Xmas, holiday & end of 2022 figure skating shows worldwide

[Sylvia]

Creating a thread again for local ice shows this holiday season in case any skating fans in these areas are interested in attending!
Feel free to share your info links here!

Info on the 11-city Canadian Stars on Ice holiday tour (Dec. 1-18) can be found here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2022-canadian-stars-on-ice-tour.109381/page-5#post-6307765

Grand Tree Lighting Celebration at Galleria Dallas (Texas): https://galleriadallas.com/holiday
Spectacular ice-skating show with a fireworks finale featuring Olympic skaters, and Missile Toes, Galleria’s famed ice-skating Santa.
Friday, November 25 Noon
Saturday, November 26 6pm
I saw an Instagram story by Mariah Bell yesterday and she tagged Ashley Cain & Timothy LeDuc as well (I assume they will appear in both shows?).

Bryant Park (NYC) Tree Lighting, Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 6:00 pm

Tree Lighting Show at Bank of America Winter Village

Bryant Park's annual Tree Lighting show returns!

bryantpark.org

Includes:
• Performances by world-class skaters Mirai Nagasu, Polina Edmunds, Ryan Bradley, Ice Theatre of New York young apprentices Oona and Gage Brown, the Haydenettes, and Figure Skating in Harlem
The in-person event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Entry will begin at 4pm on a first-come, first-served basis.
A full livestream of the event will also be available to watch.

Thanks to @ice coverage for the heads up on this holiday ice show in San Jose, California on Saturday, December 10 featuring Karen Chen & Polina Edmunds:

BTW, Karen and Polina Edmunds will be special guests at the [Saturday] Dec 10 holiday ice show at the new Tech CU Arena, which Sharks Ice San Jose was proud to add to its facilities.

Sparkle Twinkle Jolly Holiday Show | Sharks Ice San Jose

www.sharksiceatsanjose.com

Sharks Ice on Instagram: "This is a show you don’t want to miss! The Sparkle Twinkle Jolly Holiday skating extravaganza will be the highlight of your Holiday season. 🎟️ on sale now! Link in Bio"

50 likes, 2 comments - sharksice on November 15, 2022: "This is a show you don’t want to miss! The Sparkle Twinkle Jolly Holiday skating extravaganza will be the highlight of your Holiday sea..."

www.instagram.com

(Another BTW is that the event includes a tribute to Rudy Galindo.)

Vail Skating Festival Ice Spectacular at Dobson Ice Area in Vail, Colorado, December 23 from 6:30-8:00 pm MST

Vail Skating Festival

Skating Ice Spectacular, Clinic/Seminar for competitive skaters and coaches, Olympic skaters, Vail, Colorado

vailskatefest.com

This 70 minute, ticketed, high energy ice show entertains every guest with great popular and holiday themed music. This year features Nathan Chen in his only Colorado appearance since his 2022 Olympic Victory! Also starring 4 additional Olympians, including Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, plus Seasoned Ice Skating Professionals.
There also are free skating shows outdoors starting on November 26, 2022: https://vailskatefest.com/free-shows

Villard de Lans (France) patinage's Instagram account (event is not yet listed on their website) has info about their Gala on Wednesday, December 28, 2022: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClN7IeBIb8y/

ETA:

Boston Common Frog Pond Tree Lighting Show: Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 5:00 PM
First Night Boston Show: Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 6:00 PM

Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – The Skating Club of Boston

The Boston Common Frog Pond

 

[ice coverage]

Not exactly on topic, but this thread seems like the best place for this little mention:

Some skaters and coaches from Skating Club of Boston performed in the new holiday movie "Spirited" (starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer).
In theaters and on Apple TV+.

