Plaisirs Du Froid (Les)

AKA > The Pleasures of Cold

Le carre Hermes Paris >> Automne - Hiver 1997 / 98

Icy Pleasures

These are the pleasures indulged in by a beautifully skilful band who circle upon the ice. Framing a "Sledge Race in Holland" (after Carle Vernel0, several champions who have escaped from the Vrai Patineur (True Skater), a handbook of 1813 devoted to the practices of those obsessed with 'the art of skating gracefully'. offer us examples of these complex steps and figures, which are named 'the Adonis':. 'the Apollo' or 'the Reverence'. It's up to us now to learn our lines