2013-2014 Programs by Discipline

[RABID]

arty: I absolutely loved it!!!!!!!!! Wow, she never really disappoints me in terms of her music choice! Sometimes it made me worry since some of her music - Homage or Vampire - were very new but not really audience/judge friendly. But this time both musics are already known yet not overused or considered as warhorse for Olympics. Adios will be perfectly suited for fierce Yuna, Oh, I just can't wait to see it!!!!

Same here. So excited by her choices and I can envision what her programs might look like on the ice (I expect to be shedding a few tears). However I have one question; in regards to tempo, doesn't "Send In The Clowns" seem a little down-tempo to what she usually skates in her SP? Now, it just the choreography...

 

[bebevia]

I personally think Yuna's choices are rather challenging.

The pieces are well known, masterfully beautiful and have been done by quite some but less than... Ballets and Operas, so are proven doable multiple times. However, they have also been proven hard to impress; neither of "Send in the Clowns" nor "Adios Nanino" is easy to perform to beyond the audio (I automatically stop 'looking' and focus on ears; I usually enjoy "watching" when I view musical performance videos). While these are memorable pieces, they also don't have the vigourous impact to capture the moment in between all those tension created by other skaters one after another. None of the past programs to these pieces have made a recollectable statement. (Except Buttle, but most of us sure had to ask and search up to find out that he skated to this, right?)

I hope Yuna's edit would make "Adios Nanino" more dramatic - I mean, it's deep and dramatic already, but... "commercial", I guess? Including a blissful full string orchestra rearrangement near the climax could help (many rearrangements exist):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyRpAat5oz0
http://youtu.be/iJD0ZUZH3qY?t=5m56s
http://youtu.be/wToAngp6Svw?t=6m6s

...And I really hope Wilson, though I love his talent, would go back to pre-2011-12, and make the choreography like... not replications? Although, I always think having him do one program and another do the other would've given her a broader range. I wish she hadn't gone through all that history to have a small trust pool.

 

[deedee1]

now its official, Olympics we'll a showdown of Latin/Tango themed musics

... their music announcement...just makes me to feel that Yuzuru's Romeo, Dai's Beatles medley, Max's Carmen, Ashley's Juliet, even Akiko's Phantom, all do have a fresh sound to me now, so to speak. :sarcasm:

 

[dorispulaski]

So far, these are the JGP competitors and alternates for JGP Riga who have updated their ISU biographies:

Brendan Kerry AUS
SP Nothing Else Matters by Metallica performed by David Garrett; choreo by Cindy Stuart
LP Gangster Squad by Steve Jablowsky; choreo by Cindy Stuart

Luiz Manella BRA
SP A Day in the Life by The Beatles; choreo by Ilona Melnichenko
LP Gladiator (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; choreo by Ilona Melnichenko

Ivo Gatovski BUL
SP Thunder by Nuttin' but Stringz, Winner by Nuttin' but Stringz; choreo by Nadejda Hristova
LP Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev; choreo by Naiden Borichev

Roman Sadovsky CAN
SP Live and Let Die by David Garrett, James Bond theme - Tomorrow Never Dies Mix; choreo Grzegorz Filipowski, Mark Pillay
LP Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schönberg; choreo Grzegorz Filipowski, Mark Pillay

Boyang Jin CHN
SP La Bayadere by Leon Minkus; choreo by Hailan Jiang
LP Charlie Chaplin Medley; choreo by Hailan Jiang

Zijeng Teng CHN
SP Take Five by Dave Brubeck; choreo by Wei Zhang
LP The Man in the Iron Mask (soundtrack) by Nick Glennie-Smith; choreo by Wei Zhang

Wenbo Zang CHN
SP La Cumparsita; choreo by Chen Wang
LP The Matrix (soundtrack); choreo by Chen Wang

He Zhang CHN
SP And The Waltz Goes On by Anthony Hopkins; choreo by Elvin Wong
LP The Artist (soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource; choreo by Elvin Wong

