Madrid International Ice Dance & Figure Skating School

John Dunn is a Level 3 Ice Dance coach and has taught skaters for eleven years.

As a skater, he won the Under 16 Nationals once, the Under 18 Nationals twice and came third on two occasions in Senior Nationals. He skated for Great Britain on more than twenty occasions, coming sixth in the Junior World Championships, third in Basle, Switzerland and was on the Olympic Squad for Great Britain for eight years.

As a coach, he has taught two Under 12 National champions, three Under 14 National champions, and had a third place in the Under 18 Championships.  

Also, in the United Kingdom "solo dance" he has had four national champions. 

Since he began coaching in Spain in January 2008, he has taken one couple to four Junior Grand Prix and has now got five dance couples of which three will skate in International Competitions next season. 

Jimmy is a level 5 coach (the highest possible in the UK) and for many years he has had Britsh champions at both Junior and Senior levels.  Most of those skaters have participated in Europeans, Junior and Senior Worlds Championships and Olympics Games - some placing 3rd in Europeans and Junior Worlds and 5th in Worlds and Olympics. He has also had senior champions in Finland, Austria and Japan who have also all skated in the Olympic Games.

He has given seminars for the Japananese, American, French, German and Finnish Skating Federations and this year, also coached on the first ever ISU Junior and Novice Dance seminar in Oberstdorf.

Jimmy is also an ISU Ice Dance Technical Specialist and has had many assignments at Junior and Senior Grand Prixs and Junior Worlds.

 
Victoria is a Level 2 Coach and has taught both Figure Skating and Ice Dance for a number of years.  She coaches people of all ages and abilities and has trained skaters to British Championship level.  With a flare for choreography, she has directed and choreographed a number shows, galas and ice skating events.

As a skater, Victoria is highly qualified in both free skating and ice dance and has competed at International level in both disciplines. She competed in several National Championships and was Welsh Primary and Junior Ice Dance Champion and a bronze medallist twice at British Championship level.

Skating Internationally for Wales and Great Britain, Victoria was a silver medallist at both Junior and Senior level.  She was also a member of the British Senior Olympic Ice Dance Squad for many years, and after retiring as a competitor, joined the cast of Blackpool's "HOT ICE" show. 

Victoria is also a complete glutton for punishment as she is not only coaching during the dance sessions but has also agreed to move to "the dark side" and coach during the figure sessions as well. We say "the force is strong in this one" Obi Wan.

 Alessandro is a Level 2 Ice Dance coach and has been teaching for 3 and a half years.

As a skater he competed in 14 British Championships, 4 Welsh Championships and 3 Scottish Championships as well as countless competitions across the country, culminating in becoming a Team GB member in 2001. 

He has skated in ice shows in Valencia (Spain) in 2004/5 and in Lisbon (Portugal) in 2006/7.

He was recently a Reserve Professional for BBC's "Dancing on Ice" Series 3 and was a demonstrator on the NISA Field Moves DVD.