Artistry on Ice, June 9-17, China

[spikydurian]

I heard this link is for the Shanghai show, June 17, http://www.damai.cn/ticket_35554.html

The cast is splendid. According to the website, they have

Yuna Kim(Wow!), Shizuka Arakawa, Alissa Czisny, Li Jijun, Evgeni Plushenko, Johnny Weir, Jeffrey Buttle, Kurt Browning, Song Nan, Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo, Sui Wenjing / Han Cong, Fiona Zaldua / Dmitry Sukhanov, and Edvin Marton.

Shizuka Arakawa, Alissa Czisny, Li Jijun, Evgeni Plushenko, Johnny Weir, Jeffrey Buttle, Kurt Browning, Song Nan,
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo, Sui Wenjing / Han Cong, Fiona Zaldua/ Dmitry Sukhanov, and Edvin Marton.

WOW .. what a fantastic cast. Lucky Chinese audience.

[l'etoile]

Some new posters are up.

http://i.imgur.com/Ixxkw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1p1fz.jpg

[tarotx]

Killer cast-wish I was going

[Jenny81]

Hmm...
I think Alissa won't attend this show because of surgery.

[luCN]

S/Z and Lu chen hold a press conference in Shenzhen.
Zhao will sing a song for Shen on ArOI.
They will make a new program "our 20 years",which is made of their four old programs.
They next goal is teaching the young pairs and promoting firgure skating around the country.

[lowtherlore]

S/Z and Lu chen hold a press conference in Shenzhen.
Zhao will sing a song for Shen on ArOI.
They will make a new program "our 20 years",which is made of their four old programs.
They next goal is teaching the young pairs and promoting firgure skating around the country.

Wow. The "20 Years" program sounds just epic. I hope it would be long enough to allow for reliving the key moments of the four programs and culminating in, what else, Nessun Dorma.

I'm glad Chen Lu will be joining in the Shenzhen stop of the shows. I feel she's one of the underrated among the skating greats, and deserves deeper appreciation from the Chinese public.

[PinkFeathers]

Johnny tweeted this morning that he's performing two new numbers for these shows. I know there were plenty of pics and videos last year, so I look forward to seeing how he's skating now...

Is a sparkly wrestling singlet and boxing wraps too much for an ice show? Probably...I suppose we'll find out.

Only you, Johnny

[luCN]

seems SZ's mix program will be made of turando、thais、adagio in G Minor、My Way.and it will contain many difficult elements.

and official site just confirmed allisa won't come due to the injure.

[RunnersHigh]

seems SZ's mix program will be made of turando、thais、adagio in G Minor、My Way.and it will contain many difficult elements.

and official site just confirmed allisa won't come due to the injure.

Thank you for your all posts, luCN!
My friend told me the ticket arrived some days ago, I mean the ticket for their last show.
How come, the last show!?

Cross fingers for them & their future child(ren).

[lowtherlore]

seems SZ's mix program will be made of turando、thais、adagio in G Minor、My Way.and it will contain many difficult elements.
..

Sounds fabulous. I envy those going to the show to watch this great pair give what's likely their last performance in their prime form. They were sharp as ever at ATS as well.

[PinkFeathers]

Looks like Joannie is replacing Alissa, but it seems to only be for the Taipei show? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...1967249&type=1

The translation feature on FB leaves a lot to be desired

[skatesindreams]

Sounds fabulous. I envy those going to the show to watch this great pair give what's likely their last performance in their prime form. They were sharp as ever at ATS as well.

I will anxiously await videos.
What a privilege it would be to see them "live".

[judiz]

Johnny's latest twitter about the show

Off to Taiwan and China with @megcarlozzi in 11 days! I'll be performing my new Chopin piece and "Fighter" by @TheRealXtina. Let's sparkle��

[PinkFeathers]

Some rehearsal pics:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...ozco3_1280.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...oozco1_500.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...ozco2_1280.jpg

Not sure where Plushenko was, since he is there.

[Teenes]

Joannie tweeted a couple days ago:

Joannie Rochette ‏@JoannieRochette
En route vers la Chine pour deux semaines de spectacles! Taipei-Beijing-Shanghai-Shenzhen / On my way to China for two weeks! Bye twitter!

So I think she's doing all 4 shows. Kurt's sending random messages and photos for his Facebook page from Taiwan:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kurt-B...g/217099960482

[Angelskates]

Can't wait for next Tuesday! (Though I think it's pretty stupid to have it on a Tuesday night, and have heard ticket sales are pretty sucky )

[skatesindreams]

Abgelskates, I'm so happy that you will be there!

[riveredge]

Hopefully there will be videos uploaded.

[RunnersHigh]

Can't wait for next Tuesday! (Though I think it's pretty stupid to have it on a Tuesday night, and have heard ticket sales are pretty sucky )

I'll be in Shanghai from Sat! Can't wait.

But really sorry, it would be Shen and Zao's last performance.

[cmchan]

https://www.facebook.com/ArtistryOnIce
https://www.facebook.com/groups/246649515442891/
some photos and videos are up.