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In the aftermath of the infamous judging scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, there was a failed attempt to 'replace the ISU' by the World Skating Federation. Many high profile skaters got behind the movement for a time until the ISU and many of its member federations pushed back and thwarted the movement.
Two early advocates of the World Skating Federation were two-time Olympic Gold Medallists Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov. In April 2004, they shared a lengthy essay about skating governance, judging and the essence of artistry that was a fascinating read. With the recent passing of Oleg, it feels only fitting to revisit the Protopopov's profound words and share a few enlightening excerpts from this timeless piece. Despite the passage of two decades, their insights continue to resonate powerfully in the present day.
EXCERPTS FROM "MEDITATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD FIGURE SKATING FAMILY, ISU - INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION, NEW JUDGING SYSTEM, 'COP FOR JUDGES'? THE ISU CONGRESS OF 2004. IS FIGURE SKATING AN EXTREME OR ARTISTIC SPORT?" (LUDMILA AND OLEG PROTOPOPOV)
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov
"When I was sixteen years old, my mother, a former classical ballerina bought a magazine 'America' (in Russian) at the black market. It was in 1948 in former Leningrad right before the 'Cold War between Soviet Union and the U.S.A. My mother's professional sharp eyes were attracted by beautiful picture of Dick Button in a split jump with perfectly extended points. My Mom said: 'Oleg, you must do better than this American guy'. Since, Dick Button became my ideal for his expressiveness, beauty and dynamic which were very good seen even on the picture. I have never met him personally until 1962 World Championships in Prague when he became an ABC TV sport commentator and I and my wife Ludmila became first time in our life World silver medallists in pair skating. Our first international debut with Ludmila at the European and World Championships was in 1958 where we had first opportunity in our life to watch the outstanding skaters of the West. It was the greatest shock which change our vision and understanding of the figure skating for the entire life, especially that we were Soviet sportsmen from the country with the Iron Curtain. We never had seen live double Axel several times in a row, without long preparation, executed by David Jenkins or Don Jackson's triple Salchow or top of elegance pair skating of Barbara Wagner-Bob Paul. They did not skate their programs, they danced them so musically that it was hard to believe that they did it on the skates. Since, they became as live example for us and we call them the Gold Generation, who made great contribution to the World figure skating but the way they skated, unfortunately is forgotten and ignored today, despite the fact that their artistic and technical achievements and philosophy of skating were already forty to forty five years ahead of time."
"We met each other fifty years ago in August of 1954 on the skating seminar in Moscow at the first in Soviet Union 9x9 m (27x27 feet) experimental artificial ice-rink. It was so small ice that we could not pass each other without touching by our hands. It was our first accidental pair spin but we did not suspect that it will be forever. In Leningrad, in December we began regular skating outdoor in wild winter cold (-15, -35 C) when we were almost twenty and twenty three years old, knowing nothing about figure skating, pair skating, without coach, choreographer, professional help, tape recorder, video camera, hard leather skating boots, attractive costumes, but with great love to the art of skating. Nevertheless, in 1962, '63, '64 we became silver medallists of the European and World Championships, Olympic champions after ten years of hard training in 1964, and 2nd time in 1968 after fourteen years of skating. Four times World Champions 1965-1968. We were ready to participate at the Olympic Games of 1972 but Soviet Figure Skating Federation using administrative power crossed out our plans, pointing out that we were too old, very theatrical, athletically weak, no speed, no difficult elements in the programs. But underneath of all this 'snow job' was the hidden rumours of our sport and administrable opponents, that Belousova-Protopopov will defect if they will win their 3rd Olympic Games. It was a real hit below the belt for everything what we did for the National sport and our Motherland. But from the other hand, it was good idea prompted to us, because we never thought about this before. We left Soviet Union in 1979. For this period of time we learn a lot of wise things from smart former figure skaters and coaches in the former Soviet Union, which they called 'Black Russian humor'. It is said: 'There are four categories of significance among the people in the modern figure skating: 1. The lowest categories are those who know how to skate, that is figure skaters. 2. The second, a bit higher, are those who don’t skate but teach. 3. The third, still higher, are those who neither skate nor teach, but judge. 4. The fourth and highest category are those who don’t know how to skate, don't teach, don’t judge but direct figure skating'. (Samson Gliaser - 1st coach of Ludmila Belousova in the former Soviet Union in 1951). We would not say that something radically changed in the attitude to the skaters until now. We are not going to say that: 'when we skated, it was great or better'. It was just different time."
"We remember the time (1979) when we left Soviet Union and all Soviet (eligible!) skaters, coaches and officials were not allowed to say 'Hello' to 'ineligible' Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov until 1992. In the former Soviet Union system, when a skater who was rejected to skate in the frame of the Sport Committee of the USSR, he or she automatically became 2nd grade person or 'ineligible', especially the skaters who had own vision, opinion, which differed from the official line. In spite of the Greatest Power, this system, fortunately, had collapsed."
"In Russia currently, the skaters must pay about ten percent commission from their prize money. They cannot receive it directly from the ISU but only indirectly from the Russian Figure Skating Federation. The ISU has not a deal directly with the skaters. Thus, National federations are the mini filial of the ISU structure. It can happen that the skaters even do not know for how much 'they are sold'. For example, we never knew that The Sport Committee of the USSR in 1968 got two thousand or twenty five hundred behind our backs for each Exhibition (fifteen) in the International ISU World Tour, while we, as an Amateurs (eligible) two time Olympic Champions and four time World & European champions had nothing from this money, except 'pocket' twenty five Swiss Francs from the ISU for each exhibition."
