Festa on Ice

Figure skating show
Kim Yuna at the 2009 Festa on Ice.

Festa on Ice is a figure skating show that IB Sports produced. 2010 Winter Olympic champion Kim Yuna is a former client of IB Sports, which is a sports agency based on Seoul, South Korea.[1]

2010 Festa on Ice

The 2010 Festa on Ice was held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea on April 16–18, 2010. 2010 FOI was directed by Brian Orser and choreographed by David Wilson.

The cast for 2010

South Korea Kim Yuna
South Korea Kwak Min-jeong
Canada Shae-Lynn Bourne
Finland Kiira Korpi
Canada Brian Orser
Canada Patrick Chan
Czech Republic Tomáš Verner
France Brian Joubert
Russia Ilia Kulik
China Zhang Hao & Zhang Dan
Russia Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin
Canada Edrea Khong & Edbert Khong

Programs

ACT 1

ACT 2

2009 Festa on Ice

The 2009 Festa on Ice was held at the KINTEX center in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, in South Korea on April 24–26, 2009. 2009 FOI was directed by Brian Orser and choreographed by David Wilson and Lho Ji-Hyun. The tickets were sold out in just 20 minutes.[2]

The cast for 2009

Kim Yuna at the 2009 Festa on Ice.

South Korea Kim Yuna
South Korea Shin Yea-Ji
South Korea Yun Yea-ji
South Korea Kim Min-seok
Japan Shizuka Arakawa
United States Alissa Czisny
Canada Patrick Chan
Switzerland Stéphane Lambiel
United States Adam Rippon
United States Jeremy Abbott
United States Johnny Weir
China Zhang Hao & Zhang Dan
Canada Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir

Special guests

Episode

During the show, all skaters enjoyed a traditional Korean game called "gongginori", which some of the Korean skaters taught to the other skaters.

Programs

The 2009 Festa on Ice was different from other ice shows. FOI installed a large screen and showed video arts for the exhibitions of skaters. Performers of the show presented unique programs such as a battle between B-boys and skaters.

ACT 1

Kim Yuna and Stéphane Lambiel at the 2009 Festa On Ice.
  • Son Yeon-Jae - "Walking in the Air" by Nightwish
  • Opening
    • Kim Yuna & Stéphane Lambiel - "The Point of No Return" from the musical The Phantom of the Opera
    • All skaters - "Masquerade"
    • Introduction of all skaters - "The Phantom of the Opera"
  • Shin Yea-Ji - "You Rock My World", "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
  • Adam Rippon - "Desperado" by Westlife
  • Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang - "Riding on the Wings of Songs" by Felix Mendelssohn
  • Kim Min-seok - "Maria" from the musical West Side Story
  • Jeremy Abbott - "Gotta Get Thru This (Acoustic Version)" by Daniel Bedingfield
  • Alissa Czisny - "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel
  • Patrick Chan - "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay
  • Johnny Weir - "넌 감동이었어 (You Made Me Impressed)" by Sung Si Kyung
  • Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir - "Won't You Charleston with Me" from the musical The Boy Friend
  • Stéphane Lambiel - "Un Giorno Per Noi" by Musical Giulietta e Romeo
  • Shizuka Arakawa - "Frozen" by Madonna
  • Kim Yuna - "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna
  • Men skaters & Gambler Crew - "Mirotic" by 동방신기, "10점 만점에 10점(10 out of 10)" by 2PM

ACT 2

Shizuka Arakawa (left), Kim Yuna (center), Zhang Dan (right) and Alyssa Czisny (back) performing a spiral at the 2009 Festa On Ice.

2008 Festa on Ice

2008 Festa on Ice was held on May 17–18, 2008 in the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul, South Korea. 2008 FOI was directed by Brian Orser and choreographed by David Wilson.

The cast for 2008

The cast for 2008 FOI was the following:

South Korea Kim Yuna
South Korea Shin Ye-Ji
South Korea Yun Yea-ji
South Korea Lee Dong-won
Japan Shizuka Arakawa
Switzerland Sarah Meier
Canada Patrick Chan
Japan Daisuke Takahashi
Japan Nobunari Oda
United States Johnny Weir
Canada Rachel Kirkland & Eric Radford
China Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang
Germany Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Canada Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir

References

  1. ^ "Yuna to Perform in Seoul Next Month". THE KOREA TIMES. 2008-04-07. Archived from the original on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  2. ^ 섹시퀸’이 된 ‘퀸 연아’(in Korean)

External links

  • Festa on Ice - Official site