I heard about it from someone at SCOB, although I haven't seen the movie.
The only general reference to skating that I have found in print:

" ... a pair of pivotal ice skating scenes were shot a rink built in Union Point’s Hangout, the old aircraft hangar-turned-soundstage ..."​

Ryan Reynolds strolls through South Shore Plaza in Christmas musical 'Spirited'

The Christmas musical 'Spirited' filmed scenes in Braintree and Weymouth. After a limited theatrical run, the movie debuts on Nov. 18 on Apple TV+

www.patriotledger.com

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ETA:

- Tree lighting in Providence, Rhode Island, on Sat Dec 3 at 4 pm:​

On Ice Perspectives will be filming. Olympic medalists Kerrigan (host), Brown, Karen Chen, Castelli.
Also Philip Baker, Heidi Munger, Jun Hong Chen; Ocean State Ice Theatre; along with local skating champions.​

Brad Vigorito Skating on Instagram: "It is an absolute honor for Sarah DiNardo and I to present the cast of the 2022 Providence Tree Lighting “A Time to Celebrate” starring Olympic Medalists Jason Brown, Karen Chen and Marissa Castelli, hosted by two

128 likes, 1 comments - bv_skating on November 12, 2022: "It is an absolute honor for Sarah DiNardo and I to present the cast of the 2022 Providence Tree Lighting “A Time to Celebrate” starri..."

www.instagram.com

- Great Park Ice holiday recital on Dec 20, 3 - 7 pm​

No telling (at least for now) whether any of GPI's bigger names will take part, but who knows?
(FWIW: At least once, Nathan did.)​

2022 Great Park Ice Holiday Recital - Figure Skating - Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena

Great Park Ice hosts a number of figure skating recitals throughout the year. These recitals give our skaters the opportunity to showcase their talents on the ice in front of friends and family!

www.greatparkice.com

 

[Andrea82]

A Holiday Dream Ice Show​

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Sat Dec 10 2022 at 02:30 pm to 04:00 pm
Ion International Training Center, Compass Creek Parkway, Leesburg, VA, USA | Leesburg, VA

Events | Ion Arena

www.ionarena.com

Judging by the poster, cast includes Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov and Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin.

 

[ice coverage]

Example of ISU World Ice Skating Day event on Sun Dec 4:

Skating Club of New York exhibition, 10 am to noon at Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers in NYC :​

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The exhibition features Team USA skaters, skaters who qualified for the 2023 US Figure Skating Championships, the 2023 Eastern Sectionals and US Ice Dance Final along with skaters who medaled at National Showcase, National Solo Dance and ISU Adult Competitions.​

Admission is free.​

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World Ice Skating Day Celebration Sunday, December 4th 10am - noon at Sky Rink

The Skating Club of New York is the second oldest figure skating club in the United States.

thescny.org

 

[Sylvia]

(Not a holiday show but I was impressed by the Xmas tree at L.A. LIVE's outdoor ice rink, open from November 26 to January 8, 2023) Meryl Davis' on-ice photo & post from the Toyota Sports Festival in downtown Los Angeles yesterday: https://www.instagram.com/p/Clgw8roJYEy/

Nathan, Meryl & Starr on the ice together: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClfdGUNLfP_/

Closeup of the 3 of them from Starr's Instgram story: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClgX7X0pCjc/

 

[Sylvia]

Grand Tree Lighting Celebration at Galleria Dallas (Texas): https://galleriadallas.com/holiday
Spectacular ice-skating show with a fireworks finale featuring Olympic skaters, and Missile Toes, Galleria’s famed ice-skating Santa.
Friday, November 25 Noon
Saturday, November 26 6pm
I saw an Instagram story by Mariah Bell yesterday and she tagged Ashley Cain & Timothy LeDuc as well

Ashley's photos with Timothy, Mariah, plus Dan Hollander ("Missile Toes" Santa), Nardozzi/Traxler: https://www.instagram.com/p/CleJhPwrLXp/

Boston Common Frog Pond Tree Lighting Show: Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 5:00 PM

Ashley Wagner will perform at the Frog Pond this Thursday: https://bostonfrogpond.com/events/f...tacular-at-the-boston-common-tree-lighting-2/

 

[ostile17]

Daisuke Takahashi's ICE EXPLOSION 2023

アイスエクスプロージョン2023

ICE EXPLOSION 2023（アイスエクスプロージョン2023） 公式WEBサイト。

www.ice-explosion.com

January 6-8 in Shin-Yokohama

Two performances daily

Cast: Daisuke TAKAHASHI & Kana MURAMOTO

• Shizuka Arakawa
• Kanako Murakami
• Rika Hongo
• Satoko Miyahara
• Kazuki Tomono
• Sena Miyake
• Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje
• Massimo Scali
• Jason Brown
• Yura Min
• Yuka Orihara & Juho Pirinen
• Adrienne Carhart & Oleksandr Kolosovskyi,
• Yoshio Miura,
• Nao Kida & Masaya Morita (Jr. Ice Dancers)
• Kobahiro Kobayashi (PIW)
• Kohei Yoshino, (PIW)
• Marie Ogawa, (PIW)
• Kiki Nakanishi (PIW) and more...

