Holiday on Ice
Holiday on Ice is an ice show that combines classic figure skating with modern show elements. She tours the world with up to six shows every year. Since it premiered in 1943 in Toledo , Ohio , USA , Holiday on Ice has been the most successful ice show of all time with over 329 million viewers. Until 2016, Holiday on Ice was produced by Stage Entertainment Touring Productions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stage Entertainment Germany . Holiday on Ice has been part of CTS Eventim since summer 2016 .
history
Holiday on Ice was created as a small hotel show and was first performed on December 25, 1943 in Toledo, Ohio (USA). The show was there for a week during the Christmas holidays (the so-called "Holiday Season"), which gave Holiday on Ice its name. After portable refrigeration systems were developed, mobile ice shows became possible from the mid-1940s.
In 1945, Morris Chalfen acquired a majority stake in Holiday on Ice. The show quickly established itself in the USA, and a little later Holiday on Ice was also staged in Central and South America. From 1951 the show made guest appearances in numerous European countries, including Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Spain. The first show in Germany took place on December 10, 1951 in Frankfurt am Main.
In 1953, the single runner Sonja Henie became a guest star at Holiday on Ice. In 1958 Elvis Presley attended a show in Frankfurt during his stay with the US Army in Germany.
In 1959, Holiday on Ice was performed as the first western project in what was then the Soviet Union. In the following years the show could be seen in other Eastern European countries.
Skee Goodhart came to the show as an ice skater in 1951, but soon switched to management. In 1983 he took over from Morris Chalfen as managing director and remained in this position until his death in 1994.
In 1965, the world championship pair Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler were signed .
In 1996 Europe's largest independent television producer, Dutch Endemol , acquired Holiday on Ice. When the Dutch musical, theater and film producer Joop van den founded the Stage Holding Company at the end of 1999, Stage Entertainment Germany since August 2005 , all former Endemol live entertainment productions were integrated into the new company - including Holiday on Ice. In summer 2016, the show was completely taken over by CTS Eventim.
More than 329 million people have seen the shows since 1943. Because of this, Holiday on Ice was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most visited ice show in the world .
In 2013 they celebrated the 70th anniversary with the show "Platinum".
After the successful production of "Atlantis" in 2017/2018, it was announced that the ice show will celebrate its 75th anniversary next season. In September 2018, the title of the new show was announced. "Showtime" brings the 75-year success story of Holiday On Ice onto the ice with impressive special effects and elaborate props and at the same time gives a glimpse into the future of the ice show.
In May 2019 it was announced that Sarah Lombardi would be a guest star in the new production "Supernova - A Journey to the Stars".
The show
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Since its inception, Holiday on Ice has developed from a classic ice revue to a modern show that combines classic figure skating with elements from theater, dance, opera, pop, magic, musicals and acrobatics. Every show has had a specific motto since 1988 and is given a suitable name. The names of previous shows, on the other hand, were only internal “working names” that were not communicated in advertising. The shows, each completely re-enacted from the choreography to the musical design, consist of two acts. Up to 300 individually designed costumes by a cast with up to 40 runners are shown. This is how completely new show concepts are created time and again. A wide variety of figures are presented in pair skating, single skating and synchronized figure skating. In the show "Magic & Illusions" (1992) a motorcycle stunt was brought onto the ice for the first time.
Internationally famous figure skaters were regularly part of the Holiday on Ice showcast. Well-known stars of the show included Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler , Toller Cranston , Robin Cousins , Denise Biellmann , Claudia Leistner , Marina Kielmann , Rudi Cerne , Ondrej Nepela , Norbert Schramm , Tanja Szewczenko and Katarina Witt .
In addition to figure skaters, well-known personalities can be won over to Holiday on Ice. For example, in 2010 Phil Collins re-recorded his most successful songs for the show “Festival”. Sarah Connor composed two songs for the production "Speed" . In addition to Rudolph Moshammer , who designed an ice-blue diamond dress for Holiday on Ice in 2003, designer Harald Glööckler created six costumes for the ice show's 70th birthday in 2013.
