Choreography and Style for Ice Skaters

By Ricky Harris

Book Overview

Explains how to create a unique, personal skating style and foster creativity, charisma and excellence on the ice, and covers topics from choosing the right music to off-ice exercise, warm-ups, and nutrition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312054017
• ISBN13: 9780312054014
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

a modest book with an incredible depth of artistic content!

This book has been around for a while but nothing can hold a candle to the depth of artistic and technical content that Ricky Harris has given us in this "must have" book! Her expertise and technical insight is a real gift to us all, the chapters on" Design in Space and Time", "Movements from Gestures" as well as "Warming Up" & "The Ice Barre" show such artistic evaluation and implimentation.Since She runs a dance studio her chapter on "Why Dance?" is especially relevant and the photos of her students certainly validate that she is a Master Teacher in her field. Actually I am surprised that her book is not more widely known and used in the skating field. I teach an on/off ice course for figure skaters and am always recommending this book to both skaters and coaches for its clarity, accuracy, and wisdom..."be humble; ask for help if you need it. One little word from someone may cause that light to switch on", and one I always harp on "A Stretch is NOT a Warm up!"