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Hall of Fame program edition!

tennisguy

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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.
 

SnowWhite

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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 :love: 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.

Bollywood was an OD, Carmen was a SD was it not?
 

noskates

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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.

Yes, I was pretty disappointed when Zhou skated to Casablanca. Kurt owns that music and no one will ever skate it like he did.

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.

Patrick Chan's Aranguez!
Michelle Kwan's East of Eden
Gordeev and Grinkov - pretty much any program they ever did
 

Weathergal

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Bollywood was an OD, Carmen was a SD was it not?


Yes, I was thinking memorable "short program" dances in general, but you're correct, of course.

But getting back to the intent of the OP and Andromache, I do find both programs quite memorable.

Another favorite (and I mention this one in honor of Ic3Rabbit :)), Jeremy Abbott's SP to Lillies of the Valley from Pina. I absolutely loved that program and felt that Robin Cousin's choreography fit Jeremy very well.
 

Ic3Rabbit

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Okay, time for mine, except for pairs and ladies because I really don't care all that much.

Men:
SP:
Jeremy Abbott: 2011-12 "Swing Kids" (This was from CoC in 2011, my favorite run of this program was at Nationals) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm5fue_2011-coc-men-sp-6-jeremy-abbott-usa_sport
Kurt Browning: 1993 "Bonzo's Montreaux" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIKTimWPp8I&t=94s
Alexei Yagudin 2002 OG's "Winter" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A_dtezybzM
Brian Boitano 1988 OG's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk_IXnlbd1U
Patrick Chan 2011 "Take Five" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHOMvzABdO8
Brian Orser 1988 OG's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCr-A8T5qQ
Javier Fernandez 2017 Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg4-2w0nI78

LP:

Robin Cousins 1980 OG's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg2lPhTYGNw
Jeremy Abbott 2012 Nationals: "Exogenesis 3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHbADOamI3s&t=27s
Scott Davis: 1994 "West Side Story" (That man could spin!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXWoyG8rbGk
Paul Wylie: 1992 "Henry V" OG's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nLhA7CVIok
Rudy Galindo 1996 Nationals; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lH9mg_ZneA


Ice Dance:

Davis and White 2007 FD "Eleanor's Dream" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhKUlEz5io
Davis and White's 2008-09 Paso Doble (Meryl owns that slide step) https://youtu.be/-KQqlLBTGoU
Virtue/Moir SD at Worlds 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_PLsiDtxAE
Krylova/Ovsiannikov 1997 Tango OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfTsN8dmAyQ
Torvill/Dean 1984 Bolero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcCj0xfO3H8
Bourne/Kraatz 1998 "Riverdance" FD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZxdCZUAPjo
Gilles/Poirier 2014 Hitchcock Worlds FD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkmNwZsEnA
Shibs 2016 "Fix You" FD Nationals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhb323seOkM&t=36s
Shibs 2014 FD: https://youtu.be/rH5yyq9_Gys
 
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iluvtodd

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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.

I agree that Kurt owns "Casablanca," :love: but I still enjoyed Vincent's performance of it. One of the first programs we saw skated by Ross Miner (@ a summer comp - he was a junior @ the time) was "Casablanca," and we were quite impressed with him even back then.
 

tennisguy

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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.
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.
 

Ares

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Mighty tough :drama:

Men (no particular order)

SP: Yagudin - Winter, Takahashi - In the Garden of Souls, Brian Joubert - James Bond soundtrack
LP: Yagudin - Gladiator, Takahashi - Blues for Klook, Chan - Chopin selection LP (2015/2016)

Ladies
SP: Asada - Chopin Nocturne No. 2, Kim - Danse Macabre, Carolina Kostner - Ave Maria (just outside Michelle Kwan Romanza SP).
LP: Kostner - Afternoon of a Faun, Asada, Kwan - Lyra Angelica, Asada - Masquerade Waltz

Pairs
SP: Berezhnaya / Sikharulidze - La Califfa, Shen / Zhao - Romanza, Volosozhar / Trankov - Bollywood program Nagada Sang Dhol
LP: Mishkutionok / Dmitriev - Liebestraum, Shen / Zhao - Turandot, Kavaguti / Smirnov - Claire de Lune or Belousova / Protopopov 1968 Olympic Free Skate - what is the music?

