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About The Show - Report
 by Zivile
Thanks to Margarita and Povilas it has become
a tradition that every year Lithuanian figure
skating lovers get a precious gift - an outstanding
ice show. The tradition wasn't broken this year
as well, and third year in succession, Margarita
and Povilas presented the whole range of figure
skating stars to Lithuanian audience.
"MYSTERIO" - that was the first word
that Lithuanian figure skating admirers heard
about the upcoming show. The gripping announcements
raised the intrigue. And on November 9-13 the
great secret of "MYSTERIO" was finally
revealed.
3 thousand spectators in "Kaunas Sports
Hall", 1,5 thousand spectators in "Klaipeda
Ice Arena" and over 7 thousand figure skating
admirers gathered in brand new Vilnius "Siemens
Arena" were to reveal the secret veil of
"MYSTERIO."
The show started off with a mystifying performance
of Maxime Rodriguez and his band followed by
a spectacular presentation of the skaters, the
climax of which was Margarita's and Povilas'
performance. The host of the show invites the
spectators to return to the past: "Year
2000. Nice. Figure Skating World Championships.
The skaters of the final group are warming up.
Among them we see the Lithuanian representatives
in Ice Dancing - Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas
Vanagas. The warm up is over, and our couple
takes the ice…" The accords of Emma
Shapplin's "Spente le Stelle" fill
the hall, and Margarita and Povilas fill everyone's
hearts with their breath taking performance
(photo at right Butautas Barauskas).
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The show continues with an oriental routine
by Lithuanian men's champion, Aidas Reklys.
"Guru" is the title of this performance,
and for a couple of minutes, the audience is
taken to India. |
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The mystery continues with an incredible show
both on the ice and in the air acted out by
Debbie Park. The audience holds their breath
as during the routine called "Abyssinian"
a rhythmic gymnast-skater, Debbie, demonstrates
her outstanding stunts in the height of 8 meters. |
The level of adrenalin keeps on rising with
the next skater, Surya Bonaly, taking the ice.
Her hearty performance "Lion the King"
conquers the audience.
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 The spectators gathered in Vilnius got an exclusive
opportunity to see the brilliant performance
of the 1994 Olympic men's champion, Viktor Petrenko,
who skated his routine called "Flight."
The "Mysterio" show continues with
Gia Guddat's "Cleopatra" followed
by Elena Leonova's and Andrei Khvalko's "All
More." The Lithuanians were already familiar with this
remarkable skaters' pair from the last year's
"Ice Flames" show, and this year the
duo left an incredible impression as well with
their amazing lifts and throws. |
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The next skater,
Alexei Urmanov, takes us to France with his
"Notre Damme de Paris." |
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And finally, the 2002 Olympic Ice Dancers Marina
Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat, take the ice.
With every move of their Flamenco
routine, the atmosphere in the hall gets warmer
and warmer. This concludes the first part of
the "MYSTERIO" show. |
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