[UPDATE 11/09/12: DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY, TREE ARRIVAL HAS BEEN DELAYED.] Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives on Friday! Tree lighting set for Wednesday, November 28. Be mesmerized until January 7, 2013 when the lights go out (skating rink will continue to open until April). [Rockefeller Center]
Kristi Yamaguchi finds time to exercise while raising two girls, designing clothing line, commentating and writing children's books. And no, the exercise isn't skating. [Toronto Sun]
Ice Theatre of New York is holding their 2012 Benefit Gala and Performance at Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers tonight at 7 pm. The performance at Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers will feature this year's honoree Mr. Debonair -- Richard Dwyer -- and his Celebrity Dwyer Girls: Tai Babilonia, Dorothy Hamill, Linda Fratianne and JoJo Starbuck. Ryan Bradley, the 2011 US National champion will also be performing with the Ice Theatre company. Doesn't
this sound like an amazing show? Sigh...I can't make it this year. But wait! Ice Theatre is streaming the gala live and it will be hosted by one of my favs Michael Buckley of What the Buck! Michael Buckley (at right) is a huge huge figure skating (and gymnastics) fan so what a fun host he will be. I'll be checking out the live stream which starts around 6:45 pm ET.
RICHARD "MR. DEBONAIR" DWYER TO BE HONORED AT 2012 ICE THEATRE OF NEW YORK GALA
Ice Theatre of New York's 2012 annual Benefit Gala and Performance will honor America's most beloved ice show star, Richard "Mr. Debonair" Dwyer on Monday, October 22 at 7 pm.
The performance at Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers, NYC featuring Richard Dwyer and his Celebrity Dwyer Girls: Tai Babilonia, Dorothy Hamill, Linda Fratianne and JoJo Starbuck. Ryan Bradley, the 2011 US Men's Champion, will be our guest performer. Ice Theatre of New York will perform selected pieces from its repertory, including the world premiere of a piece inspired by the music from Oscar-winning movie "The Artist", choreographed by Ice Theatre's Artistic Director Douglas Webster. Other repertory on the program are a re-stagings of "Inclusions" choreographed by Alberto Del Saz and "Transitions" by Douglas Webster. Some of the featured performers in the Ice Theatre repertory will include Kim Navarro & Brent Bommentre, Sinead & John Kerr, Elisa Angeli, Joel Dear, Nicole Bobek, Ryan Bradley and Tyrrell Gene.
Click here to purchase tickets online. You may also purchase tickets with a check through the Ice Theatre of New York office. Please call (212) 929-5811.
This year's Ice Angel Award goes to ITNY trustee, volunteer, and supporter, Debbie Gordon. Our 2012 Arts & Business Partnership Award goes to Ice Skating Institute.
Cocktails, auction, dinner and award ceremony at The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers immediately after the performance (about 8:15 pm).
Founded in 1984 by Moira North, Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) has changed the face of figure skating by creating works that integrate the sensibilities of contemporary dance, music and art. Through its performances in both traditional and alternative venues, ITNY presents on-ice dances that challenge the perceptions and conventional definitions of figure skating.
All of the evening’s proceeds will support ITNY’s New Works and Young Artists Series, an outreach program for public school children in Manhattan and Queens, as well as all of ITNY’s 2012-2013 season's artistic programming.
(Folks, I'm gonna try to go to this thing as Ice Theatre of New York is an amazing organization that needs our support. In the past, I've attended the galas honoring Dorothy Hamill, Johnny Weir, Nancy Kerrigan and it's wonderful that they too recognize that skating is more than just jumps and spins -- and that ITNY provides the forum for skating to be expressed in new and beautiful ways. Below is a short piece from the 2010 gala honoring Dorothy Hamill.)
On October 25, 2010, Ice Theatre of New York celebrated their 25th year as the nation's premiere ice dance company. Ice Theatre combines ice skating, dance and theatre to redefine what "ice skating" is. For their silver anniversary, founder Moira North pulled out all the stops -- Dorothy Hamill was the honoree, featured guests included Johnny Weir and Sarah Hughes, and the evening was packed with classic as well as avant-garde pieces performed by the Ice Theatre ensemble. Wonder what the next 25 years will bring...See more of what Ice Theatre of New York is about here.
Dorothy Hamill, 1976 Olympic figure skating gold medalist, was honored at last October Ice Theatre of New York's annual gala. We published an interview with Dorothy earlier. Here is the full video of her speech accepting the award, introduced by her friend and fan, fashion designer Vera Wang (whom we also spoke to recently).
