you don't. need to be. discovered to. subscribe to the documentary to. make the. time i want to welcome to another exciting edition of your own max i'm your host meghan lee we're getting in shape for the holidays here's a look at what's coming up. it show time holiday on ice is celebrating its seventy

fifth birthday with a new production. heavy metal yoga a new fitness routine that's hard to imagine. winter warmer a special german dish to warm those colder. we kick off today's show was one of the world's most famous ice shows how the day on ice now this year is particularly special because the traveling show is marking its seventy fifth birthday now what began as a small production in a hotel until you know ohio in one thousand nine hundred three has turned in to a major franchise with star skaters i was on hand in the runup to the season premiere to see how things are progressing so far. dress rehearsal and holiday on ice it's not long before opening night and the skaters are still getting used to their elaborate costumes and learning the. this famous

production is celebrating seventy five years on the ice the new show is aptly named show time to get skaters including two thousand and eighteen a limpid gold winners out the owners have schenkel and bruno must so. i mean basically have the. shows we have no rules so. they push. in another wave don't push so it's kind of. challenge. and competition we push more into focus concentration. in show. up and we can do exactly what we want. they were also free to choose their own choreography for the parts which they skate.

the other skaters have only had seven weeks to learn the choreography created for them by holiday on ice the veteran robin cousins to once one olympic gold. it was going to challenge for me is just allowing myself to use my history and for me the most important thing is to make sure that i have. a collaborative team if i'm doing multiple shows what did i do last year what can i change how can i make that fresh who was involved a few years ago that was a new pope before and it's always keeping the team motivated i'm moving. down ice began in one thousand nine hundred forty three in the united states the costume story ideas and choreography have come a long way in seventy five years over the decades it's grown with new characters and many stars it's also chalked up

a number of accolades it's the most visited eye show in the world with over three hundred twenty nine million tickets sold it's also appeared in the guinness book of world records. for. olympic skater valentino marquet from italy has partnered up this year with the american and show veteran collin grafton they'll lead audiences through the story of showtime it chronicles holiday on ice his history over seventy five years it's valentino's first time skating in such a production i was a bit afraid i am still because sometimes it's like very hard but we are a beautiful group it's a beautiful family the family a father they are nice and i think robin maybe knew what he was doing when you're sparing us up. that we jelled immediately and normally i'd be really conservative about skating with someone who's never done a show ever but i mean valentino just held it so well and we clicked right away and

we worked really hard the last several weeks and i feels like we've been getting together for a long time this is also new territory for the german olympic champions is just one chance in the olympics to get everything all the new life in four minutes and what if they are nice of course and just sink i mean to focus on this what's the do and but i don't think. it's last. lots of props are being used in show time to tell the full story of how holiday on ice traveled the globe the performers often have to do additional tasks aside skating such as life acrobatics dancing or even acting. for some of them it's their first experience performing in a ny show so they don't know how to wear a show cost you they've never worn weeks they've never skated without being able to see every aspect of the arena so there's

a lot of things that you have to get used to but we have six cost members here that barely speak english so it's translation and they copied it watch. this years producers have pulled out all the stops for showtime the visuals and the music have also been elevated in a large scale manner how down i still remains one of the most successful shows of its kind thanks in no small part to theatrical performances including daredevil harper batiks. seventy five years of holiday on ice as with any milestone birthday no expense has been spared for this very special anniversary celebration. well the show opens on friday in germany so we wish all the skaters the best of luck for opening night we turn our attention now to an unidentified collector from

the middle east who now owns a piece of the eiffel tower more on that story at the top of today's express. a section of the original spiral staircase from the eiffel tower in paris has sold for one hundred sixty nine thousand euros at auction. the wrought iron structure is over four meters high. as twenty five steps and weighs around nine hundred kilos it once connected the towers second and third floors but was removed when an elevator was installed built for the eight hundred eighty nine world's fair the eiffel tower is one of the french capitals most popular tourist attractions. the new process gallery in kent in southeastern england has opened with a show of x. ray by photography make the easy. part of the gallery is home to a concrete chamber with these he produces his work i do feel a bit like

a performance artist because people come and see me doing it and i can share in the process already enjoy the reaction from the people because like. nick the z's x. ray and his world famous his works have made it onto the cover of time magazine and have been shown in museums like the victorian elvis in london. drone we can answer them out airbus and design studio is how design presented their flying taxi concept on tuesday on its first public test flight pop up next successfully transported a passenger capsule and returned it safely to the ground in the future flying taxis are to ferry people around big cities. the prototype shown in amsterdam is a quarter scale model the next step will be to create a full sized one. when

