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What's your favorite interpretation?

Toffee

Rinkside
Joined
Apr 25, 2004
Just a few that came to my mind first:

City Lights aka Chaplin - Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
Gladiator - Alexei Yagudin
Romeo and Juliet - Sasha Cohen
Swan Lake - Ilia Klimkin
Tosca - Alexei Yagudin
Riverdance - Bourne and Kraatz
Nyah - Kurt Browning
Matrix - Brian Joubert :D
 

Ptichka

Forum translator
Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 28, 2003
anya_angie said:
I love B&B's Rasputin. When I hear people criticize it it makes me laugh, it makes me wonder if they know the story (or legend) at all LOL.
Agree on this.
 

anya_angie

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 20, 2003
hehehe ahhh a fellow Russian history-addict? :D :D :love: :love:

My favorite Matrix would be K&D
I'm not fond of any Tosca programs but if I had to choose a favorite it would be Irina Slutskaya. Yagudin's was great, but he lost the art somewhere in the middle I think.
 
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anya_angie

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 20, 2003
I notice as I download skating vids that a lot of people skated to Aladdin.

My favorite Aladdin program of all time (LOL or should I say the last 12 years cause that's all the older the movie is) is ILIA KULIK.
 

anya_angie

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 20, 2003
I notice a lot of skaters seem to have used Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and/or Romeo and Juliet in the same program. My favorite of these would be Alexei Urmanov, who did Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and Sleeping Beauty.
 

Lesyc

Spectator
Joined
Jan 1, 2004
Winter - Yagudin
Gladiator - Yagudin
Swan Lake - Oksana Baiul
Bolero – Torvill/Dean
Carmen - Katarina Witt
Moonlight Sonata - Gordeeva/Grinkov
Meditation - Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
Turandot: Shen/Zhao
Nutcracker: Shen/Zhao
Tosca - Langlois/Archetto
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Bestemianova/Bukin
Elvis Presley - Belbin/Agosto
West Side Story- Belbin/Agosto
Carmina Burana - Paul Wylie
Malaguena - Sasha Cohen
Romeo and Juliette - Sasha Cohen
Frida - Elena Liashenko
Fields of Gold - Michelle Kwan
Jesus Christ Superstar - Lobacheva/Averbukh
Matrix – Kazakova/Dmitriev
 

patsue1947

Rinkside
Joined
Jun 23, 2004
Tosca--Michelle Kwan
Aranquez-Michelle Kwan
The Feeling Begins--Michelle Kwan
Bolero--Torvill & Dean
Turandot--Shen & Zhao
River Dancd--Bourne & Kraatz
Ariane--Michelle Kwan
Salome--Michelle Kwan
Swan Lake--Rudy Gallindo
Moonlight Sonata--Gordeeva & Grinkov
Malaguena--Kristi Yamaguchi
 

Vash01

Medalist
Joined
Jul 31, 2003
Moonlight Sonata: Gordeeva-Grinkov
Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto: Mishkutenok-Dmitriev (Adagio: Chen Lu)
Swan Lake: Berezhnaya-Sikharulidze (and Oksana Baiul- a different portion of the ballet)
Turandot: Brian Boitano
Concerto Aranjuez: Michelle Kwan
Don Quixote: John Curry ('76) and Viktor Petrenko ('88)
The Nutcracker: Gordeeva-Grinkov and Bechke-Petrov '92 (tie)
Meditation from Thais: Berezhnaya-Sikharulidze
Carmina Burana: Paul Wylie
Claire de lune: Chen Lu
Die Fledermaus: Gordeeva-Grinkov
Memorial: Grishchuk & Platov
Bolero: Torville & Dean
Masquerade waltz: Krylova-Ovssianikov
Samson & Delilah: Irina Slutskaya
Romeo & Juliet (Tchaikovsky): Gordeeva-Grinkov
Romeo & Juiet (Prokofiev): Anissina-Peizerat
Ave Maria: The Protopopovs and Oksana Baiul
Vocalise: Gordeeva-Grinkov
Carmen: Katarina Witt
Malaguena: Sasha Cohen
The Gladiator: Alexei Yagudin
Giselle: Angela Nikodinov
Music of the night: Brian Boitano
Lieberstraum: M&D
Love Story: Sale & Pelletier
Rachmaninoff on a theme by Paganini: Totmianina-Marinin
Lawrence of Arabia: Yagudin
Matrix: K&D
Tosca: Irina Slutskaya
 
