ICE THEATRE OF NEW YORK CELEBRATES 16TH YEAR WITH
PERFORMANCES AT SKY RINK AT CHELSEA PIERS

Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers is the location for the annual Autumn Gala and home season for Ice Theatre of New York. The Gala, scheduled for Tuesday, October 3, 2000, at 7:00pm, is a benefit and performance honoring international competitors and World and Olympic coaches Peter and Sonya Dunfield. Additional performances are scheduled for October 4 and 5, 2000, all at Sky Rink. This marks the 16th Anniversary season of Ice Theatre of New York.

In residence at Chelsea Piers since 1995, Ice Theatre of New York is the nation's first not-for-profit ice dancing ensemble to be awarded grants by The National Endowment for the Arts and The New York State Council on the Arts. Since its founding in 1984 by ice dance gold medalist Moira North, Ice Theatre of New York has offered its audiences ice dances which illuminate the rich variety of moods, styles and forms that make a stage of frozen water.

The October 3 performance will feature the Ice Theatre of New York Ensemble performing new works and selections from their extensive repertory, plus special guest artists World and U.S. Gold Medalists Yuca Sato and Jason Dungjen, three-time Olympian David Liu and Swiss National Champion Lucinda Ruh, the world's fastest spinner (270 revolutions per minute). Also performing at the Gala will be former World and Olympic champion Donald Jackson, a Canadian and the first skater ever to land a triple Lutz. The October 4 and 5 performances will feature United States Pairs Champions Kyoko Ina and Jon Zimmerman, in addition to Lucinda Ruh and David Liu.

Tickets for all performances are $20 in advance by phone at 212.929.5811. Credit cards are accepted. Special group rates are available. Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers is located at Pier 61, 23rd Street and the Hudson River, New York City.