Mélissande Dumas & David Mackay Perry PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 24, 1992 / November 12, 1989 Hometowns: Granby, QC / Ottawa, ON Home Clubs: CPA Laval / CPA Des Deux-Rives Training Town: Pierrefonds, QC Coaches: Élise Hamel, Shawn Winter Choreographer(s): PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Back in Time" [Pitbull] Free Dance: "Silence" [Sarah McLachlan] + "24" [Jem] RESULTS: 2nd - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge 2nd - 2013 Québec Sectionals 2nd/2nd - 2012 Octoberfest (SD/FD) 5th/5th - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (SD/FD) 2nd/3rd - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 1st/1st - 2012 Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) 9th - 2012 Canadian Championships 7th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 3rd - 2012 Québec Sectionals 6th/2nd - 2011 Autumn Skate (SD/FD) 4th/4th - 2011 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 7th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Sr SD A 15th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Sr FD
SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 42.56, Québec Summer Championships Free Dance: 66.36, Central Ontario Summer Skate Total Score: 108.07, Québec Sectionals TEAM NOTES: Dumas & Mackay Perry teamed up in 2011. Dumas previously skated with Anthony Quintal and Yoan Breton. Dumas & Breton finished 10th at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. Mackay Perry previously skated with Lauren Sears and Kathryn Leak. Leak & Mackay Perry were 15th at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals.
Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 16, 1992 / November 6, 1991 Hometowns: Colorado Springs, CO (USA) / Unionville, ON Home Clubs: Scarboro FSC Training Town: Scarborough, ON Coaches: Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs Choreographer(s): Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Christopher Dean PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: Music from Mary Poppins [Robert Sherman] Free Dance: "The Gulag Orchestra" [Zach Condon] + "I Don't Think About You Anymore, But I Don't Think About You Anyless" + "Hungry Ghosts" [Nicoleta] RESULTS: 6th - 2012 Trophée Bompard 4th - 2012 Skate Canada 1st - 2012 U.S. International Classic 1st - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (FD only) 3rd - 2012 Canadian Championships 1st - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 1st - 2012 Central Ontario Sectionals 1st - 2011 Octoberfest (FD only) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 55.98, U.S. International Classic Free Dance: 96.57, Central Ontario Summer Skate Total Score: 146.90, U.S. International Classic
TEAM NOTES: Gilles & Poirier teamed up in summer 2011. Gilles grew up in the United States and competed internationally with Timothy McKernan and Zachary Donohue. At the junior level at the U.S. Championships, she has won a pewter medal (4th place) with McKernan, a bronze medal with Donohue, and two silver medals (one with each partner). Poirier competed for ten years with Vanessa Crone, winning the Canadian title in 2011. Crone & Poirier finished as high as seventh at the World Championships (in 2010) and won the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medal. They were also 2010 Olympic Team members. Gilles did not compete during the 2010-11 season, taking time off from figure skating training to give acting a try. She considered several options when she decided to return to the sport, but did not find a perfect fit until her tryout with Poirier. Poirier studies linguistics at the University of Toronto.
Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams PROFILE: D.O.B.: October 10, 1992 / April 20, 1991 Hometowns: Burnaby, BC / Vancouver, BC Home Clubs: Inlet SC / Calalta SC Training Town: Burnaby, BC Coaches: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Choreographer(s): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Sold" [John Michael Montgomery] + "Tennesee Waltz" [Anne Murray] Free Dance: Music from High Society RESULTS: 4th - 2012 NHK Trophy 8th - 2012 Rostelecom Cup 1st - 2012 BC Summer Skate 1st - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD A 2nd - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD A 6th - 2012 World Junior Championships 6th - 2012 Canadian Championships 2nd - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 1st - 2012 BC/YT Sectionals 6th - 2011 Cup of Austria JGP 1st - 2011 JGP Brisbane 1st - 2011 BC Summer Skate (SD only) (Jr) 1st/1st - 2011 Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) (Jr) 8th - 2011 World Junior Championships
1st - 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 1st - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th - 2010 Czech Skate JGP 3rd - 2010 John Curry Memorial JGP SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 57.41, BC Summer Skate Free Dance: 81.60, BC Summer Skate Total Score: 139.01, BC Summer Skate TEAM NOTES: Orford & Williams began skating together in May 2010. Orford previously skated with Malcolm Rohon-O'Halloran, finishing seventh at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. Williams had several partners before Orford, including Olga Lioudvinevitch and Alicia Williams. Williams had decided to take a year off from skating after his partnership with Lioudvinevitch ended in 2010. He had moved back home to Alberta when Orford contacted him for a tryout. When that was successful, he had to make a quick decision to move to Vancouver to skate with her. They medaled at their first JGP event, just four months later. When leaving Russian after 2012 Rostelecom Cup, Orford & Williams were forced to abandon their skates at airport security. They had carried their skates on the plane on the way to Russia, but were stopped on the way home. They were not allowed to return to ticketing to check their skates, as they had already cleared customs. Their skates were mailed to them, but they did not arrive before the team had to leave for NHK Trophy a week later, so they competed in Japan wearing old skates. Williams's boots were held together with duct tape. They skated well and finished fourth.