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov
"Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier, Dick Button, Tenley Albright, Carol Heiss, [Ronnie] Robertson, David Jenkins, Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul, Donald Jackson, Peggy Fleming, Janet Lynn... it would be a great advantage to learn their dynamic technique of the short preparation to the jumps, musicality, the beauty of skating skills, and general culture of skating. Their ideals were Freedom, Flight, Grace, and Beauty. But today’s 'triple-quadmania' has killed this so important philosophy of the figure skating stressing primarily on the quantity of the jumps, revolutions and missing the Artistic and technical quality."
Peggy Fleming and Oleg Protopopov. Photo courtesy Ingrid Hunnewell.
"In 1960 Olympics (U.S.A) it was not required elements at all but skaters (men) did double Axel and triple jumps by own will without restriction or musts. But all pairs overhead lifts with full extension of the lifting arms were forbidden by the ISU after 1957, when Nina and Stanislav Zhuk (Soviet Union) demonstrated them first in the world at the European Championships in Vienna (Austria). Such a lifts were considered very dangerous ACROBATIC ELEMENTS and a pair would be punished (the ISU threatened!) in case of including forbidden lifts into the Free program which was 5min.10 sec. Nevertheless, it was allowed to lift only on the level of the shoulders. Now, forty seven years later, the ISU also will punish pair skaters but if they will not do overhead required lifts! By the way, nobody pushed [Donald] Jackson (Canada) to jump triple Lutz in 1962 Worlds. He did it by his own will and when he was ready to do it. Today the ISU wants to lead and dictate again, what to do and what is forbidden, like forty-seven years ago."
"We are not going to say that: ''when we skated, it was great or better''. It was just different time... Our main concern is that 'triple-quad-mania', 'paragraph-X-mania', 'record-mania' which make young figure skaters completely blind to the beauty and culture of skating and absolutely deaf to the music are not for the benefit of modern Sport and Art of Figure Skating."
"The nature of a skater from the very beginning is an artist. Remember American Jackson Haines who was the first in the World to skate - backed by an orchestra - the waltz, mazurka, quadrille, and march on the public holiday in Vienna in 1868. It was one hundred and thirty-six years ago! But modern artists of figure skating have to survive in the iron cage of the ISU rules, which make the space for artistic creativity in this cage smaller and smaller every year, forcing the skaters to be more robots on ice instead of human being personalities. Let the skaters skate how they physically CAN in a free program. Let the coaches, choreographers, and skaters to think themselves, as an artist, how to skate, how to compose, and what elements would be more expressive for particularly music. Let them to create independently (without ISU standards) new fresh innovative movements, combinations, elements and they will do their best according to the personal abilities, because it will be the best motivation to work. Variety is the spice of the life. Variety is the spice of figure skating."
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov
"The foundation of figure skating is Artistic Figure Skating - the highest form of mastery. The beauty - is perfection of the simplest movements and the form of the body. If the movements and form of the body are beautiful - technically, they are perfect. The simplest moves are the most difficult in figure skating. The beauty will never get old, never lose its value, always be fresh and new."
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In the last decade of the twentieth century, media attention and public interest in the "whack heard around the world" gave way to an explosion in popularity for the sport of figure skating. People just couldn't get enough. The world's top figure skaters vied for cold hard cash in dozens of professional competitions and skating fans around the world flocked to box offices to scoop up tickets to their favourite touring ice shows. Today's Skate Guard blog takes a fond look back at the many skating tours that were in operation during the decade of star lifts, Spice Girls, slap bracelets and Salchows.
Art on Ice
Year
Skaters
1998 (German tour)
Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer, Philippe Candeloro, Denise
Biellmann, Surya Bonaly, Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko, Tanja
Szewczenko, Sarah Abitbol and Stéphane Bernadis, Elena Leonova
and Andrei Khvalko, Daniel Weiss
Photo courtesy Bobrin Ice Theatre
Bobrin Ice Theatre
Year
Skaters
1990 (Soviet, Turkish, American tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin, Kira
Ivanova
1991 (Soviet, Middle Eastern tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1992 (South African, French, North Korean tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1993 (Swiss, French, South Korean tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1994 (Japanese, South Korean, Taiwanese, Swiss, German,
Austrian tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1995 (French, Italian, German, Austrian tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1996 (Spanish tour)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1997 (South Korean, Polish tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1998 (French, German, Russian tours)
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
1999 (Indian, Italian, French, South Korean tours)
INatalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Igor Bobrin
Royal Bank Champions on Ice (CFSA)
Year
Skaters
1989-1990
Kurt Browning, Jozef Sabovčík, Grzegorz Filipowski, Matthew
Hall, Tracey Wainman, Cindy Landry and Lyndon Johnston
Champions on Ice/Tour of World
Figure Skating Champions (Tom Collins Tour)
