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Brian began skating to keep him out of trouble while his older sister,
Janice took lessons. He pretty much enjoyed all sports, and so ended
up playing hockey for a few years, but it could never compare to the
sensations of freedom and movement provided by figure skating.
Life was proceeding in a normal fashion until the year Donald Jackson was the special
guest at Brian's club carnival. During rehearsals, 9 year old Brian
brazenly showed off for the celebrity, prompting Donald to suggest to
mother Orser that private lessons might be in order for the talented
young skater. She called Doug Leigh, and we all know the result.
In his autobiography, Brian describes the pressures of training and
competing that caused his education to fall by the wayside. One can
understand and forgive. Somewhat. But as of 1988, he still had not
yet finished high school, with just a few classes to go. And now, out
of the amateur rat-race for many years... Having been an academic all
my life, I find this to be nigh unbearable. 8)
For recreation, Brian enjoys skiing, water-skiing, swimming, and
(surprise, surprise) "rollerblading". He owns various businesses
with his brothers and sisters. He has been a colour commentator for
CTV for a number of years, but that is unlikely to continue through
the current restructuring.
Brian is very active in charity work. Following the death of his good
friend Rob McCall from AIDS, Brian
organized Skate the Dream. He is also involved with the Make
a Wish Foundation that tries to ease the suffering of terminally ill
children.
Basic Stats
- Birth Date: 1961/12/18/7:30am
- Home Town: Belleville, Midland, Penetanguishene, Orillia,
Toronto, ON
- Trains: Cricket Club, Toronto, ON
- Height: 168cm (5'6")
- Weight: 61.8kg (134 lbs)
- Coach: Doug Haw, Doug Leigh
- Choreographer/Stylist: Uschi Keszler
- Autobiography (with Steve Milton):
Orser: A Skater's Life
Key Porter Books Limited
70 The Esplanade
Toronto, ON, M5E 1R2
ISBN 1-55013-126-5
(look for them at Coles when Stars on Ice rolls through your city)
- Mother: Jo-Anne Orser
- Father: Harl (Butch) Orser
- Siblings(older): Janice, Bob, Mike, Mary Kay
Amateur
- 2nd, Worlds '88 (Budapest, Hungary)
- 2nd, Winter Olympics '88 (Calgary, AB)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '88 (Victoria, BC)
- 1st, Skate Canada '87 (Calgary, AB)
- 1st, Worlds '87 (Cincinnati, OH)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '87 (Ottawa, ON)
- 1st, Novarat International '86 (Budapest, Hungary)
- 2nd, Worlds '86 (Geneva, Switzerland)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '86 (North Bay, ON)
- 2nd, NHK '85 (Kobe, Jpn)
- 1st, St. Ivel '85 (Richmond, Grb)
- 2nd, Worlds '85 (Tokyo, Jpn)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '85 (Moncton, NB)
- 2nd, NHK '84 (Tokyo, Jpn)
- 1st, Skate Canada '84 (Victoria, BC)
- 2nd, Worlds '84 (Ottawa, ON)
- 2nd, Winter Olympics '84 (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '84 (Regina, SK)
- 1st, Ennia Cup '83 (The Hague, Netherlands)
- 1st, Skate Canada '83 (Halifax, NS)
- 3rd, Worlds '83 (Helsinki, Finland)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '83 (Montreal, QC)
- 2nd, Skate Canada '82 (Kitchener, ON)
- 1st, St. Ivel '82 (Richmond, Grb)
- 4th, Worlds '82 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '82 (Brandon, MB)
- 2nd, Skate Canada '81 (Ottawa, ON)
- 1st, St. Ivel '81 (Richmond, Grb)
- 6th, Worlds '81 (Hartford, CT)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals '81 (Halifax, NS)
- 6th, Skate Canada '80 (Calgary, AB)
- 2nd, Nebelhorn Trophy '80 (Oberstdorf,
W. Germany)
