Signature Programs

[Olympia]

Definitely Lyra Angelica for Kwan, but also Song of the Black Swan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFp7RVrihvk

For Sasha, I often think of that waltz she did as her 2002 Olympic short program, "Sentimental Waltz"--she did such a good job, and the music was so haunting and individual

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIie7mouHpQ

Of course, Love Story for Sale and Pelletier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRWHwt91oj0

Browning: I think some of his pro programs have more impact for me than Casablanca. Here's Singin' in the Rain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXtd7xq7URM

Wylie: Henry V for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzxrQSbaCRU

[Tinymavy15]

Kristi Yamaguchi
Malaguena/ Bridge over Troubled Water

Katerina Witt
Carmen (kinda obvious)

Elena and Anton
City Lights

Sale and Pellitier
Love Story

Amber Corwin
Moon River

for me Tanith ad Ben's signiture program is the hot salsa/latin OD at the 2006 olympics.

[iluvtodd]

Paul Wylie - JFK, Carmina Burana, Apollo 13

Brian Orser - The Story of My Life

Michelle Kwan - East of Eden, Salome, Lyra Angelica

Todd Eldredge - First Knight, The Glory, Il Mare Calmo de la Sera

Brian Boitano - Music of the Night, Napoleon, Carousel Waltz, Appalachian Spring

Matt Savoie - The Mission, Adagio

Meryl Davis & Charlie White - Indian Dance, Samson & Delilah

Kurt Browning - Casablanca, Brick House

Torvill & Dean - Bolero, Hat Trick

Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto - their gypsy dance, If It Kills Me (from this season's SOI)

Rudy Galindo - Swan Lake, Village People Medley

Sasha Cohen - Dark Eyes, Romeo & Juliet

Bourne & Kraatz - Riverdance

Viktor Petrenko - Mambo #5

Kristi Yamaguchi - Blue Danube, Malaguena

Alexei Yagudin - Winter, Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia

Plushy - Sex Bomb

Elvis Stojko - Dragon

Philippe Candeloro - D'Artagnan

[dorispulaski]

Rahkamo & Kokko
The official video to Enigma's Beyond the Invisible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Qu9Dl6ZkM
And of course, La Strada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddAM_hvSsvo

Pakhomova & Gorshkov their Olympic FD 1976 Flamenco (gorgeous!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOE5hYmhRg

Usova & Zhulin
I just loved them at first sight-this Indian Temple Dance FD in 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNozY4jyNw

Duchesnays-I think it has to be Missing I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgo5-w7smSM

Grishuk & Platov The Feeling Begins FD 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLmywlzRkv0

Klimova & Ponomarenko 1992 Bach Air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIxXQWnV_Rg

Bestemianova & Bukin 1985 Carmen FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iju_RarH3rk

Wilson & McCall Elite Syncopations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoEIZiCYSRo

P&B-Although they skated their Clown program twice at Worlds, and it fits them like a glove, for me their Madness program was much more what they were about, but I most remember their Les Miserables program when I think of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbKG9NZpX98

Belbin & Agosto-I think I would go with their Let's Get Loud OD, since they performed it endlessly in exhibitions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewIqfjh1qvY
But I prefer Shadritsa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HmNY...eature=related

Navka & Kostamarov -Ain't No Sunshine when She's Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTY0rs7OQHA

Torvill & Dean. Although most remember their Bolero, and their best FD was for my money Mack & Mable, I would say their most memorable & my favorite piece was their Paso Doble OD. But Signature? For the many times they have performed some version of it, have to be Bolero.

Denkova & Staviyski, their 2003 Baroque OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGFbFEDI6DA

Delobel & Schoenfelder, I think their Frida FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zc38uESNkk

Domnina & Shabalin-has to be Masquerade Waltz, although Dance of the Spirits is very them, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1JcBm-H_dw

Blumberg & Siebert
Fred & Ginger Tap Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAyYy7XjrI

Virtue and Moir
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVli-xfJK0

Faiella and Scali
The Immigrants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWiN3BunPx4

Davis and White
Samson & Delilah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmV1_0jmHgA

[Olympia]

Doris, what treasures! Funnily enough, I was just thinking of Klimova and Ponomarenko's Bach Air program the other day, because I heard the music playing. And when I look up Denkova and Staviski, a favorite couple, I always look for that wonderful baroque OD. Thanks also for including Blumberg and Siebert and Rahkamo and Kokko, and the Duchesnays' "Missing." I look forward to watching every one of these. I love watching "Missing" and then watching Torvill and Dean performing their version.


T & D's version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJC_D8RLHQ

[janetfan]

With my favorite skaters it is not so easy to define a signature program. With Michelle it is almost always the last program I watch that is my favorite and stays that way until I watch another one. Too many great moments and impossible to narrow it down to one.

With Sasha it is about her qualities more than a program. I still have never seen another skater who moves like her, with such beautiful posture, lines and stretch.

Something about Chen-Lu's skating always made such an impression on me. In '98 she was not technically quite her best and still she managed to absolutely mesmorize the arena crowd and viewers around the world with the beauty of her skating. There was a gentleness and quiet dignity about her skating that made a powerful impression on me.

[Tonichelle]

Usova & Zhulin
I just loved them at first sight-this Indian Temple Dance FD in 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNozY4jyNw

Love the commentator's rant on the costumes! LOL I actually really like the costumes, way better than a lot of what we see now!

[cornell08]

Pang & Tong's 2004 LP "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeLH5nrq9s

IMO theirs' was the best interpretation of this music by any skater or skating pair. Part of me really hopes they'll go back to this for 2014.

[Ituriel]

Their glory... their curse

Brian Joubert - Rise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpaP...ext=1&index=21

Khokhlova/Novistki - Night on Bald Mountain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmztA5iMUSA

:(

[Layfan]

Michelle has so many amazing programs that it's hard to pick a signature. That is what sets her apart from other skaters.

I would not be able to limit myself to one in your DVD I'd include Salome, Rachmaninoff, Lyra Angelica, East of Eden, Tosca, Aranjuez, and throw in Fields of Gold for good measure.

I'd not forget Irina Slutskaya, Her signature without a doubt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBSI97Vuw8

And Tara Lipinski:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZhIs6OIJ-I

[Wrlmy]

ITA with both! so difficult to choose for my favorite skaters though. I will have to think this through.

[Dee4707]

Alexei....Man In The Iron Mask

This is the competition I love the best. It was won with heart & soul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=nSxR...eature=related

beating Plushenko .... I was on the edge of my seat.

Plushenko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztAA0GpCCKg

[jenaj]

Michelle-Rach '98 and EOE (World Pro '98 and others)
Sasha-Romeo and Juliet
Shizuka-Violin Fantasy/Turandot
Toville & Dean -Bolero
Oksana Bauil-Swan Lake and The Swan
Johnny- The Swan
Mao-Chopin Nocturne in E-flat
Yu Na-Gershwin Concerto

[dorispulaski]

Love the commentator's rant on the costumes! LOL I actually really like the costumes, way better than a lot of what we see now!

It's even funnier when you know the commentator is Toller Cranston, infamous in his eligible days for getting criticized by other commentators for his costumes.

[pista04]

Virtue and Moir
Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Completely agree, as well as Joubert's Rise program.

And, Castile and Okolski's Requiem for a Dream LP (especially at Nationals)