Art without any artifice - theatre and ballet critics thus praise the famed Bobrin Ice Theatre (BIT). Fans know it as "Bolshoi on Ice". Chaplin, Faust, Rasputin, Mary Poppins, Snow White, Romeo and Juliet, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Nutcracker... a short list of BIT's creations. BIT received accolades in USA, Mexico, Latin and South America, Italy, Spain, France. Austria, North and South Korea, India, China, Japan, Israel, Poland, Bahrain... The documentary Ascension from Olympus unifies the past and present of this unique figure skating Theatre by traversing the complex road BIT took so far and exploring the future its worldwide fans expect. See it through the eyes of BIT's Grand Master, European Champion Igor Bobrin, his co-creators - Olympic Gold Medalists, World Professional Champions, 4-time World Champions, 5-time European Champions, Natalya Bestemyanova & Andrey Bukin and Olympic Gold Medalists Artur Dmitriev, Oksana Kazakova and Alexei Urmanov, World Champion Maria Butyrskaya, USSR Champion Elena Vasukova, legendary coach Tamara Moskvina and the renowned Olympic Gold Medalists Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean. The film showcases BIT's greatest hits and includes rare material from private archives of Bobrin Ice Theatre's actors.
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