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Favourite Performances of All Time

gonewiththewind25

Final Flight
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Nov 4, 2017
What are some of your favourite performances of all time?

Mine are:
1. Evgenia- 2018 Olympics FS: The amount of emotion that she transmitted throughout this performance was so beautiful and so moving. It was the most heartbreaking program and end to an Olympic Cycle.
2. Savchenko/Massot- 2018 Olympics FS: While this isn't my favourite program of all time, or nowhere near it, I was so moved by the entire performance and was so delighted that Aljona finally got her OGM.
3. Ashley Wagner- 2016 Worlds FS: Again, not my favourite program, but I absolutely love this performance and I rewatch it all the time. It was so amazing for her to have that performance.
4. Shibutanis- 2016 US Nationals FD: It was, in my opinion, their best performance of any FD they've ever done in their life. It was such a moment and almost felt like their coming of age.
5. Javi- 2016 Worlds FS: A performance that NOBODY expected from him at an event where everyone expected Yuzu to win, Javier put on my favourite men's Free Skate of all time.
6. Yuzu- 2017 Worlds FS: This was just a beautiful example of Yuzu standing up when needed. It felt like such a big thing at the moment and I was so happy for him!

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Kitt

Final Flight
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Feb 1, 2007
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I was at US Nationals for #4 (Shibs). I have to agree that it was a real moment for them and for everyone who was in that arena. It felt so great to stand and cheer for them - the audience was one!!
 

BillNeal

You Know I'm a FS Fan...
Record Breaker
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Jan 10, 2014
Virtue/Moir - Prince at Skate Canada. Personally made it my goal to see them live at least once before they leave competitive FS again.
 

StephenGfan

Final Flight
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Apr 10, 2018
1) Moulin Rouge! V/M: 2018 Olympics individual event, Mahler 2010 Olympics (tie!)
2)Malaguena sasha cohen: 2004 worlds
3) R&J yuzuru hanyu: 2012 worlds
4) Dark eyes sasha cohen: 2006 olympics
5) Seimei yuzuru: 2018 olympics
6) Moulin rogue ashley wagner: 2016 worlds
7) Tango de roxanne yuna kim:2007 world
8) Schindlers list yulia: 2014 olympics team event
9) Rach mao asada: 2014 worlds/olympics
10) Prince medley V/M: 2017 worlds
 

friedbanana

End Turandot!
Final Flight
Joined
Feb 12, 2014
Virtue/Moir - Moulin Rouge FD at the Pyeongchang Olympics / Prince SD at 2017 worlds
Zhiganshina/Gazsi - Zombies FD at 2013 Worlds
Mao Asada - Rachmaninoff FS at the Sochi Olympics
Mirai Nagasu - Demons SP at 2016 Worlds
Yuna Kim - Danse Macabre at 2009 Worlds
Yuzuru Hanyu - Romeo and Juliet FS at 2012 Worlds / 2015 NHK


Hard to narrow it down, but those are some of my favorites!
 

iluvtodd

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 5, 2004
Country
United-States
As for performances we've seen live:

Michelle Kwan - Lyra Angelica @ 1998 US Nationals
Jason Brown - Riverdance @ 2014 US Nationals
Shen & Zhao - Turandot - 2003 Worlds
Javi Fernandez - Guys & Dolls - 2016 Worlds
Sean Rabbitt's free skate @ 2017 US Nationals
Sergei Voronov - Sarabande @ 2017 Skate America
Kurt Browning - Singin' in the Rain*, Brickhouse* (from SOI)

Performances we watched on TV:


Torvill & Dean - Bolero - 1984 Olympics, Hat Trick*
Brian Boitano - 1988 Olympics
Brian Orser - 1984 & 1988 Olympics, The Story of My Life*
G&G - 1988 Olympic free skate, The Man I Love*
Midori Ito's 1988 Olympic free skate & her 1992 Olympic "Rain" exhibition
Paul Wylie's Henry V - 1992 Olympic free skate, JFK*, Apollo 13*, Carmina Burana*
Kurt Browning's Casablanca
Elvis Stojko - Dragon - 1994 Olympics, & 1994 Worlds, 1492 - 1995 Worlds
Rudy Galindo's Swan Lake - 1996 US Nationals
Todd Eldredge's First Knight - 1996 Worlds, 1492 - 2003 Worlds, Il Mare Calmo de la Sera*, The Glory*, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life*, Better Days*
Michelle Kwan - Salome - 1996 Worlds. Pocahontas*, Hands*, East of Eden, Dante's Prayer*
Aliona & Bruno - 2018 Olympic free skate La Terre Vue Du Ciel, 2018 Worlds free skate, That Man - 2018 Short program
Meryl & Charlie - Samson & Delilah - 2009 Worlds (we got to see them skate to it @ 2009 US Nationals, and they were great, but they were even better @ Worlds!)
Ross Miner - @ 2018 US Nationals
Kristi Yamaguchi - Doop, Doop*, It's Oh, So Quiet*

