Tag: Christopher Dean

Carreira and Ponomarenko Strive to Highlight Strengths

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by Jacquelyn Thayer On the last Saturday of January’s US Figure Skating Championships, Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko skated their final free dance of the 2018-19 season. The following Monday, coach Igor Shpilband was ready with the concept for next…

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Behind the Program, Ep. 6: Manta and Johnson, 2016-17 Free Dance

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by Jacquelyn Thayer In ice dance’s current sea of soft lyricals, a free dance with some grit is bound to stand out. And from a team whose last free showed a buoyant, vintage bent, the contrast is even more striking.…

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