Figures, Pilates and Barre Class with Karen Courtland Kelly (Three turns, ankle strength)

Figures are the foundation of figure skating. They are also an intense workout for core strength and ankle strength. This week, Karen Courtland Kelly teaches us how to do outside and inside three three turns (backwards and forwards), ankle strengthening, posture exercises, hip opening drills and a very unique finale to Bolero. Join us every Saturday for a class that will strengthen your core, improve your posture and take your presentation to the next level.

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Karen Courtland Kelly is a former American pair skater. With partner Todd Reynolds, she won the bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1993 and 1994 and finished 14th at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games. Karen Courtland and Todd Reynolds were coached by Olympic Bronze Medalist, Ronald Ludington at the University of Delaware Ice Skating Science Development Center in Newark, Delaware.

In 1995, Courtland married Olympic Speed Skater Patrick Kelly. She is the first female Olympian to teach skating artists the sport of Figures & Fancy Skating in Lake Placid, New York. She has trained many skaters to represent their country in the World Figure & Fancy Skating Championships on black ice.

She also trained figure skaters in the fundamental figures (previously known as the insignificant terms compulsory/school), free style, pairs, dance, free dance, and moves to children and adults. She is also a motivational speaker and pilates teacher. Courtland is the president of the World Figure Sport Society and the Chef de Mission of Education and Sport for the World Figure & Fancy Skating Championships & Festival on black ice. She choreographs and performs professionally as a World Class Skating Artist in Singles, Pairs, and Dance. Courtland was inducted into the New Jersey Figure Skating Foundation Hall of Fame in 2014 and World Figure Sport’s Skating Hall of Fame in 2015. She is an honorary member of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club.

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