Isabel Holloway of Clarkston is training hard with the Harmony Theatre Company to compete in the 2017 Nations’ Cup Interclub Theatre On Ice Event featuring top teams from six countries at Ann Arbor’s Yost Arena, April 20-23.
Holloway, 15, and her team trains at the Ice House Skating Academy in Hartland, Mich., in Theatre On Ice (TOI), a form of competitive figure skating combining figure skating with theater and dance.
Teams consist of 14-20 men and women performing programs including elaborate costuming, entertaining themes, portable props and various elements of pairs, ice dance, freestyle and synchronized skating combined in a routine of up to six minutes set to music. The programs will be judged by U.S. and international officials and are evaluated on technical merit and presentation with emphasis on originality, costuming, artistry and musicality.
More than 30 teams from six countries, including France, Russia, and Australia, are expected to perform in the novice, junior, senior and adult divisions. Teams will be selected to participate by their respective nation’s governing body, with American teams being selected by the U.S. Figure Skating Theatrical Skating Committee. This will be the second time the U.S. has hosted this international interclub event.
All-event tickets and single event tickets are available at www.2017nationscup.com/product/tickets. Single day event tickets are $15, or an all-event pass is available for pre-sale for $50.