus on Solo Dance: U.S. Solo Dance Program
by Anne Calder | Photo by Melanie Heaney Today IDC is launching a Solo Dance article series, which will include an overview of the program, Q&As with coaches and dancers,…
