Figure Skating - 2026

Erika Shorr is a figure skating coach and was a decorated champion individual and pairs figure skater who represented both the United States and Great Britain internationally. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Erika began figure skating at Tarzana Valley Ice at age eight. The arts were instrumental to her family’s story: her mother had been a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, and her father played the French Horn in the orchestra. In 1973 alongside Tom Huff, Erika became the US Junior Pair Bronze Medalist, and in 1974, she became the US Championship Pairs Bronze Medalist. With partner Colin Taylforth, she became the British Pair Champion in 1975. In 1976, she went on to compete in the European Championships and the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

Erika skated professionally and toured twice with Ice Capades as a Soloist and Pair Principal. Her movie credits include the cult-classic film Flashdance, where she played a graceful figure skating competitor, famous for spinning in the spotlight. She appeared in Hart to Hart and was showcased in multiple commercials for iconic brands and products, including Kodak with David Copperfield, Don Julio Brandy, Olympic Postage Stamps and Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.

Through her coaching career, Erika has inspired and supported multiple generations of young skaters through national and international competitions for forty years. All the while, her mother taught Erika’s students ballet. She now primarily focuses on her adult skaters, whom she teaches at Pickwick Ice in Burbank and The Cube in Valencia.

Erika has been married to Matthew Shorr for forty-three years, and the couple has two wonderful children, Jason and David (in addition to a son and daughter-in-law, Max and Kate). Erika lives in Northridge, with her precious rescue dog, Winston and senior cat, Naima.