2015 N A T I O N AL THEATRE O N ICE C OMPETITIO N
Harmony Theatre Company’s senior team strikes gold with its performance titled “Circus at the End of the World.”
by JOANNE VASSALLO JAMROSZ Harmony Teatre Company of Hartland,
Michigan, took home gold with a mesmerizing and powerful program titled “Circus at the End of the World” at the 2015 National Teatre On Ice competition in Hyannis, Massachusetts, June 18–21.
Te senior team from the Ice House Skating
Academy welcomed spectators and promised to skate a program of laughter, tears, dancing and singing, and they did not disappoint. Powerful ensemble skating, intricate and dizzying lifts and throws, and precise unison while covering the en- tire ice surface earned the team the title. Harmony Teatre Company placed first in
four of the event divisions: senior, novice, adult and open. Its junior team secured a bronze medal. Hosted by the Yarmouth Ice Club, the eighth
annual National Teatre On Ice competition fea- tured 75 teams, 10 more teams and approximately 200 more skaters than last year. Tis rapidly grow- ing team event combines the grace of figure skating with the excitement of theater and dance. “Tis is an extraordinary undertaking that
requires patience, hard work and courage, not only for the skaters but also for their coaches and
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their weary and hopeful families,” Competition Chair Donna J. Wunder said. “Competitions such as the National Teatre On Ice competition give skaters a chance to perform for the judges, but especially for the faithful audiences.” Te Yarmouth Ice Club has played host to
several national skating events, but for Wunder the energy of Teatre on Ice can’t be beat. “Tey really love what they do and you can
see that on every face when they are performing,” she said. “TOI allows every skater who has the passion to skate and perform, no matter where they are in their career, to find a home.”
Defending champion Act 1 of Boston en-
tered the free skate with a first-place effort in the choreographic exercise (CE). Its free skate, titled “Resurrection,” helped to earn the team a silver medal. Act 1 of Boston produced strong pairs moves, including intricate lifts and death spirals, excellent unison and superb pass-throughs. Te program focused on the soul believed by some to
be the divine and immortal part of the human being, and possibly the actual vehicle by which people are resurrected. Los Angeles Ice Teater’s tribute to the Beat-
les was a crowd-pleaser and secured the team a bronze medal. Dressed in costumes reminiscent of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the au- dience loved the bright-colored Nehru jackets and familiar songs such as “I Want To Hold your Hand” and “Yellow Submarine.” Te program included strong ensemble skating, nice freestyle moves and jumps by the four Beatles, as well as spin sequences by the entire team.
San Francisco Ice Teatre once again brought home the gold. Last year’s “Crystal Planet” perfor- mance not only earned the team the junior title but also an award for best original theme and sto- ryline. Tis year, the team created a phenomenal skating chessboard. Te elaborate costumes were a crowd-pleaser, as the team intricately demon- strated two players, two teams, two strategies, one
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