I realize you said you did this quickly, but I think you made some great choices.
I especially agree with Hanyu's Parisienne Walkways and Yagudin's Winter SP. As someone mentioned, the step sequence alone from Winter It's funny because Parisienne Walkways isn't usually mentioned when someone lists a favorite Hanyu program--and I think it's very different from much of his work--but I found his performance of it, particularly at the 2014 Olympics, mesmerizing. (And I don't even care for the song!
And a big yes to your Pairs LP choices! So happy to see someone mention Savchenko / Szolkowy's Pina. I just loved that program and thought it was brilliant. And very much agree with your mention of Kavaguti / Smirnov's Manfred Symphony. Although I hope it IS appreciated in years to come.
For Ice Dance OD, the first programs that popped into my head are Davis / White's Bollywood and Ilinykh / Zhiganshin's Carmen.
Vincent Zhou did Casablance this season - pretty hard to follow up on Browning. I think Javi could do that type of program - the other top men either don't have the look or the maturity for it.
Bollywood was an OD, Carmen was a SD was it not?
Bollywood was an OD, Carmen was a SD was it not?
Correct.
Vincent Zhou did Casablance this season - pretty hard to follow up on Browning. I think Javi could do that type of program - the other top men either don't have the look or the maturity for it.
Men
SP
Yagudin "Winter"
LP
Yagudin "Gladiator". "Iron Mask" was good, but "Gladiator" was first and it was great.
Plushenko "Saint-Petersburg" 2003
Ice dance
OD Grischuk / Platov " Libertango" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8HIFeB04DA
Could be related to the controversy in 2002 or that a lot of people hated that program (including many fans of Sale/Pelletier) - I would compare it to Medvedeva's short program this past season - the skipping rope for Medvedeva and the snow ball fight from Sale/Pelletier - it just wasn't everyone cup of tea.I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sale and Pelletier's Love Story! With the chemistry that was then flying back and forth between them I thought that was almost a perfect program.
And as for pairs... I think, Belousova/ Protopopov are unequalled. It`s beatiful and magic and you don`t need any difficult lifts and jumps while watching them.
Their olympic Free Skate from 1968 = magic! What was the music they skated to? I can't find any info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrL54VzA1T4
[url]https://youtu.be/LrL54VzA1T4?t=58s
Their lines from 0:58 to 1:02! Wow.
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Alexei Yagudin's Winter (I found this the most in the list...)