Year
Skaters
1990 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Viktor Petrenko, Kurt Browning, Paul Wylie, Todd Eldredge,
Christopher Bowman, Mark Mitchell, Midori Ito, Jill Trenary, Holly
Cook, Natalia Lebedeva, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov,
Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev, Isabelle Brasseur and
Lloyd Eisler, Kristi Yamaguchi and Rudy Galindo, Cindy Landry and
Lyndon Johnston, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Isabelle
and Paul Duchesnay, Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin, Susie Wynne
and Joseph Druar, Jo-Anne Borlase and Martin Smith, April Sargent
and Russ Witherby
1991 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Viktor Petrenko, Brian Orser, Todd Eldredge, Christopher
Bowman, Gary Beacom, Mark Mitchell, Kristi Yamaguchi, Peggy
Fleming, Nancy Kerrigan, Elizabeth Manley, Jill Trenary, Tonya
Harding, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Natalia
Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev, Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev,
Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Barbara Underhill and Paul
Martini, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Marina Klimova and
Sergei Ponomarenko, Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Maya
Usova and Alexandr Zhulin, Susie Wynne and Joseph Druar
1992 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Viktor Petrenko, Paul Wylie, Petr Barna, Mark Mitchell, Kristi
Yamaguchi, Lu Chen, Nancy Kerrigan, Jill Trenary, Tonya Harding,
Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev, Isabelle Brasseur and
Lloyd Eisler, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Radka Kovaříková
and René Novotný, Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Oksana
Grishuk and Evgeni Platov, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko,
Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin
1993 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Philippe Candeloro, Petr Barna,
Scott Davis, Gary Beacom, Mark Mitchell, Oksana Baiul, Lu Chen,
Nancy Kerrigan, Jill Trenary, Surya Bonaly, Natalia Mishkutenok
and Artur Dmitriev, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Tai
Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, Calla
Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean,
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Isabelle and Paul
Duchesnay, Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin
1994 (Winter Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Scott Hamilton, Robert Wagenhoffer, Gary Beacom, Katarina Witt,
Elaine Zayak, Tonya Harding, Gia Guddat, Barbara Underhill and
Paul Martini, Renée Roca and Gorsha Sur, Elizabeth Punsalan and
Jerod Swallow, Judy Blumberg and Jim Yorke
1994 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Alexei Urmanov, Elvis Stojko,
Philippe Candeloro, Scott Davis, Gary Beacom, Oksana Baiul,
Michelle Kwan, Lu Chen, Nancy Kerrigan, Surya Bonaly, Ekaterina
Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur
Dmitriev, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Jenni Meno and Todd
Sand, Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov, Marina Klimova and Sergei
Ponomarenko, Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay, Maya Usova and Alexandr
Zhulin, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow
1995 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Elvis Stojko, Philippe
Candeloro, Todd Eldredge, Scott Davis, Oksana Baiul, Michelle
Kwan, Lu Chen, Nancy Kerrigan, Jill Trenary, Surya Bonaly, Nicole
Bobek, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Jenni Meno and Todd
Sand, Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Gia Guddat and Gary Beacom,
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov, Marina Klimova and Sergei
Ponomarenko, Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay, Maya Usova and Alexandr
Zhulin, Renée Roca and Gorsha Sur, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod
Swallow
1996 (Winter Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Todd Eldredge, Scott Davis,
Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Nicole Bobek, Isabelle Brasseur and
Lloyd Eisler, Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, Calla Urbanski and Rocky
Marval, Gia Guddat and Gary Beacom, Marina Klimova and Sergei
Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin
1996 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Alexei Urmanov, Elvis Stojko,
Philippe Candeloro, Todd Eldredge, Rudy Galindo, Éric Millot,
Scott Davis, Dan Hollander, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Nancy
Kerrigan, Lu Chen, Surya Bonaly, Nicole Bobek, Tonia Kwiatkowski,
Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd
Eisler, Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer, Jenni Meno and Todd Sand,
Gia Guddat and Gary Beacom, Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov,
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr
Zhulin, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz, Elizabeth Punsalan and
Jerod Swallow
1997 (Winter Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Rudy Galindo, Mark Mitchell,
Dorothy Hamill, Oksana Baiul, Elizabeth Manley, Isabelle Brasseur
and Lloyd Eisler, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Gia Guddat and
Gary Beacom, Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Marina Klimova and
Sergei Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin
1997 (Tour of World Figure Skating Champions)
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov, Marina Klimova and Sergei
Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin, Shae-Lynn Bourne and
Victor Kraatz, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow
1998 (Champions on Ice – Winter Tour)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Rudy Galindo, Jozef Sabovčík,
Dorothy Hamill, Oksana Baiul, Nancy Kerrigan, Elizabeth Manley,
Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Tai Babilonia and Randy
Gardner, Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin, Amy Webster and Ron
Kravette
1998 (Champions on Ice)
Ilia Kulik, Evgeni Plushenko, Viktor Petrenko, Alexei Urmanov,
Elvis Stojko, Philippe Candeloro, Todd Eldredge, Rudy Galindo, Michael Weiss,
Laurent Tobel, Tara Lipinski, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Nancy
Kerrigan, Lu Chen, Maria Butyrskaya, Irina Slutskaya, Surya
Bonaly, Nicole Bobek, Tonia Kwiatkowski, Elena Berezhnaya and
Anton Sikharulidze, Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev, Isabelle
Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer, Jenni
Meno and Todd Sand, Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen, Oksana Grishuk
and Evgeni Platov, Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr
Zhulin, Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov, Shae-Lynn Bourne
and Victor Kraatz, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow
1999 (Champions on Ice - Winter Tour)
Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Philippe Candeloro, Jozef
Sabovčík, Todd Eldredge, Rudy Galindo, Dorothy Hamill, Katarina
Witt, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Elizabeth Manley, Surya Bonaly,
Tonia Kwiatkowski, Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev, Isabelle
Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko,
Maya Usova and Evgeni Platov, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow
1999 (Champions on Ice)
Brian Boitano, Evgeni Plushenko, Viktor Petrenko, Alexei
Yagudin, Alexei Urmanov, Elvis Stojko, Philippe Candeloro, Todd
Eldredge, Rudy Galindo, Timothy Goebel, Michael Weiss, Laurent
Tobel, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Elizabeth Manley, Maria
Butyrskaya, Surya Bonaly, Nicole Bobek, Naomi Nari Nam, Elena
Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, Oksana Kazakova and Artur
Dmitriev, Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer, Marina Anissina and
Gwendal Peizerat, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Maya
Usova and Evgeni Platov, Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov,
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod
Swallow
Disney on Ice
Year
Skaters
1989-1990 (Walt Disney's World on Ice)
Jaimee Eggleton, Jimmie Santee, Jamie-Lynn Kitching Santee,
Michael B. Dolan, Christopher Shrimpling, Bobby Davis, Carla
Ericson, Dawn-Ann Oliphant, Cathy Salinger Bailey, Penny Booth and
Michael Nemec
1990-1991 (Walt Disney's World on Ice, 10th
Anniversary Edition)
Jimmie Santee, Jamie -Lynn Kitching Santee, Elicia Shepherd and
Michael Blicharski, Paula Losinger and Scott Grover, Darin
Mathewson and Michael Lettengarver
1991-1992 (Walt Disney's World on Ice)
Jimmie Santee, Lisa Cornelius, Paul Kapeikis and Darin
Mathewson
1992-1993 (Walt Disney's World on Ice – Beauty and the Beast)
Mark Cockerell, Maradith Feinberg, Victor Baryshevtsev, Jon
Robinson, Olga Neizvestnaya and Sergei Zaitsev, Craig Horowitz
1993-1994 (Walt Disney's World on Ice - Aladdin)
Jaimee Eggleton, Cynthia Coull, Jimmie Santee, David Browne, Christopher Shrimpling
1994-1995 (Walt Disney's World on Ice, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs)
Karen Preston, Axel Médéric, Serguei Tartykov, Anisette Gent,
Delene Mackenzie and Bob Moskalyk, Cameron Medhurst, Mark Naylor,
Stephanie Larivière, Tatiana Tropina and Serguei Boroda, Elaine
Maddren, Elena Koteneva
1995-1997 (The Wizard of Oz on Ice)
eri Campbell, Andrei Kirov, Gueorgei Galoustian, Mark Richard
Farrington, Olga Neizvestnaya-Hunter and Sergeui Zaitsev
1996-1997 (Beauty and the Beast on Ice)
Florentine Houdinière, Fabrizio Garattoni, Mark Walker, Joey
Daysog, Yulia Borissova and Valerei Artioukhov
1997-1998 (Starlight Express... on Ice!)
Fabrizio Garattoni, Julie Brault, Norm Proft, Vadim Shebeco,
Cameron Medhurst, Nadezhda Kovalevskaya, Monique can der Velden,
Tomoaki Koyama, Serguei Kouznetsov, Gene 'Gi G' Siruno, Brent
Frank, Mark Naylor, Reggie Mack, Hank Green, Nikolay Ulanov, Scott
Irvine, Natalia Zagorodnikova, Jennifer Schmitz, Lisa Bell, Amanda
Frank
1998-1999 (Disney on Ice)
Axel Médéric, Michael Kho, Viatcheslav Kouznetsov, Sabrina
Crotenko, Yulia Myskina, Delene MacKenzie and Bob Moskaylk
1999 (Anastasia on Ice)
Sébastien Britten, Florentine Houdinière, Simon Aldridge,
Scott Irvine, Marina Akbarova and Marat Akbarov, Kelly Marshall
1998-1999 (Happily Ever After)
Larissa Zamotina, Bessarion Tsintsadze, Troy Goldstein, Mark
Richard Farrington, Joel Bangs
1998-1999 (The Little Mermaid)
Sandra Garde, Alexei Kiliakov, Inna Volianskaia, Joey Daysog,
Shae Green, Luke Craig, Richard Stringer
1998-1999 (The Wizard of Oz)
Nataliya Ivannikova, Natalia Krestianinova and Alexei
Torchinski, Andrei Kirov, Jason Graetz, Gueorgei Galoustian
1998-1999 (Pocahontas)
Joanna Ng, Stanislaav Joukov, Jamie Loper, Doug Barnhart,
Roland Barnhart, Edmund Zeidler, Anne Ramos, Svetlana Dragaeva,
Patricia Donahue
1999 (Cinderella, Australian tour)
Jeff LaBrake, Ronni Unrau, Sergey Artemov, Frederick Houghton,
Oleg Shliakov, Denise Ansick, Carla Ericson, CheriRae Russell,
Tiffany Crosswhite
Photo courtesy "MacLean's" magazine
Elvis Tour of Champions
Year
Skaters
1994 (McDonald's Elvis Tour of Champions)
Elvis Stojko, Robin Cousins, Philippe Candeloro, Jozef
Sabovčík, Steven Cousins, Elizabeth Manley, Surya Bonaly, Tanja
Szewczenko, Caryn Kadavy, Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev,
Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Marina Klimova and Sergei
Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin, Shae-Lynn Bourne and
Victor Kraatz
1995 (McDonald's Elvis Tour of Champions)
Elvis Stojko, Jozef Sabovčík, Steven Cousins, Gary Beacom,
Michelle Kwan, Elizabeth Manley, Surya Bonaly, Lu Chen, Barbara
Underhill and Paul Martini, Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný,
Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov,
