Choreography

Music

Peformances

Skate Canada 2nd
  November 6 - 90, 1997
Halifax/NS/CAN

  Evening with Champions
Nov, 1997
Harvard/MA/USA

NHK Trophy 1st
  November 27 - 30, 1997
Nagano/JPN  

Russian Nationals 1st
December 11-14, 1997
Moscow

Champions Series Final 1st
Dec. 19-21, 1997
 Munich/GER 

XVIII. Winter Olympic Games 1998  
 February 7 - 22, 1998
 Nagano/JPN
Revolutions skated February 13, 1998 for 1st in SP.

Ultimate 4
 April, 1998
Binghamton NY

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Photos Copyright  J. Barry Mittan

Revolution is enchanted. The oscillating, flowing, angular choreography is more akin to shapechanging or sorcery than anything else. Many theories are propounded about the meaning behind this gripping program including one that Ilia is portraying Icarus, a character from Greek mythology who is trapped in a cave and so sprouts wings to escape but, alas, flies too close to the sun. The costume with gossamer wings which help the viewer gauge the incredible speed of Ilia's flight to the sweeping, soul-searching music.  Revolution is concocted of intricate athleticism and fierce, fast-paced emotion set under that spell that only Ilia can work.

(Miriam Ellis)