# Exhibitions and Shows · Figure Skating Level 7: Upper-Advanced

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Exhibitions and Shows in Figure Skating (Level 7: Upper-Advanced) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: exhibitions under the rules.

Exhibitions under the ISU rules, Stars on Ice and Art on Ice.

## Test 1: Exhibitions under the rules

- A competitor may not give an additional performance until all parts are done and the results announced. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- Negotiations about exhibitions of any kind are held only with the ISU Member the skater belongs to. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- No exhibitions by a Championship competitor at or near its site in the fourteen days before the event. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- Invited competitors may not exhibit more than twenty times in the immediately following forty days. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- Eligible persons may appear in only one skating exhibition within one day. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- If a series exceeds a week, there should be a day without an exhibition every three or four days. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- Payment needs the approval of the skater's ISU Member and is paid only through that Member. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- Negotiations go through the skater's Member; both Members notify the ISU Office and the host Member consents. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- One a day, a rest day every three or four days, and at most twenty in forty days after the Worlds. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)
- B has one show a day and a rest day every three or four days. A has no rest, C two shows in a day, D rests only once. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)

## Test 2: Ice shows

- Olympic champion Scott Hamilton and his manager Robert D. Kain of IMG conceived it in 1986. (Source: Stars on Ice, tour history (starsonice.ca))
- The idea came after Hamilton's contract with Ice Capades was not renewed. (Source: Stars on Ice, tour history (starsonice.ca))
- The original cast was Hamilton, Toller Cranston and Rosalynn Sumners. (Source: Stars on Ice, tour history (starsonice.ca))
- Canada became part of the schedule in 1990. (Source: Stars on Ice, tour history (starsonice.ca))
- Kurt Browning's farewell tour in 2023 closed a record 937 Stars on Ice performances. (Source: Stars on Ice, tour history (starsonice.ca))
- It all started at the Hallenstadion Zurich in 1996, before an audience of 6,500. (Source: Art on Ice, the first show, 1996 (artonice.com))
- World champion Denise Biellmann and singer Simon Estes performed in the first show. (Source: Art on Ice, the first show, 1996 (artonice.com))
- The tour began in 1986, Canada joined in 1990 and the first Madison Square Garden show was in 1993. (Source: Stars on Ice, tour history (starsonice.ca))
- Madison Square Garden came in 1993, the 1,000th U.S. show in 2008 and Browning's farewell tour in 2023. (Source: Stars on Ice, tour history (starsonice.ca))
- C falls nine days before the Championship, inside the fourteen-day ban. A, B and D are more than fourteen days ahead. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450)

Sources: Skate Ontario, Three Program Components: Key Reminders and Guidance for Judges (2023); ISU Communication 2788 (2026/27); ISU Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27; ISU Sports Rules, Figure Skating (2026), Rules 365 and 450; Stars on Ice and Art on Ice histories. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Music, clothing and eligibility rules belong to General Rules.

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