Fanception on ice!!!: Cycles of choreographic adaptation and fandom in figure skating
I examine the cyclical nature of love and fandom when Yuri!!! On Ice's figure skating routines are (re)performed in fictional and real competitions, which creates a sense of haunting palimpsest as embodied practice is translated from medium to medium. I highlight how adapting repertoire and do...
| Published in: | Transformative Works and Cultures |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Organization for Transformative Works
2025-03-01
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| Online Access: | https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2705 |
| Summary: | I examine the cyclical nature of love and fandom when Yuri!!! On Ice's figure skating routines are (re)performed in fictional and real competitions, which creates a sense of haunting palimpsest as embodied practice is translated from medium to medium. I highlight how adapting repertoire and donning cosplay can be a means for athletes and fans to produce profoundly generative and explicitly citational performances of embodied and passionate love for both form and fandom.
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| ISSN: | 1941-2258 |