Determined to win the gold medal in ice dancing, Samantha must overcome several obstacles--a partner who is a total wise guy, parents who do not want her to skate, and some talented competition.

The glamour and glitz of ice dancing is spicing up arenas and rinks all over the world. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Blog Spot Read about a week in the life of international ice skater Jono Partridge. Star Story Discover how the Olympic ice dance sweethearts Virtue and Moir found fame! Zone In Prepare to be amazed by dramatic lifts, jumps, and spins!

There's more to ice dancing than beautiful costumes, awesome music, and the ability to skate. Learn the rules of the sport as well as the steps it takes to become an unstoppable athlete on ice.

The first in-depth, critical look at figure skating.

Explains how to create a unique, personal skating style and foster creativity, charisma, and excellence on the ice, and covers topics from choosing the right music to off-ice exercise, warmups, and nutrition

Can Rachel and Kirsty help the Dance Fairies get their grooves back?The Dance Fairies' magic ribbons are missing! Without them, all kinds of dances are getting off on the wrong foot. Everyone is miserable, except for Jack Frost and his goblins. They have the ribbons . . . and it's up to Rachel and Kirsty to get them back!It's a slippery situation when Isabelle the Ice Dance Fairy's ribbon disappears! Can Rachel and Kirsty skate their way to victory and find the final ribbon?Find the magic ribbon in each book, and help keep the Dance Fairies on their toes!

Figure skating is the most popular televised sport at the Olympic Winter Games and is the oldest of the winter sports, having first been contested at the Games of the fourth Olympiad in London in 1908. No other sport creates such a perfect balance between athleticism and artistry, and the athletes—many of them household names like Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan, Evan Lysacek, Katarina Witt, and Kristi Yamaguchi—spend years in training to make it look effortless. The Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating relates the history of the sport through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, appendixes, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on hundreds of skaters, past and present, but also on skating countries, governing bodies, skating disciplines, technical elements, skating styles, and many other subjects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of figure skating.