Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween on Ice

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Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween on Ice Oct 8, 2015 1:54:31 GMT

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Nancy Kerrigan’s Halloween on Ice comes Thursday, Oct. 8, to the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Township. Kerrigan, a two-time Olympic medalist, World Champion medalist, and US National Champion, talked with JumpStart! about the preparation for the show, and the numbers she’s most looking forward to performing:

Nancy Kerrigan: The show began after the 1994 Olympics. We were looking for a show that I could do that could become an annual thing. It just so happened that the new Boston Garden was opening and they wanted an ice show for the fall, so we thought that Halloween, which has always been a favorite for me, would be perfect. We created a big show with lasers and a coffin and all of the big stars of that era. I had a great time doing it so we decided to keep it going. I never thought that I would still be skating in it almost 20 years later!

I love Halloween and always have. It is so much fun to figure out costumes and of course, the trick or treating was always something to look forward to. Now, as a mom, I love working with my kids to come up with their outfits and get a kick out of seeing how all the kids in the neighborhood dress up.

JS: How much preparation goes into putting the tour together? What is your role as co-director? How are the routines designed?

NK: It is quite a big undertaking, as you might imagine. We have been working on it for about six months and it involves a lot of people from the skaters to the venue management to social media elements, etc. As co-director I work with Kurt Browning and Jerry Solomon — my husband and the executive producer — to come up with the storyline, the running order for the show, what characters the skaters play and how we get from one situation to the next to make it as entertaining as possible. It has been a fun but challenging project and I am looking forward to seeing how it all comes out on the ice.

The design of the routines is really a team exercise. Kurt has been leading the way on a lot of that and it has been great to work with him. He is really creative and of course, has one of the most distinctive skating styles in history so seeing his mind at work has been great for me. The real challenge comes when we get everyone on the ice... we have only a few days to teach everyone the numbers so we will be hard at work during rehearsal!

JS: What’s it like working with your fellow cast members? How many of them are brand-new to the Halloween on Ice show?

NK: I have always loved working with all of the skaters, and only a few in this year’s cast have done Halloween on Ice before so that will be interesting. When we compete it is a different environment for us so when we get to perform in an integrated show with a storyline and characters, it makes it much more enjoyable. When we put on costumes, it frees us to skate in different ways and that is always exciting to see.

JS: Is there a specific storyline this year?

NK: Yes... it involves a dream that takes me on a journey where I meet many different characters who try to convince me to join them. However, eventually I meet the king of the vampires who puts me under a spell. You’ll have to come to the show to see how it ends!

JS: Is there a particular number or routine you’re especially excited to perform?

NK: I have a few numbers that I think will be fun and entertaining for the audience. One includes four princesses and one includes vampires and a werewolf so I get to see the darker and lighter side of Halloween which should appeal to “kids of all ages.” I also am looking forward to skating with Johnny Weir. I have never skated with him before and Halloween should bring out all of his creativity, so skating with him should be really fun.

What: Nancy Kerrigan’s Halloween on Ice

When: Thursday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m.

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Highland Park Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre Township

Tickets: $25 to $85

Online: mohegansunarenapa.com, halloweenonice.com

What: Meet The Stars Of Halloween On Ice At Mohegan Sun Pocono

When: Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. question and answer session; 8 p.m. signing; 5:30 p.m., pick up of bracelets to access the signing

Where: Wise Crackers Comedy Club, Mohegan Sun Pocono, 1280 Highway 315, Plains Township

Details: Meet Olympic, World and National Champion figure skaters performing in Nancy Kerrigan’s Halloween on Ice at Mohegan Sun Pocono prior to the start of their national tour, kicking off the following evening at the nearby Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Attendees are to be determined. All ages welcome, but those under 21 years of age must be accompanied by an adult over age 21.

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Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween on Ice Oct 21, 2015 1:10:29 GMT

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The tour kicked off on Oct. 8 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Syracuse will be the fifth stop for Kerrigan and the cast of skating champions, which includes Johnny Weir, Kurt Browning, Alissa Czisny, Nicole Bobek and Jozef Sabovcik.

The routine tells a spooky, kid-friendly Halloween tale with skating, music, wild costumes and moving scenery. Two-time Olympic medalist Kerrigan said the first production of "Halloween On Ice" debuted in 1995, just before she was pregnant with her first son, Matthew.

