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Gilles and Poirier: on a Quest for the Sun

March 18, 2021 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  “Now they only block the sun. They rain and snow on everyone. So many things I would have done, But clouds got in my way.”   Indeed. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will skate to these Joni Mitchell words next week at the world figure skating championships in Stockholm, Sweden. No doubt, for them […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Both Sides Now, Joni Michell, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, world figure skating championships

A hair-raising experience

January 18, 2020 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Think you’ve had a bad hair day? That somebody took the last Timbit? That you missed the last bus to Barbados in a snowstorm? That the television cable went out in the middle of the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships? So you think YOU have had a bad hair day? Just ask Piper Gilles. She […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, Marjorie Lajoie, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, Zachary Lagha

“Mack and Mabel” Back in Town

September 13, 2019 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have strummed the dance strings of long ago, and what sung loudest to them was a classic: “Mack and Mabel.” “It’s one of our all-time favourites,” Gilles said, beaming after leading the rhythm dance at Autumn Classic International with 79.61 points, just .83 points short of their career best. […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Autumn Classic International, Carol Lane, Carolane Soucisse, Christopher Dean, Jayne Torvill, Jeff Dimitriou, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, Shane Firus

Ice Cream Castles in the Air

September 11, 2019 By Beverley Leave a Comment

How wistful it must feel when the loveliness of your signature piece becomes like “chalk marks in a rainstorm.” When you must move on. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have left behind the outrageously beautiful “Vincent” creation of last season for new discoveries. And they have gone to exquisite places to find just the thing. […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Joni Mitchell, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, Vincent

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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