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Photo-stories from Graz (Part Three): the ice dancing event

Europe crowned its new ice dance champions in January, when Russia’s Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov had the skates of their lives in Steiermarkhalle, the arena hosting 2020 Europeans, and outscored Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume…

2017 Finlandia Trophy in Espoo: the blue dance, the blue dream

We’ll just leave this here: Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron’s free dance is a gem. A true, true gem. And Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata is such a beautiful home for them in the Olympic season –…

Colours of the Europeans: two doves in Ostravar Arena

…and not just any kind of doves, but those doves Pablo Picasso used to watch as a child, in Plaza de la Merced, in Málaga, from the windows of his family’s apartment. Later on, he…

Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin: tango to the fingertips. The photo story of the ice dancing event at Finlandia Trophy

You knew they had it in them: the talent, the potential, the technical proficiency. But we only noticed the spark with this season’s set of programs: Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin chose blues and hip…