2023 Spring/Summer Ice Shows in Japan (GIFT, Beyond, Notte Stellata, SOI, PIW, BOI, FaOI,The Ice)

[On My Own]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1682637657443303425

It's always interesting to keep up with what the current year's teen girls love

 

[YukiNieve]

Fixed typos in my previous posts.

^^^ That situation involved musicians who filed a lawsuit for the second time against a pair team for the same song they covered (Knierim/Frazier during the 2022 Olympics and Hase/Seegert a few years before that).

It's strange that they showed Ilia's programs at the DOI with music when they were aired on TV.

 

[Sylvia]

It's strange that they showed Ilia's SP at the DOI with music when it was aired on TV.

Did Ilia skate his Malaguena SP at The Ice or another program?

 

[Karen-W]

It's strange that they showed Ilia's SP at the DOI with music when it was aired on TV.

The difference could be in the fact that The Ice was available for streaming worldwide whereas DOI was not.

 

[YukiNieve]

Did Ilia skate his Malaguena SP at The Ice or another program?

No, my mistake. It was not SP but Tout l'univers.

 

[Sylvia]

I forgot to post Jason's fun preview clip with the skaters before their first 2 show day in Aichi on July 23: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cu-2oreAQna/

Madi Chock ("Ice dancers just wanna have fun"): https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu8qEqpu-sh/

Cool skater trading cards! https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cu8bOyIpCLZ/

Kaori took this cast selfie for Jason & the official account: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvCIETsBvgQ/

Next stop for The Ice: 7/25-7/27 Nikko, Tochigi

 

[YukiNieve]

Cool skater trading cards! https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cu8bOyIpCLZ/

When you buy a pack of rooibos tea (sold at the arena or online), you get 2 trading cards of The Ice skaters randomly.

 

[On My Own]

Hope 95% are energy cards

 

[Sylvia]

Madi Chock's photos (her hot dog costume ) from Nagoya + clip with Shoma's dog: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvEZipuOoG5/

Kana Muramoto's Nagoya show photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvEeA-5xhNN/

Keegan backflips over Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvCp5MnJOqH/
ETA clip (via Zakarian) of Keegan backflipping over Kevin and Ilia: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cu_xeZvAHgY/

Travel day on the train to Nikko via Jason https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvE9wKnhLGw/

Bento box lunches (Ilia's clip at end with Keegan): https://www.instagram.com/p/CvFNqiDLCqJ/?img_index=5

 

[YukiNieve]

ravel day on the train to Nikko via Jason https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvE9wKnhLGw/

Is it Jason who choreographs, tapes and adds the music? If so, he is quite talented.

Jason and others at Nikko visiting Tosho-gu (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and a phone booth

Jason Brown on Instagram: "📍Nikko 日光, Japan 日本 ❤️🇯🇵 #shinkyobridge #rinnojitemple #nikko #japan #travel #theICE #theICE2023 @fstheice"

9,514 likes, 57 comments - jasonbskates on July 24, 2023: "📍Nikko 日光, Japan 日本 ❤️🇯🇵 #shinkyobridge #rinnojitemple #nikko #japan #travel #theICE #theICE2023 @fstheice".

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It is amusing to see what Guillaume captured with his IGS - those are too ordinary scenes for Japanese like me but he found them artistic, I guess.

 

[On My Own]

Reddit - Dive into anything

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Some of the music choices and choreography at The Ice are really serving So You Think You Can Dance, good god.

But I think this is the best step sequence I've ever seen from Uno. Doesn't at all satisfy the level 4 requirements, though, so will surely change if it's the SP.

 

[YukiNieve]

I saw the live stream for the 2nd day of The Ice in Nikko and the different programs I saw this time were:

- Mai Mihara: Jupiter - I vow to thee my county (Kathryn Jenkins)
This program is a standing-O worthy program. I really liked it.

- Kana and Daisuke: Soran-Bushi in white costumes.
Marina's chreography to this music is amazing.

- Kevin Aymoz: Bolero (my Shazam says Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra)
It seems a work in progress since I think he can put more TR in this program (especially since this is Kevin who skates to it), but it has lots of potential. MC says this is the first time Kevin skated to Bolero in Japan.

- Papadakis & Cizeron: In Line (Robert Skoro)
A program using a table. Very unique and creative.

- Ilia Malinin: Malaguena (Benise)
This also seems to be a work in progress. I'd like it to have a bit more Spanish-like movements (if you know what I mean) but we will see.

- Junhwan Cha: Golden Hour
I really like his expressions. He can really perform for various styles of music!

No music copyright issues for Nikko shows.

For other days in Nikko, Jason skated to Adios and Nathan Skated his new exhibition program, Hold On Tight (Thomas Azier).

 

[YukiNieve]

Jason's SP Adios for The Ice at Nikko.

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[YukiNieve]

Nathan put a part (the beginning and the last step sequence) of his new exhibition program, Hold On Tight on his IG account. This program becomes my most favorite exhibition program!

Nathan Chen on Instagram: "Last show of The Ice done!! Going to miss performing in Japan🥲 till next time! Shouts to @laz_v and @jdfschulder for putting together the sick remix🙌🫶 music by the great @thomasazier"

18K likes, 263 comments - nathanwchen on August 4, 2023: "Last show of The Ice done!! Going to miss performing in Japan🥲 till next time! Shouts to @laz_..."

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[YukiNieve]

One Piece On Ice
https://www.onepiece-on-ice.com/

The similarity between 2D manga and 3D skaters are amazing.
Apparently those who are manga fans who came to see the show are falling in love with the performance of the skaters.

Can you guess who this is?

https://twitter.com/megumi08142/status/1689962879188115456

Its Koshiro Shimada, performing Sanji.

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テレビアニメ『ワンピース』シリーズ史上初のアイスショー。公演のご案内&注意事項について。

www.onepiece-on-ice.com

Shouma also shows quite a different personality portraying the leading character, Luffy.

Luffy: https://www.onepiece-on-ice.com/cast-luffy.html
Shouma: https://twitter.com/evitoyagi/status/1689912529085194241
(The audience is allowed to take a video at the finale)

It's a fun show and everybody is enjoying. While I only saw the clips that my friends took, I am impressed by the way the skaters were portraying totally different characters than their own.

 

[YukiNieve]

I am in Japan and was at the dress rehearsal for Friends on Ice today and watched Stephane skated to Poeta.
A-m-a-z-i-n-g!! It has been 16 years since I saw him skate this program at the 2007 Worlds in Tokyo and today he paid the same level of attentions to the details, brought out the same level of passion, and showed even deeper emotions.
It was as if he had been competing with this program until yesterday.
Complete standing-o from the audience.

 

[kwanfan1818]

On Ice Perspectives posted this video of Poeta to Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwUuyhYO8EY/

 

[On My Own]

It has been 16 years since I saw him skate this program at the 2007 Worlds in Tokyo

!!
What else did you enjoy at 2007 Worlds?

 

[ostile17]

Aired today on NTV terrestrial in Japan a Friends on Ice 2023 special.

Unfortunately the collaboration on Poeta has been edited, but Kana and Dai's Birds/Makeba has been aired in its entirety, together with programs from Shizuka Arakawa (choreographed by Kana Muramoto), Mai Mihara, Junhwan Cha.

A full version will be broadcast later this month.