SHOW BLENDS GYMNASTICS, ACROBATICS FOR ICY FUN TIME.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer VALENCIA - There will be a lot more than figure skating figure skating Sport in which ice skaters, singly or in pairs, perform various jumps, spins, and footwork. The figure skate blade has a special serrated toe pick, or toe rake, at the front. going on at the Ice Station Valencia when Cirque Sur Glace makes its West Coast debut Dec. 15. A showcase featuring gymnastics, acrobatics acrobatics Art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing. The art is of ancient origin; acrobats performed leaps, somersaults, and vaults at Egyptian and Greek events. Acrobatic feats were featured in the commedia dell'arte theatre in Europe and in jingxi (“Peking , comedy and high-flying ribbon tricks, the aerial show is the brainchild of producer Lee Park and his wife, designer and performer Debbie. The Parks have a vacation home Vacation Home A home separate from an individual's primary residence that is used for recreational purposes and may also be rented out at unused times. Notes: For tax purposes, those who rent their vacation homes may result in a lower amount of allowable expense in Valencia, where they hone their craft on the frozen floors of the local skating facility. When owner Roger Perez saw them working out, conversation naturally drifted toward putting on a show. Park said his wife, an internationally known gymnast, was looking to expand her sports horizons when she took up ice skating ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. Skating as a Sport Skating, besides being an important form of winter recreation and the essential skill in the game of ice hockey (see hockey, ice) has developed . ``There are not a lot of directions a former gymnast can take,'' he said. ``But she said she was not done with sports and decided to try skating.'' ``You know the first thing they are going to do on the ice. It's not going to be crossing or figures. Gymnasts do back flips. To make a long story short, the show involves a lot of gymnastic tricks on ice.'' Inspired by the success of shows such as Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. , the couple enlisted the talents of several Olympic athletes and award-winning gymnasts for the debut show, including two-time gold medalist Shannon Miller Shannon Lee Miller (b. March 10, 1977 in Rolla, Missouri) is an artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She has earned 7 Olympic Medals and 9 World Championship Medals since her Elite International debut in 1990. She is the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history. , Kristen Maloney Kristin Ann Maloney (born March 10 1981, Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American gymnast who competed in the 2000 Olympics. Maloney trained at the Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was a consistent member of the U.S. and Palmdale native Jamie Dantzscher. National champion ice dancers Naomi Lang and Peter Tchrynshev will perform, as will comedians and clowns Heidi and Philip Briggs of Jumbo Shrimp Circle and Robb Zieser of Barnum and Bailey. ``We use a lot of spinning props and silk fabrics hanging from the ceiling,'' Park said. ``It's a full-blown arena show and people will get to see it up close. It's so much more fun, a lot of the seats are actually on the ice.'' Cirque Sur Glace has three performances only: 7 p.m. Dec. 15 and 16 and 3 p.m. Dec. 17. Each show will be followed by a meet-and-greet session with the performers. Tickets are $50 per person and are available at the box office at Ice Station Valencia, by calling (866) 468-3399 or visiting the Web site at www.TicketWeb.com. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com |
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