Élisabeth Paradis & François-Xavier Ouellette PROFILE: D.O.B.: July 15, 1992 / February 13, 1992 Hometowns: Québec, QC / Laval, QC Home Clubs: CPA Loretteville / CPA Les Lames d'argent Training Town: Montréal, QC Coaches: Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis Choreographer(s): Marie-France Dubreuil, Michael Seibert, Pascal Denis PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Come Away with Me" [Norah Jones] + "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" [KT Tunstall] Free Dance: "High Hopes" + "Run Like Hell" [Pink Floyd] RESULTS: 1st - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge 1st - 2013 Québec Sectionals 1st/1st - 2012 Octoberfest (SD/FD) 1st - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier 1st/1st - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 4th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD B 7th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD B 6th - 2012 Canadian Championships (Jr) 1st - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 1st - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 2nd/1st - 2011 Octoberfest (SD/FD) (Jr) 5th/1st - 2011 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) (Jr) 9th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Jr FD B 7th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Jr SD B 5th - 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr)
6th - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 3rd - 2011 Québec Sectionals (Jr) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 56.04, Québec Sectionals Free Dance: 82.49, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 133.63, Québec Sectionals TEAM NOTES: Paradis & Ouellette began their partnership in May 2010. They were JGP alternates in their final season of age eligibility, 2011-12. Paradis previously skated with Tristan Laliberté, winning a silver medal on the novice level at 2009 Junior Nationals. Ouellette previously skated with Marie-Philippe Vincent, Jessica Aquino, and Amanda Tvaronas.
Alexandra Paul & Mitchell Islam PROFILE: D.O.B.: September 16, 1991 / January 24, 1990 Hometowns: Midhurst, ON / Barrie, ON Home Clubs: Barrie SC Training Town: Bloomfield Hills, MI (USA) Coaches: Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Massimo Scali Choreographer(s): PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: Music by Edith Piaf Free Dance: Music from The Legend of 1900 RESULTS: WD - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge 5th - 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd - 2012 U.S. International Classic 1st/2nd - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (SD/FD) 5th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD B 2nd - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD A 6th - 2012 Four Continents Championships 5th - 2012 Canadian Championships WD - 2011 NHK Trophy 8th - 2011 Skate America 1st - 2011 Octoberfest (SD only) 3rd - 2011 Canadian Championships WD - 2010 Cup of Russia 4th - 2010 Skate Canada
2nd - 2010 World Junior Championships 1st - 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 1st - 2010 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th - 2009 Bosphorus Cup JGP 4th - 2009 Torun Cup JGP SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 61.27, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 92.43, Central Ontario Summer Skate Total Score: 150.73, Central Ontario Summer Skate TEAM NOTES: Paul & Islam teamed up in January 2009. Paul previously skated with Jason Cheperdak, winning the 2009 Canadian junior bronze medal. Islam previously skated with Joanna Lenko, winning the 2007 Canadian junior silver medal. Islam's father, David, was part of their coaching team until this year. His mother, Debbie, is a judge. Paul had surgery in late 2011 to repair damage from a leg injury sustained during a collision at NHK Trophy. Paul & Islam spent summer 2012 training at the Detroit Skating Club. The experience was so rewarding that they decided to make a permanent move to DSC.