Dance
OSP: Klimova / Ponomarenko Golden Waltz
SD: Davis / White - Giselle, Virtue / Moir - Prince Medley, Ilinykh / Zhiganshin - Carmen
OD: Davis / White - Bollywood dance, Anissina / Peizerat - Flamenco (Salt Lake City), Grishuk / Platov - Libertango
FD: Anissina / Peizerat - Man in the Iron Mask, Davis / White - Samson & Delilah, Anissina / Peizerat - Carmina Burana (so I don't have to choose which of their programs I appreciate more :biggrin:), but if I were to choose 3rd one from different team ... maybe Pink Floyd from Virtue / Moir or To Build a Home - Papapadakis / Cizeron, it gets tough :drama:
 
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Rada

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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.
 
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plushyfan

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men

SP
Yagudin -Winter
Plushenko- Tango and Flamenco

LP
Plushenko- Nijinsky at Rus Nat
Yuzuru- SEIMEI
Browning -Casablanca
Johny Curry- Don Quixote

Ladies
SP
Oxana Baiul - Swan Lake

LP
Kwan- East of Eden
Kim: Girshwin
Asada: Rachmaninov, Sochi
Kostner: Bolero

Pair:
SP
Berezhnaya-Sikh-Lady Kalif

LP
Gordeeva/Grinkov - Moonligh Sonata ( I adore this program, but I think M/D were robbed)

Dance:

SD
Grischuk/Platov- Libertango- best tango ever, forever

FD- Torwil/Dean - Bolero
Bestemionova/ Bukin-Carmen
 
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Ares

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4everchan

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4everchan

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i am doing this without going to youtube ;) so from memory... which means that it's what i remember most.. but would also mean that it's also perhaps what i followed more closely (yes Canadian skaters will get an edge since I watch them at Nationals etc) i am only doing men as i follow it closer.

MEN SP

Buttle Adios Nonino
Chan Elegy
Chan Take Five
Chan Black Bird
Baldé Sound of silence
Javi Malaguena ( I have issues with this program but i still find it wonderful)
Yagudin Winter


MEN LP
Buttle Ararat
Chan 4 Seasons (2013 edition)
Chan Chopin
Chan Journey
Chan Aranjuez
Chan Poto
Nadeau Elvis
Ten Ambush from Ten Sides
Ten The Artist
Browning Casablanca
Hanyu Seimei
Takahashi Blues for Klook
Uno Tango
Lambiel 4 seasons with that shirt ;)


that's what i remember for now ;)
 

DiamondDust

Final Flight
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LADIES:

Mao Asada's Nocturne
Mao Asada's Rach II
Yuna Kim's Scheherezade


MEN:
Yuzuru Hanyu's Chopin Ballade
Javier Fernandez' Malaguena
Alexei Yagudin's Winter (I found this the most in the list so I watched it, it is indeed a wonderful wonderful skate)
Evgeni Plushenko's Tosca

Yuzuru Hanyu's SEIMEI
Misha Ge's Nutcraker
Patrick Chan's Jourmey

PAIRS:
Shen and Zhao's Turandot
Shen and Zhao's Nutcracker

DANCE:
Davis and White's Scheherezade
 

plushyfan

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I add my list
men SP

Javier- Malaguena in 2016

men LP

Chan- Four seasons at TEB 2013
 

Rina RUS

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Alexei Yagudin's Winter (I found this the most in the list...)

Yes, indeed. :thank:
As for me, I think I should see more videos with Browning and Takahashi (at least). Yet... it is so hard to stop watching Yagudin, especially when I don't know which videos of other skaters are more interesting than the others... So I'm really grateful for all the links in this thread. It would be even not fair to speak here about other my favourite skaters, because I haven't seen much, actually (or I don't remember much)...

I almost can't choose my favourite program between "Winter" and "Racing", even though "Racing" isn't the Olympic program.
"Racing" (SP, dedicated to "Formula 1")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfv3oCrTMzY

As for ice shows, Yagudin is the first one who decided to unite a skating show with aerial gymnastics, when Tarasova asked him to invent something unusual. He watched a video with Cirque du Soleil, and decided to learn something. He signed a document saying, that he is the only one who is guilty, if he falls down.
"Passion" (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34YV4udyR-M
 
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