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Too narrow for my boots

October 27, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  LAVAL, Que., Size matters, they say. Some pairs and ice dancers competing at Skate Canada International this week found the width of the Bell Place Arena rather tight. The size gave French ice dancers Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres some grief in the short program. And Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier suffered a stumble […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Hubbell and Donohue, Moore-Towers and Marinaro, Morgan Cipres, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, Vanessa James

Gilles and Poirier’s Starry Night

October 18, 2018 By Beverley 1 Comment

Starry Night

Okay, paint your palette blue and grey, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. Watch the swirling clouds in a violet haze. Nothing could be more painful and splendid than to touch the art of Vincent Van Gogh. Yes, this new free dance of Gilles and Poirier hits a nerve. Van Gogh is my favourite artist. No […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Carol Lane, Don McLean, Govardo, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, Vincent Van Gogh

Bugs and ice dancers

January 19, 2017 By 1 Comment

OTTAWA Paul Poirier and his moustache were ready to go at the first practice session for senior ice dancers today at the revamped TD Place arena. But his partner, Piper Gilles wasn’t. Poirier had to face the music alone, since Gilles fell ill yesterday after arriving in Ottawa and was busy upchucking elsewhere. “We think […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles

Gilles and Poirier channel Christopher Dean in new dance

October 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment

http://www.skatecanada.ca/2014/10/piper-gilles-and-paul-poirier-use-olympic-champion-christopher-dean-to-channel-the-paso-doble/   Here is a story I wrote for Skate Canada on Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christopher Dean, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles

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