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futureoffs.bsky.social
A podcast about making figure skating healthier, more inclusive, and more joyful. Find us on major podcast apps, Spotify and YouTube. Hosted by @choreosequence.bsky.social
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Madison Hubbell calls for the ISU to allow teams of any gender, notes that Skate Canada has made a great first step but without the ability to aspire for world and Olympic competition, it won’t be enough. Full interview: youtu.be/Qxa0ERLdR4o?...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Madison Hubbell and Gabriella Papadakis debuted their new professional partnership at Art on Ice 2025. I spoke to them backstage in Zurich about their advocacy for change in the sport, and providing an example of what open-gender ice dance could look like. youtu.be/Qxa0ERLdR4o?...

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

A little clip of Madison Hubbell and Gabriella Papadakis talking about lifts - the full interview from Art on Ice will be out this week!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

cw: discussion of sexual abuse, abuse, and eating disorders Part 3 of @choreosequence.bsky.social’s The Future of Pairs series considers the culture surrounding the discipline in regards to gender power imbalances anythinggoe.com/the-future-o...

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Peter Grütter talks about the past and future of the sport with so much wisdom and love. 60 years of coaching experience and yet his approach to building autonomous students feels so needed today! youtu.be/EGiyQDfaDiY?...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

As a nonbinary pair skater in a team with a woman, I’d like to suggest that our rallying cry be for “teams of any gender” - this includes same-sex teams as well as people like me (and Timothy LeDuc). It could also include f/m pairings where the male skater is lifted by the woman. 🙋🏻

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Gabriella Papadakis, who will soon publicly debut her new partnership with Madison Hubbell, publishes an essay that not only discusses their new artistic project, but is effectively a manifesto for change in this sport. A must-read, in our opinion: gabriellapapadakis.substack.com?r=btww&utm_c...

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Gabriella Papadakis just posted a concise, personal, persuasive argument for same-sex couples in figure skating: gabriellapapadakis.substack.com?utm_campaign...

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Khoudia Touré talks about the value of collaboration between figure skating and hip hop 🤝 Check out the full episode: youtu.be/rKs22nDngaw?...

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Watching Khoudia work with the young skaters and speaking with her was one of my highlights of visiting Champéry last summer. She has a beautiful approach to collaboration and exploring movement.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

EXCITED to listen to this over the holidays!! there's such a different energy with her choreo, usually in the translation to ice there's a.. stiffness, or a lack of cohesion, but the fluidity and ORGANICS of the choreo for Symphony No.3 is electric. Much like the gumption & FORCE behind Bitter Earth

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

New episode! Hip hop dancer Khoudia Touré discusses her work with Stéphane Lambiel and Guillaume Cizeron, and the creative exchange between dance and skating youtu.be/rKs22nDngaw?...

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Everybody go read this now! @izyone.bsky.social wrote an amazing nuanced article, with quotes from Elladj Baldé, Phil Chan, Lukas Britschgi and more

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

It was great to sit down with @futureoffs.bsky.social for this podcast. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

New episode out now, discussing artistry and healthy pairs partnerships with coach and choreographer @drew-meekins.bsky.social youtu.be/5r17SFFtuRU?...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

i see where he’s coming from and i don’t disagree with his perspective, but personally i actually like the ‘clutter’ when it’s executed well because i know the work that goes into it and for me the athleticism actually makes me appreciate the beauty of the program more.

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

Fascinating to watch skating fans grow frustrated by how stifling IJS has become. We can't go back to 6.0 (can we?) but surely there are better strategies for letting the sheer beauty/joy/etc of skating come through. I don't think gimmicky stuff like backflips etc are the right path forward either.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

On the Runthrough, Adam and @ashwagner.bsky.social had an interesting conversation about leveled spins and steps. What do you think? Are the requirements of level 4 spins and steps making skating cluttered and ugly? Are levels necessary for objective judging? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

Episode 42 features Matteo Rizzo on his recovery from injury, and his love of the emotional side of skating. youtu.be/iNWSWL4Bw6k

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments