Ice skating became very popular during the 19th century and its popularity continued to grow into the early 20th century. Cold winters during that time period frequently froze ponds, lakes, and ...

Jackson Haines, an American ballet dancer, is credited with modernizing the sport. Like other sports played by the aristocracy, figure skating is essentially a product of white privilege, and its ...

4. Jackson Haines brings flair to figure skating // mid-1800s Jackson Haines, an American figure skater in the mid-1800s, had some crazy ideas about the sport.

U. S. figure skaters have long wanted to celebrate Jackson Haines’s birthday. But nobody — not even the late Irving Brokaw, whose Art of Skating is the figure skater’s bible — had ever ...

Although I love watching all types of skating (if no longer participating) it’s impossible to ignore the absence of Black and brown figure skaters in the competitive and professional ranks. Is a ...

Two-time Olympian Erin Jackson, the first Black woman to win a gold medal in ice speed skating, spoke with NBC News’ Savannah Sellers about her goals for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Jackson ...

In New York City, trained dancer Jackson Haines grew tired of the rigidity of the English style and developed his own interpretation of figure skating that included dancing and jumps choreographed ...

Savary is also the founder of Diversify Ice Foundation, a nonprofit aiming to bring diversity to figure skating nationwide. The foundation is also hosting a virtual event on Feb. 18.