Samuel Koppel EST
SP Mack the Knife (from "The Threepenny Opera") by Kurt Weill; choreo by Liina-Greete Lilender
LP Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit (soundtrack) by Howard Shore; choreo by Liina-Greete Lilender

Juho Pirinen FIN
SP Hero by Itzhak Perleman and Kodo; choreo by Anastasia Bunina
LP Blue Diamond (soundtrack); choreo by Edvald Smirnov

Charles Tetar FRA
SP Historia di un amor by Perez Prado, Batacuda Brasiliera; choreo Annick Dumont
LP Matrix (soundtrack); choreo Annick Dumont

Adrien Bannister ITA
SP Breaking Point - Final Dance (Street Dance remix of "Dance of the Knights" from "Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev) ; choreo by Andrea Gilardi
LP Iron Man 3 (soundtrack) by Brian Tyler; choreo by Andrea Gilardi

Matteo Rizzo ITA
SP Swing Swing Swing; choreo by Vakhtang Murvanidze & Valter Rizzo
LP The Kid, City Lights, Non Sense Song (all by Carl Davis); choreo by Vakhtang Murvanidze & Valter Rizzo

Shoma Uno JPN
SP The Blessed Spirits; choreo by Machiko Yamada& Mihoko Higuchi
LP Steps by Secret Garden; choreo by Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi

Sota Yamamoto JPN
SP Technijin; choreo by Yuko Hongo
LP Lorelei by Raoul di Blasio; choreo by Yuko Hongo

Ryuju Hino JPN
SP TaTaKu (best of Kodo) by Tetsuro Naito, Motofumi Yamaguchi ; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto & Nanami Abe
LP Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto & Nanami Abe

Sei Kawahara JPN
SP Les parapluies de Cherbourg (soundtrack) by Michel Legrand ; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto & Nanami Abe
LP The Last Samurai (soundtrack); choreo by Kenji Miyamoto & Nanami Abe

Keiji Tanaka JPN
SP Instinct Rhapsody; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto & Nanami Abe
LP Doctor Zhivago (soundtrack) by Maurice Jarre; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto & Nanami Abe

Taichiro Yamakuma JPN
SP La Strada (soundtrack) by Nino Rota performed by Coba; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto
LP Lawrence of Arabia (soundtrack) by Maurice Jarre; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto

Deniss Vasiljevs LAT
SP Jazz Machine by Black Machine, Hey Pachuco; choreo by Ingrida Snieskiene
LP The Nutcracker by Peter I. Tchaikovski; choreo by Ingrida Snieskiene

Sondre Oddvoll Boe NOR
SP Crime Spree (from "Dick Tracy" soundtrack) by Danny Elfman, The Strength of the Righteous (from "The Untouchables") by Ennio Morricone; choreo by choreo by Michael Huth & Kaja Hanevold
LP Tango Medley by Astor Piazzolla; choreo by choreo by Michael Huth & Kaja Hanevold

Michael Christian Martinez PHI
SP Romeo and Juliet by Arthur Fiedler; choreo by Philip Mills
LP Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona; choreo by Justin Dillon

Krzysztof Gala POL
SP Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven; choreo by Yevgienia Gres
LP Game of Thrones by Ramin Djawadi; choreo by Yevgienia Gres

Jin Seo Kim KOR
SP La Boheme, Paco de Lucia by Almoraima
LP Dralion from Cirque Du Soleil, Varekai from Cirque Du Soleil

Dong-Won Lee KOR
SP Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra by Salvador Bacarisse; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto
LP Allegro con brio from Piano Concerto No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto

June Hyoung Lee KOR
SP For You
LP Uranus from The Planets by Gustav Holst

Giray Senol TUR
SP Prelude by Nobuo Uematsu; choreo by Tugba Karademir & Robert Tebby
LP Archangel by Two Steps From Hell, Nero by Two Steps From Hell; choreo by Tugba Karademir & Robert Tebby