Of the five revue divisions that used to exist side by side, which were denoted by colors and traveled all over the world with the exception of the USA, only two still exist today, whose tours take place in Germany, Austria and France. In the winter season, Holiday on Ice tours with these two shows in parallel through numerous cities and counts around half a million visitors.
World records
Holiday on Ice has five Guinness World Records recognized records:
- 1988 - "The most popular live show of all time" with 250 million visitors
- 1994 - "The longest kickline in the world"
- 2003 - "The World's Most Popular Live Entertainment Production" with 300 million viewers
- 2008 - "The longest rotating human wheel on ice" with 65 figure skaters
- 2008 - "The most popular ice show in the world" with over 320 million viewers
Productions
- 1943 The beginning
- 1951 Holiday on Ice in Germany
- 1952 holiday on the ice
- 1953 Holiday on Ice in Japan
- 1954 Wondergarden
- 1955 Let's say it with music
- 1956 Alice in Wonderland
- 1957 bolero
- 1958 Nutcracker
- 1959 Aladdin
- 1960 The Wizard of Oz
- 1961 circus
- 1962 Indian / Jazz
- 1963 Opera
- 1964 Hong Kong
- 1965 Gypsy / Dolly
- 1966 Marco Polo
- 1967 Aladin / Space
- 1968 King Arthur
- 1969 showboat
- 1970 Fairy Tales
- 1971 Asterix / Bolero
- 1972 Rock / Chevalier
- 1973 Spartacus / Cabaret
- 1974 Chicago / Gershwin
- 1975 bicentennial
- 1976 Snoopy / Hollywood
- 1977 Pink Panther / Dickens
- 1978 Alice / Flamenco
- 1979 La Traviata / Hollywood
- 1980 24 Hours / Cinderella
- 1981 Oriental / Western
- 1982 Bolero / Shangri La
- 1983 Paris / Swanlake
- 1984 Counterpoint / Sleeping Beauty
- 1985 Disco / Scottish
- 1986 Mexican / Russian
- 1987 Italian / Chinese (Snoopy)
- 1988 trip around the world in 80 days
- 1989 The fantastic journey through time
- 1990 Banjos & Balalaikas
- 1991 Carmen & Robin Hood
- 1992 Magic & Illusions
- 1993 Spanish / Aladdin
- 1994 Jubilee
- 1995 Broadway / Gypsy
- 1996 evolution
- 1997 Extravaganza
- 1998 Xotika - Journey to the heart
- 1999 Colors of Dance
- 2000 In concert
- 2001 Celebration
- 2002 Hollywood
- 2003 Diamonds
- 2004 fantasy
- 2005 Romanza
- 2006 mystery
- 2007 Elements / Spirit
- 2008 Energia
- 2009 Tropicana
- 2010 festival
- 2011 speed
- 2013 Platinum
- 2014 passion
- 2015 Believe
- 2016 Time
- 2017 Atlantis
- 2018 Showtime
- 2019 Supernova - A journey to the stars
Trivia
In 1948, when the show was to go on tour, a new, powerful and easy-to-transport pursuit spotlight was commissioned from a Toledo-based manufacturer of stage lights, which included the previous strong but bulky spotlights and those for their operation should replace necessary heavy power generators. This pursuer, which can be operated with normal mains voltage, later became very popular with stage experts and artists under the name Super Trouper . The Super Trouper gained additional fame in the early 1980s with a successful song by the Swedish pop group Abba .
literature
- Holiday on Ice - great moments . Photo book with 1 DVD and 2 audio CDs, published on the occasion of the 65th anniversary. Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-940004-77-2
- Don Stacy: "Holiday on Ice" and others . In: Ernst Günther, Heinz P. Hofmann, Walter Rösler (eds.): Cassette. An almanac for the stage, podium and ring (= cassette ). No. 4 . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1980, p. 17-29 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holiday on Ice - Over 70 years of spectacular ice entertainment ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 24, 2014
- ^ The world records of Holiday on Ice In: Hamburger Abendblatt , October 7, 2011.
- ^ The world records of Holiday on Ice In: Hamburger Abendblatt , October 7, 2011.
- ↑ Preface to the illustrated book