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr
Zhulin, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz
1996 (Canon Elvis Tour of Champions)
Elvis Stojko, Brian Orser, Rudy Galindo, Steven Cousins,
Michelle Kwan, Elizabeth Manley, Jennifer Robinson, Isabelle
Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval,
Michelle Menzies and Jean-Michel Bombardier, Oksana Grishuk and
Evgeni Platov, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Maya Usova
and Alexandr Zhulin, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz
1997 (Canon Elvis Tour of Champions)
Elvis Stojko, Rudy Galindo, Steven Cousins, Gary Beacom,
Laurent Tobel, Elizabeth Manley, Nancy Kerrigan, Yuka Sato, Surya
Bonaly, Jennifer Robinson, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton
Sikharulidze, Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, Calla Urbanski
and Rocky Marval, Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon and Luc Bradet,
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Maya Usova and Alexandr
Zhulin, Amy Webster and Ron Kravette, Karen Preston, Tatiana Navka
and Nikolai Morozov
1998 (Canon Elvis Tour of Champions)
Elvis Stojko, Philippe Candeloro, Rudy Galindo, Jozef Sabovčík,
Katarina Witt, Elizabeth Manley, Tonia Kwiatkowski, Karen Preston,
Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer, Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval,
Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon and Luc Bradet Oksana Grishuk and
Alexandr Zhulin, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow, Chantal
Lefebvre and Michel Brunet, Keyla Ohs
Gershwin on Ice
Year
Skaters
1995 (The Memory of All That... Gershwin on Ice)
Peggy Fleming, Linda Fratianne, Scott Williams, Tom Dickson,
Craig Heath, Bobby Beauchamp, Erik Larson, Charlene Wong, Catarina
Lindgren, Beth-Anne Duxbury, Aimee Offner and Brad Cox
1997 (Gershwin on Ice Tour)
Dorothy Hamill, Alexandr Fadeev, Anita Hartshorn and Frank
Sweiding, Robert Wagenhoffer, Tiffany Chin, Lisa-Marie Allen,
Simone Grigorescu, Sylvain Beauregard, Tamara Kuchiki and Neale Smull
Grease on Ice
Year
Skaters
1998-1999
Nancy Kerrigan, Scott Davis, Natasha Kuchiki, Lesley Rogers and
Mark Naylor, Gene 'Gi G' Siruno, Patrick Brault, Mark Schmitke,
Brandi-Lee Rousseau, Stephanie Larivière, Helena Grundberg,
Forrest McKinnon, Emrah Polatoglu, Craig Horowitz
Holiday on Ice
Year
Skaters
1990 (Banjos & Balalaikas)
Katarina Witt, Lyudmila Smirnova and Alexei Ulanov, Garey Dye
Jr., Oleg Efimov, Günter Fischer, Nikolay Ulanov, Anita Curtis,
Natalia Efimova, Shanyn Presley, Ingrid Spiegl and Eddi Vallon
1991 (Carmen/Robin Hood)
Mikhail Panin, Ivan Saez, Bill Miller, Cyril Hernandez, Irina
Grigorian, Almut Lehmann, Laurie Miller, Irina Pismennaja, Wendy
Boyle and Eduardo Marques, Lisa Bradby and Alan Towers
1992 (Magic & Illusions)
Vladimir Zoubov, Badri Kouram, John Hayward, Martin Rich, Steve
Nelson, Dawn Latona, Joanie Young, Ioulia and Alexandr
Svetchnikov, Monika Mandiková and Oliver Pekár, Marianne van
Bommel and Wayne Deweyert
1993 (Aladdin and Spanish)
Karen Quinn and Alan Abretti, Emanuele Ancorini, Didier Monge,
Sergei Kareline, Vladan Sege, David Cousans, Anna Kwouchnikova,
Alain Le Gal and Tony Martin, Margarida Papel
1994 (Jubilee and Circus on Ice)
Eddi Vallon, Viktoria Loguinova, Terry Banghart, Olga Ermolaeva
and Serguei Baradakov, Vladimir Besedin and Iouri Tischler,
Adelina Castriota and Jeff Gavin
1995 (Broadway and Gypsy)
Surya Bonaly, Zsolt Kerekes, Garey Dye Jr., Ivan Saez, Robert
Stempfl, Anita Curtis, Violetta Afanasieva, Isabelle Kourie and
Robert du Plessis, Roberto and Enrico Medini, Barbie Steele and
Bobby Martin, Adelina Castriota and Jeff Gavin, Eddi Vallon, Olga Ermmolaeva and Serguei Baradakov,
Viktoria Loguinova, Vladimir Besedin and Iouri Tichler, Terry
Banghart, Alexandre Pismennyi, Konstantin Baradakov, Paul Neale
and Christopher Stokes
1996 (Evolution and Asterix on Ice)
Rodolphe Marechal, Scott O'Neill, Lisa Michael, Ioulia and
Alexandr Svetchnikov, Eduardo Marques and Billy Sulima, Agnieszka
Haaza and Oliver Pekár, Aliana Pachnina and Mikhail Federenko
1997 (Extravaganza - Extraventura)
Norbert Schramm
1998 (Xotica: Journey to the Heart)
Cameron Medhurst, Violetta Afanasieva
1999 (Colours of Dance)
Robin Cousins, Michael Tyllesen, Michael Chack
Dorothy Hamill and Andrew Naylor in "Cinderella: Frozen In Time"
Elizabeth Manley, Richard Dwyer, Natalie and Wayne Seybold, Tom
Dickson, Steven Rice, Bobby Beauchamp, David Nickel, Don Otto,
Steve Taylor Dunderdale, Brad MacLean, Louis Vachon, Simone
Grigorescu, Julie Brault, Tricia Klocke, Molly Beatty, Catarina
Lindgren, Vicki Heasley, Sylvia Froescher, Kitty Kelly, Tracey
Solomons and Ian Jenkins, Karyl Kawaichi and Greg Bonin, Kathleen
Connors and J.P. Martin, Julie Patterson and Bob Moskaylk, Kelly
Johnson and John Thomas, Kristan Lowery and Chip Rossbach
1990-1992 (Continental, East, West tours)
Elizabeth Manley, Bobby Beauchamp, Richard Swenning, Brad
MacLean, David Nickel, Blaise Kirchgesner, Reggie Mack, Simone
Grigorescu, Kitty Kelly, Julie Brault, Tricia Klocke, Scarlett
Sinclair, Tracey Solomons and Ian Jenkins, Elena and Vladimir
Bogoliubov, Kelly Johnson and John Thomas
1992-1993 (Continental, East, West, China tours)
Christopher Bowman, Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Rory Flack
Burghart, Ralph Burghart, Simone Grigorescu, Kevin Parker, Bobby
Beauchamp, Angelo D'Agostino, Reggie Mack, David Jamison, Brad
MacLean, Daniel Francoeur, Steve Taylor, David Nickel, Scott
O'Neill, Kitty Kelly, Julie Brault, Nancy Pluta, Andrea Mortimer,
Carla Schulz, Scarlett Sinclair, Blair Koski, Tracey Solomons and
Ian Jenkins, Cheryl Peake and Andrew Naylor, Karyl Kawaichi and
Greg Bonin, Kelly Johnson and John Thomas
1993-1995 (Cinderella: Frozen In Time)
Cheryl Peake and Andrew Naylor, Elena Kvitchenko and Rashid
Kadyrkaev, Tricia Klocke and Greg Bonin, Jane and John Kanicka.
