Ice Dance International
Where Skating Becomes Art
Ice Dance International
Where Skating Becomes Art
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IDI Founders, Board of Directors and Staff
Founders
Edward Villella
Linda Villella
Douglas Webster
Debbie Gordon (RIP)
Dick Button
Board of Directors
Nancy Jean Davis
JoJo Starbuck
Scott Allen
Dorothy Hamill
Linda Villella
Edward Villella (Executive Advisor)
Douglas Webster (Chair)
Not shown in photo:
Josh Babb
Joy Prudek
Dick Button (Executive Advisor)
Executive Artistic Director
Douglas Webster is the Founding Artistic Director of Ice Dance International and is currently the company’s Executive Artistic Director. Webster is also one of the Founders of Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond and is the Founding Artistic Director.
The IDI company is currently airing two public television documentaries nationwide that Douglas produced, directed, and choreographed called “The World of Ice Dance International” and “In Flight: The Art of Ice Dance International.” The shows, shot in Sun Valley, Idaho, celebrate the history and joy of dancing on ice as well as showcasing the company repertory.
Douglas has created and produced all special IDI events including performances at The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Aspen Gay Ski Week, Fenway Park, The National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Fenimore Museum, Rockefeller Center, and the Strawbery Banke Museum. He also leads and conducts all IDI clinics and has established The IDI School of Performance Skating.
In the winter of 2020, Douglas will direct IDI as the company in residence at the Strawbery Banke Museum and conduct a New England and West Coast tour funded in part by an Expeditions Grant from The New England Foundation for the Arts.
Since 2014, Douglas has volunteered his time directing and choreographing the volunteer vintage Candlelight Stroll Skaters at the Strawbery Banke Museum each December since the rink’s inception.
In the past few years, Douglas has served as the Creative Director for a 3 year ABC television series called “Shall We Dance on Ice,” Artistic Director of Ice Theatre of New York, staff for US Figure Skating’s Dance Camp, Synchro and Components Camp, and staff for Grassroots to Champions. He has also worked on choreography teams for many major skating companies, including; Disney on Ice (10 shows, including High School Musical); Holiday on Ice (3 shows); Stars On Ice (2); and The Sun Valley Ice Show (3).
His choreography has been seen in television shows all over the world, including Disson Skating, Winter Solstice on Ice; Skating with the Stars for ABC TV; and Sterren Dansen op Het IJs in The Netherlands.
Douglas has also collaborated with many renowned choreographers from the dance world including David Parsons, Elisa Monte, Jacqlyn Buglisi, Laura Dean, Ann Carlson, and Edward Villella.
He has been nominated for both PSA Awards the Paul McGrath (2) and F. Ritter Shumway.
His education includes studying acting at the William Esper Studios in NYC, he is certified massage therapist, and a graduate of the College of William and Mary with a BA in English lit.
Douglas lives in Kittery, Maine.
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