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2020 Spring/Summer Skating Shows

A schedule of major shows taking place during the remainder of the 2019-20 season and the 2020 off season. This is not a comprehensive list. More information will be added to this post as it appears. Casts are subject to change; check the websites for updates.

See also: Figure Skating Event Calendar, Skating Shows tag

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[POSTPONED] MAO THANKS TOUR (website) Time and place: Several locations in Japan throughout the year, see website for details Cast: Mao Asada, Haruka Imai, Takahito Mura, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: Organized by Mao Asada to thank her supporters over her career. The shows have been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] STARS ON ICE: JAPAN IN OSAKA (website) Time and place: Mar. 28-29, Osaka, Japan Cast: Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, Patrick Chan, Stephane Lambiel, Deniss Vasiljevs, Koshiro Shimada, Shun Sato, Satoko Miyahara, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Young You, Marin Honda, Alysa Liu, Mana Kawabe, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Megan Duhamel/Eric Radford, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: The annual Japanese leg of the Stars on Ice tour. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] RUSSIA, FORWARD! (website) Time and place: Mar. 29, Moscow, Russia Cast: Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Alexandra Boikova/Dmitry Kozlovskii, Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Tiffani Zagorski/Jonathan Guerreiro, Dmitri Aliev, Alexander Samarin, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: Organized by the Russian Skating Federation. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] STARS ON ICE: JAPAN IN AICHI (website) Time and place: Mar. 31 - Apr. 1, Aichi, Japan Cast: Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, Patrick Chan, Stephane Lambiel, Takahito Mura, Deniss Vasiljevs, Koshiro Shimada, Shun Sato, Satoko Miyahara, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Young You, Marin Honda, Alysa Liu, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Megan Duhamel/Eric Radford, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: The annual Japanese leg of the Stars on Ice tour. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[POSTPONED] CHAMPIONS ON ICE Time and place: Mar. 31 in Kazan, Apr. 3 in Perm, Apr. 8 in St. Petersburg, Apr. 25 in Krasnodar, Apr. 26 in Sochi Cast: Alina Zagitova, Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Kamila Valieva, Daniil Samsonov, Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin, Moris Kvitelashvili, Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Boikova/Dmitry Kozlovskii, Dmitri Aliev, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Maxim Kovtun Broadcast: TBA Notes: Organized by Eteri Tutberidze, starring students from her school with other Russian skaters as special guests. The shows have been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] STARS ON ICE: JAPAN IN HACHINOHE (website) Time and place: Apr. 3-5, Hachinohe, Japan Cast: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, Patrick Chan, Stephane Lambiel, Deniss Vasiljevs, Koshiro Shimada, Shun Sato, Satoko Miyahara, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Young You, Marin Honda, Alysa Liu, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Megan Duhamel/Eric Radford, more Broadcast: Apr. 5 at 21:00-00:00 JST, TBS1 Notes: The annual Japanese leg of the Stars on Ice tour. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] STARS ON ICE: JAPAN IN YOKOHAMA (website) Time and place: Apr. 9-12, Yokohama, Japan Cast: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Patrick Chan, Stephane Lambiel, Deniss Vasiljevs, Koshiro Shimada, Shun Sato, Satoko Miyahara, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Young You, Alysa Liu, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Megan Duhamel/Eric Radford, more Broadcast: Apr. 10 at 14:00-17:00 JST, TBS1 (live); Apr. 11 at 12:55-16:00 JST, TBS1 (live); Apr. 12 at 13:00-16:00 JST, TBS1 (live) Notes: The annual Japanese leg of the Stars on Ice tour. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[POSTPONED] ART ON ICE: TAIWAN (website) Time and place: Apr. 10-12, Taipei, Taiwan Cast: TBA Broadcast: TBA Notes: One of the most well-known skating shows in Europe, known for collaborations with musicians. Art on Ice celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2020. The show has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] STARS ON ICE: USA/CANADA (USA/CAN) Time and place: Apr. 24 - May 17, various locations (more info) Cast: (see website for exact dates) Nathan Chen, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojko, Patrick Chan, Evgenia Medvedeva, Kaetlyn Osmond, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Alysa Liu, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Nam Nguyen, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: Currently the largest touring ice show in North America. Not all skaters will skate at all the shows; see website for details. The shows have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[POSTPONED] PRINCE ICE WORLD: YOKOHAMA (website) Time and place: Apr. 25-26, Apr. 28-30, May 2-5, Yokohama, Japan Cast: (see website for exact dates) Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Miyu Honda, Shoma Uno, Marin Honda, Miki Ando, Kanako Murakami, Elladj Balde, Stephane Lambiel, Kao Miura, Shun Sato, Yuma Kagiyama, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan, notable for giving fans the opportunity to talk to the skaters and take pictures as they go around the rink after the show. The shows have been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] PRINCE ICE WORLD: SENDAI (website) Time and place: May 16-17, Sendai, Japan Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Akiko Suzuki, Miyu Honda, Nobunari Oda, Marin Honda, Sara Honda, Shun Sato, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan, notable for giving fans the opportunity to talk to the skaters and take pictures as they go around the rink after the show. The shows have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] FANTASY ON ICE: MAKUHARI (website) Time and place: May 22-24, Chiba, Japan Cast: Stephane Lambiel, Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Kaetlyn Osmond, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: Annual Japanese ice show, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[POSTPONED] FANTASY ON ICE: SHANGHAI (website) Time and place: May 30-31, Shanghai, China Cast: TBA Broadcast: TBA Notes: Annual Japanese ice show, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers. The show has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

