Sara translated Lelo's report
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ART ON ICE 2016 - ZURICH The prestigious Art on Ice confirms itself as the leading ice show Worldwide.
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For a skater, to be invited, is an honor in his/her artistic career. Like one of the creators of the event, Oliver Honer, once said "it's not enough only to be very good skaters to be invited. Not even enough to be an Olympic champion. You must be loved by the public." And Plushenko is at his eight edition!
Speaking only of Art on Ice, Plushenko worked in the same rink sharing the stage with music stars such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, Seal, Zucchero, just to name a few.
This year it was the time of legendary The Jacksons, Jessie J. and James Gruntz.
The show, as usual has a massive scenic impact - it showed old Michael Jackson and his bro's videos - it was like a blast from the past, music history stars were right there in front of you.
Plushenko is back again with a glittering costume while skating on the music of the Jacksons. With the heart and the memory we go back to 2002 season when a young and explosive Evgeni made history with a program to be remembered "Michael Jackson's medley".
This time the notes were those of "Do not stop till you get enough". Everything starts with the great job of the Light Balance (dancers with led costumes) skating on electronic music. Later the Jacksons begin their performance, Evgeni enters the ice then and accompanies the four that sing on a moving stage. The exhibition ends in a crescendo with The LED dance crew. That's quicker to watch it than to explain it. A success!
Keep focusing on special introductions, shortly after, we get goose bumps when, in the darkness, we listen to the notes of Tribute to Nijinsky. What should were we allowed to think of? The lights turned on but Evgeni was not on the ice, only crew skaters with hunting witches-like costumes. Was anyone else using Evgeni's music? The mystery is solved when Evgeni's took the ice and skated on Carmina Burana. Perfect introduction!!
Later we see him back to the ice along with Fernandez and Gummenik for a group number "Do it like a dude" with Jessie J singing live.
Yes, because she was at the Art on Ice too, loudly announced. A real tornado of voice and energy that took the show to a louder fancy level. The great personality of Jessie J gave the final injection of energy in the grand finale. Everyone on stage and on the ice rink gave a memorable show ending to the public.
In the six shows of Zurich Evgeni alternatively presented his jumps repertory, including two triple axel in the show on Thursday and combinations performed in more than one occasion. For the rest it was our "usual" Evgeni. Strong presence on the ice, charisma, his unique ability to emotionally kidnap the audience and to take their energy with him on the ice. His multiple appearances at the Art on Ice is yet another confirmation of his artistic skills, not the technical ones only!!
A touching moment of the show was the moment when Jermaine Jackson gave a tribute in memory of his brother Michael while introducing the song "Gone too soon" where Stephane Lambiel, the Swiss pupil skated on.
The rest of the starring cast: Olympic Champ Adelina Sotnikova, Volosozhar / Trankov, Stolbova / Klimov, European Champ Fernandez, Papadakis / CIZERON, Oly champs Davis / White, then Sawyer, and the adorable little Petr Gummenyk and Liza Nugumanova, a concentrate of vitality, energy, joy and passion for skating coming from Alexei Nicolaevich's school. These two kids are very good both technically and artistically, a pleasure to watch them.
But also comedians and other artists like Ekenah, Karyna & Suren, Inertie were awesome.
The show had also recaps in Lausanne 9th and 10th of February, and in Davos Feb 12 and 13th.