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Video Description: Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei
Grinkov skating to "The Nutcracker" from the 1992 Disney Christmas on Ice TV
special.
Ekaterina Gordeeva
(born May 28, 1971) often called Katia, is a Russian
(former Soviet) pair skater. Together with her late partner and husband
Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion. Grinkov and
Gordeeva won virtually every competition they entered. In the 31
competitions they completed at the Senior and professional levels, they
finished first an impressive 24 times.
On November 20, 1995, Grinkov collapsed on the ice and died
at age 28 from a massive heart attack.
On February 7, 2009, NBC Sports Presented Amway Global Skate for the
Heart from The Nutter Center in Dayton, OH. World-renowned saxophonist Kenny
G headlines an evening of smooth jazz with Olympic and world-class skaters
such as Ekaterina Gordeeva in a show that provides awareness for the
prevention of heart disease.
The Nutcracker is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts,
three scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891–92. In Western
countries, The Nutcracker has become perhaps the most popular of all
ballets, performed primarily around Christmas time.