[POSTPONED] SAILOR MOON: PRISM ON ICE (website) Time and place: June 5-7, Yokohama, Japan Cast: Evgenia Medvedeva, Satoko Miyahara, Mirai Nagasu, Alissa Czisny, Becky Bereswill, Andrew Poje, Jason Brown, Takahito Mura, Dylan Moscovitch, Kurt Browning, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: An ice show celebrating the 25th anniversary of Sailor Moon, starring skaters as Sailor Moon characters. The show has been postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] FANTASY ON ICE: KOBE (website) Time and place: June 12-14, Kobe, Japan Cast: Stephane Lambiel, Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Ashley Wagner, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: Annual Japanese ice show, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] FANTASY ON ICE: NIIGATA (website) Time and place: June 19-21, Niigata, Japan Cast: Stephane Lambiel, Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Ashley Wagner, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: Annual Japanese ice show, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

[CANCELLED] FANTASY ON ICE: SHIZUOKA (website) Time and place: June 26-28, Shizuoka, Japan Cast: Stephane Lambiel, Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Ashley Wagner, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: Annual Japanese ice show, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers. The show has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

Pre-Rostelecom Cup rambling

I really don’t have that much to say this time. This competition doesn’t have that many skaters that interest me, and I’m not looking forward to the Russian homecooking. I’m half wondering if I should just not watch and check by how many points Trusova won afterwards.

Ladies

The one thing I really hope is that Evgenia has a great competition here. I did the math and she can theoretically still make the GPF, but she’d need nothing less than a gold here. And given that Alexandra Trusova is there, I sadly highly doubt that will happen. But I still hope that Evgenia will have a great competition and end this GP series on a less frustrating note than Skate Canada was for her.

Another thing I’m strongly rooting for is for Satoko Miyahara to make the GPF. (I wanted Young You in the final, but since that’s not happening anymore, I’d really rather have Satoko there than Bradie or Mariah.) She’d ideally need a medal for that - 4th place would still be enough if she gets a higher total score than Bradie. It also depends on how Mariah does here. But yeah, go Satoko!

I also want to wish good luck to Yuna Shiraiwa and Yuhana Yokoi.

Men

I was going to root for Shoma to redeem himself here, but given the stuff that he said recently (I’m sure you’ve all heard about it by now, so I don’t have to go into detail) I’m feeling disappointed in him at the moment. I think I’ll always be a fan of his skating in a “separate art from the artist” way, but hearing about what he said left me feeling conflicted and disappointed. And that’s all I want to say about this for now.

