In 2001, Flack appeared with Aretha Franklin, choreographing one production number and two solos for the event. One week later, Flack accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Sports Foundation on behalf of Mabel Fairbanks. Inspired once again by Fairbanks, Flack founded her production company, The Color of Ice Production Inc.
Series was created by executive producers Jon Crowley and Burt Kearns. The veteran award-winning television producers, writers, developers and showrunners conceived of, originally cast, and shepherded 'Breaking the Ice' toward and through production, amid the COVID pandemic lockdown, network delays, and network and production company regime changes, over a seven-year period.