POSTED: Thursday November 4th 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SHALL WE DANCE ON ICE - THIS SUNDAY ON NBC
010 Olympic Gold Medalists Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, Silver Medalists Meryl Davis & Charlie White & 2006 Olympic Silver Medalists Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto Perform
NEW YORK - November 4, 2010 - World class figure skaters team up with the best dancers from broadway and television this Sunday at 4 p.m. ET for “Scotch Presents Shall We Dance On Ice” from the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Joining Olympic ice dancers Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, Meryl Davis & Charlie White and Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto are Broadway favorites like Alex Ko, star of Billy Elliott The Musical, Cody Green and Laurie Kanyok, stars of Twyla Tharp's Come Fly With Me, Emily Padgett, star of Rock of Ages and Salvatore Vassallo, a featured dancer in Britney Spears' “Circus Tour”.
The show also features special musical guests The Canadian Tenors, and is hosted by four-time World Champion figure skater Kurt Browning and World Champion ice dancer Shae-Lynn Bourne, two of Canada’s most recognized skaters.
The final performance with the entire skating cast and the Canadian Tenors can be found at:
http://ftp.imgpostny.net
Username: swd
Password: swd
For more information contact:
Lyndsay Iorio
t:212-664-2014
e:lyndsay.iorio@nbcuni.com
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NBC Sports is synonymous with superior production that elevates the event, broad promotion, and mutually-beneficial partnerships. Known as America’s Olympic Network, NBC has broadcast 12 Olympic Games, more than any other network. Its ability to amass large audiences with broad promotion, particularly for the Olympics, has resulted in NBC Sports broadcasting nine of the top 10 most-watched events in U.S. television history, including the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games which stands at No. 1 all time with 215 million viewers. In 2009, NBC Sports won the prestigious Peabody Award for its production of the Beijing Games and was named ‘Best in Sports Television’ at the Sports Business Awards.
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Keywords · NBC · Scotch Presents Shall We Dance On Ice · ice dancing · Tessa Virtue · Scott Moir · Meryl Davis · Charlie White · Tanith Belbin · Ben Agosto
Name: Lyndsay Iorio
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