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This is the thread where we could put the best short programs ever for the women!
Wonderful choices! May I add Michelle's "Romanza" from 1998 US Nationals (and 1996 Worlds)?
I recommend this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRM4Qj2u_jo
It's nearly perfect. The 3A-2T, beautiful, beautiful and exqusite spiral and spin positions. I especially love the circular step sequence. The skating is smooth and seamless. She interprets the music so naturally that I almost forgot it was a choreographed program.
Nobody mentioned the obvious: Yu-na's 007 SP in Vancouver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofbph3T6_xM Irina Slutskaya's SP from 2002 Olys in SLC. I know she doesn't get too much love here (or on any English-speaking/North American board, really!), but I think this is pretty great. Lots of speed, technical elements all spectacular (especially the footwork and the spiral sequences), and I think she did a very compelling job of conveying a kind of athletic, commanding grace. No, she wasn't a pretty pretty ballerina princess, but she had a clear sense of command and purpose that I think matched the music very well. If you listen, it's not quite the soft, gentle piano ballad that Sandra is trying to make it out to be! Pretty forceful, lots of confidence, just like Ira.