Trading the Ice for New York City Pavement

[Theoreticalgirl]

Thought this was worth crossposting from MITF. Here's what happens when Ice Theatre of NY skaters swap figure skate blades for inline frames.

Trading the Ice for New York City Pavement (Published 2020)

Under the summer sun, Ice Theater of New York finds its way back to gliding. “I go wherever my wheels take me,” one skater says.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Artistic Skaters]

Such a good article! Their moves are still beautiful even with the rollerblades and masks.

Some have even rolled their way across the gleaming floors of Grand Central Station. “I got in trouble,” Jessica Huot, an Ice Theater member, said. “They were like, ‘You can have them on and do things in place but you can’t, like, skate.’ We were hiding in a hallway in the back.”

Sarah France, another skater, said: “That’s what I did, too! I would shoot up and do something and go back to the hallway before they saw.”

This part made me laugh because it reminded me of that scene in the movie L.A. Story when Steve Martin skates around the art museum while the guards aren't looking.