Figure SkatingFigure skating - notizie
Luca Parisse
For the fifth consecutive year the splendid setting dell''Arena Verona hosted the show that combines the traditional 'art of ice skating that''s lyrical, quest''anno known as "Intimissimi on Ice" event which gathered spectators from all over Italy and not only in the evenings of 9 and 10 October.
Tuesday 13 October 2015 12 minutes reading time
This is the second year that the show sees the creative direction of Marco Balich, the Italian manufacturer gi & agrave; known to most & ugrave; as director of some of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in recent years. The new version of the show once called "Opera on Ice", for & ograve ;, differs substantially to precedente.Dal 2011 to 2013, in fact, the format provided for the 'performance of skaters on an ice rink set up in temporary' ' Arena of Verona, at dell''area where during the opera is, instead, the stage with his his designs. The skaters were performing to the tune of more & ugrave; famous arias of opera, mainly Italian (Verdi, Puccini, Rossini and Donizetti above), while behind them the music was performed live dall''orchestra dell''Arena Verona accompanied by different singers. A variation on the theme of the classic gal & agrave; on the ice, in short, where skaters were introduced by a television presenter who explained what music sarebe was performed and what athlete would esibito.L''innovazione in format instead consists in conceiving the show as a continuum narrative, a story that is told and built through the 'interaction of skaters with the music, the scenery, the play of light and special effects. No interruption in the narrative of the event the described quest''anno with the title "Shadows and Light", or "the 'eternal contrast between lights and shadows of life that generates tension and this tension generates [..] male and female, Opera and Pop, singing and skating, art and sport: dualisms that will join and the result of which, we hope, will & agrave; generation of pi & ugrave; powerful energy exists: the 'Love ".The result & egrave; a breath of fresh air, not just for skaters but also for the public pi & ugrave; generalist, not pi & ugrave; forced to endure the times of a classic television show, cos & Igrave; pi & ugrave; free to enjoy the artistic dell''aspetto performance.La first impression & egrave; to watch a version of "miniaturized" and, of course, ice just opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games which often deals Balich, thanks all''introduzione stage of special effects such as projections of drawings on the ice in sync with music, kites, circus performers and semi-mobile platforms from which singers and musicians are "dropped" or approached the ice accompanying the performances of individual skaters or ensemble of men and women who take turns on ghiaccio.La history, divided into chapters, & egrave ; submitted by a small booklet provided to all those viewers who can cos & Igrave; follow the 'identity & agrave; who alternates on the ice and all''esecuzione the music, carefully selected and real icing on the cake of dell''edizione quest''anno.
If gi & agrave; dall''anno last, in fact, it was decided to introduce a pop touch to the show by including some of the most & ugrave; popular light music, quest''anno the merger between the lyrical and the Pop & egrave; particularly effective thanks to the rearrangement of some classic songs including "Take Me To Church" of Hozier, skated masterfully by Stephane Lambiel or "I love you" by Umberto Tozzi on which they performed Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, historical participants all''evento together precisely to Lambiel and Kostner.Nella second part of the show, in addition, to alternate arias was invited on stage also the pop star Ellie Goulding, that first run Burn, a song that introduces the theme of light which breaks into the darkness, then Love me like you do, perhaps its most hit & ugrave; famous intensely interpreted by Cappellini / Lanotte, finally On My Mind, new single output rerun dall''ensamble skaters.
But in the moments more & ugrave; Expected course of the evening are performances by Carolina Kostner, the national star finally free from worries about his suspension from skating following the implications of the case Schwazer.Era a Carolina intense and devoted to his audience that he first skated on "A furtive tear ", from ''" Elisir d''Amore "by Donizetti, accompanied by the tenor & ograve; n De la Guardia, appearing from the wings of the center of the stage that housed a huge chandelier sparkling, and then sull''intensa" Summertime "by Gershwin, accompanied this time by soprano Ekaterina Lekhina. Both numbers have once again highlighted the 'elegance and clean lines always feature dell''altoatesina, who show after show demonstrates a maturity & agrave; Artistic increasingly & ugrave; strong and comparable only to that of his fellow scene, the Swiss Lambiel.
And '' just to Stephane, in fact, that it is close performances in the evening with a single scoppietante version of "Nessun dorma" from "Turandot" by Puccini, in the blaze of lights and geometries of acute tenor Enrique Ferrer, number For the second year in a row ripping, deservedly, the standing ovation the audience dell''Arena.
The only flaw dell''edizione 2015 & egrave; indeed perhaps the repetition of certain numbers gi & agrave; performed last year, for the 'accuracy 7 of 19 including the final, something that perhaps will go & agrave; reconsidered in case you want to repeat the same format of the show next year.
Nell''insieme is a production extremely complex, undoubtedly one of the best shows you can see in Europe in recent years, a show 360 & deg; embellished with a location like that dell''Arena irreplaceable. Certainly everything & ograve; it would not be possible without the contribution of a sponsor wealthy as Intimissimi, which not coincidentally provides all the costumes (quest''anno designed by famous stylist Patricia Field), based on the collection of underwear that 'company offers this'' year, which explains why & egrave; many clothes prove at least "detectors". The promotion of its products & egrave; revived not only through clothing but also with the screening of the video of the parade of the collection on the fifth stage, even during one of the numbers' performance. While & egrave; hard to imagine a production scale that only supported by ticket sales, on 'the other hand one would hope that the' interference of sponsors is limited to moments of 'interval of the show.
The good & egrave; that thanks all''enorme reputation of the brand, which has even invited his models more & ugrave; famous for a small red carpet, the show gets a great resonance in the national press and even in fashion magazines, did not trivial for a show where the main protagonist & egrave; skating, which, as we know, is often in great attention mediatica.In final, c '' & egrave; to be hoped that such an event happening again in the years to come; its success is encouraging for the promotion of figure skating in Italy and, why & egrave; no, maybe it could induce some big company to move from sponsoring ice shows that the competitions themselves. Unfortunately, in fact, the potentialities & agrave; in this sense it is still fundamentally unexplored in our country.
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