Anastasia Cannuscio

Anastasia Cannuscio
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	July 1, 1992 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Residence	Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey[1]
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner	Colin McManus
Former partner	Ian Lorello Geoffry Varner Dean Copely
Coach	Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley
Former coach	Alexandr Kirsanov
Choreographer	Karen Ludington
Former choreographer	Alexandr Kirsanov
Skating club	UDFSC Newark
Training locations	Newark, Delaware
Began skating	1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	143.67 2015 Skate America
Short dance	55.21 2015 NHK Trophy
Free dance	90.75 2015 Skate America

Anastasia Cannuscio (born July 1, 1992) is an American ice dancer who competes with Colin McManus. They are the 2013 Ice Challenge champions and 2011 U.S. Junior bronze medalists.

Personal life

Anastasia Cannuscio was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the younger sister of Isabella Cannuscio, who is also a competitive ice dancer and who is engaged to be married to her partner, Colin McManus.^[2]

Career

Cannuscio teamed up with Colin McManus in March 2008.^[3] They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2009.

Cannuscio/McManus won a silver medal at the 2010 Junior Grand Prix event in France and bronze on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships.^[4] They were sent to the 2011 World Junior Championships and finished 7th.

Cannuscio/McManus debuted on the senior level at the 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They finished seventh at their first Grand Prix event, the 2012 Skate America. The following season, they won gold at the 2013 Ice Challenge.

For the 2014-15 season ,^[5] Cannuscio and McManus took bronze in both their ISU Challenger Series events at 2014 Finlandia Trophy and the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. They later placed fifth in their Grand Prix event at 2014 Skate America, as well as the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

(with McManus)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2015–2016 [6][7]	Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev Waltz: No 37 Waltz-Coda March: No 18 The Clock choreo. by Karen Ludington	Ninth Symphony Moonlight Sonata Fifth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven choreo. by Karen Ludington	Gravity by Sara Bareilles
2014–2015 [3][8]	Paso Doble: Hora Zero by Rodrigo y Gabriela Flamenco: Ameksa by the Taalbi Brothers	Danse macabre by Arthur Fiedler Transylvanian Lullaby by Gil Shaham Danse macabre by Arthur Fiedler
2013–2014 [3]	Puttin' On the Ritz Get Happy by Rufus Wainwright	An American in Paris by Leonard Bernstein
2012–2013 [2][3]	Polka: Éljen a Magyar!, Op. 332 Waltz: Accelerationen, Op. 234 both by Johann Strauss II, performed by Willi Boskovsky and Wiener Johann Strauss Orchestra	Comanche by The Revels Please, Mr. Jailer by Rachel Sweet Jailhouse Rock by West End Orchestra and Singers
2011–2012 [9]	Mas que Nada by Sérgio Mendes (feat. The Black Eyed Peas) Magalenha by Sergio Mendes	The Way You Look Tonight by Adam Levine Unforgettable by Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole Get Me To The Church by Frank Sinatra
2010–2011 [10]	Waltz: It's a Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown Tango: Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan	Carmen Fantasie by David Garrett Cavatina (from The Deer Hunter by Stanley Myers
	Original dance
2009–2010 [3][11]	Complainte de la Butte by Rufus Wainwright La Foule by Édith Piaf	Love Story by Francis Lai performed by the BBC Orchestra
2008–2009 [3]	I Want to Be Loved By You by Marilyn Monroe Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue by Spike Jones and His City Slickers	Who's that Creepin'? I Wanna Be Like You by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With McManus

International[12]
Event	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
GP Skate America				7th		5th	5th
GP NHK Trophy							6th
CS Finlandia						3rd
CS Nebelhorn							3rd
CS U.S. Classic				6th	8th	3rd
Ice Challenge					1st
Nepela Trophy			5th
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds		7th
JGP Belarus	7th
JGP France		2nd
JGP Japan		4th
JGP Turkey	7th
National[3]
U.S. Champ.		3rd J.	6th	6th	7th	5th	4th
Eastern Sect.			2nd
J. = Junior level

With Copely

Event	2007
U.S. Championships	3rd N.
N. = Novice level

References

1. Ashe, Kelly (February 1, 2011). "Egg Harbor Township's Anastasia Cannuscio earns a berth in a world championship ice dancing event". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved September 21, 2013. But Egg Harbor Township's Anastasia Cannuscio and her partner, Colin McManus, will get one more opportunity to perform at the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 28-March 6.
2. "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013.
3. "Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus". IceNetwork.
   • Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. Walker, Elvin (January 26, 2011). "Copely takes Lichtman to the dark side and to a gold medal". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
5. Slater, Paula (4 October 2014). "Rejuvenated, Cannuscio and McManus push ahead". Golden Skate.
6. Backman, Daphne (April 8, 2015). "Ludington & Moxley rebuilding UD ice dance program". ice-dance.com.
7. "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015.
8. "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014.
9. "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
10. "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
11. "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010.
12. "Competition Results: Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS". International Skating Union.

External links

• Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus at the International Skating Union
• Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus at IceNetwork