2024 Year in Review
Dear ITNY Patrons, Audience, and Friends,
As I’m sure you’re aware, this year is our 40th Anniversary! I started ITNY in 1984, the first not-for-profit professional ice dance company in the U.S. and was the first to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
ITNY represents one of the hidden-in-plain-sight gems of NYC, presenting dozens of free public performances in NYC as well as two ticketed events at Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers. We also perform and do outreach programming involving students from all five boroughs.
Our Upcoming Benefit Gala to celebrate this milestone will be on May 5, 2025. Journal Ads and tickets are already on sale – we hope you will be able to attend and celebrate with us!
For our 40th Anniversary Season we are asking for donations of $40, $400, $4,000, or whatever you can afford.
Our alumnus, Jonathan Stine, who is heading up the 40th Anniversary Alumni Committee, has started us off with a generous matching grant of $4,000. We hope you will be inspired by his gift and join him in supporting our anniversary season with your donation and help us reach this match. Thank you!
I can't thank you enough for all the support you have shown us throughout these 40 years. I couldn't do it without you.
With deepest gratitude,
Moira North
Founder/ Artistic Director
Highlights of 2024 Include:
Our Benefit Gala and Home Season Performance, where we restaged Appalachia Waltz!
“Its this really incredibly profound gift that you all have given to us in giving us this opportunity to take a moment in our busy lives and the chaos of life to look back at these very very special moments and to appreciate them for ourselves and also to feel so appreciated by all of you so I’m just eternally grateful, thank you so much for this honor, thank you Tanith, thank you Charlie and thank you Ice Theatre of New York for having us here.” – Ben Agosto
We honored USA Champions & Olympians Meryl Davis & Charlie White and Ben Agosto & Tanith Belbin White, awarded the Choreography Award to Sandra Bezic and awarded the Alumni Award to Judy Blumberg at our annual Benefit Gala
Photo Robin Ritoss
At our Fall Frolic Performance and Fundraiser we honored Olympians Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier with the Will Sears Dare Greatly Award.
We continued our Master Edge Classes at Sky Rink and at Bryant Park.
Our Outreach Programming, the New Works and Young Artists Series for NYC school children was back on the ice in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx and Queens and online in Staten Island!
We continued our City Skate Concert Series at neighborhood rinks around the City!
Holiday Performances
We once again hosted our annual Winter Holiday Skating Celebration at Riverbank State Park - December 14th at 4PM. Free Admission!
ITNY performed at the Tree Lighting at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park, "Baby It's Cold Outside" performed by Sarah France & Aaron Singletary and "Christmas on Broadway" sung by Lea Salonga performed by Sarah Baetge, Danil Berdnikov, Sarah France, Karina Manta, Libby McGrosky, Liz Schmidt, and Aaron Singletary.
The event, along with Ice Theatre of New York's two peiece's will air on PBS - more info coming!
Watch the livestream of the event here!
As always our Special Events and fun holiday characters!
