Taking on a Ravensburger Waltz with a classical ballet twist was a task Alexandra Paul and Mitch Islam were loath to take lightly.
“Any time you tackle a new program, there are countless hours that go into researching, choreographing and perfecting the style of movement,” said Islam. “With a world-renowned style like ballet, you have to make sure you really nail it.”
“Ballet is a very technical form of art and with that come some challenges,” said Paul. “There are strict rules that you have to abide by when studying and performing ballet, and that’s what we’re trying to bring to the ice.”
Between Paul’s extensive off-ice studies in the discipline and Islam’s own years of training, it was also a challenge of their own making. “We knew from the beginning that we wanted to do a ballet-centric program,” said Paul.
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