Christine Fowler-Binder

 

Kova and Ross'

Freedance and Compulsory Dances coach

 

Kova and Ross'

East-coast coach

 

Phone: 949-500-6545

Email:christinefowlerbinder@yahoo.com

Christine is an International, National and Junior National Coach. She holds Level 5 Ranking with PSA, and is a PSA Master Rated Coach in Moves in the Field. Christine serves as a PSA Board Member for the 2008-2011 term.
Christine has 15 years of coaching experience, specializing in Ice Dance, Moves in the Field, Stroking and Choreography.

Christine has primary responsibility for choreography, training and polishing the team's Freedance and compulsory dances.

Three time U.S. National Ice Dancing champion and Olympian Ice Dancer Suzy Semanick-Schurman brings her creative style, years of top-level coaching and original choreography to the fore in fashioning Kova and Ross' freedance.

Suzy Semanick's successful ice dancing career includes a 6th place finish at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary with her partner, Scott Gregory, two 5th place finishes at World Figure Skating Championships, and the pair reigned as U.S. National Ice Dancing champions for three years.

A Master-Rated Coach in Freedance, Dance, Moves-in-the-Field and Sports Science, Suzy has served as a professional coach at the University of Deleware, Mt. Lebanon, PA, UTC, Escondido IceOPlex, and San Diego Ice Arena, as well as the Skating School Director at Escondido IceOPlex from 94-96.

Wendy Smith

Kova and Ross'  Compulsory Dance coach

Robert Kacprzak Kova and Ross' Ballroom Dance coach DanceMotionStudios

Robert Kacprzak (Kacper) has been dancing/teaching for 20 years and competing worldwide, representing several countries including Poland, Switzerland and the United States. Kacper specializes in International Latin Style (Cha -Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive) and International Standard Style (Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Quick Step). During the past 10 years he has been competing professionally in all dance categories. Since 1998, Kacper has been highly involved in the dance community teaching students in several studios across California. He had the privilege to coach the Stanford Ballroom Dance Team for 2 years and has been involved in judging dance competitions. In 2000, he won the San Francisco Open Professional International Latin Competition. From 2000 to 2008 Robert has been training amateur and profesionnal dance teams. In October 2007, Robert with his wife Sonia opened a full ballroom dance studio -- Dance Motion Studios -- located in Carmel Mountain Ranch, in northern San Diego. Currently Robert is training beginner, amateur and professional teams as well as singles.

In her competitive career, Wendy climbed to become the Junior Provincial dance champion of Saskatchewan, with her partner Craig Pierce.

At age 17, Wendy turned her sights toward coaching, achieving her triple Gold Medal credentials in Figures, Dance and Freestyle. She was then hired as the head coach in Newcastle, New Brunswick at the age of 22.

Wendy has gone on to become the Director of the most successful figure skating school in the entire state of California, the San Diego Ice Arena, a position she has held for the last twelve years. Read an interview with Wendy here.