- 1st, Grand Prix '80 (St. Gervais, Fra)
- 4th, Canadian Nationals '80 (Kitchener, ON)
- 3rd, Vienna Cup '79 (Vienna, Austria)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals Junior '79 (Thunder
Bay, ON)
- 4th, Junior Worlds '78 (Megeve, Fra)
- 3rd, Canadian Nationals Junior '78 (Victoria, BC)
- 1st, Canadian Nationals Novice '77 (Calgary, AB)
- 1st, Canada Games '75 (Lethbridge, AB)
- 1st, Ontario Games '74 (Thunder Bay, ON)
- 4th, Outdoor Challenge '95 (Sun Valley, ID)
- Three Hours Past Midnight
Choreographer: David Wilson
- Summertime (Peter Gabriel)/Nice Work If You Can
Get It
Choreographer: David Wilson
- Deeply Dippy
Choreographer: Robin Cousins
- Moondance
Choreographer: Michael Seibert
- Lassiter/Harlem Nocturne
Choreographer: Uschi Keszler
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Choreographer: Uschi Keszler
- Danse Macabre
Choreographer: Uschi Keszler
- Otchi-tcho-ni-ya
Choreographer: Uschi Keszler
- Still Got the Blues
Choreographer: Uschi Keszler
- Hit the Road Jack
Choreographer: Rob McCall
- Istanbul (not Constantinople)
Choreographer: Rob McCall
- Havana
Choreographer: Rob McCall
- Minnie the Moocher
Choreographer: Rob McCall
- My Buddy
Choreographer: Sandra Bezic
- Orange Coloured Sky
Choreographer: Robin Cousins
- Calling You
Choreographer: Robin Cousins
- National Symphony Orchestra Concert On Ice
September 30, 1995, 8:00pm
Patriot Center, George Mason University, Fairfax VA (DC
suburbs)
Live in concert with the NSO...
Kristi Yamaguchi, Scott Hamilton, Gordeeva & Grinkov, Brian
Orser, Roz Sumners, Toller Cranston, Brasseur & Eisler, and
Hough & Ladret (cast subject to change, of course)
- Nutcracker on
Ice
Brian will be playing Godfather Drosselmeier
Nicole Bobek, Todd Eldredge, Peggy Fleming, Brian
Orser
Across the USA, Dec 1--30.
- The Big Skate - a charity exhibition
- Rhapsody in Blue - an exhibition
- Blame it on the Blues his latest TV special
- The Planets - a really cool show involving precision skaters,
synchronized swimmers, ballet dancers, and the Duchesnays
- Night Moves - TV special choreographed by Sandra Bezic
- Skating Free - TV special
- Skate the Nation
An all Canadian version of Stars on Ice that tours smaller
venues. '94-'95
- Sunlife Stars on
Ice '88--'95
- Discover Card Stars on
Ice '88--'94
- Anne Murray's Christmas Special 1988
Other Notable Awards or Achievments
- 1995, member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
- 1994, Professional Skater of the Year (chosen by American
Skating World magazine)
- Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of
Fame in 1991.
- member of the Order of Ontario
- Officer in the Order of Canada
- won an Emmy Award for Carmen on Ice
- won the Golden Rose at the Montreux international television
festival for Night Moves
- 1991-92 won a Gemini Award as Best Variety Special for
Night Moves
- 1987 on Maclean's magazine honour roll for "12 Who Made a
Difference"
- 1987, the first to land 2 triple axels in the same program
in competition
- second (and third, and fourth 8) to complete a triple axel in
competition
International Management Group
David Baden
22 E. 71st Street
New York, NY 10021
The Lion Sleeps
Newsletter
111 East Avenue #429
Rochester, NY 14604
Trudi Marrapodi
Orser's Endorsers
Fan Club/Newsletter
3634 Ash Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
note: this club is disbanding after this year.
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from the June/July '95 issue of International Figure Skating.
from
the Stars on Ice program booklet.
From Figure
Skating: A Celebration
from his "Deeply Dippy" exhibition program. From Blades on Ice