* If a skater participated in Champions on Ice/Stars on Ice - we've been so fortunate to see many of their exhibition programs live!
 

LandShark

Rinkside
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Jan 31, 2018
Torvill and Dean, Mack and Mabel, Worlds, 1982.

Katarina Witt, Debi Thomas, Elizabeth Manley , SP 's Olympics /Worlds, 1988.
 

ladyjane

Medalist
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Jun 26, 2012
Country
Netherlands
Well, here goes. I'm restricting myself to a top 10, but there obviously exist many, many more great performances through the years! :

1. La Terre Vue du Ciel FS at the 2018 Olympics and Worlds (They're both excellent) by Savchenko/Massot
2. Winter SP by Yagudin, both at the Olympics and Worlds 2002.
3. Swan Lake LP by Rudy Galindo at US Nationals in 1996
4. Casablanca LP by Kurt Browning (forgotten the Year)
5. Paso Double OD by Torvill and Dean, Olympics 1984
6. Bolero FD by Torvill and Dean, Olympics 1984
7. Rachmaninov LP by Miskutenok/Dimitriev and the 1994 Olympics
8. Wonderland LP by Slutskaya at 2005 Worlds
9. Guys and Dolls FS by Fernandez at Worlds 2016
10.Fields of Gold Exh by Michelle Kwan at the 2002 Olympics.
 

lesnar001

Record Breaker
Joined
Jan 19, 2005
From oldest to most recent....
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev - Liebestraum 1992 Worlds
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev - Rachmaninoff 1994 Olympics
Chen Lu - Rachmaninoff 1996 Worlds
Sarah Hughes - Daphne et Chloe/Rachmaninoff LP 2002 Olympics
Yuzuru Hanyu - Chopin SP 2018 Olympics
Alina Zagitova - Black Swan SP 2018 Olympics

special mention --- from pro competitions from the early 1990's
Denise Biellman - On Golden Pond
Midori Ito - Rose of Pain
 

Fluture

Record Breaker
Joined
Apr 26, 2018
Evgenia Medvedeva - basically all programs but most of all: River Flows in You, Chopin and Anna Karenina - (2018 Olympics performance, otherwise I‘m not too fond of that program)
Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler‘s List, Megapolis
Carolina Kostner - Bolero
Yuzuru Hanyu - Seimei, Chopin, Notte Stellata
Yuna Kim - Send in the Clowns
Aljona Savchenko & Bruno Massot - La Terre vue du Ciel

And probably a lot more that I forgot to mention here. But if I see a thread like that, I usually go with the ones that immediately pop into my mind.
 

sjchilly

On the Ice
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Feb 16, 2010
Country
United-States
Best Performance ever was Brian Boitano, "Music of the Night" at World Professionals, 1993.
 

Seren

Wakabond Forever
Record Breaker
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Dec 21, 2014
There are so many

-Yuzuru Hanyu- Seimei at the 2018 OG (I know it wasn't his best performance of that program but it was so emotional because of his injury)
-Michelle Kwan- Fields of Gold 2002 OG Exhibition
-Yuna Kim- Send in the Clowns 2014 OG
-Mao Asada- Rachmaninov FS 2014 OG
-Akiko Suzuki- Phantom of the Opera at Japanese Nationals 2013/14
-Shibs Evolution at 2017 Worlds
-Wakaba Higuchi- Skyfall at 2018 Worlds.

Most of these are recent, there are a lot more but the recent ones are easier to find a re watch.

Honorable mention to Evgenia's Anna Karenina at the 2018 OG- it was when I first recognized the potential she had to grow as a performer and artist.
 

