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Musical on Ice

A musical on ice is a specific form of staging, unique in combining theater and skating, where actors, singers, dancers and figure skaters play out a musical story on the stage and ice at the same time.

The creator of the musical on ice format is scriptwriter and director Jindřich Šimek. (Czech Republic)

The production divides roles into two groups – stage and skating. The stage roles are played by actors who speak and sing during the performance and only move about the stage built on top of the ice. The skating roles are played by figure skaters whose spoken and singing parts are pre-recorded and who interact with the actors or express themselves during their solos through movement and dance.

A musical on ice is often confused with an ice revue, but it has little in common with such ice shows except for the skating rink.There is a considerable difference. While ice revue skaters perform their dance numbers and acrobatics to recorded or live music, a musical on ice is a synthesis of theater, music, singing and figure skating, built on a scripted story with scenes and, above all, a storyline.

This concept makes the musical on ice an innovative form of family entertainment which is without a doubt among the top productions in world showbusiness.

Jindřich Šimek has already created three original works of Musical on Ice:
 * the fairy-tale musical on ice Father Frost (1998),
 * the romantic musical on ice Romeo and Juliet (2003)
 * the magical musical on ice Cinderella (2011).

www.musicalonice.com