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Your Pick for the Best Pairs Program

VIETgrlTerifa

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
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)
 

BronzeisGolden

Medalist
Joined
Jul 27, 2003
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"
 

KwanFan1212

Joey Votto Fangirl
Final Flight
Joined
Jun 24, 2003
I'll bite for this one, and boy will I be biased in my choices but I guess so will everyone else, LOL :laugh:

SP: "Leyenda" Anabelle Langlois & Patrice Archetto :D

LP: "Tristan and Isolde" Jamie Salé & David Pelletier :love:

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 :love:
 

Matt

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 19, 2003
Recent Favourites

"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)
 

Chrystia Mee

Rinkside
Joined
Mar 31, 2004
VIETgrlTerifa said:
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)

You should know better than to say only one. Clever people always find a way around that rule, lol.

sp-B&S Lady Caliph.
lp-S&Z Turandot
ex-S&Z Come What May

Do you think I'm an S&Z fan? :love:
 

icenut84

Final Flight
Joined
Jul 27, 2003
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.
 

Vash01

Medalist
Joined
Jul 31, 2003
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)
 

chania36

On the Ice
Joined
Aug 2, 2003
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.
 

Vash01

Medalist
Joined
Jul 31, 2003
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.
 

floskate

On the Ice
Joined
Nov 18, 2003
For me Vocalise is the best Pairs program I have EVER seen - regardless of tech content, pro/am whatever. It is just genius! :love: :love: :love:

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 :cry:
 

Matt

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 19, 2003
floskate said:
For me Vocalise is the best Pairs program I have EVER seen - regardless of tech content, pro/am whatever. It is just genius! :love: :love: :love:

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 :cry:


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?
 

Antilles

Medalist
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
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.
 

thisthingcalledlove

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 24, 2003
SP- Despite the lack of technical content, I really liked Kazakova/Dmitriev's Also Sprach Zarathustra.

LP- Michkoutienok/Dmitriev's Rachmaninoff, Shen/Zhao's Nutcracker, Langlois/Archetto's Tosca (I can't help it! I just love that opera LOL), Savard-Gagnon/Bradet's Gone With The Wind

EX- Gordeeva/Grinkov's Nutcracker, and Vocalise
 

Matt

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 19, 2003
Ooh, I just remembered a good one----if anyone saw besides myself saw it, Elena Leonova and Andre Khvalko skating to "March with Me" by Montserrat Caballé. It was at a pro competition on TV in like, 1997. I just always loved some of the "stuff" they did, and her flexibility was :eek:
 
Joined
Jun 21, 2003
I didn't see the Leonova and Khvalko version, but March With Me is way up on my list of all-time awful skating music. All that shouting and screaming. Surya Bonaly also used it in exhibition, and I think Bourne and Kraatz. I had to cover my ears.

Mathman :)
 

Matt

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 19, 2003
Yeah....poor Montserrat Caballé, you can only take that voice for so long, lol :laugh: She can sing "Madame Butterfly" for me anytime, though.

I see your point, Mathman, and ITA...but somehow they made it work that time
 

Antilles

Medalist
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
I don't think it matters what music those two skate too. They're moves are so jaw-droppingly different from everyone else.
 
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