2024 Fall Frolic Performance and VIP Party
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7PM
Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers - Pier 61
SCHOOL FIGURES
A Moira North and Elee Kraljii Gardiner Collaboration
Performed and Choreographed by Kate Mangiardi
Poem from Serpentine Loop read by Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Photo Credit Hideki Aono, Josef Pinlac
DUAL NATURE
Choreographed by Sarah France
Performed by Sarah France and Aaron Singletary
Music: Suspirium Finale, Thom York
An exploration of being grounded and in flight, coming together and moving apart. Corporeal and spiritual, ground and air, push and release, labor and lightness, up and down, near and distant, vulnerable and impenetrable. We share pieces of ourselves, constantly examining the ways in which we are similar and different from each other.
Photo Credit Lianna O'Grady, Robert Dea
SKATER'S WALTZ
Choreographed by Moira North and Sarah France
Performed by Georgina Blackwell
Music: The Pete King Orchestra & Chorus
Photo Credit Lianna O'Grady, Robert Dea
LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL
Choreographed by Lorna Brown
Performed by Danil Berdnikov
Music: Benedictus, Karl Jenkins
Photo Credit Donald Lang, Hideki Aono
BUTTERFLY PHASE
Choreographed by Benoit Richaud
Performed by Liz Yoshiko Schmidt
Music: Kelly Moran
Photo Credit Imani Gomez, Robert Dea
DARE GREATLY
Choreographed by Douglas Webster
Performed by Sophia Domonoske, Libby McGrosky, Milly Wasserman
Music: Fix You by Coldplay arranged and played by The Vitamin String Quartet
Costumes by Katherine Patterson McDowell
Commissioned in memory of Will Sears
Dare Greatly examines the courage to be trusting in the face of sorrow and despair.
Photo Credit Robert Dea, Hideki Aono
PURPLE RAIN
Choreographed and Performed by Emmanuel Savary
Music: Prince
Photo Credit Donald Lang, Lianna O'Grady
UPHILL BATTLE
Performed by Gracie Gold
Music: Rozzi
Photo Credit Imani Gomez, Hideki Aono
APPALACHIA WALTZ
Choreographed by JoAnna Mendl Shaw and Douglas Webster
Performed by Danil Berdnikov, Tim Koleto, Sarah France, Karina Manta, Liz Schmidt, and Aaron Singletary
Music: Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyers and Mark O’Conner
Costumes by Laura Moore
This piece is made possible in part by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
This emotionally charged piece is centered by a memorable love duet with the underlying theme of a community celebrating the harvest.
Photo Credit Hideki Aono, Josef Pinlac
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VIP Party
The performance will be followed by a fundraiser at the Sunset Terrace with cocktails and a buffet dinner. Funds raised will support the costs of rehearsals for our professional ensemble and outreach programming.
ITNY honored Olympic Gold Medalists Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier with the Will Sears Award at our 2024 Fall Frolic. The Will Sears Award is presented to an individual or group who has shown exceptional daring and persistence in pursuit of their passion or mission. This award was previously given to Carlie Quesada, Adam Rippon, Ross Miner, Mark Mitchel, Gracie Gold, Gregorio Nuñez, Donovan Carrillo, and The Diversify Ice Foundation.
About Ice Theatre of New York
Founded by Moira North, ITNY's mission is to celebrate and advance dance on ice as a performance art. Through its performances in both traditional and site-specific venues, ITNY presents ice dance that helps to open one’s eyes to seeing skating in new and unexpected ways. ITNY was the very first ice dance company to receive dance program 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. www.icetheatre.org
ITNY is supported, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy C. Hochul and the New York State Legislature. ITNY is also supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and NYC Council Members Abreu, Bottcher, Marte and Powers. ITNY's Manhattan programming is funded in part by a grant from the New York City Tourism Foundation.
Additionally, ITNY receives funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Daniel & Corrine Cichy Memorial Foundation, The Hearthland Embers Fund, The Lisa McGraw Figure Skating Foundation, the Will Sears Foundation, and its generous private patrons.