I hope Deniss Vasiljevs and Kazuki Tomono do well, and I’m looking forward to Dmitri Aliev as well.

Pairs

Rooting for Hase/Seegert to not fuck up as badly this time. Also if Boikova/Kozlovskii could win again that’d be cool.

Stunning Nathan Chen Takes Gold at World Championships

Two-time world champion Chen blew away his great Japanese rival Yuzuru Hanyu with a total overall score of 335.30 points after his free skate to Elton John's 'Rocket Man'. Double Olympic champion Hanyu was thwarted in his bid for a record fifth Grand Prix Final title, taking silver with 291.43. France's Kevin Aymoz won bronze with 275.63. "It felt amazing, I'm really thrilled with the score," said Chen. "Finally this season I was able to lay down two pretty solid, relatively clean programmes." Taking to the ice last, Chen had a long wait for the rink to be cleared of the hundreds of Winnie The Pooh soft toys and gifts thrown onto the ice by Hanyu's adoring fans on the Japanese skater's 25th birthday. The American nailed five quadruple jumps, earning extra points including two in the second half of his programme, culminating with a triple lutz-triple toeloop combination. The 20-year-old bettered his own record scores from last year's world championships in the free skate by 8.9 points and the overall record by nearly 12 points. "I'm a little jealous of him," said Hanyu. "But I really respect him. "Nathan is making it harder and harder in figure skating, and I'm much older than him. He is pushing the sport, he's an icon for my practice." Chen, from Salt Lake City, had taken a 13-point lead on Hanyu into the free skating final at the Palavela. But Hanyu hit back with five quadruple jumps in a brilliant performance to Edvin Marton's 'Art on Ice' marred only by his under-rotation of a triple flip and singling his final triple axel jump. Hundreds of stuffed toys rained down on the ice as Hanyu collapsed in exhaustion. "I decided to do five quadruples after the short programme yesterday," said Hanyu. "Even though I knew I couldn't win I wanted to achieve something at this competition." Hanyu was returning to the elite six-skater event after a two-year absence looking to topple Chen and lay the groundwork to reclaim the world title in Montreal next March. Russian Teens Star In the women's event, Kostornaia led all the way to claim her first Grand Prix Final title in record-breaking style. Kostornaia scored 247.59 points to take gold in her first senior season, bettering the previous world best mark by 6.39 points. The 16-year-old had already achieved a new record score in Friday's short programme and held her lead with a clean skate to the 'New Moon' and 'Twilight' soundtrack which included eight triple jumps. "I was motivated to beat the record today," said Kostornaia, who was competing against three of her training partners in Turin. Anna Shcherbakova, 15, skating to 'Firebird', also got her first Grand Prix Final podium, taking silver with 240.92 points. Alexandra Trusova attempted five quadruple jumps and landed three cleanly to move onto the podium with 233.18. Defending champion Rika Kirhia of Japan moved up to fourth (216.47) despite a fall on her opening quadruple Salchow jump, having crashed in the short programme. Olympic and world champion Alina Zagitova (205.23) fell during her programme to 'Cleopatra' to finish last in the elite six-skater field. Kostornaia, Shcherbakova and Trusova had won all six of the Grand Prix competitions between them in their first senior season. In ice dancing, four-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron reclaimed gold, having missed out last season because of injury.  The French pair sealed their second gold in the six-team final with an overall total of 219.85 points. American's Madison Chock and Evan Bates took silver with 210.68, with defending champions Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue taking bronze with 207.93. Two-time world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong led a Chinese 1-2 to claim their first pairs gold on Friday night ahead of Peng Cheng and Jin Yang. Read the full article

2019-20 Fall/Winter Skating Shows

A schedule of major shows taking place during the 2019-20 season. This is not a comprehensive list. More information will be added to this post as it appears. Casts are subject to change; check the websites for updates. See also: Skating shows tag

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MAO THANKS TOUR (website) Time and place: Several locations in Japan throughout the year, see website for details Cast: Mao Asada, Haruka Imai, Takahito Mura, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: Organized by Mao Asada to thank her supporters over her career.

