Festa on Ice is a figure skating show that IB Sports produced. 2010 Winter Olympic champion Kim Yuna is a former client of IB Sports, which is a sports agency based on Seoul, South Korea. [1]
The 2010 Festa on Ice was held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea on April 16–18, 2010. 2010 FOI was directed by Brian Orser and choreographed by David Wilson.
Kim Yuna
Kwak Min-jeong
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Kiira Korpi
Brian Orser
Patrick Chan
Tomáš Verner
Brian Joubert
Ilia Kulik
Zhang Hao & Zhang Dan
Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin
Edrea Khong & Edbert Khong
The 2009 Festa on Ice was held at the KINTEX center in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, in South Korea on April 24–26, 2009. 2009 FOI was directed by Brian Orser and choreographed by David Wilson and Lho Ji-Hyun. The tickets were sold out in just 20 minutes. [2]
Kim Yuna
Shin Yea-Ji
Yun Yea-ji
Kim Min-seok
Shizuka Arakawa
Alissa Czisny
Patrick Chan
Stéphane Lambiel
Adam Rippon
Jeremy Abbott
Johnny Weir
Zhang Hao & Zhang Dan
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
Special guests
During the show, all skaters enjoyed a traditional Korean game called "gongginori", which some of the Korean skaters taught to the other skaters.
The 2009 Festa on Ice was different from other ice shows. FOI installed a large screen and showed video arts for the exhibitions of skaters. Performers of the show presented unique programs such as a battle between B-boys and skaters.
2008 Festa on Ice was held on May 17–18, 2008 in the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul, South Korea. 2008 FOI was directed by Brian Orser and choreographed by David Wilson.
The cast for 2008 FOI was the following:
Kim Yuna
Shin Ye-Ji
Yun Yea-ji
Lee Dong-won
Shizuka Arakawa
Sarah Meier
Patrick Chan
Daisuke Takahashi
Nobunari Oda
Johnny Weir
Rachel Kirkland & Eric Radford
Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang
Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
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