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- Apr 1, 2014
Homage to Korea was a gorgeous program, and I loved Giselle too. She matured a lot in that year, but overall her situation broke my heart too. Seeing her on the podium crying hard was really hard to bear...
Giselle and Homage to Korea are my all time favorite Yuna programs. Send in the Clowns is also another all-time favorite. Pre-Vancouver Yuna was a joy to watch (and Danse Macabre and Tango de Roxanne are other favorites of mine). No one came close to her polish and projection on the ice, but there just wasn't that...emotional, almost cinematic depth to her skating as post-vancouver Yuna. It's like comparing a Disney Channel original movie to something like the Titanic. Not that Disney Channel movies are bad; in fact I enjoyed so many of them in my youth but something about her skating after 2010 she just seemed more mature, and more epic/timeless storytelling.
It's a bittersweet feeling because her most beautiful programs came after Vancouver, and when I rewatch them (as I used to almost daily/now I've been watching replays of my other favorite skater *looks at my avatar* but I'll admit artistically he can't touch Yuna) her skating has brought a lot of joy and beauty to my life. But it's tempered by the dark cloud of whether she was happy being there, or just doing it because of the immense pressure that was put on her. It's hard for me to watch her after her skates end, because you can tell from her reaction and her facial expressions, even when she skates well, that joy of skating is not there anymore.