Best/Favorite Programs 2014-2015

Ophelia · Nov 17, 2014

Now that we've seen all of skater's perform their programs, what are your favorites and the ones you consider to be the best of this season?

The standout to me is Papadakis/Cizeron's Free Dance. I don't follow Ice Dance closely and watch its programs sporadically, but P/C's FD blew me away upon first watch. The program is absolutely exquisite and unlike any skating program I've seen (in any of the disciplines). It looks like a modern dance program done on ice. There's a seamless, natural flow to it that is rare to find in skating programs; the majority of time, skating programs look skaters performing elements sequentially instead of incorporating them into a cohesive performance.

Meoima · Nov 17, 2014

K/S's Manfred Symphony LP. A masterpiece.

sunnystars · Nov 17, 2014

Papadakis and Cizeron's SD and FD!!

silverfoxes · Nov 17, 2014

Meoima said:
K/S's Manfred Symphony LP. A masterpiece.

Agreed! Also Javi's Black Betty, Misha Ge's programs, and maybe it's just me, but I love both of Konstantin Menshov's as well.

Also, The Master & Margarita from Astakhova/Rogonov is great.

Meoima · Nov 17, 2014

I/K's SD.

Elena is the Carmen I want to see in ID.

Mrs. P · Nov 17, 2014

Meoima said:
K/S's Manfred Symphony LP. A masterpiece.

Another vote for this one! Arguably my fave pairs piece this season.

Ester · Nov 17, 2014

Meoima said:
K/S's Manfred Symphony LP. A masterpiece.

Yes. Same here. Their SP is wonderful too.

zamboni step · Nov 17, 2014

Papadakis/Cizeron's Free Dance.
Satoko Miyahara's Free Skate.
Polina Edmunds's Short Program.
Mirai Nagasu's Free Skate.

karne · Nov 17, 2014

Max's Footloose (Unpopular Opinion, apparently) and Gladiator, and Jason's T&I.

Can I also vote for Josh's Schindler's List even if we haven't seen this season's version yet?

IcyEdges · Nov 17, 2014

Javi's Black Betty, Gilles/Poirier's SD, H/D's FD, I/Z's SD(Elena is the PERFECT Carmen if there ever was one!). Denis Ten LP,
Misha Ge's LP, C/B Muse FD, and of course(even though I'm going to get crucified for this) Abbott's SP and LP (when that Adagio LP hits its full potential it's going to be amazing).

Mrs. P · Nov 17, 2014

Mrs. P said:
Another vote for this one! Arguably my fave pairs piece this season.

Now that I think about it, it might be arguably my favorite program out of ALL THE disciplines. Actually that, along with Peng/Zhang's SP to Arabian Dance.

Sort of odd to see Pairs on the top of my list when I watch more Men/Ice Dance.

s_parks · Nov 17, 2014

Sui/Han's sp and lp, Yu/Jin's lp, Papadakis/Cizeron's sd and fd, Ten's sp and lp.

HanDomi · Nov 17, 2014

Ok after 4 events my favourites so far:

Javi SP
Yuzuru SP & LP
Denis Ten SP
Jason T&I
Richard Dornbush LP
Tarasova / Morozov SP
Sui/Han SP
KAvaguti/Smirnov LP

From Ladies hard to say... propably Kanako SP

Seems I like a lot of programs this year :dance:

anyanka · Nov 17, 2014

Isn't there a similar thread already? Here are a few choice free skates:

Kavaguti / Smirnov - Manfred Symphony
Papadakis / Cizeron - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A
Misha Ge - Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Chock / Bates - An American in Paris
Weaver / Poje - Four Seasons (Remix)
Tatsuki Machida - Beethoven's 9th
Yu / Jin
Duhamel / Radford - Muse
Coomes / Buckland - Muse (a trend?)
Samantha Cesario - Carmen - the only artistically satisfying ladies' program all season (not even my girl Yulia, at least not yet)

Alba · Nov 17, 2014

At the moment...

Pairs

K&S's - LP (their SP is good too. But I've seen it before, and nothing can beat B&S Thais Méditation)
S&K - SP&LP
Sui & Han - SP+LP
Cheng& Hao - LP
B&D - LP

Ice Dance

P&C - SD+FD
Shibs - SD+FD
I&Z - SD
P&X - FD
C&L - FD

Ladies

Yulia - SP (pending my judgement on her LP)
Samantha Cesario - LP
Ashley Wagner - LP
Miyahara - LP
Liza - SP
Anna P. - LP

Men

Abbot - LP (the best for me)
Yuzuru - SP+LP
Javi - SP+LP
Brown - LP
Righini - SP+LP (I enjoy them)
Gachinsky - SP+LP

Interspectator · Nov 17, 2014

Enjoying a lot of guys this year.

Men
Brezina SP
Dornbush LP
Yuzu SP+LP
Jason LP
Misha LP
Kozuka LP
Javi SP
Han Yan SP

Women
Satoko LP
Yulia SP
Elizaveta LP
Miyabi SP

msteach3 · Nov 17, 2014

Black Betty is the best program so far. Fun, fun, fun!!

begin · Nov 17, 2014

Mrs. P said:
Now that I think about it, it might be arguably my favorite program out of ALL THE disciplines. Actually that, along with Peng/Zhang's SP to Arabian Dance.

Sort of odd to see Pairs on the top of my list when I watch more Men/Ice Dance.

Yes! I love Arabian Dance and am a bit bummed so many people find it dull (but I also think all the POTOs need to DIAF and those are getting a lot of love lol).

Aside from pairs, Abbot's and Miyahara's LPs stand out the most to me.

alia jackson · Nov 17, 2014

^^ A fan stitched together Yuzu's POTO, it is :love:

. Now we need a healthy Yuzu to deliver it :popcorn:

Snow63 · Nov 17, 2014

I/Z 'Carmen'
B/S 'Anna Karenina' :biggrin:

Best/Favorite Programs 2014-2015

Ophelia

Meoima

Match Penalty

sunnystars

#teamotherskaters

silverfoxes

Meoima

Match Penalty

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!

Ester

zamboni step

karne

in Emergency Backup Mode

IcyEdges

Match Penalty

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!

s_parks

HanDomi

anyanka

Alba

Interspectator

msteach3

begin

alia jackson

Snow63

Pray one day we'll open our eyes.

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