Igor Reznichenko UKR
SP Beethoven's Last Night by Trans-Siberian Orchestra; choreo by Maria Tumanovskaia
LP The Man in the Iron Mask (soundtrack) by Nick Glennie-Smith; choreo by Maria Tumanovskaia

Jimmy Ma USA
SP Montserrat by Orquestra del Plata; choreo by Josh Babb
LP The Way by Zack Hemsey; choreo by Josh Babb

Jordan Moeller USA
SP Crystallize by Lindsey Stirling; choreo by Rohene Ward
LP Milonga del Angel by Astor Piazzolla, Tanguera by Luis Bravo; choreo by Rohene Ward

Nathan Chen USA
SP Summer and Winter from Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi; choreo by Nadia Kanaeva
LP Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Summertime from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin; choreo by Nadia Kanaeva

Tomoki Hiwatashia USA
SP Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck; choreo by Cydele Fadeeva
LP Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini; choreo by Cydele Fadeeva

 

[jennyanydots]

When I first saw Yuna's music choices I thought ugh, boring. But they are growing on me now. Send in the Clowns is a very pretty song. "Clowns" is used as a synonym for "fools" because it happened to sound better so it's not literal. I would assume David Wilson would have enough musical background to know that so I don't think we'll be seeing the Bozo Show. For those who have taken the clown reference literally, e.g. Adam Rippon's Clown/Pagliacci mash-up, it's a sign of ignorance. Unfortunately there are no guarantees when Yuna takes this to her ATS shows. I can already imagine a circus theme group number with all the requisite gaudy attire.

As for Adios Nonino, I think she'll do very well with a tango and the farewll theme is perfect. I really liked Kanako's take on it last season but I don't think they'll be comparable. Kanako is cute and spunky. Yuna will go the more sensual route for sure. I just hope she doesn't overcook it because the sexiness looks contrived when she does.

It'll also be interesting to see what she does with her exhibition, in the likely event that she and Carolina both make the podium. I much prefer Carolina's version of Imagine, both musically and choreographically plus she debuted it first. For Yuna maybe a reprise of Homage to Korea?

 

[MaiKatze]

Krzysztof Gala POL
SP Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven; choreo by Yevgienia Gres
LP Game of Thrones by Ramin Djawadi; choreo by Yevgienia Gres

Wow, I always wanted to see someone skating to the GoT soundtrack, because I think it is a good piece for figure skating! From this list, I think it is amazing, because loads of the younger skaters have great choices and are not as boring as the seniors! I think I will pay more attention to the juniors, this season, because most of these music choices are so great! I hope the choreos, will be equally as exciting (As far as possible for juniors).

 

[Finnstep]

Jin Seo Kim KOR
SP La Boheme, Paco de Lucia by Almoraima
LP Dralion from Cirque Du Soleil, Varekai from Cirque Du Soleil

I don't think ISU really updated Jin-Seo's biography. He's using soundtrack from 'The Mask' for his SP and soundtrack from the 'Legends of the Fall' for his LP this season.

La Boheme&Cirque Du Soleil are his programs from last season.

 

[plushyfan]

And when musicians release "greatest hits" albums, they ARE basically making a tribute to themselves and getting extra mileage and cash from old works with minimal effort.

Plu said about the program(google tranlation)

- Such a program is easier to make? After all, once you've done it.
- On the contrary - even more difficult. We are doing everything new! And it's important to get at least no worse than it was, with all the pieces of my best programs. But it's interesting. Naturally, we insert new elements, modify, invent. One can not simply add up all of the programs, all the pieces of choreography, which once served - and get a new program. It's just not possible! Figure skating is going forward in terms of tranzitions, slides, spins. And have to go with it the legs (smiles).

Do you think this guy is arrogante? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8acq8492xkc or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo7RfflL10 look at please

 

[plushyfan]

So far, these are the JGP competitors and alternates for JGP Riga who have updated their ISU biographies:

WOW! thanks Doris!

 

[Skater Boy]

I personally think Yuna's choices are rather challenging.

