That’s mostly because ride-or-die skaters like him and his friend Lynná Davis, vice president of the Central Park Dance Skaters Association, would skate on a trash can lid, as she put it. “You know, we’re not impressed by the accouterments of the illusion,” said Tone Rapp Fleming, a New York native and skater for 50 years, who came for a preview on Thursday. “For us, DiscOasis is a movement, it’s a vibe - we want as many people to be able to experience it,” said Thao Nguyen, its executive producer, and chief executive of Constellation Immersive, its parent company, which partnered with Live Nation and Los Angeles Media Fund to stage the series.įor New York’s skate community, it is first and foremost a good floor. But its foundational home was always New York, and it will be open through October. “I feel more connected to myself and my spirit when I skate.”īilled as “an immersive musical and theatrical experience,” the DiscOasis began last year outside of Los Angeles, the pandemic brainchild of an events company led by a C.A.A. “Being on wheels is paradise to me,” said Robin Mayers Anselm, 59, who grew up going to Empire, the storied Brooklyn emporium. the DiscOasis coaxed him out of retirement - he’s had both hips replaced - for choreographed shows, five nights a week. The cast of 13 includes legends of New York roller disco, like the long-limbed skater known as Cotto, a fixture in the city’s parks for more than four decades, whose signature leg twirls and pivots have influenced scores of skaters. There’s blossoming disco balls as big as eight feet in diameter, and a multitiered stage, created by the Tony-nominated set designer David Korins, who did “Hamilton” and shows for Lady Gaga. Roller-skating is having another flash of popularity, but the DiscOasis sets itself apart from the city’s other rinks and pop-up events (Rockefeller Center is temporarily hosting wheelers, too) through its production value, theatricality and pedigree. (The ’80s were wild.) With some skill on wheels, “You feel like you have special human powers,” Rodgers said in a recent video interview. He curated music for the DiscOasis, and, with voice-over introductions, provides its cultural through line from 1970s and ’80s New York, when he used to frequent the city’s now shuttered, once legendary rinks with Diana Ross and Cher. Hovering over this opening night like a sequined demigod was Nile Rodgers, the Chic guitarist, funk-disco eminence and lifelong skater. For 10 minutes, it was all hot pants and acrobatics, and then regular New Yorkers - many with a style not far-off - slid back in. Funkmaster Flex’s booth, as the crowd - some wobblies, some more expert - parted for the pros: One roller dancer in flared jeans dropped to a split, while another flipped off her wheels, uncoiling into a headstand.
“Good Times,” that 1970s party staple, blared from D.J. Spotlights shone onto the surrounding trees, as a concert-level light show bathed the space in cyan, fuschias and golds. On Saturday night, more than a thousand skaters packed Wollman Rink, laced up their quads and spun off into sparkling nostalgia. But to its devotees and to the creators of the DiscOasis, a new skate experience in Central Park, it is transformational, spiritual - time travel on four wheels. The biggest structural differences are they do not include the Moxi inside lining and do not have a heel drop.To some people, a roller rink is just a place to skim around in a circle, not even very fast, going nowhere. This will not change the functionality or feel of the skater’s experience.įritzy's Tip: These beauties are the exact same material as the Moxi Lolly skate for a much more affordable price. The suede texture on the hide varies in coarseness making the texture of the leather vary slightly. The leather used in Zone roller skate boots is real, genuine, bovine cowhide that is hand-sorted and inspected for quality by touch and feel before purchasing or cutting it.
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