Best Exhibitions

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Fields of Gold - Michelle Kwan
Love Dance - Akiko Suzuki
You Raise Me Up - Shizuka Arakawa
Tango - Daisuke Takahashi
Meditation from Thais - Yuna Kim
Hallelujah - Carolina Kostner

Could probably name about 50 more Ex and show pieces that I love.

 

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Oksana Baiul at the 1994 Lillehammer figure skating exhibition to The Swan.

 

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Daisuke's Luv Letter started it all for me. It's still my #1 favourite to this date.

Javier's aerobics class was hilarious the first couple of times. I also like it when skaters bring back their nice competitive programs and skate it in a gala setting - like Joubert.

 

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Kulik -Mortal combat.

Petrenko - 92 Oly ex

Plushenko - All ex where he shows his humour. I found especially Assisay, so unexpected, so special!

Slutzkaya - Old pop in an oak

While i like a lot of skaters i don't remember particlar ex, some of then are to boring music, some of them are nothing special, some are lovely but not memorable...

 

TwinnerA

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jenaj said:

Michelle Kwan 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfDWTCxa7l0

The best exhibition of all time and the best performance by a ladies skater at this Olympics--IMHO, of course.

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I remember when I saw Michelle was crying during the performance, I burst out crying myself!

I was never particularly a Sasha Cohen fan, but I loved her Romeo and Juliet exhibition.

 

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TwinnerA said:

I remember when I saw Michelle was crying during the performance, I burst out crying myself!

I was never particularly a Sasha Cohen fan, but I loved her Romeo and Juliet exhibition.

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Michelle's 2002 "Fields of Gold" had me in tears, too. Even getting misty-eyed thinking of it now -- sentimental old fool that I am!

 

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Shizuka Arakawa- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDh7P0fv8YM
Michelle Kwan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1r9u8ye8ME
Akiko Suzuki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkD4lduKd2U
Mao Asada - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESD-1Z9Kzs4
Daisuke Takahashi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV87MF5HvdM
Yuka Sato - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmzjP7yCGs
Another Shizuka Arakawa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVvAolxXCsM

 

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More recent fun show programs:

Tessa and Scott- Everybody Dance Now. After the classical feel oh Mahler, this was fabulous at the Gala.

Marissa and Simon- Royals. Just so much fun and one of the more well choreographed American show programs. You can tell it was practiced and not thrown together in a day.

 

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fields of gold poops on everyone else by a factor of about 100

 

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hyperinflation said:

fields of gold poops on everyone else by a factor of about 100

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Thank you for that lovely image. I am sure that was exactly the impression she was going for.

 

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Buttercup said:

Thank you for that lovely image. I am sure that was exactly the impression she was going for.

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who says im not classy

 

skatedreamer

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hyperinflation said:

fields of gold poops on everyone else by a factor of about 100

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Now this is a person who really has a way with words!

 

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Mao's Jupiter, Ballade, Por Una Cabeza
Michelle's Dante Prayer, Field of Gold, Hands
G&G's Reverie

 

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It's technically a memorial and not quite an exhibition, but Katya Gordeeva skating it in Sergei Grinkov's memory in 1996 will always be the most poignant and meaningful.

 

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On the lighter side ... Johnny Weir skating to "Poker Face".

 

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I love Mao skating to "Por Una Cabeza." The footwork is amazing, the spins, the connection with the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97iu9hl9MX8

 

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noskates said:

Jason Brown - Can't Touch This

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I love Jason and I like this ex, but it's not my favourite one of his. I much preferred "Drop in the Ocean" or "Fly Me To The Moon". Unpopular opinion, I know.

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Kulik -Mortal combat.

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This one wins! I'd forgotten all about it. Axels with swords, don't mess with this guy.

 

cinnamon

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Olympia said:

I love Mao skating to "Por Una Cabeza." The footwork is amazing, the spins, the connection with the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97iu9hl9MX8

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together with Daisuke's gala after Sochi. He is more than an ice dancer in this.

 

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I don't really watch galas much - I tend to prefer competitive programs. But I don't think these have been mentioned yet?

Plushy - Tosca, 2006 Olympics gala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGrBSW-2DM

Plushy - Mack the Knife

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-7c-9GqE3Q

Brian - Sandstorm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KaPoRthgrU

(After all the mushy music so many tend to choose, I really tend to need a change of pace... )

4 Kings - Plushy, Brian, Stephane, Johnny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAsfKt_RV9k

 

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Silvia451 said:

No props, but this was magical. Lambiel's "Ne me quitte pas"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMvEQ8hXE5I

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I agree, magical. Same program for the Ice Age Cup Of Professionals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9snEtUHJZ0
And Toreadors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g4RNtT1giA

Also I really like Yulia's 2014 Je T'aime

2012 Je T'aime was really good especially at the JGPF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKKgZvEiyp4
And at 2012 Nationals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCh_JFfcZ_o

In 2013, I didn't like it as much because of trouble she was having, but it was still pretty good.

I don't really remember any other exhibitions that stand out (Because I don't actually watch that many). Oh, Tessa and Scott at the 2010 Olympics and Moore-Towers and Moscovitch at the 2014 Olympics.

What did you thinks of MT/M's A Skater's Waltz?