References, Resources, and Links

Commercially available videotapes (may be out of print, but can be found on eBay):

• Olympic Figure Skating Greatest Performance In History Volume II includes Robin Cousins' 1980 Olympic gold medal winning long program and is available on DVD (Region 1) and VHS (NTSC format) from www.tenmayflower.com.
• The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice with Dorothy Hamill
• Sleeping Beauty with Rosalynn Sumners
• Magic Memories on Ice II from ABC Sports (Challenge of Champions performance of Satan Takes A Holiday)
• Ice Skating Showcase: Great Performances of the 80's (World Pro performances of Satan Takes a Holiday and Machinery)
• Magic Memories on Ice from ABC Sports (out of print) includes part of Robin's 1980 Olympic long program, but not the complete program
• 1996 Star Spangled Ice, Blue Jay, California ( Falling in Love With You Again and Seven Little Foys)
• 1999 Cleveland Figure Skating Club show ( Whenever, Wherever, Whatever)
• The Cutting Edge --movie where Robin did the choreography and has a brief cameo as a TV commentator
• The Making of The Wizard of Oz on Ice contains interviews with Robin and others involved in the show's creation and footage from the arena show.
• Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular--routines from the Symphony of Sports shows. Not recommended, as the producers did not use much of the original music and dubbed in unrelated "background noise" instead, leaving the picture with worse than no sound.

The 1999 Cleveland Figure Skating Club show is available from:
Ledin Video
22645 - 15 Mile Road
Clinton Township, MI 48035
(810) 778-8971

The Making of The Wizard of Oz on Ice is available from Feld Productions at 1-800-466-0844 for $5 plus $4.95 S&H. All other videos are available from Video Sports Productions .

For those in the US with cable TV, the ESPN Classic Sports Network occasionally airs repeats of four of Robin's nine World Pro Championship competitions (1980, 1985, 1987, and 1988) in their Encore on Ice program.

Youtube has many old videos of Robin's skating

CDs:

• The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber (singing All I Ask of You, Starlight Express, and Superstar), The Songwriters Series MCCD 210
• Songs FromThe Rocky Horror Show as Frank N Furter, Carlton Sounds 30362 00162
• Songs From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the title role, Pickwick or Carlton Sounds PWKS 4163

Some major magazine articles:

• Skating February 1978
• Tracings Early Summer 1986
• Skating October 1986
• Skating April 1987
• Tracings Late Summer, October, and November 1987 (Three-part series on choreography interviewing Robin, Sandra Bezic, and Sarah Kawahara)
• American Skating World November 1989
• Blades on Ice Fall 1990
• American Skating World November 1990
• American Skating World July 1991
• Blades on Ice Fall 1992
• Skater's Edge September/October 1992 (long article written by Robin Cousins on Music and Skating)
• American Skating World July 1994
• International Figure Skating October/November 1995
• American Skating World March 1996
• Blades on Ice February 2000
• International Figure Skating March/April 2000
• Spotlight on Skating magazine June/July 2000
• Blades on Ice January/February 2005
• International Figure Skating November/December 2005
• iSKATE Magazine September 2006

Magazine information is available at http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/faq/references.shtml#Q2.

Books:

• Adventures in Frostavia, a children's book written by Robin Cousins, The Book Guild, 2004
• Skating for Gold by Robin Cousins with Howard Bass, Stanley Paul, 1980 (Robin's autobiography, out of print but can be found through used book sources, an excellent account of Robin's amateur career)
• Skateaway by Robin Cousins with David Foot, Channel 4 Books, 1984 (written to accompany a learn-to-skate TV series for Channel 4 in England, out of print)
• Robin Cousins by Martha Kimball, 1998

Other Online Articles and Photos:

There is a BBC interview with Robin

There is an interview with Robin in the Worthing Herald

There is an interview with Robin in Latest Homes Sussex.

Robin opened a number of temporary rinks in the UK in December 2007, and there is coverage in The Bolton News, the Blackpool Citizen, the Wirral Globe , the Chester Standard, and This Is Hampshire The December 29, 2006 Daily Echo has an interview with Robin.

The Independent published An email conversation with...Robin Cousins on February 6, 2006.

The Guardian had an Ask the Expert Q&A with Robin on February 9, 2006.

A video interview with Robin and photos of his Olympic gold medal in connection with the Making The News awards in January 2006 are online.

Craig Heath has an article on Robin online (scroll down the page to the second article).

A piece of Robin's artwork, a doodle of a dart (dragonfly) done to benefit the Devon Wildlife Trust, is online.

The Book Guild has a couple photos of Robin at book signings.

The Golden Skate has an online interview with Robin.

The Sunday Times has an interview with Robin.

There is a particularly inaccurate interview with Robin in the Daily Telegraph.

The BBC has an interview with Robin about his Sports Personality of the Year award and also Robin at the dedication of a statue of John Curry.

Britannica Online has an entry on Robin Cousins.

BarryNet has some photos from the StarSkates Tribute to Barry Manilow .

Contact information:

Linda Kremer
Billy Marsh Drama
11 Henrietta Street
London WC2E 8PY
England

Business correspondence can be sent to Robin's production company:

Cousins Entertainment Ltd.
Suite 207
22 Eden Street
Kingston Upon Thames
Surrey
KT1 1DN
England

Telephone: +44 (0)870-286-1588, Fax: +44 (0)870-286-1589
e-mail: Info@cousinsentertainment.com

Robin Cousins, Managing Director
Stephanie Jarman, Production Director
Alan Abretti, Ice Operations Manager

Other Skating Pages:

The Figure Skating TV Schedule has useful US TV listings for upcoming skating programs.