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

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.