So nice of Daisuke to promote and help so many young ice dancers and even training mates!

Official instagram https://instagram.com/ice_explosion_official_account

 

[Sylvia]

Bryant Park (NYC) Tree Lighting, Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 6:00 pm
https://bryantpark.org/calendar/event/tree-lighting/2022-11-29
Includes:
• Performances by world-class skaters Mirai Nagasu, Polina Edmunds, Ryan Bradley, Ice Theatre of New York young apprentices Oona and Gage Brown, the Haydenettes, and Figure Skating in Harlem

Replay of the livestream (~45 mins.): https://vimeo.com/776390364/ae573495d0

ETA - On Ice Perspectives also uploaded a video of Oona & Gage's "Last Christmas" by Ashley Tisdale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0Z2QkPyk8

- Tree lighting in Providence, Rhode Island, on Sat Dec 3 at 4 pm:​

On Ice Perspectives will be filming. Olympic medalists Kerrigan (host), Brown, Karen Chen, Castelli.​

Also Philip Baker, Heidi Munger, Jun Hong Chen; Ocean State Ice Theatre; along with local skating champions.​

Jordan Cowan's playlist of 16 live rehearsal videos (Dec. 2): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Nik2wuk2WptBajHkxVormoKfH0guwvL

For Seattle area folks - Kraken Skating Academy's holiday show, Celebration on Ice, Dec. 22 & 23, will feature JGPF men's silver medalist Lucas Broussard as the guest skater: https://twitter.com/KrakenIceplex/status/1602366493693546496
Scroll down for ticket info: https://www.krakencommunityiceplex.com/venue/holidays-at-the-iceplex/

 

[Sylvia]

Daisuke Takahashi's ICE EXPLOSION 2023

@ostile17 feel free to start a separate thread for this show in GSD, especially if there will be lots of photos & videos.

For Canadians in Edmonton AB - "A look at 2-time Olympic Champion Ekaterina Gordeeva preparing for our Holiday Ice Show! Be sure to come watch Sunday, December 18 - 2:00-3:00pm" [Ice Palace Skating Rink – West Edmonton Mall]: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmF2jvEjDhK/
Challenge Senior Men's champion Matthew Newnham also is on the poster: https://www.wem.ca/events/performances/holiday-spectacular

 

[Sylvia]

"BOL ON ICE - WORLD SKATING STARS" - Bologna, Italy on January 6, 2023 - Papadakis/Cizeron, Loena Hendrickx, Javier Fernandez, Ekaterina Kurakova, and Safina/Berulava (as of 11/30/22) are the skaters I see listed on the show's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/bolonice_show/

Tickets: https://www.ticketone.it/artist/bol-on-ice/

ETA that @YukiNieve posted this link and if you scroll down to the FB video that was uploaded 3 days ago, it also shows Ilia Malinin as the 2nd guest skater, plus Loena, Ghilardi/Ambrosini, Beccari/Guarise & Aleksandr Selevko (among the current competitors but not Safina/Berulava):

Skate Power: grandi eventi di sport e spettacolo

Appuntamenti di sport e spettacolo organizzati dal gruppo Skate Power Grandi Eventi.

www.skate-power.it

 

[YukiNieve]

Vail Skating Festival Ice Spectacular at Dobson Ice Area in Vail, Colorado, December 23 from 6:30-8:00 pm MST

