Episode Notes

Talia Barrington is a former competitive ice dancer and ballroom dancer and is currently a master's student at the NYU School of Journalism. She recently wrote an article for Slate entitled “The Once Unthinkable Revolution Coming to Figure Skating” about the changes to allow teams of any gender in ice dance and pairs. Talia broke the news that the ice dance technical committee of the ISU is considering putting forward a rule change at the next Congress. In this episode, we talk about why this change would be revolutionary, and what figure skating can learn from the world of ballroom dance. 

Transcript

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Resources: “The Once Unthinkable Revolution Coming to Figure Skating” https://slate.com/culture/2023/04/figure-skating-2023-same-sex-gender-pairs-rules.html Madison Hubbell & Gabriela Papadakis skating together, On Ice Perspectives https://www.instagram.com/p/Crp0G1RO0jX/ Tara Prasad 2022 FS Padmaavat Soundtrack by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Hasit Nanda (choreo. by Tara Prasad) https://youtu.be/S2TPXEvRIE0

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