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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzIMASKRm_4&list=PL68176171BC26C5B8&index=118&feature=plpp_video
2008 WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS LP: Lamento D'Ariane
This was one of her best programs ever. Beautiful sophistication, artistry and technique! A true masterpiece!
agreed, MK when she was trying hard with every move to extend and accentuate. Such a dream skater. You have hit all the favorites of mine. Red Violin was not as special but for her comp. programs at senior level, Lyra was the young MK but skating with freedom, joy, abandon. While Salome was perfect and that ending pose etched in my memory, I think Chen Lu was just as deserving. The level of sophistication Chen Lu skated with as a very womanly woman was hard to forget. Oh, amazing how two ethnic Chinese champions made that 1996 so memorable. I am a huge Chen Lu fan. The difference for me was MK was acting and while they tried to make her grow up fast with makeup, a sultry theme and the outfit, it seemed a little premature. Did MK have a real grasp of the subject, the woman she was interpreting? I wanted Gold for both, much how I felt at SLC pairs event.
I loved her SP, Romanza and her supreme confidence in that piece. I loved the music, the attitude she displayed and the costume. Amazing how MK transformed from a child with incredible solid jumps in 1995 to an exquisite chinese beauty in Romanza. Wasn't fun to watch her go from jumping bean to Lyra to Tosca? I feel her most beautiful, complete program was Song of the Black Swan. Her burgundy practice dress showing her lovely little figure is a favorite. MK sure had the best dresses, and the big budget. I wish I could have seen more of her teenage cute outfits in her COI numbers. Someone around her had exquisite taste. I marvel at how timeless even her costume choices were. Like Princess Di's dresses, there was rarely a miss.
Just a note I think Lamento was 1998, not 2008. Just a typo ( I make many) but someone might be looking for more info. Thanks CS for listing them. I did this in my inspiration thread and my homage to MK after she was nominated to USFS Hall of Fame. I never get tired of her 'hit parade.'
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