Silverstep Ice Ballet — Ice Skating Lynx Characters Reference Sheet

The story of Silverstep Ice Ballet

A fictional story inspired by the artwork.

The lake froze clear overnight. By morning every dancer could see the dark reeds beneath the ice. At rehearsal the first lynx missed her turn because she thought she was about to trip over a branch. The second jumped a shadow and landed in somebody else’s carefully practiced spiral.

Their director called them to the bank. The performance began at dusk and the steps had to change. He asked each dancer to choose one thing under the ice and follow its outline. One chose a willow twig. Another picked a flat stone shaped like a boot. The longest reed required two dancers.

They drew their new paths in soft snow before stepping back onto the clear surface. From the bank the marks looked like a tangled skein. From above, where spectators had begun gathering on the old footbridge, the blades traced six clean shapes around the buried things. A child recognized the boot and cheered.

At dusk the dancers let their sleeves trail just above the ice. The director kept the lanterns low so the audience could see the reeds as well as the silver tracks. When spring came, he saved the drawing from the program. Nobody expected the lake to offer quite the same dance twice.

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