Hunter Ice Skating Stadium - Figure skating began in the latter part of the 19th century in Europe. An American ballet master Jackson Haines, who lived in Vienna in 1860s, added the
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Hunter Ice Skating Stadium - The influence of dance on ice skating American ballet dancer Jackson Haines thought to put together dance and ice skating. In the 1860s he would skate to
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