"Dreams on Ice" (China, 2004) - Review
Photos by Akiko, Marina Semenova, Rumi, Anjelika Krylova
> Introduction:
| | The Show part 1 | The Show part 2 | After the Show | |
 After seeing Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas’ Ice Stars 2002 show in Vilnius, which was a great success, Chinese representatives invited the production to perform in Shanghai. The show of ice stars was supposed to be the first one of its kind in Shanghai, so Rita, Povilas and their friends’ mission was to introduce professional figure skating to the Chinese audience.  The
skaters liked the idea of organizing the show
in China. It was planned to be held in 2003
but unfortunately was cancelled because of SARS.
However, Margarita and Povilas didn’t
give up their dream to perform behind the Chinese
audience one day and in March 2004 the Shanghai
Grand Stage welcomed the world figure skating
stars to perform Dreams on Ice. The show was
expected to be a mixture of drama, comedy and
athletic programs with varying styles of music,
from classical to Latin and even French singer
Maxim Rodrigues. A 20x40-meter skating rink
temporarily replaced the theatre stage, and
state of the art lighting created the illusion
that the skaters were dancing on a silver carpet.
March 25th was the last day of preparations
for the show. After the morning practice all
the skaters took part in the press-conference.
It was held in one of the Shanghai sky-scrapers,
on the 42th flour. Povilas introduced the performers
to the journalists. One of the questions was
about Chinese figure skating. Povilas said that
Chinese pairs are very strong and make much
progress.
When the press-conference was over, all the
skaters except Rita and Povilas went to the
café to have a cup of tea or coffee. Laurent
Tobel, Gabriel Monnier and Dalius Barkauskas
(team doctor) sat at one of the tables and asked
to bring them three cup of tea. But the waitress
brought them three cups of coffee. The local
girls who helped to organize the show explained
to the waitress that the skaters wanted tea
and finally she brought them three glasses with
green tea. It looked very much like alga. Laurant
stirred it and asked smiling: Where are you,
Nemo? ;-)))After this break the skaters came back to the ice rink and had the second practice. There were a lot of reporters. They asked skaters questions and they had time to answer them. |
| | The Show part 1 | The Show part 2 | After the Show | |