Tag: figureskating

Mabel Fairbanks, the pioneering Black skater who danced on ice to change figure skating

The Pioneering Black Skater Who Danced on Ice

The 2022 Beijing Olympic Games may have closed last week, but we’ve still got Olympic fever over here at Dance Spirit. That just makes sense, considering the many parallels that exist between dance and figure skating. After all, dancers’ jumps—like triple tours or straddle jumps—don’t look so different from skaters’ triple axels and split jumps. […]

"Swan Lake on Ice" Happened at the Olympics Last Night

Pretty simple: It’s Swan Lake, but the lake is frozen. And you’re going to love it. Last night saw the preliminary round of figure skating competition for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. And while I’ve always loved watching beautiful pairs skating (the ice-defying lifts! the perfectly synchronized port de bras!), one pair […]