by Anne Calder Thirty-six ice dance couples competed in the Rhythm Dance at the recent 2024 World Championships. IDC chatted with many of the athletes who made their debuts and those returning to the annual ISU event. Phoebe Bekker & James Hernandez (GBR)Bekker: (first worlds) I’m just so happy. It’s been a long time coming. It was rewarding today. It was good. Hernandez: We were trusting and went out there and skated like we know we can skate this program. (Recent training) We’ve worked hard and have done some really good training between Europeans and now, and it kind of showed today. E ..read more

Article & Photos by Anne Calder & Gina Capellazzi The music requirements for the 2023-2024 Rhythm Dance included “Music and Feeling of the Eighties”. Any music was possible provided it was originally released in the decade of the 1980’s. The couple should demonstrate through dance the culture and essence of this decade. The selected music may be remastered. This announcement a year ago produced an outpouring of emotion in the world of ice dance. The pros and cons were bantered back and forth by athletes, coaches, choreographers, judges and, of course, the fans. The season is now ..read more

Holon, Israel April 3-4, 2024 Protocols   Senior FPl. Name Nation Points RD FD 1 Mariia NOSOVITSKY / MIchael NOSOVITSKY Ice Holon / Ice Holon HOL 175.12 1 1 2 Shira ICHILOV / Dmitry Eyal KRAVCHENKO Ice Holon / Ice Holon HOL 164.75 2 2 Junior FPl. Name Nation Points RD FD 1 Elizabeth TKACHENKO / Alexei KILIAKOV Ice Holon / Ice Holon HOL 181.79 1 1 ..read more

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by Anne Calder | Photo by Matteo Morelli Yes, indeed! That giant smile flashing on the Bell Centre Jumbotron belonged to four-time U.S. National ice dance medalist Kaitlin Hawayek. As the 2024 World Championships official DJ, Kaitlin was spinning music instead of twizzles. During the Zamboni breaks, fans of all ages let loose and rocked the Centre non-stop to K Haw’s music mixes.  On January 15, Hawayek shared a post on Instagram that she and partner Jean-Luc Baker had decided to take a step back from competing for the remainder of the season and reevaluate options for future seasons. ID ..read more

Montreal, Quebec March 19-24, 2024 Protocols SkatingScores.com   Final Result FPl. Name Nation Points RD FD 1 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 222.20 1 2 2 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 219.68 3 1 3 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 216.52 2 3 4 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 210.92 4 4 5 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN 208.01 5 5 6 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 200.96 6 9 7 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA 200.32 8 7 8 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 200.28 7 8 9 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN CAN 199.91 10 6 ..read more

by Matteo Morelli After having lost its chance to host the event in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Montreal could finally deliver the World Figure Skating Championships this year, with Centre Bell arena welcoming all the top skaters in the world for the most important competition of the season. The ice dance podium saw the same medallists from last year imposing themselves again as the top teams, only with a difference between second and third place. Winning a second consecutive world title were Madison Chock & Evan Bates of the USA, which sealed a season of gold medals from each even ..read more

PREVIEW: 2024 WORLD CHAMPSIONSHIPS by Matteo Morelli Montreal is welcoming the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, giving Canada the chance to host the event after having to cancel it in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The competition will be held at Bell Centre, an arena with a capacity of more than 20,000 and the second largest ice hockey arena in the world. The ice dance field will see 36 teams representing 26 countries taking the ice to compete for the best spots. Based on quotas from previous results, countries with more than one entry are both Canada and the USA with three teams ..read more

by Matteo Morelli | On-Ice Photo by Robin Ritoss Czech Republic’s Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek are last year’s Junior World Champions, with impressive results collected throughout their junior years. With their first year as senior skaters almost completed, we met with them to talk about their transition from junior to senior and how they intend to develop and grow in the field. Kateřina and Daniel, it is great to talk to you. This is your first year as senior skaters. How do you feel getting into this season, already with two Grand Prix assignment for you, a European Championships and ..read more

Hi! My name is Charlotte Manfield and I’ll be blogging about my experience at the 2024 Solo Ice Dance Camp in Allen, Texas! I’m so grateful to be competing in my fourth year of solo dance for this season and I’m looking forward to telling you guys all about the camp! Friday, February 16, 2024 This morning, I woke up at 5:30 a.m. to quickly pack up the rest of my things before we left for the airport. We left at 6:00 and got to Baltimore/Washington International Airport by around 7:30. Luckily, the TSA line wasn’t long, and it only took a couple of minutes to get through. Since we had some spa ..read more