Danielle Gameliln and Alexander Gamelin

Danielle and Alex selected as members of the U.S. Figure Skating Developmental Team

We were just notified by Ben Miller, Chair of U.S. Figure Skating's Athlete Developmental Committee, that Danielle and Alex have been selected to attend the 2009 Thornhill Summer Skate as a member of the U.S. Figure Skating Development International Team.  The event will take place in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada on August 12-16, 2009.

This will be Danielle and Alex's first international competition.  What a thrill!

Danielle and Alex complete 4 performances with Ice Theatre of New York

Photo caption:  Danielle and Alex Gamelin, far right, at a recent outreach program at Riverbank State Park in Harlem

Danielle and Alex just completed four performances as part of Ice Theatre of New York's premiere educational outreach program, The New Works and Young Artists Series at Riverbank State Park in Harlem.  This outreach series is dedicated to giving emerging choreographers and performers an opportunity to present new works.  They show these works to an audience of school children from Harlem and Washington Heights and engage the students in a free skating clinic after the performance.

Ice Theatre of New York is an extraordinary organization, that has changed the face of figure skating by integrating the sensibilities of the contimporary dance, music and artworlds into performance skating.  Founded in 1984 by Moira North, Ice Theatre of New York is the nation's first non-profit ice dancing ensemble to be awarded grants as a dance company by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Danielle and Alex's performances were received very well; they had a lot of fun; and they have been asked by Moira North to continue their participation as apprentices to Ice Theatre of New York.