Sony Centre for the Performing Arts to Present SLEEPING BEAUTY ON ICE, Today
By: BWW
News Desk Nov. 20, 2015
TORONTO (November 12, 2015) - In just over a week, international ice dance sensation theImperial Ice Stars bring the Toronto premiere of Sleeping Beauty on Ice to the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts for three shows only: Friday, November 20 at 7:30pm and Saturday, November 21 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm. Sleeping Beauty on Ice marks the first time in seven years the award-winning Imperial Ice Stars are in Toronto.
Tickets for this spectacular ice ballet, featuring over twenty of the best figure skaters in the world, can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 1-855-872-SONY (7669), visiting www.sonycentre.caor in person at the Sony Centre Box Office.
A stunning new interpretation of Sleeping Beauty on Ice, four tonnes of crushed ice will turn the stage of the Sony Centre into a magical ice rink where the ensemble will glide, defy gravity and soar through the air! Ballet on blades at speeds of up to 50 kilometres per hour!
Set to Tchaikovsky's magnificent music, this Sleeping Beauty on Ice brings a new take - and some new twists - to the classic love story, with exhilarating choreography and innovative staging from Tony Mercer, the world-renowned director of theatre-on-ice.
Quick Facts
o 21 of the world's best skaters
o Some of the skating moves performed by The Imperial Ice Stars have never been attempted before, either in competition or on the stage, and are so complex they haven't been named yet.
o The performers between them have won over 250 competition medals.
o Some of The Imperial Ice Stars started skating from as young as three years of age.
o 36 people tour with the show including performers, technicians and a doctor, with a further 17 people required in each venue.
o During a year, the flying pieces on stage move approx 27,000m during shows
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