Lauri Bonacorsi (born January 17, 1993) is an American ice dancer. With former partner Travis Mager, she is the 2011 and 2012 U.S. Junior silver medalist.
Career Bonacorsi began skating at age four. She moved from St. Louis, Missouri, to Plano, Texas, in 2007. She spent the 2007–08 season in search of a partner. Travis Mager found her on IcePartnerSearch and they tried out together in February and April 2008. Bonacorsi and Mager officially teamed up in late May 2008. She relocated to Maryland to train with him.
Bonacorsi and Mager won the 2009 U.S. novice ice dancing title. They won the bronze medal at the 2009 JGP Lake Placid. In May 2010, they changed coaches to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.
In the 2010–11 season, Bonacorsi and Mager won the bronze medal at the 2010 JGP Brasov Cup in Romania. They won silver on the junior level at the U.S. Championships and placed 11th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.
Bonacorsi and Mager won the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix event in Brisbane, Australia, and bronze at another JGP event, the Walter Lombardi Trophy in Milan, Italy. They were the first alternates to the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada in December 2011. Bonacorsi and Mager finished 7th at the 2012 World Junior Championships. They announced the end of their partnership in April 2012.
Bonacorsi tried out with Francesco Fioretti of Milan, Italy, in May, 2014, and upon receiving her release from United States Figure Skating, began representing Italy with Fioretti in June, 2014. They worked with choreographer Massimo Scali, and coaches Johnny Johns, Maurizio Margaglio, and Marina Zoueva before Bonacorsi moved to Italy to train with their main coaches, Valter Rizzo and Brunhilde Bianchi.
Personal life Bonacorsi took time off from skating to pursue an Ivy League education, studying International Relations and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated from Radnor High School in Radnor, PA in June 2011. She attended law school at Northwestern University and graduated in 2021.
Programs (with Mager)
Season Short dance Free dance 2011–2012 Cha Cha: Chilly Cha Cha by Jessica Jay Rhumba: Bésame Mucho performed by Nana Mouskouri Close to You by Sandra and Tony Alessi 2010–2011 My Sweet and Tender Beast by Eugen Doga The Mask: Cuban Pete by José Norman This Business of Love by Howie Hersh Hey Pachuco Royal Crown Revue 2009–2010 Tarantella medley (Italian folk) by Al Caiola River Flows in You by Yiruma I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi 2008–2009 The Last Emperor Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Competitive highlights
With Fioretti for Italy International Event 2014–15 Nebelhorn Trophy 10th
With Mager for the United States Results International Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 World Junior Championships 11th 7th JGP Australia 2nd JGP Germany 9th JGP Great Britain 5th JGP Italy 3rd JGP Romania 3rd JGP United States 3rd National U.S. Championships 6th J. 2nd J. 2nd J.
References
External links
Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager at Icenetwork Lauri Bonacarsi / Travis Mager at Ice-dance.com Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager JGP Milan Italy YouTube video