The pieces are well known, masterfully beautiful and have been done by quite some but less than... Ballets and Operas, so are proven doable multiple times. However, they have also been proven hard to impress; neither of "Send in the Clowns" nor "Adios Nanino" is easy to perform to beyond the audio (I automatically stop 'looking' and focus on ears; I usually enjoy "watching" when I view musical performance videos). While these are memorable pieces, they also don't have the vigourous impact to capture the moment in between all those tension created by other skaters one after another. None of the past programs to these pieces have made a recollectable statement. (Except Buttle, but most of us sure had to ask and search up to find out that he skated to this, right?)

I hope Yuna's edit would make "Adios Nanino" more dramatic - I mean, it's deep and dramatic already, but... "commercial", I guess? Including a blissful full string orchestra rearrangement near the climax could help (many rearrangements exist):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyRpAat5oz0
http://youtu.be/iJD0ZUZH3qY?t=5m56s
http://youtu.be/wToAngp6Svw?t=6m6s

...And I really hope Wilson, though I love his talent, would go back to pre-2011-12, and make the choreography like... not replications? Although, I always think having him do one program and another do the other would've given her a broader range. I wish she hadn't gone through all that history to have a small trust pool.

I think Jeffrey Buttle did an amazing Adios. Yuna is Yuna - Queen for now of skating so I am sure it will be a masterpiece. I do wish though more skaters would try different choreographers - bravo to Chan and others who mix it up. I remember seeing old skates and it appeared Sandra Bezic was the it girl. You just wrote basically Bezic on your back and bingo you are an artist on ice lol. Yes she did good work but still...I hear she focusses on commentating and ice shows so she makes more money that way - it would be awesome to see her do one program or a few. Now those who have Morosov should try Zueva or Wilson or even Zhulin or Krylova/Camelango perhaps. Buttle and bourne have done some nice work too.

 

[Finnstep]

Music that JGP Mexio competitors&alternates are using(ladies&ice dance), from their ISU biographies:

Brooklee Han(AUS)
SPrayor for Taylor by Michael Smith, Titanic Symphony by Richard Clayderman
LP:Secret(soundtrack) by Jay Chou

Taylor Dean(AUS)
SP:Anastasia by Dadvid Newman
LP:Avatar(soundtrack) by James Horner

Sadrine Martin(CAN)
SP:Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
LP:Liebestraum by Franz Liszt

Julianne Seguin(CAN)
SP:Jinsei no merry go round from Freedom Piano Stories 4 by Joe Hisaishi
LP:Gigi(soundtrack), Over the Rainbow(from Gigi soundtrack), The Partisans(from Gigi soundtrack)

Melanie Yuung-Hui Chang(TPE)
SP:Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo
LP:Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov

Lyydia Maattanen(FIN)
SP:The Artist by George Valentin
LP:The Chairman's Waltz(from "Memoirs of a Geisha" soundtrack) by John Williams, Becoming A Geisha(from "Memoirs of a Geisha" soundtrack) by John Williams

Jennifer PARKER(GER)
SP:Ladies in Lavender by Nigel Hess
LP:La Sylphide by Herman Severin Lovenskiold

Isabella Schuster-Velissariou
SP:Harem by Sarah Brightman
LP:Romeo and Juliet by Petr I. Tchaikovski

Yong Yeu Tiffany Lau(HKG)
SP:Crystallize by Lindsey Stirling, Crazy Benny by Safri Duo
LP:My Drag by Squirrel Nut Zippers, Bound to You(from "Burlesque" soundtrack), Hip Hip Chin Chin performed by Club des Belugas

Netta Schreiber(ISR)
SP:Take Five by Dave Brubeck
LP:The Artist(soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource

Giada Russo(ITA)
SP:The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
LP:W.E. by Abel Korzeniowski

Micol Cristini(ITA)
SP:Beethoven's Nine Secrets by The Piano Guys
LP:Tabarly

Rika Hongo(JPN)
SPon Quixote by Leon Minkus
LP:Miss Saigon by Claude Michel Schonberg