Andréanne Poulin & Marc-André Servant PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 26, 1995 / July 1, 1991 Hometowns: Ile-Bizard, QC / Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC Home Clubs: CPA Des Deux-Rives Training Town: Pierrefonds, QC Coaches: Shawn Winter, Élise Hamel Choreographer(s): Shae Zukiwsky PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Mars vs. Venus" [Usher] + "Without You" [David Guetta feat. Usher] Free Dance: Music from Fantastic Mr. Fox [Alexandre Desplat] RESULTS: WD - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge 3rd - 2012 JGP Sencila Bled Cup 3rd - 2012 JGP Lake Placid 2nd/2nd - 2012 Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) (Jr) 20th - 2012 World Junior Championships 1st - 2012 Canadian Championships (Jr) 6th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 6th - 2011 JGP Volvo Cup 3rd - 2011 Québec Summer Championships (FD only) (Jr) 3rd - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Jr FD B 4th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Jr SD B 4th - 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 3rd - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
4th - 2010 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 5th - 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 5th - 2010 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 1st - 2010 Québec Sectionals (Jr) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 43.44, Skate Canada Challenge (among Sr SDs only) Free Dance: have not yet competed a senior FD Total Score: have not yet completed a senior competition TEAM NOTES: Poulin & Servant started skating together in April 2009. They only missed the podium by.21 in their first JGP event in the fall of 2010. It took two years before they finally reached the podium on the JGP, winning two bronze medals in the 2012 season. Poulin previously skated with Simon Mondor. Servant previously skated with Joanna Salvagna and trained in Scarborough, ON. Since Poulin & Servant won the 2012 Canadian junior title, they had to move up to the senior level domestically. However, they continued to skate at the junior level internationally, so they have had the difficult task of preparing two completely different short dances this season. Poulin & Servant broke the Canadian junior record (SD+FD format) at the 2012 Canadian Championships and held it for just over a month, when it was reclaimed by Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams at the 2012 World Junior Championships.
Kharis Ralph & Asher Hill PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 22, 1992 / March 19, 1991 Hometowns: Toronto, ON / Pickering, ON Home Clubs: Scarboro FSC Training Town: Scarborough, ON Coaches: Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Jon Lane Choreographer(s): Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: Main Title from Gigi + "Ice Skating Sequence" + "Can Can" [J. Offenbach] Free Dance: "Barcelona" [Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé] RESULTS: 8th - 2012 Skate Canada 7th - 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (SD only) 13th - 2012 World Championships 4th - 2012 Canadian Championships 2nd - 2012 Central Ontario Sectionals 5th - 2011 Skate America 3rd - 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy 1st - 2011 Central Ontario Summer Skate (SD only) 3rd - 2011 Minto Summer Skate (FD only) 4th - 2011 Canadian Championships 1st - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge 6th - 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard
7th - 2010 Cup of China 6th - 2010 Four Continents Championships 4th - 2010 Canadian Championships 4th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd - 2009 JGP Croatia Cup 2nd - 2009 JGP Lake Placid 5th - 2009 World Junior Championships 5th - 2009 Canadian Championships 6th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd - 2008 JGP Mexico Cup 2nd - 2008 JGP Courchevel 8th - 2008 World Junior Championships 1st - 2008 Canadian Championships (Jr) 2nd - 2008 Eastern Challenge (Jr) 1st - 2008 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 7th - 2007 JGP John Curry Memorial 4th - 2007 JGP Lake Placid 1st - 2007 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Nov) 1st - 2007 Eastern Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2007 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov) 1st - 2006 North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver (Nov) 1st - 2006 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Pre-Nov) 1st - 2006 Eastern Challenge (Pre-Nov) 1st - 2006 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 7th - 2005 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Pre-Nov) 5th - 2005 Eastern Challenge (Pre-Nov) 4th - 2005 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 57.67, Central Ontario Summer Skate Free Dance: 76.63, Nebelhorn Trophy Total Score: 130.42, Nebelhorn Trophy TEAM NOTES: Ralph & Hill have been skating together for a decade, giving them the second-longest competitive partnership in Canadian ice dance. Ralph & Hill won three consecutive national titles at the pre-novice (2006), novice (2007), and junior (2008) levels. Ralph studies history and political science at the University of Toronto. Hill is an occupational health & safety student at Ryerson University.
