Performers
Polina Edmunds
Polina is a two-time U.S. silver medalist, world team member, 2014 Olympian and Four Continents 2015 Gold medalist. She graduated from Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, and is currently a student at Santa Clara University. In 2014, Polina was named “San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Female High School Athlete of the Year” by the San Jose Sports Authority. She is an Athlete Ambassador for Right To Play USA and is very active with Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation.
Kate Wang
Kate is the 2020 Youth Olympic Team Silver Medalist, 5x national competitor, 7x international competitor. She is a second year marine biology student at UC Santa Cruz. She’s been skating for 15 years and spent 5 years representing Team USA; her home club is the Skating Club of San Francisco. What she loves most about skating is the sense of freedom it brings and how much it has taught her about perseverance and discipline. Besides skating she enjoyes tutoring, math, cooking, and drawing.
Diane Zhou
As a professional entertainer, Ian’s experience includes performing in music videos and promotions for Christina Aguilera, Usher, and Lil’ Kim. His dance expertise led to choreographing for the NBA and NHL. TV credits: American Idol, Arli$$, Chance. Theatrical credits: Michael Jackson Tribute Concert. The King and I, RENT, Little Women. His foray into figure skating has led to himself competing on the national and international stage. Ian’s current passion is sharing his knowledge of hip-hop and jazz dances, movement quality, and performance skills to many aspiring dancers and figure skaters around the world: http://www.ian.dance
Josette Seitz
Josette is a 2x USFS Gold Medalist, Robots on Ice performer in 2024 to Ms Roboto where she skated with a ‘Hololens2’. She is an advisor to the Silicon Valley Ice Skating Association where she has helped organize and direct the In The Stars Gala in 2024. Outside of skating, she is a accomplished AR/VR Developer.
Diane Zhou
Diane is a triple USFS Gold Medalist, two-time U.S. Adult Nationals Championship Masters Junior-Senior Women qualifier, and former captain of the San Francisco Ice Theatre Adult Team which represented Team USA at Adult Gold Cup in 2023. She is also the co-creator of Anime on Ice, producing a collection of figure skating programs based on themes and music from anime. As a board member of the Skating Club of San Francisco, Diane proudly supports the local skating community.
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