The "Ice Class" was developed by 1976 Olympic Figure Skating Champion, John Curry. The class includes deep edges and turns and figure skating moves. The class is done in a ballet class format. The skaters in the class have to be in precision with eachother while doing edge moves. All has to look effortless.
Ice Class Reflections:
International figure skating champion, ice show star, and figure skating coach, Rosie Tovi, says the following about John Curry's Ice/Edge Class:
- "Ice Class gets to the core of what skating is. The organic flow of edges, how they take you effortlessly once you have mastered them. It has a simplicity about it just as John Curry's skating did, it goes to the pureness of great skating.
When you see skating that is so smooth it seems to float, then you can be sure this is the foundation that lies underneath. This is what judges adore to see and refer to as the quality of the edge.
All of my students learn Ice Class with me, they use it as a warm up. It makes me so happy to see the beautiful skating John Curry envisioned passed forward.
...John Curry lives on..."
The Edge/Ice Class
The Edge Class
THE Ice Class
In 1991, Dorothy Hamill, the 1976 Olympic Ladies Figure Skating Champion, purchased Ice Capades. She decided to have the skaters in the Ice Capades do the "Ice Class" to warm up before every show. Many of the skaters who skated with the Ice Capades have taught John Curry's "Ice Class" techniques to figure skaters all over the world.
One of John Curry's greatest contributions to figure skating is the "Ice Class." Many of the techniques from his class have been incorporated in the moves in the field figure skating tests. Skaters who do the "Ice Class" become better skaters.