you think of heavy metal what comes to mind all head banging and tattoos are what i think of and not enthusiastic that's for sure but one fan of both heavy metal music and yoga has decided to combine the two those who like metal can get in shape with the inventor. in her classes it's about everything but all. the. you know i'm warming up for a yoga session with a difference in hamburg. is it not enough can you hear me. welcome to heavy metal yoga and its inventor saskia toda. now a new york resident saskia grew up in northern germany. right now she's back here

to promote her own take on yoga. one of her best love positions is the so-called leg guitar. because i can feel my i think this is one of my favorite moves but we only took the warrior for example to play the guitar in the kicking was stamping and mix of everything. but sometimes we make real war cries and b.'s how tests and so on. but when else do you get the chance to scream out loud. i. i. i took a course with sask here in brooklyn in twenty fifteen i'm glad she's come to hamburg and i saw her in fact and didn't get to do yoga in front of her. saskia first presented her workouts here in germany at the heavy metal festival in voc in two thousand and seventeen. mass movement which

the times i was really scared to begin with the tent was really crowded and i had to get up on stage and try to get everyone moving. but it was really cool i broke the ice by handing out the mats and everyone joins in. and i realized they were all getting into it it's come just like. some one hundred first will go was attended saskia as early morning sessions. they proved such a hit that saskia spent the entire summer of twenty eighteen working in europe for instance on a full metal cruise in spain the passengers really got into her workouts berhad bangers. but what does she get from metal yoga. i like the tranquility of yoga and the closeness to nature which is difficult to

find in a city like new york. but yoga helped me to commune with nature again even that. she invented it in new york but now it's ask you a total is bringing it back to her hi my. middle yoga for your oh. ok well time now to get a sneak peek into someone's humble abode and today we are heading to the south of france to the port city of set this is where we visit a home that reflects the travels of its owner quite well. on this hill overlooking the city of set in the south of france you'll find the home of. spacious windows graced the entire facade and suggest that there is much to be discovered inside. this stone framing the extension came from the very ground on which the i team at his house built.

with morning. in my house. it's doing. the entrance leads right into the open concept living area. covering one hundred twenty square meters it functions as a sitting room kitchen dining room and lounge. the house is a mix of travel stories and when i travel. a lot of feelings of emotion of his and they wanted to put all of these feelings. inside in one in one place. to business men have the house bill to his specifications four years ago. he's furnished the living room with design classics

like this charles ames lounge chair from one nine hundred fifty six and modern. from here there's a clear view of the port city of set and the mediterranean. in this region we have almost all the year so the house has to be on the same wave but i wanted to have in this house the spanish spirit. because every saeed is a fan of the spanish island and he decorated the bedrooms on the upper floor giving them a typical island style the bright colors give the place a real holiday feel. the room is one of the place you spend a lot of time and the color. make make you happy and.

the interior design is the. mix of styles. retro accessories design classics and modern furniture. while purists might not approve this president clearly feels very much at home here. also has a passion for recycled materials in the bathroom old railway ties serve as a countertop. and the old wooden planks constituting the dining room table were once part of an indonesian fishing vessel. during one of my travelling indonesia. one of the many free markets. made. note. by rogue fishermen and they put all the old boats and they

can go. it's wonderful for my health. the house also has a wine cellar with a small bar. the color scheme of the retro look wallpaper harmonizes with the british colonial style leather armchair a table made from recycled wooden pallets provides the finishing touch it's a home full of memories and atmosphere. so i really appreciate you having you here and i think you could buy and let's meet together next time. harry reid and his house in sept a personal home inspired by very personal experiences. every week here in your i'm actually a feature at least one female designer or artist who is achieving great things in their creative realm and while we are far from equality with our male counterparts

it's not uncommon for women today to be at the top of a field that men ones totally dominated it is easy however to forget the pie. hearing women who helped pave the way now though an exhibition and resident pays tribute to some of those forgotten souls. from graphic designers traps women and sculptors to furniture makers and interior architects many talented women worked with distinction at the hero workshops and dressed in between one thousand nine hundred and one nine hundred thirty eight. today they and their achievements have been largely forgotten. visine here i mention this is a coveted created by bruno pall a famous architect and designer. that for decades people were unaware that the inlays had been designed by his wife. so there's one cupboard in the museum labeled simply boon or poet paul's name is completely absent as nobody knew better.

