Profile of Young Ice Dancer Joylyn Yang

Born:

Joylyn Yang was born on December 23, 1995.

Home Town:

Foster City, California

Major Accomplishments:

Joylyn passed her Gold Dance Test on December 21, 2005. She was only nine years old at the time. In 2007, Joylyn won the U.S. Junior Juvenile Dance title with Jean-Luc Baker.

Timeline for Passing Compulsory Dance Tests:

Joylyn has a very impressive Ice Dance test record.

• Preliminary Dance Test December 12, 2003
• Pre-Bronze Dance Test February 27, 2004
• Bronze Dance Test May 21, 2004
• Pre-Silver Dance Test July 30, 2004
• Silver Dance Test October 22, 2004
• Pre-Gold Dance Test July 22, 2005
• Gold Dance Test December 21, 2005
• International Dance – Samba April 28, 2006

Timeline in Passing Moves in the Field Tests: :

Passing the Junior Moves in the Field test by the age of ten is quite remarkable.

• Pre-Preliminary MIF Test December 12, 2003
• Preliminary MIF Test March 3, 2004
• Pre-Juvenile MIF Test May 21, 2004
• Juvenile MIF Test August 27, 2004
• Intermediate MIF Test January 21, 2005
• Novice MIF Test June 24, 2005
• Junior MIF Test March 31, 2006

Other Tests Passed:

• Juvenile Free Dance Test January 21, 2005
• Pre-Preliminary FS Test August 27, 2004
• Preliminary FS Test December 10, 2004
• Pre-Juvenile FS Test March 31, 2006
• ISI Dance 10 Test June 2, 2006

  Proud Family Members:

  • Mother – Joyous Yang
  • Father – Gino Yang
  • Brother – Garrison Yang

  Education and Hobbies:

  Joylyn attends Columbia Elementary School in Mukilteo, Washington. She enjoys singing, drawing, playing basketball for fun, and being with friends.

  Skating Partner:

  Jean-Luc Baker is Joylyn's ice dance partner. Jean-Luc is the son of former ice dance Olympian Sharon Jones Baker and amateur and professional world pair team member, Steve Baker. They competed in Juvenile Dance for the 2006-07 Competitive Skating Season and won the 2007 U.S. Junior Juvenile Dance title. In 2007-08, Joylyn and Jean-Luc won gold again and became the 2008 U.S. Intermediate Ice Dance Champions. Joylyn began training in July, 2006 in Seattle, Washington with Jean-Luc.

  All About Joylyn's Skating:

  Joylyn began skating in 2001. She celebrated her sixth birthday with an ice skating party. Shortly after that birthday party, she began group lessons.

  Later, Joylyn was able to participate in her first competition and began private lessons. Her first private lesson coach was Stephanie Han. She continued the private lessons after that competition and started to practice more on her own.

  One Saturday morning while she practiced, she met ice dancers Kianoosh Samii and Molly Johnson. She have never seen anyone ice dance before that morning. What she saw really inspired her.

  In 2003, Joylyn began skating at Ice Oasis in Redwood City, California. She began private lessons in Singles with Kitty Kelly-McGorryand and private Ice Dance lessons with Peter Sasmore.

  Joylyn has worked hard. For two years, her schedule has been as follows:

  Waking at 4:00 in the morning, arriving at the rink at about 5 AM, getting on the ice at 5:30 AM and skating until about 8:15 or 8:30 AM. She normally works on freestyle for two hours and one hour on ice dancing.

  During the summer Joylyn trains for more hours.

  Her goals are to compete in Ice Dancing and to continue to work on Free Skating tests.

  • Video Performances of Joylyn Yang and Jean-Luc Baker - Lake Placid 2006