Looking Back at our Fabulous 40th Anniversary Season!
Thank you for making 2024-2025 a great 40th Anniversary Season!
Please consider making a fiscal year-end donation by June 30th to help sustain our programming in the upcoming season as we look forward to our 40th Anniversary!
We are also hosting a year-end auction with many things you won't want to miss out on, including 2025 World Champion Ilia Malinin signatures!
ITNY'S Year-End Auction - The auction opens June 1, 2025 and closes June 30, 2025 - Click Here!
HOME SEASON PERFORMANCES
Our 2025 Home Season Performances took place on May 2, 3, and 5 at Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers.
The full theatrical show was performed by ITNY's professional ensemble and performing apprentices. On the Gala Night, we were joined by guest artist 2025 World Champion Ilia Malinin!
2025 BENEFIT GALA
Olympian Scott Hamilton was honored at the 40th Anniversary Benefit Gala on May 5 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City.
“But as keepers of the sport, and as keepers of the art, and as keepers of the industry no one, in my mind, has done it better than the Ice Theatre of New York. In really celebrating excellence, celebrating creativity, celebrating art and celebrating quality.” –Scott Hamilton, 2025 Lifetime Achievement
Anna Kisselgoff received the Ice Angel Award.
FALL FROLIC
Our Fall Frolic Performance and Fundraiser occurred on Friday, October 25, 2024, at Sky Rink & the Sunset Terrace at Chelsea Piers.
Performers included our professional ensemble, performing apprentices, and guest artists Emmanuel Savary and Gracie Gold!
We presented the Will Sears Award to Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier.
CITY SKATE CONCERT SERIES
This year’s City Skate Concert Series featured performances by the ITNY professional ensemble, special guest artists, and youth performers, from November 2024 through March 2025.
We performed at the Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park, Riverbank State Park, Wollman Rink, and LeFrak Center at Lakeside Brooklyn.
NEW WORKS AND YOUNG ARTISTS SERIES
We held 12 in-person sessions of our educational outreach programming for NYC public school students at 3 venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn, serving over 1000 students. Our talented professionals and young apprentices performed for the students and then engaged them in a free skating clinic. Students are introduced to the integration of athleticism and artistry necessary to create dancing on ice and learn the life lesson of falling and getting back up (first lesson in learning to skate).
EDGE CLASSES
From September 2024 through June 2025, ITNY conducted 50 Edge Classes at Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers and at the Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park. Classes were taught by Company Members Danil Berdnikov, Sarah France, Liz Schmidt and Aaron Singletary . Close to 150 skaters participated throughout the season.
WINTER HOLIDAY SKATING CELEBRATION
TREE LIGHTING AT BANK OF AMERICA WINTER VILLAGE AT BRYANT PARK
ITNY performed the World premiere of Christmas on Broadway, sung live by Broadway Performer Lea Salonga, choreographed for Bryant Park by Sarah France, featuring Sarah Baetge, Danil Berdnikov, Sarah France, Karina Manta, Libby McGrosky, Liz Schmidt, and Aaron Singletary on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 6 pm.
The full Bryant Park NYC Tree Lighting is streaming on Thirteen Specials!
SPECIAL EVENTS & HOLIDAY CHARACTERS
ITNY provided a variety of character skaters for special events at the local seasonal rinks, and the official ambassador of Rockefeller Center, "Roxy the Owl." Roxy was even invited to participate in Rockefeller Center's Tree Lighting Ceremony.
In October 2024, we performed at Wollman Rink's Opening Festivites, in December 2024, we performed with Michael Solonoski in Nemacolin, PA, and in January 2025, we performed at Wollman Rink's 75th Anniversary!
Thank you for your support. See you next season!
Photo Credit: Hideki Aono, Robert Dea, Jonathan Mazurek, Nicole Miccio, Lianna O'Grady, Josef Pinlac, Fong Wu
This program is supported, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy C. Hochul and the New York State Legislature. ITNY is also supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and NYC Council Members Shaun Abreu and Christopher Marte. ITNY's Manhattan programming is funded in part by a grant from the New York City Tourism Foundation.
Additionally, ITNY receives funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Daniel & Corrine Cichy Memorial Foundation, The Lisa McGraw Figure Skating Foundation, the Will Sears Foundation, and its generous private patrons.
