Spruce Peak Performing Arts Will Welcome Ice Dance International for A Week-Long September Residency
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 13, 2021
Sharpen those skates! Ice Dance International returns to the Green Mountain state for a week-long residency in Stowe, Vermont presented by the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. During the residency, IDI will perform an evening of New Works, Friday, September 17th at 7pm followed by an audience free-skate where all attendees are encouraged to strap on their skates and join the dancers on the ice!
Ring In The New Year With Air Farce New Year's Eve On CBC
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2018
AIR FARCE, one of the most acclaimed homegrown comedy troupes, is turning 45. The Farce will be celebrating this landmark anniversary skewering the biggest news stories, events, people, and pop culture phenomena of the year with its longstanding year-end ritual AIR FARCE NEW YEAR'S EVE, premiering Monday, December 31 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC, with an encore broadcast later the same evening at 12:10 a.m. (12:40 NT).
BWW Review: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S CRYSTAL at Capital One Arena
by Elliot Lanes - Dec 7, 2018
For many years now, the famed Cirque du Soleil has been combining the two worlds of circus and theater to create some spectacular productions. Anyone that has seen one of their shows in Las Vegas or elsewhere knows that when you attend a Cirque production, it's an unforgettable experience. Cirque has repurposed the music of The Beatles, taken us to a spectacular jungle world and elsewhere in their past productions, but with their latest touring show Crystal the company adds ice skating to their repertoire. Combining traditional circus skills with breathtaking ramp jumps, break dancing, show skating and much more Crystal is not your typical Cirque du Soleil production. It takes place entirely on an ice rink, but for those that remember it, this is not your standard Ice Capades by any stretch of the imagination either.
BWW Preview: STARS ON ICE brings together Canada's Finest Figure Skaters Fresh from the Winter Olympic Games
by Alyson Eng - Apr 24, 2018
Straight from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, many medal-winning figure skaters that competed in Pyeongchang will be teaming up with some Canadian greats to form an extraordinary cast that will perform across Canada in the STARS ON ICE tour. Beginning in 1991, the Canadian tour once featured skating legends Kurt Browning and Brian Orser, and has continued ever since with many beloved people from the figure skating world over the years.
BWW Review: Cirque du Soleil's CRYSTAL A Visual Frozen Treat
by Frank Benge - Feb 16, 2018
Cirque du Soleil's CRYSTAL: A Breakthrough Ice Experience is their first show to marry their traditional acrobats and clowns with world-class ice skaters and the end result surpasses their usual offerings with a new kind of show. The show is a beautiful combination of skating and aerial work that takes your breath away time and again as the lead character is lifted, with a single hand, and taken aloft, for a ballet of movement far above the ice. Crystal and her partner perform a spellbinding aerial straps/skating pas de deux that blurs the boundary between ice and sky.
AIR FARCE NEW YEAR'S EVE to Celebrate 25th Anniversary Broadcast
by Julie Musbach - Dec 21, 2017
A comedy staple for Canadians looking for homegrown laughs, AIR FARCE is one of the most popular and enduring comedy troupes in the country skewering the biggest news stories, events, people, and pop culture phenomena of the year.This year, the Farce's long-standing New Year's Eve tradition celebrates 25 years on television. AIR FARCE NEW YEAR'S EVE premieres Sunday, December 31 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC with an encore broadcast later the same night at 12:05 a.m. (12:35 NT).
ABC to Air DISSON SKATING's Colgate Skating Series This November
by Casey Judge - Oct 27, 2014
Disson Skating returns to the ice for its 25th year with the upcoming Colgate Skating Series airing exclusively on ABC. Each two-hour special in this milestone year will feature world-renowned Olympic figure skating champions and musicians, with select shows featuring the skaters' families, Olympic gymnasts and dancing professionals.
Scott Hamilton Hosts CBS's KALEIDOSCOPE ON ICE Cancer Benefit Tonight
by TV News Desk - Nov 25, 2012
Legendary skater and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton and National Sportscaster and Sportswriters Hall of Famer Verne Lundquist host Kaleidoscope On Ice presented by Carolinas HealthCare System's Levine Cancer Institute, a skating and song spectacular celebrating cancer survivorship, tonight, Nov. 25, (5:00-6:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Scott Hamilton to Host CBS's KALEIDOSCOPE ON ICE Cancer Benefit, 11/25
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 23, 2012
Legendary skater and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton and National Sportscaster and Sportswriters Hall of Famer Verne Lundquist host Kaleidoscope On Ice presented by Carolinas HealthCare System's Levine Cancer Institute, a skating and song spectacular celebrating cancer survivorship, Sunday, Nov. 25, (5:00-6:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Photo Coverage: The National Ballet of Canada's MAD HOT WONDERLAND
by Kelly Cameron - Jun 27, 2011
On Tuesday June 21st The National Ballet of Canada transformed Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts into a MAD HOT Wonderland for their annual fundraising gala. Over 1800 people came out in support of the ballet, and BWW was on hand to capture photos of the spectacular and lavish event.
BWW Interviews: Through the Looking Glass with Sonia Rodriguez
by Kelly Cameron - Jun 16, 2011
The National Ballet of Canada reported earlier this week that their newest production, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is now sold out for the remainder of its run, making it the most successful production in the history of the company. There is still one more chance to see excerpts from this spectacular new ballet at MAD HOT WONDERLAND, the annual gala fundraiser on June 21st. BWW sat down and spoke with Sonia Rodriquez, a principal dancer currently alternating the role of Alice, about what this journey has been like for her.