Michelle Kwan will be making her first public performance in four years

Michelle Kwan will be making her first public performance in four years at the “2010 All That Skate LA” ice show in Los Angeles, California tonight. Kim Yu-na is the superior ladies figure skater of our era, combining awesome technique with dazzling artistry and unrivaled fluid grace — in many ways, she’s the closest the sport has come to the longtime dominance of Kwan. This weekend’s excellent lineup also boasts the dramatic, athletic Chinese pairs skaters Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo, the stirringly romantic and impressively eloquent 2010 Olympics dance champs Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, the always charismatic dance bronze medalists Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto (let’s hope he leaves his guitar at home, however), the cartoonishly flamboyant Johnny Weir, and the powerful German pairs team Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy.

Kim Yu-na just unveiled her skating program for this event last week. At a press conference held yesterday, Kim said she’s enjoyed training in Los Angeles with fellow skater Kwan, since recently moving from her former training facility in Vancouver, Canada. “I’m so happy to be LA.”

2010 All That Skate LA show starts tomorrow at Staples Center. The ice show includes two performances Saturday October 2nd, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 3rd at 3pm.

For more information please visit www.allthatsakte.com.