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.

Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas - World Medalists
Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov - World Champions
Alexei Urmanov - Olympic Champion
Maria Butyrskaya - World Champion
Philippe Candeloro - World Professional Champion
Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny - World Champions
Gabriel Monnier - French Champion
Igor Liutikov - Hoola hoops ice star
Laurent Tobel - Ice Comedy Star
Silvia Fontana - Italian Champion
Armen Saakian & Akop Manoukian - Ice Acrobats
Maxime Rodrigues - French singer

Back row:
Armen Saakian, Akop Manoukian, Alexei Urmanov,
Povilas Vanagas, Oleg Ovsyannikov,
Laurent Tobel and Gabriel Monnier

Middle row:
Silvia Fontana, Margarita Drobiazko,
Anjelika Krylova and Maria Butyrskaya

Front row:
Igor Liutikov, Maxime Rodriguez

missing from group photo:
Philippe Candeloro, Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny

See all the pictures in the gallery