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Fanception on ice!!!: Cycles of choreographic adaptation and fandom in figure skating

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Transformative Works and Cultures

DOI: 10.3983/twc.2025.2705

Author: Emry Sottile

Institution: Northwestern University

Language: English

Topic: Asian Culture and Media Studies

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408436734

FWCI: 7.032

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Cited by: 1

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