The Best Exhibition Programs

Bluebonnet · Apr 10, 2012

Shall we have some peaceful threads? :biggrin:

I'll start:

Patrick Chan's Elegy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKX--skJTI

Daisuke Takahashi's The crisis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvNSdSA22l8

Brian Joubert's Hallelujah:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APFQZ1yjxPM

I will add more when I have time. Hope to see your lists. Thanks!

evangeline · Apr 10, 2012

Michelle Kwan - East of Eden

Mao Asada - Ballade No. 1

Stephane Lambiel - Let the Good Times Roll

Buttercup · Apr 10, 2012

Anissina/Peizerat's Susanna

Dai's Bachelorette

Yagudin's Overcome

Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze's The Kid

Pechalat/Bourzat's Andy (the expression is classical and elegant :laugh:

) and George of the Jungle; they have my eternal admiration for wearing those skimpy outfits in freezing Bern, especially Nathalie who had to lie on the ice. Brrrrrr.

Michelle Kwan's Fields of Gold

Not really an EX but I wanted to include Kurt Browning doing Singin' in the Rain for being amazing.

I have included four exhibitions from the 2002 Olys gala - the good old days when nobody had yet heard of Adele.

ETA: oh, and the Kerrs' Exognesis and the EX version of the Scottish OD.

jiggs · Apr 10, 2012

Carolina Kostner - Solamente per Carolina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1_5QFLiiw
Stephane Lambiel - Ne me quitte pas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsAEbeL3NXU

Serious Business · Apr 10, 2012

As a big fan of exhibition numbers, there are too many for me to list! In fact, I've been putting off making a thread reviewing all the exhibition skates I liked from this season because it'd be a huge amount of writing...

periperi · Apr 10, 2012

I have two to add at the moment. I can't tell you the names of the music used in these exhibitions even though I've heard them many, many times :eek:

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Yuka Sato - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60wCbGpHMRI

Ilia Klimkin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhItfH3cL8M&list=PL40BB72C0E740B58B&index=69&feature=plpp_video I love how simple yet effective his spins are. And of course, his cantilever! :thumbsup:

iluvtodd · Apr 11, 2012

Michelle's East of Eden, Dante's prayer

Todd's Il Mare Calmo del la Sera, The Glory

Viktor Petrenko's Mambo #5

Paul Wylie's JFK, Apollo 13, Schindlers' List

Brian Orser - The Story of My Life

Olympia · Apr 11, 2012

THIS IS A GREAT THREAD!

Has anyone mentioned Mao Asada's "Por una cabeza" tango program? The footwork sequence alone could regulate your heartbeat and make the sun come out during a rainstorm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9921LChDlBc

And speaking of rain, I absolutely agree with Buttercup that Kurt's "Singin' in the Rain" has to be included here, even though it was made for a TV program and not as an exhibition skate. I like to think of it as kind of the gala exhibition ending for the TV show, because it was presented last. It truly can't be topped, and I don't think any other skater could have carried it off.

mikeko666 · Apr 11, 2012

Akiko Suzuki's Libertango, choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto
http://youtu.be/pwnoAOuPQHI
This is the best tango program by a lady to me.

l'etoile · Apr 11, 2012

Yuna Kim's Meditation de Thais http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7MiDoHzajk This one is so exquisite that you can have no doubt about her being the champion on ice.
Shae-Lynn Bourne's Caruso http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmvmh_UJOrA She's the only lady skater who can lead audience in awe without any jumps or big tricks.
Illia Kulik's Liebestraume http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnfn1LBVB-A Without mentioning a humongous triple axel led after spread eagle, this should be the role performance of how a male skater skates. Elegance and unstoppable flow carried with POWER.

Awesome thread btw

emma · Apr 11, 2012

great thread!! I love so many of the exhibitions already mentioned that i wouldn't know which one to choose as my favorite. so, just adding to the list - i love so many of Buttle's exhibitions (and his LPs, and sps...ok, just love his programs and skating

, but I'll add his Ave Maria ex as one of my favorites - I seem to remember that he had a very clean version of it, but unfortunately can't remember at which comp. His Canadian nationals version wasn't my favorite...but various versions are on youtube if you want to look.

