Post by reut on Feb 3, 2013 11:31:34 GMT 1
I'm back from Zurich, still trying to process the show and my impressions. "Art on Ice" is always a very tense experience for me, and since 2010 I already forgot how much tense and intense it actually is. This year it was also really hard to work as everything or almost everything was forbidden. Still we (Maria, Ia and me) managed to do a nice work with "flashes", I think (I'd appreciate your feedback about it and if it's needed at all). And I had a few interesting conversations, one of which was with Gary Scott, the AOI musical director, who said many nice things about Stephane.
I will try to write more about the show when my thoughts are a bit more "settled down". I liked it less than my very first Art on Ice in 2009, but I guess the first show is always more special. What impresses me a lot about AOI is how much efforts they put into each number, how many ideas they try to combine. I mean, the very same program they could do "at half price", but they insist to add more "dimensions". It makes the perception of the show more complicated, yes (you really need to watch it a few times to get the details and notice things), but it shows high professionalism.
About many details and perception - funny story. During the one hour rehearsal we, the media, were allowed to see, I noticed that they were "rehearsing" the "snow effect" on the stage. Then during the show, twice, I didn't notice it. I even wondered if they decided not to use it at all. And then, only during the third show, I saw that the snow effect was used during Stephane's "Run". I was just so focused on him and his performance that I literally didn't see anything else.
And thank you everybody for your stories, pictures and videos! I will have a nice time watching them all later today and recalling the show.
I will try to write more about the show when my thoughts are a bit more "settled down". I liked it less than my very first Art on Ice in 2009, but I guess the first show is always more special. What impresses me a lot about AOI is how much efforts they put into each number, how many ideas they try to combine. I mean, the very same program they could do "at half price", but they insist to add more "dimensions". It makes the perception of the show more complicated, yes (you really need to watch it a few times to get the details and notice things), but it shows high professionalism.
About many details and perception - funny story. During the one hour rehearsal we, the media, were allowed to see, I noticed that they were "rehearsing" the "snow effect" on the stage. Then during the show, twice, I didn't notice it. I even wondered if they decided not to use it at all. And then, only during the third show, I saw that the snow effect was used during Stephane's "Run". I was just so focused on him and his performance that I literally didn't see anything else.
And thank you everybody for your stories, pictures and videos! I will have a nice time watching them all later today and recalling the show.