Spirals for Miles

Anna Shcherbakova is my World Champion
Record Breaker
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Aug 25, 2017
in no particular order...
Anastasia Tarkanova, SP + FS at 2017 JGPF
Mao Asada, FS at 2014 Olympics
ShibSibs, FD at 2016 Nationals
Evgenia Medvedeva, FS at 2018 Olympics
Polina Tsurskaya, SP at 2017 NHK Trophy
Sui/Han, SP + FS at 2017 NHK Trophy
 

rlopen

On the Ice
Joined
Jul 4, 2016
Yuna Kim - Adios Nonino - 2014 Olympics
Shizuka Arakawa - Turandot (2004 not 2006 duh)
Angelina Kuchvalska - Tango de Roxanne/Romeo and Juliet - Euros 2016
Savchenko/Massot - La terre vue de ciel - Olympics 2018
Satoko Miyahara - The Planets - 2016 Grand Prix Final
Carolina Kostner - Clair de Lune (not a competitive program but still an amazing exhibition performance)
Yuzuru Hanyu - Romeo + Juliet - 2012 Worlds
Evgenia Medvedeva - Dance for Me Wallis - 2016 Worlds
Anastasia Gubanova - Romeo and Juliet - 2016 Grand Prix Final
Marin Honda - Romeo and Juliet - 2017 Jr. Worlds
Alena Kostornaia - Adios Nonino - Anywhere really
Ashley Wagner - Moulin Rouge - 2016 Worlds
Anna Pogorilaya - Scent of a Woman
Mao Asada - Madama Butterfly - 2016 Worlds
Alaine Chartrand - Gone with the Wind - 2016 Nationals
Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler's List - 2014 Olympics team event
Sasha Cohen - Malaguena - 2004 Worlds
Michelle Kwan - Spartacus - 2005 Nationals
Maria Butyrskaya - Otonal - 1999 Worlds
Vanessa Gusmeroli - Legends of the Fall - 2000 Worlds
 

ladyjane

Medalist
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Jun 26, 2012
Country
Netherlands
Yuna Kim - Adios Nonino - 2014 Olympics
Shizuka Arakawa - Turandot (2004 not 2006 duh)
Angelina Kuchvalska - Tango de Roxanne/Romeo and Juliet - Euros 2016
Savchenko/Massot - La terre vue de ciel - Olympics 2018
Satoko Miyahara - The Planets - 2016 Grand Prix Final
Carolina Kostner - Clair de Lune (not a competitive program but still an amazing exhibition performance)
Yuzuru Hanyu - Romeo + Juliet - 2012 Worlds
Evgenia Medvedeva - Dance for Me Wallis - 2016 Worlds
Anastasia Gubanova - Romeo and Juliet - 2016 Grand Prix Final
Marin Honda - Romeo and Juliet - 2017 Jr. Worlds
Alena Kostornaia - Adios Nonino - Anywhere really
Ashley Wagner - Moulin Rouge - 2016 Worlds
Anna Pogorilaya - Scent of a Woman
Mao Asada - Madama Butterfly - 2016 Worlds
Alaine Chartrand - Gone with the Wind - 2016 Nationals
Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler's List - 2014 Olympics team event
Sasha Cohen - Malaguena - 2004 Worlds
Michelle Kwan - Spartacus - 2005 Nationals
Maria Butyrskaya - Otonal - 1999 Worlds
Vanessa Gusmeroli - Legends of the Fall - 2000 Worlds

Hahaha. Sorry about laughing (I couldn't help it, it just happened) but that '2004 not 2006 duh' is priceless. And I agree totally that the performance was so much better in 2004 Worlds!
 

LazarusPitHotTub

Rinkside
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Jul 29, 2018
I started this and realised that I should probably limit myself to some kind of max per skater otherwise it would almost all be V/M so I set that at 4