OPERA ON ICE (website) Time and place: Oct. 5, Rome, Italy Cast: Evgeni Plushenko, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Miki Ando, Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: Also known as Intimissimi on Ice, the show features live artists from classical and popular genres.

CARNIVAL ON ICE (website) Time and place: Oct. 5, Saitama, Japan Cast: Japan Open competitors - Satoko Miyahara, Rika Kihira, Shoma Uno, Koshiro Shimada, Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu, Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Alina Zagitova, Alexandra Trusova, Deniss Vasiljevs, Javier Fernandez. Guest skaters - Stephane Lambiel, Akiko Suzuki, Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda, Takahito Mura, Meryl Davis/Charlie White Broadcast: Oct. 6 at 16:00-17:15 JST, TV Tokyo; Oct. 29 at 17:29-20:00 JST, BS Japan Notes: The gala of Japan Open, featuring skaters from the competition as well as guest skaters.

ROCK THE RINK TOUR (website) Time and place: Oct. 5 - Nov. 23, various locations in Canada (see website for details) Cast: Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Kaetlyn Osmond, Patrick Chan, Carolina Kostner, Elvis Stojko, Jeremy Abbott, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: Organized by Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir as their farewell skating tour.

REVOLUTION ON ICE (website) Time and place: Nov. 9 - Dec. 29, various locations in Spain (see website for details) Cast: (see website for exact schedule) Javier Fernandez, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Jeffrey Buttle, Elladj Balde, Javier Raya, Ashley Wagner, Evgeni Plushenko, Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: Organized by Javier Fernandez, first held in 2016.

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BOLZANO PASSION GALA (website) Time and place: Jan. 4, Bolzano, Italy Cast: Javier Fernandez, Aleksandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Daniel Grassl, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Alena Kostornaia, Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: Annual skating show in Italy.

NAGOYA FIGURE SKATING FESTIVAL (website) Time and place: Jan. 4, Nagoya, Japan Cast: Rika Kihira, Marin Honda, Mako Yamashita, Yuhana Yokoi, Nana Araki, Keiji Tanaka, Kazuki Tomono, Sota Yamamoto, Yuma Kagiyama, Takahito Mura, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: Annual skating show in Nagoya.

ICE EXPLOSION (website) Time and place: Jan. 10-12, Yokohama, Japan Cast: Daisuke Takahashi, Shizuka Arakawa, Akiko Suzuki, Kanako Murakami, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Tanith Belbin White/Ben Agosto, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Qing Pang/Jian Tong, Misha Ge, Elladj Balde, Keiji Tanaka, more Broadcast: Jan. 19 at 16:00-17:15 JST, TV Tokyo Notes: New skating show in Japan.

PRINCE ICE WORLD: HIROSHIMA (website) Time and place: Jan. 18-19, Hiroshima, Japan Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Daisuke Takahashi, Miki Ando, Nobunari Oda, Kanako Murakami, Marin Honda, Miyu Honda, Sara Honda, Kazuki Tomono, Kana Muramoto Broadcast: ??? Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan, notable for giving fans the opportunity to talk to the skaters and take pictures as they go around the rink after the show.

PRINCE ICE WORLD: KUMAMOTO (website) Time and place: Jan. 25-26, Kumamoto, Japan Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Miki Ando, Evgeni Plushenko, Nobunari Oda, Kanako Murakami, Marin Honda, Miyu Honda, Sara Honda, Shoma Uno, more Broadcast: ??? Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan, notable for giving fans the opportunity to talk to the skaters and take pictures as they go around the rink after the show.

ART ON ICE (website) Time and place: Feb. 2-16, various locations in Switzerland (see website for details) Cast: Alina Zagitova, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Javier Fernandez, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Kevin Aymoz, Alexia Paganini, more Broadcast: TBA Notes: One of the most well-known skating shows in Europe, known for collaborations with musicians. Art on Ice celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2020.