Category: Ice Dance

Ice Dance Round-Up: June 17-23

Ice-Dance.com is a central source for info on the weekend’s Chesapeake Open, with an album of event results. Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter took first in the junior short dance with a score of 51.46, while Rachel & Michael Parsons captured the lead in the free dance with 72.66. With only two teams competing at…

ISU Announces Technical Minimums for 2013-14

The ISU released Communication No. 1797 today, establishing the TES minimums for qualification to this year’s ISU Championships and the Sochi Olympics. The minimums for pairs at most events have remained unchanged from last season, but have been lowered for the World Championships from the 28.00 (SP)/45.00 (LP) required in 2012-13. In ice dance, the…

Skate Canada Announces 2013-14 National Team

Skate Canada has announced its National Team for the Olympic season, comprising top five finishers at the senior level at the 2013 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. In dance, as was the case for the 2011-12 season, a sixth team has been included due to Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje’s Nationals bye — in this case…

ISU Releases 2016 Championship Allotments

The ISU Council today released the provisional allotments for 2016’s ISU Championships, with the following of primary interest for North American skaters: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships – Taipei City/Chinese Taipei (February 9-14, 2016) ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships – Debrecen/Hungary (March 14-20, 2016) ISU World Figure Skating Championships – Boston/USA (March 28-…

Ice Dance Round-Up: June 3-9

Madison Hubbell will be blogging for icenetwork.com throughout the 2013-14 season, kicking off her series Friday: Hubbell’s scope: U.S. ice dancer shares her world June 7-9 saw the Edward Picken Pro-Am hosted by the Washington Figure Skating Club, which included among its entrants one senior couple and a handful of junior and novice teams who…

2013-14 Grand Prix Assignments – Dance

The Grand Prix assignments for the 2013-14 season are upon us, and this year’s dance line-up offers more than a few storylines to watch. 1. The Elite There are no surprises in the assignments for World one-two Meryl Davis & Charlie White and Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, both slated to compete at their traditional…