Delene MacKenzie and Bob Moskaylk
1994-1995 (Hansel, Gretel, The Witch and The Cat)
Alexandr Fadeev, Simone Grigorescu, Natasha Kuchiki, Jennifer
Ito, Patrick Brault, J. Scott Driscoll, Chris J. Conte, George
Galanis, Andy Klein, Scott O'Neill, Jeff Merica, Tanya Bingert,
Amy Jaramillo, Tisha Walker, Nancy Pluta, Dawn Porter, Jane and
John Kanicka, Denise Mackenzie and Bob Moskaylk, Mimi Wacholder
and Collin Sullivan
1996 (The Magic of MGM)
Charlene von Saher, Natalie and Wayne Seybold, Vadim Shebeco,
Julie Brault, Jennifer Bayer and Jeb Rand, Betty Okina, Eddie
Vallon
ISU Tour of Figure Skating Champions
Year
Skaters
1995
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov, Alexei Urmanov, Marina
Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat, Angelika Krylova and Oleg
Ovsiannikov, Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný, Evgenia
Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkov,
Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer, Surya Bonaly, Susanna Rahkamo and
Petri Kokko, Steven Cousins, Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Mannheim Steamroller's The Christmas
Angel on Ice
Year
Skaters
1998-1999
Dorothy Hamill, Elizabeth Manley, Jozef Sabovčík, Alexandr
Fadeev, Éric Millot, Anita Hartshorn and Frank Sweiding,
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk, Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval, Irina
Romanova and Igor Yaroshenko, Tonia Kwiatkowski, Charlene von
Saher, Ryan Hunka, Lisa Cricks
Moscow on Ice
Year
Skaters
1990 (U.S. tour)
Sergei Shakhrai, Elena and Vladimir Bogoliubov, Andrei
Tarasyan, Sergei Zaitsev, Tatiana Voitiuk, Liudmila Bakonina,
Irina Klimova and Alexandr Boitchuk
1991-1992 (U.S. tour)
Sergei Shakhrai, Elena and Vladimir Bogoliubov, Tatiana
Voitiuk, Liudmila Bakonina, Irina Kortchach and Andrei Torossian
1992 (Australian tour)
Sergei Shakhrai
Nutcracker on Ice
Year
Skaters
1994
Viktor Petrenko, Oksana Baiul, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Linda Fratianne, Rory Flack Burghart, Charlene von Saher, Bobby Beauchamp, Vladimir
Petrenko, Karen Armstrong and Jeff LaBrake, Paul Guerrero
1995
Peggy Fleming, Brian Orser, Todd Eldredge, Nicole Bobek
Russian All-Stars
Year
Skaters
1993 (The Sleeping Beauty, British tour)
Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov, Olga Volozhinskaya and
Alexandr Svinin, Marina Pestova and Marat Akbarov, Elena
Kvitchenko and Rashid Kadyrkaev, Elena Leonova and Sergei
Petrovsky, Leonid Kaznakov, Yuriy Tsymbalyuk, Vasily Blagov,
Alexei Kislitzin, Elena Garanina and Igor Zavozin, Irina Zhuk and
Oleg Petrov, Tatiana and Stanislav Voituk, Violetta Andreeva,
Ilona Menichenko
1994 (The Sleeping Beauty, British tour)
Olga Volozhinskaya and Alexandr Svinin, Marina Pestova and
Marat Akbarov, Tatiana and Stanislav Voituk, Irina Zhuk and Oleg
Petrov, Elena Leonova and Sergei Petrovsky, Valery Spiridinov,
Leonid Kaznakov, Alexei Kiliakov, Vasily Blagov, Inna Volianskaya,
Ilona Melnichenko, Yulia Borisova, Violetta Andreeva
Russian Ice Stars
Year
Skaters
1995-1996 (Phantom of the Opera on Ice, British tour)
Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov, Valeri Spiridinov, Andrei
Lipanov, Alexei Tikhonov, Irina Zhuk, Inna Volianskaya, Ekaterina
Murugova
1997 (Carmen on Ice, British tour)
Vladimir Kotin, Oleg Petrov, Olga Pershankova, Irina Zhuk
1998 (Sleeping Beauty on Ice, British tour)
Vladimir Kotin, Andrei Kiliakov, Oleg Petrov, Alexandr Svinin,
Maxim Katchanov, Aleksandr Tarasov, Ekaterina Murugova, Maria
Orlova, Irina Zhuk, Ludmila Koblova, Natalia Pestova, Oksana
Choupkina, Ioulia Bestrova, Maria Pochekeina
1999 (Cinderella on Ice, British tour)
Andrei Kiliakov, Oleg Petrov, Ekaterina Murugova, Maria Orlova,
Olga Pershankova
Skate The Nation
Year
Skaters
1994 (Eaton's Skate The Nation)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Toller Cranston, Michael Slipchuk,
Josée Chouinard, Susan Humphreys, Christine Hough and Doug
Ladret, Jamie Salé and Jason Turner, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor
Kraatz
1995 (Eaton's Skate The Nation)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Sébastien Britten, Josée
Chouinard, Susan Humphreys, Jennifer Robinson, Barbara Underhill
and Paul Martini, Christine Hough and Doug Ladret, Michelle
Menzies and Jean-Michel Bombardier, Jennifer Boyce and Michel
Brunet
1996 (Lever 2000 Skate The Nation)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Sébastien Britten, Elizabeth
Manley, Josée Chouinard, Jennifer Robinson, Michelle Menzies and
Jean-Michel Bombardier, Kristy Sargeant and Kris Wirtz, Chantal
Lefebvre and Michel Brunet
1997 (Skate The Nation)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Sébastien Britten, Elizabeth
Manley, Josée Chouinard, Susan Humphreys, Michelle Menzies and
Jean-Michel Bombardier, Kristy Sargeant and Kris Wirtz, Michelle
McDonald and Martin Smith
1997 (U.S. Tour)
Paul Wylie, Jozef Sabovčík, Steven Cousins, Scott Davis,
Katarina Witt, Yuka Sato, Maria Butyrskaya, Caryn Kadavy, Kitty
and Peter Carruthers, Peggy Schwarz and Mirko Müller,
Stephanie Stiegler and John Zimmerman, Renée Roca and Gorsha
Sur
1998 (Skate The Nation)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Steven Cousins, Emanuel Sandhu,
Jayson
Dénommée, Elizabeth Manley, Josée Chouinard, Michelle
