Unbounded by the terrestrial, thousands of birds move in synchronous patterns across the sky, like one enormous organism. The word murmuration is derived from the sound of hundreds of wings in flight, a thrumming rush that also curiously recalls the scrape and glide of ice-skates.

Founded by competitive skaters, Le Patin Libre upended the conventional idea of ice shows to create a radical new form of movement, infused with speed, power, and a dizzying momentum that goes beyond the virtuosic into a new place of unfettered freedom.

Inspired by the aerial choreography of birds, Le Patin Libre’s Murmuration transposes the swoops, swirls and configurations of mass flight to the ice. To fully embody this phenomenon, Le Patin Libre sought out the world’s most highly skilled skaters through a series of international auditions. Complex algorithms, infused and emboldened with meticulous choreography, become an aeriform ballet, embedded with risk, but mesmerizing in its beauty and razored precision.

As the performers mimic the movements of creatures fully in sync, the line between individuals and the collective blurs, then disappears. This group of virtuoso performers becomes a living plurality, moving together with instinctual ease – the very incarnation of grouped flight and epic grace.