Kellyis both National and International
medalist in Ice Dancing and a U.S. International Team Member. He
has USFSA gold medals in Dance, Free Dance,
International Dance, Solo Dance and Moves In The Field,
including the I.S.U. dance test. He has coached at the national
dance level and was a voting member of the USFSA Dance and PSA
Dance Committees; additionally guest speaking at numerous “A” and
“B” level judging schools. He has been coaching at THE SKATING
EDGE for 23 years and specializes in Moves In The Field,
Ice Dance, and Stroking.
Charlene Wong
Canadian born Charlene Wong draws from over thirty years of
experience in the sport of ice skating when working with her students who
range from beginners through to Olympic hopefuls. Her coaching philosophy
encourages participation in ice skating as a means to develop character
and the skills that will bring out one's personal best in everything.
Charlene has experience in all ice skating disciplines as well as
choreography, direction and production of ice skating events. Her skating
accomplishments include being a Five Time National Silver Medallist, Four
time World Competitor, US Open Professional Champion and 1988 Olympian.
Lorna Brown
British and
World Professional Champion and a World and Olympic
coach. Former National Coach of Denmark. A principal
performer in numerous ice shows all over the world
including "John Curry's Ice Dancing" on Broadway NY, and
"Theatre of Skating" at the London Palladium. She has
appeared in TV specials, touring Galas and commercials
world wide. She has studied contemporary dance and worked
with some of the Worlds leading choreographers and has
choreographed for several International champions
including "2 World Professional Champions." In
addition, she has lectured on all aspects of figure
skating, at "National and International seminars" for both
skaters and coaches. She has produced and directed
her own International Skating School in the UK called
"Skate of the Art" with the world famous Rafael Arituniun
for 7 consecutive years.
She
specializes in the latest physics and aero dynamics in
skating techniques. She focuses a great deal on expression
and style in her choreography and has written several
articles for skating magazines on these subjects. She
specializes mostly in singles, both on and off the ice
training.
She moved
to the USA 3 years ago and has been awarded the PSA
Level 7 ranking and holds a BA in sports science.
Scott Williams
Creator
and Co-Executive Producer on the TLC series Ice Diaries,
Scott is active in all facets of the figure skating industry – coaching at
The Skating Edge as well as producing live and televised events. In 1997,
he founded Turtle Island Productions, Inc., and went on to create and
produce four seasons of the American Open Professional Figure
Skating Championships®, as well as a number of other skating
specials such as Skate of Champions. Scott also produced
White Canvas Productions’ 2004, 2005 and 2006 Brian Boitano Skating
Spectacular on NBC, and will continue to manage the project
as Producer for the 2007 show. In 1997 Scott founded and presided over
the Professional Figure Skaters Cooperative (PFSC –
www.proskaters.org). An accomplished skater himself, earning titles
from Junior World Champion, U.S. Silver Medalist and
World Team Member to U.S. Open and World Professional
Champion, Scott has shared his extensive experience through coaching
and choreographing in the United States and abroad. In addition to
choreographing and directing skating specials like Cinderella on Ice,
and Beverly Hills on Ice, Scott coached Michelle Kwan
to a fifth World Championship crown and seventh U.S. National title
in 2003. Scott also holds a degree in Project Management from the
University of Phoenix.
Scott is
married to Azumi (Sagara) Williams, an accomplished national and
international competitive ice dancer and adagio star of Holiday on Ice
and Royal Caribbean ice shows. Azumi works with a number of
Scott's students, and specializes in choreography, stroking, and moves in
the field.
Tiffany Chin
Tiffany was the
1985 U.S. Ladies Champion, was twice the World Bronze Medalist,
and placed fourth at the 1984 Olympic Games.
Her professional career has included numerous
professional competitions, tours, and television specials.
Tiffany has been teaching for 15 years, with
students competing at the National and International level every
year since 1998