Hi, I just wanted to start a fun, off-season-like, and very subjective thread.
Everyone picks what they think is the Best Pairs SP, LP, and Exhibition...and you guys can ONLY pick one for each..
I'll start:
SP- Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze- "The Lady Caliph" (2001-2002)
LP- Mishkutenok & Dmitriev- "Liebestraum" (1990-1992)
Ex- Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze- "The Kid" (2001-2002)
I haven't seen as many of the pairs' competitions as I have the ladies', but from what I've seen these are my favorites:
SP: B&S - "The Lady Caliph"
LP: Shen & Zhou - "Turandot"
EX: Shen & Zhou - "Moulin Rouge"
I'll bite for this one, and boy will I be biased in my choices but I guess so will everyone else, LOL
SP: "Leyenda" Anabelle Langlois & Patrice Archetto :D
LP: "Tristan and Isolde" Jamie Salé & David Pelletier
Exhibition: "For You" Jamie & David(And I know that's an older one but its always been one of my fave exhibition programs)
Honorable Mentions: LP-"Turandot" Shen & Zhao, Exhibition-"The Kid" Elena & Anton and "The Man I Love" Sergei & Katia
"Chaplin" (or "City Lights")-Berezhnaya/Sikhuralidze '01
"Love Story"-Salé/Pelletier '02 (Olys performance)
"Nutcracker"-Shen/Zhao '04 (Worlds performance-omg!)
Mishketunok/Dmitriev-'94 Artistry on Ice Special (i think the music is the Rach #2-it's been a while since I've watched it )
"Variation on a Theme of Paganini"-Ina/Zimmerman '02 (Trophée Lalique peformance)
You should know better than to say only one. Clever people always find a way around that rule, lol.Originally Posted by VIETgrlTerifa
sp-B&S Lady Caliph.
lp-S&Z Turandot
ex-S&Z Come What May
Do you think I'm an S&Z fan?
I'm sorry. I can't choose only one.
SP - Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze "The Lady Caliph" (02)
Gordeeva & Grinkov "March of the Toreadors" (88)
LP - Shen & Zhao "Nutcracker" (04)
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze "Dark Eyes" (98)
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev "Rachmaninov" (94)
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev "Liebestraum" (92)
EX - Shen & Zhao "Come What May" (04)
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze "The Kid" (02)
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze "Impossible Dreams" (99)
Gordeeva & Grinkov "Reverie" (94)
Those are the ones that come to mind first.
SP-B&S Lady Caliph (2002 Oly)
LP-M&D Rachmaninoff (94 Oly) tied with B&S Citylights (COR2001)
Ex-G&G Reverie (94 Oly)
Personnaly, the best ever Pair's long program for me is from G&G - Vocalise
We saw Sarah Hughes use this music for her pre olympic year short program and it always make me remember G&G. Every time I think that we hear Vocalise, now or in the future, we will remember them.
I love the SP of B&S at the Olympics. Master piece to me.
I love also the long program of S&P Love story. Master piece too.
G&G's Vocalise was a pro routine, so I cannot compare it with other eligible programs that have more technical (jumps & throws) difficulty, but artistically it was an absolute masterpiece. I could easily pick it as the best from all the pairs programs. However, I got locked into the categories specified in the thread.
For me Vocalise is the best Pairs program I have EVER seen - regardless of tech content, pro/am whatever. It is just genius!
However here's my faves from eligible
SP - B&S The Lady Caliph
LP - S&P Love Story/ S&Z Nutcracker equal 1st
EX - S&Z Come What May - 04 Worlds. I hope they keep this for the new season. It made me
For me Vocalise is the best Pairs program I have EVER seen - regardless of tech content, pro/am whatever. It is just genius!
However here's my faves from eligible
SP - B&S The Lady Caliph
LP - S&P Love Story/ S&Z Nutcracker equal 1st
EX - S&Z Come What May - 04 Worlds. I hope they keep this for the new season. It made me
I'm assuming "The Lady Caliph" is B/S's SP from 2002? I was pretty sure their Olympic LP was to "Méditation" from "Thaïs" by Massenet?
Yes it was their Olympic SP
Recent favorite: Shen & Zhao / Turandot
SP: S&P Olys '04
LP: G&G Moonlight Sonata
EX: G&G Rodin Number
SP: S&P-Jalousie. while I'm not a fan of this team, I really enjoyed this program.
LP: M&D 1994-Rach. Amazing!
Ex: B&E-the one where he's dressed as a woman. Hysterical.
Pro competition: Leonova&Khvalko(sp?) Bolero. Was that ever cool.
Honourable mention: B&S Chaplin LP. That was great, too.
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