- Ice Theatre of New York
The Ice Theatre of New York is a professional
figure skating group that performsmodern dance choreography on ice. It was founded in 1984 by Moira North, and is currently based at theChelsea Piers rink complex inNew York City .David Liu was appointed Co-Artistic Director for the 2007-2008 season. The company's former directors includedDoug Webster andJudy Blumberg .The Ice Theatre of New York has performed works by dance choreographers such as
Lar Lubovitch ,Laura Dean ,Elisa Monte , andJoAnna Mendl Shaw . Regular performers with the company have includedDavid Liu andKatherine Healy , with guest soloists including skaters such asEmanuel Sandhu ,Lucinda Ruh ,Yuka Sato , andTatiana Navka andRoman Kostomarov . The company has received grant funding fromNational Endowment for the Arts , theNew York State Council on the Arts and theNew York City Department of Cultural Affairs . In 2005, it was among 406New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from theCarnegie Corporation , which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayorMichael Bloomberg . [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/nyregion/06donate.html?ex=1278302400&en=93a1beabd4ede5b8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] [http://carnegie.org/sub/news/anon2005.html]The company performs an annual home show at Chelsea Piers each year, as well as performances at
Riverbank State Park ,Rockefeller Center , and other venues.External links
* [http://www.icetheatre.org/ Ice Theatre of New York web site]
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