10(00) programs you ought to see before you die

[invisiblespiral]

I'm curious: What kind of book? A traditional paper-and-binding kind of book?

In any case, I trust your book will give will credit to Layback for the concept and to all the GS members who contributed their favorites. (I don't mean me -- I did not contribute anything, but so many others did.)
And if moriel's compilation is helpful to you in creating the book, moriel should get credit too.

My very rough eyeball estimate based on moriel's list is that GS members have contributed approx. 200-250 programs so far?

I don't know yet, it's just an idea as for right now and I don't know if I'd ever get it published... but if it did, I'd credit everyone.

 

[4everchan]

i will come up with something later... maybe... just surprised nobody even mentioned Patrick's Chopin..... it's so gorgeous.... and then noticed his Elegie and his Tango programs were also not listed ... surprising anyways I will come back later.... and will try to add to the compilation as many great programs are already mentioned.

 

[4everchan]

Here we are.... of course, I have mentioned some of Patrick's already...

Here are others not on the list as I type (or that I didn't see)....

Rahkamo-Kokko Sibelius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I31defGNagY

La strada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9S9LSXiRyY

Brasseur-Eisler WC 1993.... especially for the beginning pair spin and then the rach paganini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBRUc4afek

Josee Chouinard Comme-ci comme-ca for its joie de vivre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwkGv2JZYg

Duchesnay : jungle program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bO1mBvQP-o

Denis Ten 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PvwkFjEWPY amazing choreography

Kevin Reynolds 4CC absolutely brilliant 3 quad program.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6f0WF3BYCU
and SP from WC for its energetic unique style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viSKLV08rQw

Lucinda Ruh for the carriage and spins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0fvU4wnp34


and one last one to stay at ten

Beatles by Rahkamo Kokko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w19RRB3d6fw

 

[moriel]

Uhm link to W/M Spannish Flamenco leads to Winter by Alexiei Yagudin

thanks, fixed
probably a copypaste mistake from too much copypaste =D

 

[invisiblespiral]

So... I have typed up every single name that's been mentioned so far, and thrown in five more of my own...

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WLywDAMY7E (Takahiko Kozuka)

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTHAvCq82mY (Sui/Han)

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1JrR0cBBJo (Seguin/Bilodeau)

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCiWKyDv1E (Takahashi/Tran)

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeGqnLHzPPo (Coomes/Buckland)

Sorry... I was bored and feeling like doing something... and mimicking a book...

 

[Layback11]

Wow, thx to moriel for the epic list organizing everyone's suggestions into one convenient post.

Layback, I hope you will add a link to moriel's list to your OP. Very fruitful thread .

I will!

 

[jenaj]

Peggy Fleming 68 Nationals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdPKgg8SGys The same as her Olympic skate but without the mistakes. Love the spread eagle into double axel into spread eagle. Gorgeous layback, too.

Michelle Kwan 2003 Nationals LP http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1...gure-skating-championships-long-program_sport The only one I can find with the sound.

Shen and Zhao 2007 Worlds LP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niiLSEhPR74 A few mistakes but it didn't really matter. Tarasova said this program made her cry.

Ashley Wagner 2012 Worlds Black Swan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXc8UO8WLTQ Her breakout year.

 

[jajoana]

Irina Rodnina, Alexander Zaitsev, Kalinka Malinka. Bratislava 1973, Worlds, SP.
The music stopped during the programme and they kept skating in silence, then the audience started to clap. At the end there was a standing ovation, not a single judge gave them 6.0, it was said, they got a deduction because had skated without music. And they got a gold medal upon completion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KxBNQFvCyw

Irina Rodnina is eleven times European champion, ten times World champion and a triple Olympic champion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Rodnina#cite_note-brit-7

 

[invisiblespiral]

I am now writing blurbs. I have 2 written...

(Should I run them by GSers to see if they're good?)