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thisthingcalledlove

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 24, 2003
You'll see- Pasha and Platov
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?- Katarina Witt (Berezhnaya and Shliakhov had a section of this music in their 1996 free skate *before the accident*, but the cuts made it too jarring)
Speed- Tanja Szewczenko (100 times better than Tara Lipinski's Speed programme)
Little Women- Tara Lipinski
Salome- Michelle Kwan
Don Quixote- John Curry (Is it just me, or did John Curry resemble Rudolf Nureyev, who ironically, also died of AIDS complications the same year?)
Addams Family Values- Krisztina Czako
Missing- Duchesnays
Carmen- BLANK (sorry, all the people who skate to Carmen never convey the FULL character; Krylova/Ovsiannikov conveyed only her madness, Katarina Witt her seductive quality, and Sasha...her bitchiness. What happened to conveying all of it?! There is also the lonely Carmen, that no one seems to get- the reason why Carmen is always surrounded by people, is because deep down she feels lonely...sorry to get all analytical, but I just wish skaters would stop scratching the surface and go deeper with Carmen)
Man in the Iron Mask- Anissina and Piezerat
2nd Piano Concerto- Chen Lu
Butterfly Lovers- Chen Lu (Susan Ng skated to it, but IMHO juniors should leave mature music alone)
Fever- Maria Butyrskaya
Piano Waltz- Irina Slutskaya (that program, IMHO was so adorable)
Tristan und Isolde- Sale/Pelletier
Swan Lake- Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze
A Chorus Line- Oksana Baiul
Il Mare Calmo De La Sera- Todd Eldredge (and I normally can't stand Todd)
Spente le Stelle- Drobiazko and Vanagas
Cell Block Tango- Bourne and Kraatz
Moonlight Sonata- Fumie Suguri, and G/G
La Strada- Jeffrey Buttle
 

KatyaFan

Rinkside
Joined
Jun 17, 2004
out of all the russian fold routines i always think of katia gordeevas 2002 program
charlie chaplin: b & s
swan lake: baiul
riverdance: b & k
cirque de soleil: gordeeva
moonlight sonata: g & g
bolero: t & d
vocalise: g & g
gladiator: yagudin
matrix: joubert
reverie: g & g
morning mood: gordeeva
mahlers adadgietto: gordeeva
memorial: yagudin
let me fall: b & s
mozart: g & g
a house is not a home: kulik
 
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SkateFan4Life

Guest
Some of my favorite numbers (and there have been plenty of them) include

Dorothy Hamill - "Phantom of the Opera",
Dorothy Hamill - "One Rock 'n Roll Too Many"
Robin Cousins - "The Devil Takes a Holiday"
Brian Boitano - "Water Fountain" (skating on the Alaskian glacier)
Katia Gordeeva & the late Sergei Grinkov - ANY number they performed. They were a magical couple, and they are so missed!
 

sk8ing_lady2001

Final Flight
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
BronzeisGolden said:
Claire de Lune - Chen Lu
Rachmoninov - Chen Lu
Concerto d'Aranjuez - Michelle Kwan
Tosca - Michelle Kwan
West Side Story - Katarina Witt
Swan Lake - Rudy Galindo
Meditation - Oksana Baiul
Turandot - Shen & Zhou
Madame Butterfly - Kristi Yamaguchi
Evita - Nicole Bobek
Dr. Zhivago - Nicole Bobek
Malaguena - Sasha Cohen
Liberstraum (sp?, their LP from 92 Olympics) - M&D
Henry V - Paul Wylie......without a doubt
The Mission - Paul Wylie

I agree. Those are amazing!
 
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