carl schmidt the founder of the heller our workshops consciously recruited female artists and designers back then precious few women were permitted to go to college but he saw their creative potential the decision to employ women was in itself up on cards. and was up to remember at the time even though women were winning awards and being published and featured in exhibitions they were still talk of them being unable to think three dimensionally and not having a technical mind. and their designs move used as a nice for decorating your home. anything female was dismissed and devalued. female us was considered a mature ish at risk by. in the early twentieth century women were expected to be wives and mothers another reason for their often limited period of employment in

hell or. after getting married most stopped working while the memory of their creative output became increasingly neglected. one of the truly outstanding designers from the door was get. she had a fantastic body of work but the thirteen hundred sketches she executed had yet to find a home in any collection. the works of deceased female design as a tree she's completely differently to those of men. the exhibition at the museum in dresden is the first to put the female designers from hell or all center stage. yes it's high time and it's a good time to do it but you could also say with twenty five years to late to get it's. the show against invisibility gives these pioneering women the recognition they so richly deserve. on to this week's series now where we're

making the rounds to the various christmas markets and this provides us with a chance to taste some special holiday treats from all over the country well today we're heading north to raymond we're kale dishes are popular currently carol is considered a super food by some and on today's edition of christmas tree it is the basic ingredient for a traditional german meal. it is the have been seasoning blame and i'm trying to visit the christmas markets around the six hundred year old town hall and the flaming world and hence you have six cities land both. together they've been listed as a unesco world heritage site since two thousand and four. over one hundred sixty stands set against the historic backdrop draw more visitors every year many want to try typical blame in specialties like peppermint newton and cody kale flame and stuff i was fond of it's part of the party season especially if you like katia

dishes. curly kale is the quintessential braman wouldn't take a vitamin packed vegetable grows in the region for instance on forced to respond. to curly meats cabbage all region eighteen in the eastern mediterranean region where it was grown some two thousand years ago in germany it's a favorite mainly in the north it's also popular in central europe north america and africa holds true it doesn't like to experiment when it comes to preparing. for a meal kale goes best with cooked or smoked sausage cured pork. but when they start molding kale and again like i want to talk i'm not so sure i could eat that because it's gotta get some frost or because then it turns the starch. from the ground. this typical bream in winter days can be found on the christmas market beside the river days of. ketchup to get a little past the kale for the stand just across the way in his restaurant kitchen

he agrees with the farmer about the role of frost. flosses that's a frost is better for the kale they've always said that kale tastes best once it's got a really good frost and it's on that's what it should be harvested and the bitter compounds are at a minimum with the forms of them in young. became you know has to be washed and the stems removed. what comes next difference from region to region in northern germany . but in breman it goes like this and indeed we saw today the onions in oil and at the kale through then we pour on some broccoli all for such as to import broth or cook it for about an hour an hour clip and smoked sausage season it with salt sugar a little pepper some nutmeg and and finally we add a little mustard. from fifteen forty five there are records of the city of braman holding an official kale

feast as a kind of banquet held every february in braman city hold it's an important social event in the region. lehman's histories closely tied to the huns the arctic air and shipping the christmas markets on the banks of the face the river with its medieval theme stalls we live in this golden age. the school hold us dressed like hands you have to mesh and certainly know all about traditional kale dishes. on the first thing i'd recommend would be old spice it's typical for curly keylock whooping it up. after a stroll around the historical old town of the market stalls a stop to walmart it's just the thing i get a little stand off as genuine plame and curly kale to go with it gold and hey honey

. i'm going to make a good clean i think if i make a hell box is. you can take out and walk around the christmas market with it the advantages are that it keeps your hands warm but you can eat it on the run and you don't have to get it all over yourself and make a new. kale goes with fresh smoked pork chops boiled sausage and potatoes. but how does it taste from the kale box to go. it's not only delicious i think so too can't do without it. the northern german city of women in winter is a fairy tale come true. and finally before we go we want to let you in on this week's drawing now since christmas is not far off we'd like to hear your version of the song silent night we've put together a medley that will share with you now. we

. know. the. news you. only. ok if you would like to take part and just go to our facebook page and share your version with us and by doing so you'll qualify to win a cd am a wooden christmas carol mitt and with that it is time to say goodbye thanks for tuning in to see again tomorrow. next time on your backs images sort of melancholy and come on t.v. scholars abandoned buildings looking for pianos to photograph. the pianist and photographer has spent a decade visiting the ruins across europe now he pays tribute to the spoken

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