Author Archives: Florentina Tone

Amber Glenn: her time to shine has come – and she’s now Grand Prix Final champion

Listen: this has been a dream season for Amber Glenn. Gold at 2024 Lombardia Trophy, ahead of reigning World champion Kaori Sakamoto, gold at 2024 Grand Prix de France, ahead of 2018 World silver medalist…

Madison Chock and Evan Bates: a journey through the history of dance

Hawaii Five-O, Let’s Twist Again, Rock Around the Clock, Stayin’ Alive, Car Wash, Blame it on the Boogie, Y.M.C.A., Last Dance… What are those, you ask? Madison Chock and Evan Bates’ companions in their rhythm…

Finding one’s style: Ilia Malinin in Grenoble & other photo-stories

Ilia Malinin’s biggest take away this season, the way we see it? Him finding his style, him cementing his style – and Ilia’s style is raw, is bold, is contemporary, just like his butterfly twist,…

Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin: Grand Prix Final dominance.

The short version of the pairs’ event in Grenoble? Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin repeated as Grand Prix Final champions, Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara finished second, while Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina and…

That’s a first: Romania has a senior ice dance team starting this season.

Listen, Romania has a dance team on the senior level – the first time in history when that happens: Emilia Monika Ziobrowska and Shiloh Douglas Judd are set to compete at the end of this…