Menzies and Jean-Michel Bombardier, Kristy Sargeant and Kris
Wirtz, Michelle McDonald and Martin Smith
Skating
Year
Skaters
1990 (Skating)
Brian Boitano, Katarina Witt, Alexandr Fadeev, Gary Beacom,
Vladimir Kotin, Rosalynn Sumners, Caryn Kadavy, Yvonne Gomez,
Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, Elena Valova and Oleg
Vasiliev, Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall
1991 (Skating II)
Brian Boitano, Katarina Witt, Alexandr Fadeev, Gary Beacom,
Vladimir Kotin, Caryn Kadavy, Yvonne Gomez, Barbara Underhill and
Paul Martini, Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev, Judy Blumberg and
Michael Seibert, Renée Roca and Gorsha Sur
1992 (Chrysler Skating '92)
Brian Boitano, Katarina Witt, Gary Beacom, Robert Wagenhoffer,
Caryn Kadavy, Yvonne Gomez, Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini,
Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev, Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert,
Renée Roca and Gorsha Sur
Stars on Ice
Year
Skaters
1989-1990 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Rosalynn Sumners, Debi Thomas,
Kathleen Schmelz, Kitty and Peter Carruthers, Lea Ann Miller and
Bill Fauver, Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall
1990 (Canadian Tour)
Brian Orser, Toller Cranston, Rosalynn Sumners, Debi Thomas,
Kathleen Schmelz, Kitty and Peter Carruthers, Lea Ann Miller and
Bill Fauver, Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall
1991 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Toller Cranston,
Rosalynn Sumners, Kathleen Schmelz, Kitty and Peter Carruthers,
Lea Ann Miller and Bill Fauver, Susie Wynne and Joseph Druar
1991 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Debi Thomas, Rosalynn Sumners,
Kathleen Schmelz, Kitty and Peter Carruthers, Lea Ann Miller and
Bill Fauver, Susie Wynne and Joseph Druar
1992 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Toller Cranston, Michael Slipchuk,
Debi Thomas, Rosalynn Sumners, Josée Chouinard, Ekaterina
Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler,
Lea Ann Miller and Bill Fauver, Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay
1992 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Debi Thomas, Rosalynn Sumners,
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Kitty and Peter Carruthers,
Lea Ann Miller and Bill Fauver, Susie Wynne and Joseph Druar
1993 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Elvis Stojko, Toller Cranston,
Michael Slipchuk, Kristi Yamaguchi, Josée Chouinard, Ekaterina
Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini,
Christine Hough and Doug Ladret
1993 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Paul Wylie, Gary Beacom, Kristi
Yamaguchi, Rosalynn Sumners, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei
Grinkov, Christine Hough and Doug Ladret, Kitty and Peter
Carruthers
1994 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Toller Cranston, Katarina Witt,
Kristi Yamaguchi, Josée Chouinard, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov,
Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Christine Hough and Doug
Ladret, Natalia Annenko and Genrikh Sretenski
1994 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Paul Wylie, Kristi Yamaguchi,
Rosalynn Sumners, Kitty and Peter Carruthers, Elena Bechke and
Denis Petrov, Christine Hough and Doug Ladret, Natalia Annenko and
Genrikh Sretenski
1995 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Kristi Yamaguchi,
Josée Chouinard, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Elena
Bechke and Denis Petrov, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler,
Christine Hough and Doug Ladret, Natalia Annenko and Genrikh
Sretenski
1995 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning, Paul Wylie, Katarina Witt,
Kristi Yamaguchi, Rosalynn Sumners, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei
Grinkov, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Christine Hough and Doug
Ladret, Natalia Annenko and Genrikh Sretenski
1996 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Scott Hamilton, Brian Orser, Kristi Yamaguchi,
Josée Chouinard, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd
Eisler, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Christine Hough and Doug
Ladret
1996 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning, Paul Wylie, Katarina Witt,
Kristi Yamaguchi, Rosalynn Sumners, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov,
Christine Hough and Doug Ladret, Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko
1997 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Josée Chouinard, Ekaterina
Gordeeva, Rosalynn Sumners, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler,
Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean,
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz
1997 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning, Paul Wylie, Kristi Yamaguchi,
Ekaterina Gordeeva, Rosalynn Sumners, Jill Trenary, Elena Bechke
and Denis Petrov, Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný, Jayne
Torvill and Christopher Dean
1997 (German Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning, Paul Wylie, Katarina Witt,
Kristi Yamaguchi, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Denise Biellmann, Jill
Trenary, Rosalynn Sumners, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Radka