1. Virtue/Moir — Moulin Rouge, 2018 Olympic Winter Games
1. (Tie!) Virtue/Moir — Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, 2010 Olympic Winter Games
3. Gordeeva/Grinkov — Moonlight Sonata, 1994 Olympic Winter Games
4. Shen/Zhou — Turandot, 2003 World Championships
5. Yuna Kim — Concerto in F by Gershwin, 2010 Olympic Winter Games
6. Virtue/Moir — Farracus, 2010 Olympic Winter Games
7. Virtue/Moir — Dream a Little Dream, 2013 Grand Prix Final/2014 Olympic Winter Games
8. Yuna Kim — James Bond Medley, 2010 Olympic Winter Games
9. Shen/Zhou — Adagio in G minor, 2010 Olympic Winter Games
10. Michelle Kwan — Fields of Gold, 2002 Winter Olympic Games (EX)
11. Gordeeva/Grinkov — Classical Medley, 1988 Olympic Winter Games
12. Savchenko/Massot — La Terre du Ciel, 2018 Olympic Winter Games
13. Kaetlyn Osmond — Edith Piaf, 2017 Grand Prix Final/2018 Olympic Winter Games
14. Patrick Chan — A Journey, 2017 Canadian Championships
15. Wakaba Higuchi — Skyfall, 2018 World Championships
16. Kaetlyn Osmond — Black Swan, 2018 Olympic Winter Games/2018 World Championships
17. Shibutani/Shibutani — Fix You, 2016 US National Championships
 

laiyamanika

On the Ice
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Oct 20, 2017
Anissina/Peizerat - Flamengco Olympics 2002 :love::love:
Sasha Cohen - Dark Eyes Olympics 2006
Daisuke Takahashi - Cyber Swan 4CC 2008 :love: :love: (ugh... so hot!)
Virtue/Moir - Umbrellas of Cherbourg Worlds 2008 :love: :love: (kiss the girl already!)
Yuna Kim - Danse Macabre 4CC 2009
Daisuke Takahashi - Eye by Coba Olympics 2010
Virtue/Moir - Farrucas Olympics 2010 :love:
Mao Asada - Masquerade Waltz Olympics 2010 :love:
Yuzuru Hanyu - Romeo & Juliet 1.0 Worlds 2012 :love:
Carolina Kostner - Ave Maria Olympics 2014
Javier Fernandez - Guys & Dolls Worlds 2016
Evgenia Medvedeva - W.E. Worlds 2016
Papadakis/Ciceron - To Build A Home Worlds 2016 :love:
Yuzuru Hanyu - Hope & Legacy Worlds 2017
Shoma Uno - Loco Worlds 2017
Sui/Han - Bridge Over Troubled Water Worlds 2017
Yuzuru Hanyu - Chopin Olympics 2018
Sui/Han - Hallelujah Olympics 2018
Satoko Miyahara - Madame Butterfly Olympics 2018
Savchenko/Massot - La Terre Vue du Ciel Olympics 2018
 

draqq

FigureSkatingPhenom
Record Breaker
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May 10, 2010
Well, that took awhile, but here are my top 20 (in order):

Michelle Kwan - 1998 Nationals - Lyra Angelica
Savchenko/Massot - 2018 Olympics - La Terre vue du ciel
Yuzuru Hanyu - 2016 Grand Prix Final - Seimei
Michelle Kwan - 1996 Worlds - Salome
Yuna Kim - 2009 Worlds - Danse Macabre
Virtue/Moir - 2018 Olympics - Moulin Rouge
Javier Fernandez - 2016 Worlds - Guys 'n' Dolls
Davis/White - 2014 Olympics - Scheherazade
Yuna Kim - 2013 Worlds - Les Miserables
Shen/Zhao - 2003 Worlds - Turandot
Jeffrey Buttle - 2005 Nationals - Nagoygatsi
Alexei Yagudin - 2002 Olympics - Winter
Evgenia Medvedeva - 2016 World - W/E
Yuzuru Hanyu - 2018 Olympics - Chopin Ballade No. 1
Daisuke Takashi - 2011 NHK Trophy - In the Garden of Souls
Shen/Zhao - 2004 Grand Prix Final - The Nutcracker
Jason Brown - 2014 US Nationals - Riverdance
Patrick Chan - 2013 Trophee Eric Bompard - The Four Seasons
Savchenko/Szolkowy - 2011 GPF - Pina
Jeremy Abbott - 2014 US Nationals - Lilies of the Valley
 

gotoschool

Medalist
Joined
Mar 5, 2014
Mao Asada Rachmaninov 2nd concerto 2nd movement Sochi 2014 and Madame Butterfly Worlds 2016
Lu Chen Rachmaninov 2nd concerto 1st movement Worlds 1996
Midori Ito Scheherazade 1990 Worlds freeskate
Victor Petrenko SP 1990 Worlds
Yuzuru Hanyu 2012 Worlds LP
 
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