Dragonlady · Apr 11, 2012

Shae Lynn Bourne, and a chair.

She did this program in Stars on Ice shortly after Victor retired and my first thought was "She's replaced Victor with a CHAIR, and it works!". Very clever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqZQlEfO3Lo

Bluebonnet · Apr 11, 2012

Wow! So many great programs listed already! :love:

I'll continue to extend my list:

Jeremy Abbott's "At This Moment" 2010 Nationals version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kb3bkj3w-g&feature=related

Ekaterina Gordeeva's Tribute To Sergei Grinkov:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ww0sfsSpg

Johnny Weir's My Way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCZOjW9h0tY

Johnny Weir's Unchained Melody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qxA9jxmfkc

silverlake22 · Apr 11, 2012

Great thread!

Mini Ando:
Bolero at 2009 Worlds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnM9lGwAxX0
Black Swan (this year's show program) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KSV7lGzie0

Mao Asada:
Chopin Ballde No. 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qb9GJ1nS0w

Patrick Chan:
Rachmaninoff 11-12 EX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M5Oxe272bU

Jammers · Apr 11, 2012

That spread eagle into a triple axel was insane. Illia Kulik's best years were still ahead of him to bad he retired from competition after Nagao he would have gone down as maybe the best ever. He hadn't even peaked as a skater.

Dragonlady · Apr 11, 2012

Ilia Kulik - Baseball Cap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tileKDK4eg

and RockIt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-rWLgahSnw

snejina · Apr 11, 2012

Anissina and Peizerat - Time To Say Goodbye
Alissa Chisny - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Plushenko - all his exhibition routines
Virtue Moir - Violin Sonata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CVc5QbzAUA

cornell08 · Apr 11, 2012

Gordeeva & Grinkov, Fly Doves Fly 1986.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2Ezi4QOZM

OS · Apr 11, 2012

Some lovely exhibitions... this is my personal fav, Yuna Kim's 'Only Hope'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvBrBZGweV0

This one sealed me as fan after just watched the Danse Macabre on the same evening that convinces me she is more than the 'It Girl du jour.'

Heart breaking and warming at the same time, world championship continues to escape her despite winning GPF 2 years in a row amidst struggling with injuries and uncertainty. Poignant and unforgettable, her 'Field of Gold' (My Michelle Kwan favourite.)

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And i just want to add this one to the list, Meditation from Thais - one of the most beautiful music of all the time has never quite been performed quite this way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da8HEwnKBu8

I just :clap:

Kurt... Comedy is hard to do, but no one does it with more ease and charm than this guy.

Some of the great comedy exhibition I can think of is Debby Thomas's '86 'Wanda Beezle' one, and Plushenko 'Sex Bomb' (Or is it more a satire of himself? hmmm...). Anyone else can recommend any other good ones?

Tonichelle · Apr 11, 2012

Kurt Browning - Ain't No Sunshine: http://youtu.be/FKDHoI0MEdU
Kurt Browning - Red Hat Trick: http://youtu.be/LHN_1kaVIl4 (not the best performance but the only one I can find.)
Kurt Browning - Play That Funky Music: http://youtu.be/Rw6m10kfq80
Kurt Browning - Summertime: http://youtu.be/89UXQkTZbQk (again not the best performance, but the only one I could find.)
Kurt Browning - Antares: http://youtu.be/2Tcy--wXe5w (second jump is the quad... 10 years after his first official quad)
Kurt Browning - Nyah: http://youtu.be/l0Izl1CA1uA (probably his best EVER)

ok I'm seeing a pattern... I click on one vid then am reminded of others... I'll add more later, of other skaters lol

The Best Exhibition Programs

Bluebonnet

evangeline

Buttercup

jiggs

Serious Business

periperi

iluvtodd

Olympia

mikeko666

l'etoile

emma

Dragonlady

Bluebonnet

silverlake22

Jammers

Dragonlady

snejina

cornell08

OS

Sedated by Modonium

Tonichelle

Idita-Rock-n-Roll

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