Champions on Ice
Encyclopedia : C : CH : CHA : Champions on Ice
Champions on Ice is a touring ice show in the United States produced by Tom Collins Enterprises. The show features a large cast of both professional and Olympic-eligible figure skaters along with novelty acts such as skating acrobats. The shows are focused primarily on solo performances by the skaters rather than ensemble work or acting out stories.
Collins first organized the tour following the 1969 World Figure Skating Championship. It was initially known as the "Tour of World Figure Skating Champions", and featured top amateur skaters who performed under an arrangement with the International Skating Union (ISU). When the ISU liberalized its amateur status rules in 1990, Collins began to add professional skaters to the tour, as well as active eligible competitors. The tour adopted its current name of "Champions on Ice" in 1998.
Skaters who have had a long association with the tour include Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, and Michelle Kwan.
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.