Taiwan audiences will also be particularly amazed at an indoor theater stage packed with ice. Making ice on site has been a skilled practice for the ice ballet troupe, which has performed around the world since its establishment in 1967. The large ice maker must operate for 24 hours before a performance starts in order to create a perfect ice rink for the dancers. A snowmaking machine is also on stage to create a bonus scene: a Christmas setting with snowflakes falling from the sky.
Fri, Jul 07, 2000 - Page 7 News List
Russian ballet on ice
Performing Tchaikovsky's best-known ballets, 'The Nutcracker' and 'Swan Lake,' the Russian troupe takes to the ice for a form of ballet that is even more graceful than the stage version
By Chang Ju-ping / STAFF REPORTER
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