 

[tureis]

A few more I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Alexei Yagudin - Revolutionary Etude (2001 Worlds SP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og59QN4L_ko - I happen to think this is his best performance ever
Stephane Lambiel - Four Seasons (2006 Worlds LP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F893u_lTNVw - a lovely soft touch to this very classical music, and the last minute is just pure joy to watch
Javier Fernandez - Malaguena (2015 Cup of China SP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9JLYumaNaU - my favorite men's short since Yagudin's Winter (hope he goes 100% clean at Euros or Worlds to do this program full justice)
Javier Fernandez - Guys and Dolls (2015 GPF LP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c81eMGmpYoc - this is the first program in my book where the vocals fully serve the program, and is choreographed and performed as much to the lyrics as to the music itself
Shen/Zhao - Who Wants to Live Forever (2010 Olympics SP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbqksMgGfo (from 4:00) - one of the best pairs' short programs of all time
Shen/Zhao - Romanza (2007 Worlds SP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5YwnDdnnCw - another one of the best pairs' short programs of all time
Volosozhar/Trankov - Jesus Christ Superstar (2013 Skate America LP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxxLXHL7rcA - lovely thematic touches in this grandiose program performed with pure perfection, and a fully deserved world record
Stolbova/Klimov - Addams Family (2014 Olympics LP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU-KfPZOUsk - a real star-making turn

 

[JMJ2015]

This feels like I'm missing something since nobody has said it and it's well-known but to my untrained eye, Davis/White Shecherazade (this and My Fair Lady were my gateway into first ice dance and this season men's and ladies skating)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqB_HeOQ6PU

 

[daphenaxa]

Mao Asada
-Rach 2
-Bells of Moscow
-Chopin
-Madame Butterfly
-Por una cabeza exhibition
-So deep is the night exhibition
-Chopin exhibition
all her programs tbh!!
Lu Chen Rachmaninov
Carolina Kostner Bolero (terrible quality sorry)
Yulia Lipnitskaya
-Schindler's list
-Elvis Medley
Irina Slutskaya Old pop in an oak exhibition
Rika Hongo Riverdance
Akiko Suzuki O
Elena Radionova Imagine exhibition


Daisuke Takahashi
-Blues for Klook
-Historia de un amor
-Sonata for violin
-Beatles
-Eye
Yuzuru Hanyu
-Seimei
-Chopin
-Parisian Walkways
-Phantom of the opera
-Hello, I love you exhibition
Evgeni Plushenko
-Sex bomb exhibition
-Gypsy Dance
-Once upon a time in America
-Bolero
-Michael Jackson Medley
-Carmen
-Tribute to Nijinsky
Shoma UnoTurandot
Denis Ten Kazakh folklore
Javier Fernandez Malaguena
Philippe Candeloro D'Artagnan

Volosozhar/Trankov
-Black Swan
-Masquerade waltz
-Violin muse
Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
-Lady Caliph
-Meditation from Thais
-City lights
-The kid exhibition
Shen/Zhao
-Nutcracker
-Turandot
-Meditation
-Who wants to live forever
-Albinoni's Adagio
-Romanza
Pang/Tong The pearl fishers
Mishkutenok/Dmitriev Liebestraum

Anissina/Peizerat
-Liberta
-Carmina Burana
Virtue/Moir Carmen
Ilinykh/Katsalapov Swan Lake
Papadakis/Cizeron Mozart Concerto 23

 

[4everchan]

d/r adele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LoYuPm8nAU for promoting a contemporary style of skating to contemporary popular music (not like I don't love the classical style but it's nice to see other types of skating too)
d/r muse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxt261pfG-s same as above but I chose this particular performance because it was the first ever landed 4Sthrow at canadian nationals.

 

[JMJ2015]

Bobrova and Soloviev 2013 Worlds FD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQBCDFrP84Y

Petchulat and Bourzat 2012 Worlds FD interesting costumes, wonderful lifts and done with a broken nose for Nathalie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWzqnl8BzwI

Shibs 2015 SD and FD NHK trophy. So original in the SD and the FD is beautiful and different than anything else out there this year that I've seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKvovUUUjyA SD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqg1aNDs7hQ FD

 

[whatif]

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[Sweet Dream]

I don't know whether Plushenko's Bolero at 2001 Worlds was mentioned above, but it is because of his breathtaking and perfect performances (both SP and LP) in Vancouver Worlds that I fell in love with figure skating!

 

[4everchan]

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[whatif]

always so positive. look, we can't all like everything that's listed but being respectful to other users would be great, as well as to the athletes. I truly enjoy D/R.

I am sorry you feel offended but just like your likes I have my dislikes. But perhaps this is not the right thread for voicing my dislikes. I removed my post.

 

[4everchan]

i appreciate it... i will remove the post I quoted you from

I am sorry you feel offended but just like your likes I have my dislikes. But perhaps this is not the right thread for voicing my dislikes. I removed my post.

 

[Mishaminion]

Tonya Harding - 1991 US Nationals LP.

Tonya at her very best, a joy to watch. Also very sad to watch, because she wasted her incredible talent. Remembered almost entirely for the infamous knee-whack and not for her abilities on the ice.