A figure skating fiction phenomemon! Originally published between 1998 and 2000, On the Edge, now in its second run, is the most popular figure skating serial in modern history. This coming of age melodrama sparked the imagination of a thousand figure skating fans.

Get figure skating fiction in small doses. Read these special selections from Private Ice's archive of figure skating short stories, humor, and poetry.

Graceful and stubborn. Powerful and arrogant. Destined for each other and for figure skating greatness. Will fate allow? Listen for the Whispers on the Ice.

Figure skating fiction's original soap opera, The Strong and The Sequined. Running continuously since 1997, The Strong and The Sequined is the first modern skatefic. Always outrageous, The Strong and the Sequined is so close to reality that even top US Figure Skating Association officials love it. Private Ice is proud to host the TSTS Archives.

Go behind the scenes with insider Sonia Bianchetti as she spins true tales of figure skating's powerful and autocratic leaders. Figure skating is neither pure nor glittering nor glamourousÑit's politics and intrigue, money and back room deals. In the wake of the 2002 Olympic figure skating judging scandal, Bianchetti puts the new, secretive, and complex judging system in historical context and outlines--with the clarity of vision that has made her a legend--what must be done to save figure skating.

Figure Skating Choreographers—Christopher Dean

It is virtually impossible to think of British figure skater Christopher Dean without thinking about his performance with ice dance partner Jayne Torvill at the 1984 Winter Olympics. With their stirring performance to "Bolero," Torvill and Dean became the first non-Russian couple to win the Olympic gold medal in ice dancing and the first team ever to receive perfect presentation scores from all judges.

The four-time world champions went on to a highly successful professional figure skating career, which they briefly interrupted to compete in the 1994 Olympics. In a controversial decision, they placed third. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inducted Torvill and Dean as members in 1989, and the two were named Officers of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.

Nowadays, Dean is a sought-after figure skating choreographer. He has been involved with the Stars on Ice Tour for several years and is serving as both choreographer and co-director this season. He also has created several competitive routines for both ice dancers and singles figure skaters over the past few years, including Michelle Kwan's 2004-05 long program to "Bolero."

Since 1994, Dean has been married to 1990 ladies world figure skating champion Jill Trenary. They have two sons. Dean's first wife was Canadian-born ice dancer Isabelle Duchesnay who, with her brother Paul, won a Gold medal for France at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships.

Christopher Dean was their choreographer.

—Beth Braccio Hering

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Figure Skating Choreographers—Christopher Dean