The tradition has extended for 20 years, but never with the same characters and scenes. "That's the beauty of Halloween," said Kerrigan in an Oct. 10 interview with syracuse.com. "We can keep recreating the story. Some [stories] are little more gory and scary while others are more sweet and cute."

Kerrigan describes this year's show is similar to "The Nutcracker," erring on the "sweet and cute" end of the spectrum of supernatural stories. "My character starts as an old woman who falls asleep in a chair and wakes up magically in a complete different costume, as a princess," Kerrigan said. "The pink princess turns into a vampire

queen by the end of Act One."

Kerrigan's oldest son, Matthew, designed all her costumes and the attire of the witches in the show. All the costume changes take place right on the ice. "People are like, 'How did that happen?'" Kerrigan said. "Even a few weeks ago, Kurt [Browning] kept asking how we were going to do this. I'm just wearing a lot of layers."

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Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween on Ice Oct 28, 2015 2:01:54 GMT

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Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan and fellow champion figure skaters Johnny Weir and Alissa Czisny will sign autographs from 2-3 p.m. Saturday at the Hannaford Supermarket, 900 Central Ave.

The free event is limited to the first 100 people, who will each receive from a commemorative Hannaford Halloween on Ice program book featuring photos and biographies of each of the celebrity skaters.

The skaters will appear in Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween on Ice at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Times Union Center. The Halloween-themed show tells a spooky, kid-friendly tale with skating, costumes and scenery.

Kerrigan is best known for winning the silver medal in the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer and bronze medal in the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville. She is also a two-time world medalist and the 1993 U.S. National Champion who was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween on Ice Dec 8, 2015 1:49:08 GMT

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Nancy Kerrigan‘s laced up ice skates and performed on rinks more often this year than in any in her husband’s recent memory. And she’s going to stay busy. Kerrigan, 46, will be the main choreographer for an event for the first time at the Skate Niagara Ice Show in Saint Catherines, Ontario, on Feb. 26, husband and agent Jerry Solomon said Tuesday.

“It’s been nice for her to start to ease into doing something else, because she’s not going to skate forever, but she does feel, and this is probably a big reason why she still is skating, she does feel a big responsibility to continue to give back to the sport and to be visible because the sport hasn’t been as strong in the United States over the last several years, as it certainly was when she was competing,” Solomon said. Kerrigan performed Tuesday at the Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park tree lighting ceremony, under chilly rain in Manhattan along with U.S. Olympic champions Brian Boitano, Meryl Davis and Charlie White and two-time U.S. Olympian Johnny Weir.

That came after a three-week, 15-city Halloween on Ice tour across the Northeast and Midwest. It’s put on by Solomon’s StarGames production company. “I love doing skating shows where there’s some sort of story involved,” said Kerrigan, who joined Twitter in May and has performed as a vampire

with fangs during the Halloween tour. “I’ve done shows for the last bunch of years, different shows here or there, maybe one or two or five, depends, but I haven’t done a tour. Just sort of one-off things. Why? Because I’m a mom, and I have three kids.

The two-time Olympic medalist is enthused about choreography. “Which she’s never really done before,” Solomon said. “She worked very closely with [four-time Canadian World champion] Kurt Browning on Halloween on Ice [choreography]. She was involved in a little bit of some of the choreography here [at Bryant Park].”

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Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween on Ice Jan 13, 2022 13:06:24 GMT

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Nancy Kerrigan: Keeping it Real (Figure Skating Compilation)
7,214 views • Premiered Jan 5, 2022 • Nancy Kerrigan was one of the brightest stars of figure skating's golden era. While she is best known for overcoming an attack at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships to skate brilliantly at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, we best remember her for her authenticity, brutal honesty and talent for 'keeping it real'. The 1993 U.S. Figure Skating Champion held nothing back from the cameras, whether it was the thrill of skating well, the excitement of nailing a triple lutz, the crushing disappointment of failing to perform up to expectations at the 1993 World Figure Skating Championships, not wanting to wear her medal at a parade at Walt Disney World or feeling disinterested in professional skating. The television cameras loved her for all of it and we celebrate on of skating's brightest stars in Nancy Kerrigan: Keeping it Real, a figure skating compilation.