Summary
At Albuquerque's Tingley Coliseum on Wednesday evening the intermission crowd talked steps, leaps and choreography. They crowded the refreshment lines. They argued about their favorite performers. It could have been any dance program, except for the Zamboni out refreshing the ice.
Before you wonder what a music and dance critic was doing at the Smucker's Stars on Ice show, consider: Skating at this level -- and we're talking about world and Olympic champions -- is just like opera, theater or dance. There is the same excitement and excess from a series of lifts, throws, axles and solchows as a blood-and- thunder Verdi opera, the drama Death of a Salesman or the ballet The Rite of Spring. All of these forms try to merge technique, personality and inspiration into an emotional package that will turn the most sedate dowager into a screaming bacchante.See the full content of this document
Extract
Drama, Feeling Brilliantly Put On Ice
As a production, Smucker's Stars on Ice was pure extravaganza. The excellent lighting and sound layouts would do nicely for a Broadway musical or rock concert. The deceptively simple costumes were ...
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