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Last night I saw the Halloween on Ice<\/a> tour in Richmond, VA. Because this is a full-service blog I will give you my impressions. The main thing is that you absolutely should go if you are in the market for a good old-fashioned skating cheesefest.<\/p>\n

Shawn Sawyer<\/strong> was the MVP. He\u2019s so much fun, and seems to have a gift for weird<\/a>, creepy<\/a> skating programs. Tons of cool extension moves and spirals and spins.<\/p>\n

Nicole Bobek<\/strong> did her aerial hoop<\/a> thing, plus her characteristically beautiful spirals. Also she just radiates charisma and joy. I don\u2019t always get the aerial hoop but it was fearless and inspiring here, and worked well with the music (a woman\u2019s version of \u201cHouse of the Rising Sun\u201d).<\/p>\n

Kurt Browning<\/strong> played Igor! No idea it was him until suddenly at the VERY end this hunchback starts busting out phenomenal jumps. What a trooper.<\/p>\n

The stars were Nancy Kerrigan<\/strong>, who was (unsurprisingly) better as a vampire queen than as a pretty princess, and Johnny Weir<\/strong> as Dracula and also a devil and also a veiled commentary on the heteronormativity of family entertainment. (Literally veiled.) She still has that lovely carriage and he is a pro at that crowd-pleasing fierce strut, although jumps weren\u2019t 100% there for either of them. He can still do a terrific \u201cLucinda spin\u201d so what more do you want, really. The framing story was kinda dumb, especially in the first half where Kerrigan has to pretend to be scared of everything, but I mean, it\u2019s not like you go to these things for the complex narrative arcs.<\/p>\n

What you do go to these things for: Ice acrobats who catch fire! Scary flies (flys?) by pairs skaters! Alissa Czisny<\/strong> channeling Jennifer Connelly circa Labyrinth<\/em>, and doing some lovely, wistful skating! Local ice maidens, but no local ice men\u2013surely there are some Richmond boys who skate? Maybe Werewolf Shawn Sawyer will inspire them.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"