Emma Kivioja (22) & Erik Pellnor (19) are a brand new senior ice dance group who will symbolize Sweden this season.
Tell us about your particular person skating journeys, together with any early particular recollections.
Emma Kivioja (EK): I began skating in Mörrums Figure skating Club after I was 4 years outdated. My dad and mom put me in skating college after which I continued.
Erik Pellnor (EP): My journey began after I was 8 years outdated when my dad and mom wished me to discover ways to skate. I later discovered I like to carry out and, on the ice, there may be near no limits! Thanks to my singles profession, I’ve had the alternatives of seeing the world and competing on a number of championships. In addition, I’ve made many good pals as nicely!
What drew you to ice dance?
EK: Erik and I have been at a summer time camp as single skaters and our coach urged that we should always skate collectively only for enjoyable and that’s the place my ideas about ice dance started. I’ve all the time admired the ice dancers after I’ve seen them on competitions, it’s such a wonderful sport.
EP: As I used to be bettering in singles, I observed my greatest energy is performing and I actually get pleasure from doing choreography on the ice. I’ve all the time had a ardour for music and expressing my feelings by means of dance. One summer time, me and Emma tried slightly ice dance for the enjoyable of it. After that week each of us noticed how stunning this sport actually is.
Tell us how your partnership began.
EK: Our partnership got here pure since we’ve been skating collectively as single skaters and attempting ice dance workout routines collectively for enjoyable in addition to singles. Late this spring we determined to change to ice dance.
EP: Me and Emma met one another the primary time in Linköping throughout a coaching camp 10 years in the past. From that time on, we noticed one another a couple of occasions yearly throughout coaching. We have been pals for a very long time now and some time again our coach wished us to try to skate collectively. This spring we determined to decide to our passions and begin our ice dance journey for actual.
What is it that you simply already like most about dancing along with your new accomplice?
EK: So far, I like the sensation of skating collectively, having the ability to talk and specific myself on the ice. I feel we talk rather well on and off the ice which makes it very enjoyable.
EP: I like that we get to encourage one another throughout apply and it actually makes you’re employed 100% on a regular basis. We additionally get to enhance our interpretation of music and work on getting full management of our total physique. There are quite a lot of challenges, however we’re all the time there to help one another.
What experiences do every of you carry to the partnership?
EK: None of us have any expertise in ice dance however each of us have been on worldwide competitions and nationals as single skaters. We are each laborious employees with regards to coaching and we cheer on one another when issues are powerful.
EP: Both of us have skated at a excessive stage in singles, nevertheless none of us are skilled in ice dance but. We will for certain be capable to use our preventing spirit since we’re used to taking up challenges and overcoming failure!
What has been the largest adjustment for every of you to date within the partnership?
EK: Learning methods to skate collectively, lifts and all the opposite components within the packages.
EP: The greatest adjustment for me is that we’ve got to suppose alike. I’ve by no means most well-liked to work in a group since I wish to have the management myself. However, as a result of me and Emma are actually shut pals we’re snug with sharing our emotions and our sincere opinions.
Tell us about your coaching website.
We prepare in Mörrum, Sweden with our coach from single skating, Susanne Olsson. To obtain steering and assist, we go to Neil Brown and Maurizio Margaglio in Helsinki, Finland.
Who are your coaches? Who is choreographing your packages?
For ice apply our coaches are Susanne Olsson, Neil Brown and Maurizio Margaglio. For off-ice we get assist from STAC and Anna Dettner. Neil Brown has choreographed each of our packages.
If you might have a lesson with any ice dancer previous/current, who wouldn’t it be? Why?
EK: There are too many good groups that I like, I couldn’t choose one!
EP: It could be actually cool to have one session with Tessa Virtue and or Scott Moir. They have been such an completed group and complimented one another very nicely. It could be nice to discover ways to carry out identical to them.
What is every of you trying ahead to most this skating season? What shall be your greatest problem(s)?
EK: I stay up for our first competitors and coaching collectively on the whole. I feel the largest problem for us is that every little thing is new to each of us, but it surely’s so enjoyable and provoking to do that journey with Erik.
EP: I feel I largely stay up for skating in full costume in competitors. It shall be such a enjoyable expertise to compete with one other particular person and to be so engrossed in our packages. I feel the largest problem shall be to go from common singles skates to ice dance skates.
What is your debut competitors this season?
We don’t know but what competitors goes to be our first, however it is going to be this autumn.
Please share something you want to our readers to learn about you as a group?
EK: We’ve been working actually laborious this summer time and we’ve got gotten good help from all our coaches and households. I’m very excited to begin competing and present our packages!
EP: We are presently experimenting with what themes and feelings we wish to specific in our packages and we actually hope it is going to be entertaining for the viewers (and the judges).