Erskine hopes The Ice King will revive memories of a dancer from Birmingham who once shone as brightly as Rudolf Nureyev and who, he believes, should be just as revered.
The seven-year-old was allowed to learn to skate at his local rink in Birmingham instead – after all, skating was a sport, not an art.
“I remembered a bit about his skating, but felt a film that was as much about art as sport would be fascinating.
“The idea for my film actually came from a review in the Guardian of Bill Jones’s biography of Curry, Alone: The Triumph and Tragedy of John Curry,” says Erskine, 44.