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Tea for Two

October 28, 2022 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  Hard toil has paid off for two Canadian women: Madeline Schizas, righting herself for Skate Canada with hard run-throughs, and Gabby Daleman righting herself from a litany of problems after not having done a Grand Prix in two years. Incredibly, they sit one-two after the women’s short program at the Skate Canada International Grand […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Brian Orser, Gabby Daleman, Madeline Schizas, Rika Kihara, Skate Canada

Circelli takes the high road

January 19, 2021 By Beverley 2 Comments

  In the grey of winter, and the stillness of days, Corey Circelli was on watch: for his costumes. They didn’t come in time for the videotaping of his routines for the Skate Canada Challenge. They were to be the icing on the cake of all he had done during a pandemic. In fact, they […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Andrea Bocelli, Brian Orser, Conrad OrzelA, Corey Circelli, David Wilson, Joseph Pfan, Skate Canada Challenge, Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, Tracy Wilson

Yuzuru Hanyu: Higher and Higher

September 13, 2019 By Beverley 7 Comments

For eight years, Brian Orser and Yuzuru Hanyu have danced a merry pas de deux as they fashioned the teacher-student relationship, spanning cultures, continents, and time zones. After guiding Hanyu to two Olympic and world championship gold medals, Orser thinks he has finally figured it out: less is sometimes more. Whatever they have already done […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Autumn Classic International, Brian Orser, Yuzuru Hanyu

Medvedeva’s Journey

November 22, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva knew it would be tough, moving away from everything she had known in Russia to come to Canada to train with Brian Orser. Perhaps she didn’t know how tough. It was tough enough, finishing second at the Olympics after appearing unbeatable in previous seasons. But at Skate Canada last month, she faced things […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Brian Orser, Evgenia Medvedeva, Internationaux de France, Rika Kihira

Jason Brown: His Light Falls on Toronto

September 26, 2018 By Beverley 3 Comments

  Everyone needs a little dose of Jason Brown now and again. Feeling the blues? Brown will wrap you up in the little tornado of his personality and make you forget it all. Feeling lonely and alone? Brown will bounce off to the airport and pick you up, just because that’s what he does. Loving […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Autumn Classic, Brian Orser, Evgenia Medvedeva, Jason Brown, Kori Ade, Tracy Wilson

Jun-Hwan Cha Comes of Age

September 23, 2018 By Beverley 5 Comments

  OAKVILLE, Ont. This weekend Jun-Hwan Cha, he a dreamy child not so long ago, grew into something else. A dreamy-eyed young man with a presence. The 16-year-old South Korean skater has been around, for sure, the dark locks of his bob flying out in all directions on a spin. At first sight of a […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Autumn Classic, Brian Orser, Jason Brown, Jun-Hwan Cha, Tracy Wilson, Yuzuru Hanyu

Hanyu: Not Perfect. But Calm.

September 22, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

OAKVILLE, Ont. There’s so much to drink in when you watch two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu steam about the ice on well-oiled springs. Perhaps that’s what inspires so many fans to make the long trip from Japan and snap up tickets. Some camped out all night outside the front doors of the Sixteen Mile Sports […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Autumn Classic, Brian Orser, Yuzuru Hanyu

Daleman, pressing onwards to the free

February 22, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Today, Gabby Daleman will find her rhythm. It’s what she does in times of peril. The national championship proved to be one of those times, when she endured strep throat, that was replaced by pneumonia by the time she whizzed through her free skate to the rapturous “Rhapsody in Blue.” Even so, she took her […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Brian Orser, Gabby Daleman, Javier Fernandez, Lee Barkell, Pyeongchang

Brian Orser: dance coach to the stars

October 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment

REGINA Brian Orser added a new dimension to his career persona Thursday at Skate Canada International: ice dancing coach. People took a double-take at the sight of the coach of Olympic and world singles champions leaning against the rink boards, overseeing the first practice of the day for Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. So how […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Brian Orser, Michelle Leigh, Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue

Run boy, run

August 21, 2017 By 1 Comment

Yes, Stephen Gogolev is still only 12 years old, a ghost-like little form who expresses his intent on the ice. Photo by Danielle Earl He’ll be 13 in December, too young yet for the Junior Grand Prix circuit, but nationally, he’s making the huge leap from junior to senior. “It was kind of an easy […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amadeus, Brian Orser, Marie-France Dubreuil, Stephen Gogolev, Woodkid

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