Vail Skating Festival

Skating Ice Spectacular, Clinic/Seminar for competitive skaters and coaches, Olympic skaters, Vail, Colorado

vailskatefest.com

This 70 minute, ticketed, high energy ice show entertains every guest with great popular and holiday themed music. This year features Nathan Chen in his only Colorado appearance since his 2022 Olympic Victory! Also starring 4 additional Olympians, including Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, plus Seasoned Ice Skating Professionals.
There also are free skating shows outdoors starting on November 26, 2022: https://vailskatefest.com/free-shows

My friend is there and took videos:

Rocketman

Nathan Chen / Rocketman / Ice Spectacular Vail / Dec 23 2022

www.youtube.com

Let It Be

Let it be / Nathan Chen /Ice Spectacular Vail / Dec 23 2022

www.youtube.com

 

[Sylvia]

^^^ Thanks @YukiNieve & friend!

Eddie Shipstad, Vail show organizer & coach, shared a few videos - Nathan's entrance in the show's opening number: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmmYZb9PnzX/
Nathan's backflip in "Let it Be" (new show program): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmmWAjFp435/
Tomoki's 4T: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmmSU_kuWFp/
End of Kam/O'Shea's show program: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmmagFGNL6r/

Sonja Hilmer, standing next to Nathan, shared a photo of the performers lined up at the end of the show: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmkKVoNvmIB/
Tagged: Hawayek/Baker, Audrey Shin, Tomoki, Joe Klein, Kam/O'Shea, Hanns/Neudecker, Mirai, Alexe Gilles, Kowar/Schwappach

ETA - former pair skater and now KRDO NewsChannel 13's Brynn Carman previewed the Vail show on Dec. 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gok2m0elFbM

 

[Sylvia]

15-minute fan cam of skaters performing in an outdoor rink in Vail, CO during Thanksgiving (slo-mo for the first minute of Audrey's skate before regular speed kicks in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bX7kKvupZo
Audrey Shin
Zhiqi (Coco) Zhang (won Intermediate level at Easterns)
Karen Chen
Danny Neudecker & Grace Hanns
Sofia Frank (PHI) - her "Jump" SP
Jordan Moeller

 

[Sylvia]

Playlist of 9 fan cam videos (Lambiel, Kostner, Guignard/Fabbri, Fernandez, plus Pezzetta filmed by phone) of the Golden Skate Awards show held in Milan on November 26, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI8abznXNwbOgOYIfLhDQYYPBGQG_BT4w
Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cldh2A-oUtz/

Music on Ice - "directed as always by the creator of the format Laurent Tobel" - returns to Bellinzona, Switzerland (last held in 2020) on January 13 & 14, 2023 and the listed performers are Stéphane Lambiel, Annette Dyrtr & Yannick Bonheur, Alexia Paganini, Charlène Guignard & Marco Fabbri, Mariah Bell, Samuel Contesti, Deniss Vasiljevs and Ryan Bradley: https://www.musiconice.com/en/artisti_en.php

 

[Sylvia]

2 shows this week in the Italian Alps (Dolomites):
Carolina Kostner will perform today in her Val Gardena club's Dec. 27th show with Gabriele Frangipani, Kazakova/Reviya, Valesi/Piazza: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmRxVgYNl4M/
and
Christmas on Ice, Dec. 29 in Corvara-Alta Badia with Matteo Rizzo, Ghilardi/Ambrosini, Frangipani, Anna Pezzetta, Valesi/Piazza: https://www.altabadia.org/en/events/nade-soen-dlacia-christmas-on-ice.html

"The Snow Queen" has shows in Tampere, Finland from 30 December 2022 - Sunday 1 January 2023 (this ice ballet was postponed by a year due to covid restrictions): https://lumikuningatar.fi/en/
Laura Lepistö (took over for Kiira Korpi who was originally scheduled in the title role) and Felipe Montoya with Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko as "The Twin Wizards," Marigold Ice Unity & more. Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/lumikuningatarfi/

The Dec. 19th Vaujany gala « les étoiles de la glace » will be broadcast on France 3 on 1 January 2023 at 15:35: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmpK2yZIyuF/
Papadakis/Cizeron were the guest stars: https://www.vaujany.com/en/news/skating-gala-2022-les-etoiles-de-la-glace/

 

[Sylvia]

2 shows this week in the Italian Alps (Dolomites):
Carolina Kostner will perform today in her Val Gardena club's Dec. 27th show with ... Kazakova/Reviya