Larissa Van As & Troy Shindle PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 21, 1992 / December 17, 1992 Hometowns: Vancouver, BC / Burnaby, BC Home Clubs: Inlet SC Training Town: Burnaby, BC Coaches: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Choreographer(s): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: Bavarian Folk Free Dance: "Bye Bye Love" + "Put Your Head on my Shoulder" + "Roll Over Beethoven" RESULTS: 2nd - 2012 BC Summer Skate 10th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD A 7th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD A 8th - 2012 Canadian Championships 3rd - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 2nd - 2012 BC/YT Sectionals 2nd - 2011 BC Summer Skate 4th/7th - 2011 Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) 10th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD 7th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD A 8th - 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 13th - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd - 2011 BC/YT Sectionals (Jr)
SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 45.90, BC Summer Skate Free Dance: 70.69, BC Summer Skate Total Score: 116.59, BC Summer Skate TEAM NOTES: Van As & Shindle teamed up in 2010. They missed most of their planned competitions this season due to injury, but hope to be healthy in time for the Canadian Championships. Van As previously skated with Taylor Dilley and Shindle skated with Chloe Hill. Both partners competed in singles through the novice level. Van As began dancing in 2009, when injuries prevented her from training jumps.
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir PROFILE: D.O.B.: May 17, 1989 / September 2, 1987 Hometowns: London, ON / Ilderton, ON Home Clubs: Ilderton SC Training Town: Canton, MI (USA) Coaches: Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns Choreographer(s): Marina Zoueva PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "The Waltz Goes On" [Anthony Hopkins] Free Dance: Music from Carmen Suite [Rodion Schedrin] RESULTS: 2nd - 2013 Grand Prix Final 1st - 2012 Rostelecom Cup 1st - 2012 Skate Canada 1st - 2012 World Championships 1st - 2012 Four Continents Championships 1st - 2012 Canadian Championships 2nd - 2012 Grand Prix Final 1st - 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard 1st - 2011 Skate Canada 1st - 2011 Finlandia Trophy 2nd - 2011 World Championships WD - 2011 Four Continents Championships 1st - 2010 World Championships
1st - 2010 Olympic Games 1st - 2010 Canadian Championships 2nd - 2010 Grand Prix Final 1st - 2009 Skate Canada 1st - 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard 3rd - 2009 World Championships 2nd - 2009 Four Continents Championships 1st - 2009 Canadian Championships 2nd - 2008 World Championships 1st - 2008 Four Continents Championships 1st - 2008 Canadian Championships 4th - 2008 Grand Prix Final 2nd - 2007 NHK Trophy 1st - 2007 Skate Canada 6th - 2007 World Championships 3rd - 2007 Four Continents Championships 2nd - 2007 Canadian Championships 4th - 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 2nd - 2006 Skate Canada 1st - 2006 Campbell's Cup (Team Event) 1st - 2006 World Junior Championships 3rd - 2006 Four Continents Championships 3rd - 2006 Canadian Championships 1st - 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final 1st - 2005 JGP Montréal 1st - 2005 JGP Andorra Cup 2nd - 2005 World Junior Championships 4th - 2005 Canadian Championships 1st - 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final 1st - 2005 Western Ontario Sectionals 1st - 2004 JGP Harbin 2nd - 2004 JGP Courchevel 11th - 2004 World Junior Championships 1st - 2004 Canadian Championships (Jr) 4th - 2003 JGP Zagreb 6th - 2003 JGP Skate Slovakia 1st - 2003 North American Challenge Skate - Thornhill (Jr) 7th - 2003 Canadian Championships (Jr) 1st - 2003 Western Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 4th - 2002 Helmut Seibt Memorial (Nov) 3rd - 2002 Canadian Championships (Nov) 4th - 2002 Western Challenge (Nov)
SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 71.27, Grand Prix Final Free Dance: 108.56, Grand Prix Final Total Score: 179.83, Grand Prix Final TEAM NOTES: Virtue & Moir began skating together in October 1997, making them the longest-running competitive partnership in Canada. Virtue & Moir are the first Canadian ice dancers to win the Olympic title and the second to win the World title. They have national titles at every level except novice, and they are the only Canadian dance team to have won national titles at four of the five levels. They hold Canadian records for total score in senior dance (both the CD+OD+FD and SD+FD formats) and junior dance (CD+OD+FD format). Virtue underwent surgery on her legs in fall 2008 and fall 2010. Both operations were done to relieve pressure caused by chronic exertional compartment syndrome. During the season after the second surgery, she changed her stroking pattern in order to prevent another relapse. Virtue is a student at the University of Windsor. Moir's family is heavily involved in skating. His older brothers, Charlie and Danny, both skated, as did his cousins. His aunt, Carol Moir, was his and Tessa's first dance coach.