Kovaříková and René Novotný, Jayne Torvill and Christopher
Dean
1998 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Steven Cousins, Josée Chouinard,
Ekaterina Gordeeva, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Elena
Bechke and Denis Petrov, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean,
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz
1998 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Paul Wylie,
Katarina Witt, Kristi Yamaguchi, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Rosalynn
Sumners, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Jayne Torvill and
Christopher Dean, Renée Roca and Gorsha Sur
1998 (German Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Paul Wylie,
Katarina Witt, Kristi Yamaguchi, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Rosalynn
Sumners, Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Radka Kovaříková and
René Novotný, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Renée Roca
and Gorsha Sur
1999 (Canadian Tour)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Steven Cousins, Tara Lipinski, Lu
Chen, Josée Chouinard, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Jenni
Meno and Todd Sand, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz
1999 (U.S. Tour)
Scott Hamilton, Ilia Kulik, Steven Cousins, Kristi Yamaguchi,
Tara Lipinski, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Lu Chen, Rosalynn Sumners,
Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov, Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, Renée
Roca and Gorsha Sur
1999 (German Tour)
Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Steven Cousins, Katarina Witt,
Kristi Yamaguchi, Maria Butyrskaya, Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer,
Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz
St. Petersburg State Ice Ballet
Year
Skaters
1995-1996 (Sleeping Beauty on Ice)
Olga Kuvasheva, Elena Komarova
1996-1997 (Sleeping Beauty on Ice)
Leonid Smirnov, Pavel Ivanov, Olga Kuvasheva, Elena Komarova
1997-1998 (Swan Lake on Ice, Sleeping Beauty on Ice)
Elena Komarova and Alexei Pogodin
1998-1999 (The Nutcracker on Ice, Sleeping Beauty on Ice, Romeo
and Juliet on Ice)
Andrei Stroganov, Leonid Smirnov, Olga Kuvashova, Tatiana
Rodionova, Elena Komarova and Alexei Pogodin
1999-2000 (Swan Lake on Ice)
Leonid Smirnov, Natalia Khazova and Oleg Riabov
Torvill and Dean Tours
Year
Skaters
1990 (Torvill and Dean and The Russian All-Stars)
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Larisa Selezneva and Oleg
Makarov, Natalia Annenko and Genrikh Sretenski, Olga Volozhinskaya
and Alexander Svinin, Elena Garanina and Igor Zavozin, Veronika
Pershina and Marat Akbarov, Irina Zhuk and Oleg Petrov, Violetta
Andreeva, Svetlana Liapina and Peter Cherneshov, Leonid Kaznakov,
Inna Volyanskaya and Valery Spiridonov, Marina Kulbitskaya and
Alexander Esman, Elena Krykanova, Elana Bobolyubova
1991-1992 (The Very Best of Torvill and Dean – Australian
tour)
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Elena Valova and Oleg
Vasiliev, Natalia Lebedeva, Kiev Ice Ballet
1992 (The Best of Torvill and Dean)
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Robin Cousins, Tracey
Solomons and Ian Jenkins, Kiev Ice Ballet
1994-1995 (Face the Music World Tour)
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Michelle McDonald and
Martin Smith, Susie Wynne and Russ Witherby, Scott Williams,
Charlene Wong, Tom Dickson, Catarina Lindgren, Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas, Tracey Damigella,
Vladimir Gaidaenko, Konstantin Golomazov, Carla Maillard and Mark Janoschak, Doug Williams, Marina
Kulbitskaya and Aleksandr Esman, Tammy Crowson and Keith Green
1997-1998 (Ice Adventures)
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Michelle McDonald and
Martin Smith, Charlene von Saher, Jeri Campbell, Christine and Dion Beleznay, Paul Robinson, Susan Jackson Wagner, Richard Swenning, Rosanna Tovi and Andrew Naylor, Igor Lioutikov, Yaroslava Nechaeva and Yuri Chesnichenko, Emmanuelle
Balmori and Jean-Pierre Boyer, Inna Volyanskaya and Alexei Tikhonov, David Cousans, Lee Cornes
Tournée con i campioni di
pattinaggio
Year
Skaters
1999
Alexandr Abt, Daniel Weiss, Nicole Skoda, Marina Eltsova and
Andrei Bushkov, Vladimir Besedin and Alexei Polischuk, Susanna
Rahkamo and Petri Kokko, Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio
Margaglio, German Ice Theatre
World Cup Champions on Ice/World Cup Figure Skating Champions
Year
Skaters
1991-1992
Robin Cousins, Linda Fratianne, Elizabeth Manley, Alexandr
Fadeev, Charlie Tickner, Scott Williams, Charlene Wong, Lisa-Marie
Allen, Cindy Landry and Peter Oppegard, Natalie and Wayne Seybold
1992-1993
Viktor Petrenko, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko,
Elizabeth Manley, Alexandr Fadeev, Charlie Tickner, Petr Barna,
Robert Wagenhoffer, Caryn Kadavy, Lisa-Marie Allen, Simone
Grigorescu, Natalie and Wayne Seybold
1993-1994
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Elena Valova and Oleg
Vasiliev, Elizabeth Manley, Petr Barna, Alexandr Fadeev, Charlie
Tickner, Jozef Sabovčík, Grzegorz Filipowski, Caryn Kadavy, Tracey Wainman, Lisa-Marie
Allen, Anita Hartshorn and Frank Sweiding, Simone Grigorescu
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