Maria's on ice photo with Carolina & Georgy last night: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmt0-RrodX7/

Fan cam of one of Kostner's performances (with voiceover & instrumental piece), filmed from afar: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cmr84k6JqMN/
ETA - Andrea Vaturi shared clips from both of her numbers: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmu1yg9qUCS/

Not a show, but this was really cool clip of Carolina tracing figures on sunlit ice indoors on Dec. 16 (Rachael Flatt's comment: "I remember learning these with Lori [Nichol]!"): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmOtX7CI7HH/
Kostner also tweeted the same clip (ETA) and I've bumped up a school figures thread and embedded the tweet there: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/school-figures-a-bit-of-history.107056/#post-6360185

ETA - Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022 - "La troupe Patin’air vous propose un spectacle sur glace avec la participation des champions Olympiques Gabriella Papadakis et Guillaume Cizeron, présenté par Brian Joubert."
Clip of Papadakis/Cizeron performing last night in Courchevel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmuITO5uJ1H/
Photo of them: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmv-FM6Is7V/

 

[Sylvia]

"BOL ON ICE - WORLD SKATING STARS" - Bologna, Italy on January 6, 2023 - Papadakis/Cizeron, Loena Hendrickx, Javier Fernandez, Ekaterina Kurakova, and Safina/Berulava (as of 11/30/22) are the skaters I see listed on the show's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/bolonice_show/

Rehearsal clips - P/C's RD: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnCEEolJ13_/
Malinin (3A & a combo of ?+3T): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnCPNebJEcm/ (saw IG story clips of a 4Lz+3T & a 4A)
Kurakova: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnEp21FpDaG/
A. Selevko: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnEn-DfpGja/
Group photo (tagged are some the skaters above + Beccari/Guarise, Ghilardi/Ambrosini, Philip Warren, Clément Pinel; Javier Fernandez is not tagged but present in the pic): https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFD56oozAq/

ETA - Javi's photo with Gabby & Guillaume before the show: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFX5t-L3U2/
Also saw an IG story of Loena Hendrickx being interviewed before the show.

 

[Sylvia]

The BOL ON ICE show in Bologna, Italy reportedly sold out with 12,000 in the audience last night!! For those with an Instagram account, many story clips from the performances can be viewed starting here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18338360839038075/
Looks like Yasmine Yamada subbed for Loena whose luggage with skates did not arrive in time.

Short fan cam clip from Papadakis/Cizeron's new EX: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G6M7S3PEBmc

Wilma Alberti's action photos so far include Javier Fernandez: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIfaxqouqP/
Ekaterina Kurakova: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIVgibLJAp/
Beccari/Guarise: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIMSvKLoWs/

Photos and 2 clips (begininng of Malinin's EX to "Jealous" by Labrinth and the energetic Philip Warren) here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnF-fyMN_oh/

Javier's on ice photo with P/C & Ilia (who rarely smiles much in photos ) & more: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnHI3ZKLBSn/

Official photographer's account has many action photos in their stories: https://www.instagram.com/ranierocorbellettiphotographie/

ETA a really cute video from the finale : https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnHYa7hDFU_/

 

[Sylvia]

Fortunately for Loena, her skates arrived in time for her to perform tonight in the Gala Appennino in Fanano, Italy (she's the 8th & final photo), along with Ghilardi/Ambrosini, Frangipani, Negrello: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIe8MuKCdt/
Looks like it's a cold rink - who's the dance(?) couple in the first photo?
Gutmann and Memola also performed (story clips): https://www.instagram.com/stories/elly_baroni/3010827525554421816/

 

[ice coverage]

... https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIe8MuKCdt/
Looks like it's a cold rink - who's the dance(?) couple in the first photo? ...

Pretty sure that the first photo shows Mrazkova/Mrazek (who train in Italy) in the opening pose of their FD.
(TBH, her hairstyle was the initial clue for me.)

For comparison, their FD at JGPF (see their opening pose at 0:39):

MRAZKOVA / MRAZEK (CZE) | Ice Dance Free Dance | Torino 2022 | #JGPFigure

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