Riona Kato(JPN)
SP:Flower Duet
LP:Elizabeth the Golden Age(soundtrack) by Craig Armstrong and A.R. Rahman

Yura Matsuda(JPN)
SP:Espana Cani by Pascal Marquina
LP:Crazy for You by George and Ira Gershwin

Yuka Nagai(JPN)
SP:Violin Concerto by Peter I. Tchaikovski
LP:Violin Muse by Johann Sebastian Bach

Amirah Azfariena Azhari(MAS)
SP:A Little Scottish Fantasy by Max Bruch performed by Vanessa Mae
LP:Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov

Maria Jose Cavazos(MEX)
SP:Harem by Sarah Brightman, Sabre Dance by Aram Khatchaturian performed by Vanessa Mae
LP:The Sleeping Beauty by Peter I. Tchaikovski, The Lilac from The Sleeping Beauty by Peter Tchaikovski, Battle With the Forces of Evil(from Sleeping Beauty soundtrack) by George Bruns

Itzel Gaytan(MEX)
SP:Greyhound by Swedish House Mafia
LP:Michael Meets Mozart by The Piano Guys

Michelle Quintero(MEX)
SP:Vuelvo al Sur by Gotan Project
LPon Quixote by Leon Minkus

Sarah MacGibbon(NZL)
SP:Coldcase by Michael A. Levine
LP:Art on Ice by Edvin Marton

Samantha Cabiles(PHI)
SP:Mary and Steve's Tango(from "The Wedding Planner" soundtrack) by Mervyn Warren
LP:The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel

Da Bin Choi(KOR)
SP:Little Snowball
LP:Coppelia by Leo Delibes

Hae Jin Kim(KOR)
SP:The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(soundtrack) by Michel Legrand
LP:Black Swan(soundtrack) by Clint Mansell, Peter I. Tchaikovski

Na Hyun Kim(KOR)
SP:Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona
LP:Sabrina(soundtrack)

Chloe ING(SIN)
SPanse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
LP:Yellow River Concerto

Dominika Murckova(SVK)
SP:Maria and the Violin String by Ashram
LP:The Folks by Dave Grusin, No Hay Problema by Pink Martini

Michaela Du Toit(RSA)
SP:Carmen by George Bizet
LP:Nutcracker by Peter I. Tchaikovski

Josefine Taljegard(SWE)
SP:West Side Story(soundtrack) by Leonard Bernstein
LP:New York, New York by John Kander and Fred Ebb

Tanja Odermatt(SUI)
SP:Russian Swanlake
LP:La Bayadere by Leon Minkus

Yasmine Kimiko Yamada(SUI)
SP:Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla
LPeer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46 Morning Mood by Edvard Greig

Promsan Rattanadilok Na Phuket(THA)
SP:Celos by Enrique Chia
LP:Malaguena

Mariah Bell(USA)
SP:Besame Mucho, Malaguena
LP:Titanic(soundtrack) by James Horner

Polina Edmunds(USA)
SPink Cherries Cha Cha Cha, Besame Mucho, Another Cha Cha
LP:Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg, Morning from Peer Gynt by Edvard Greig

Yasmin Siraj(USA)
SP:Flower Duet from the opera Lakme by Leo Delibes
LP:Seven Years in Tibet(Soundtrack) by John Williams

Angela Wang(USA)
SP:A Beautiful Storm by Jennifer Thomas
LP:NIghts in the Gardens of Spain by Manuel de Falla

Katie Desveaux/Dmitre Razgulajevs (CAN)
SD:Foxtrot:Witchcraft, Quickstep:Let's Face the Music and Dance by Nat King Cole
FD:Goes Nowhere by Mike Hopkins, Waltz for Erica by Mike Hopkins, Descending by Mike Hopkins

Madeline Edwards/Zhao Kai Pang (CAN)
SD:Foxtrot, Quickstep
FD:Les Miserables

Mina Zdravkova/Henry Aiken (GBR)
SD:Quicksteputtin On The Ritz by Irving Berlin, Foxtrot:Cheek to Cheek by Irving Berlin
FD:Alice's Theme(from "Alice in Wonderland" soundtrack) by Danny Elfman

