39 min
Figure Skating, Victorian-Style: A Conversation with Ryan Stevens The Victorian Variety Show
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In this Season 3 premiere, I bring you my recent conversation with Ryan Stevens, in which we talked briefly about the history of figure skating, as well as its increased popularity in the 19th Century and Victorian Era “Skate King,” Jackson Haines.
About Ryan Stevens:
I am a former figure skater and judge from Halifax, Nova Scotia. I have been writing about figure skating history since 2013, on my blog Skate Guard. I also write for U.S. Figure Skating's magazine "Skating", the oldest continuously published skating periodical in the world. I have been consulted on figure skating history by numerous museums, as well as by television programs on CBC, NBC and ITV.
Skate Guard: skateguard1.blogspot.ca
Jackson Haines: The Skating King: https://bit.ly/3WKMKkZ
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References
du Maurier, George. “Rincomania.” http://www.skatingaheadofthecurve.com/ThePoetryOfSkating.html
du Maurier, George. “Rincomania” (with illustration). https://archive.org/details/punch68a69lemouoft/page/n43/mode/2up
Talent, Annalise. “Become an Instant Expert on William Wordsworth, the Ice-Skating Poet.” https://theartssociety.org/arts-news-features/become-instant-expert-william-wordsworth-ice-skating-poet
Wikipedia. “George du Maurier.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurier
Wikipedia. “The Prelude.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prelude
Wordsworth, William. “So through the darkness and cold we flew.” https://wordsworth-coleridge.com/home/wordsworth/skating
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In this Season 3 premiere, I bring you my recent conversation with Ryan Stevens, in which we talked briefly about the history of figure skating, as well as its increased popularity in the 19th Century and Victorian Era “Skate King,” Jackson Haines.
About Ryan Stevens:
I am a former figure skater and judge from Halifax, Nova Scotia. I have been writing about figure skating history since 2013, on my blog Skate Guard. I also write for U.S. Figure Skating's magazine "Skating", the oldest continuously published skating periodical in the world. I have been consulted on figure skating history by numerous museums, as well as by television programs on CBC, NBC and ITV.
Skate Guard: skateguard1.blogspot.ca
Jackson Haines: The Skating King: https://bit.ly/3WKMKkZ
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References
du Maurier, George. “Rincomania.” http://www.skatingaheadofthecurve.com/ThePoetryOfSkating.html
du Maurier, George. “Rincomania” (with illustration). https://archive.org/details/punch68a69lemouoft/page/n43/mode/2up
Talent, Annalise. “Become an Instant Expert on William Wordsworth, the Ice-Skating Poet.” https://theartssociety.org/arts-news-features/become-instant-expert-william-wordsworth-ice-skating-poet
Wikipedia. “George du Maurier.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurier
Wikipedia. “The Prelude.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prelude
Wordsworth, William. “So through the darkness and cold we flew.” https://wordsworth-coleridge.com/home/wordsworth/skating
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Email: thevictorianvarietyshow@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/victorianvarie1
Threads: threads.net/@marisadf13
Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevictorianvarietyshow
I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate & review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Goodpods, Spotify, Podchaser, Audible, or wherever you listen, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marisa-d96/message
39 min