Charlotte Dyson/Paul Dredge (GBR)
SD:Charleston:No Dignity by Black Street, Quickstep:That Man by Caro Emerald
FD:Never Tear Us Apart by INXS, Let's Stick Together by Brysan Ferry

Carina Glastris/Nicholas Lettner (GRE)
SD:Foxtrot:I Wanna Be Loved By You, Quickstep:The Glove
FD:Tarrango Latin Medley

Sofia Sforza/Francesco Fioretti (ITA)
SD:Quickstep:That Men by Caro Emerald, Slow Fox:You Are the One by Tracy Chapman, Quickstep
FD:Le Temps de Cathedrales(Notre Dame de Paris soundtrack) by Richard Cocciante, Danse Mon Esmeralda(Notre Dame de Paris soundtrack) by Richard Concciante

Sara Ghislandi/Giona Terzo Ortenzi (ITA)
SD:Quicksteputting on the Ritz, Charleston
FD:The Kid by Carl Davis, City Lights by Carl Davis, Nonsense Song by Carl Davis

Elliana Pogrebinsky/Ross Gudis (USA)
SD:Foxtrotink Panther(soundtrack) by Henry Mancini, Quickstep:Jumping at the Woodside by Chacra Music
FD:El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez, Para Mi Nicole by Esperanza, El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez

 

[Finnstep]

Music that JGP Latvia&Slovakia competitiors&alternates(pairs) are using, from their ISU biographies:

Dylan Conway/Dustin Sheriff-Clayton (CAN)
SP:Nightmare(from Avatar soundtrack) by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra, Happy Feet(from the Avatar soundtrack) by The Manhattan Rhythm Kings
LP:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in F minor by Frederic Chopin

Mary Orr/Phelan Simpson (CAN)
SP:Cigarette Girl by Elliott Mayers and Telecast Orchestra, La Mer by Macklin Marrow, Cigarette Girl by Elliott Mayers and Telecast Orchestra
LPueling Banjos, Farwell Cheyenne(from "Once Upon a Time in the West) by Ennio Morricone, Country by Didler Riey

Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin(CHN)
SP:Meditation (from thais) by Jules Massenet
LPhantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Mingyang Zhang/Zhong Xie
SP:100 Years of Strauss performed by Andre Rieu
LP:La Strada(soundtrack) by Nino Rota

Marin Ono/Hon Lam To(HKG)
SP:Malaguena
LP:Black Swan(soundtrack) by Clint Mansell

Christina Zaitsev/Ernie Utah Stevens(USA)
SP:Gimme Gimme More by Abba
LP:Tribute to Charlie Black by Stanley Black

Anna Duskova/Martin Bidar(CZE)
SP:Italian Street Song by Victor Herbert, Waltz, Italian Street Song by Victor Herbert
LP:Jungle Berlin by Joseph L. Altruda, Show Me How You Burlesque(from "Burlesque" soundtrack), Bound to You(from "Burlesque" soundtrack)

Robynne Tweedale/Steven Adcock (GBR)
SP:Roxanne by Max Olsen
LP:Van Helsing(soundtrack) by Alan Silvestri

Alessandra Cernuschi/Filippo Ambrosni (ITA)
SP:Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota
LPearl Harbour(soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer

Giulia Foresti/Leo Luca Sforza (ITA)
SP:Can Can
LP'Artagnan

 

[thinspread]

I think Jeffrey Buttle did an amazing Adios. Yuna is Yuna - Queen for now of skating so I am sure it will be a masterpiece. I do wish though more skaters would try different choreographers - bravo to Chan and others who mix it up. I remember seeing old skates and it appeared Sandra Bezic was the it girl. You just wrote basically Bezic on your back and bingo you are an artist on ice lol. Yes she did good work but still...I hear she focusses on commentating and ice shows so she makes more money that way - it would be awesome to see her do one program or a few. Now those who have Morosov should try Zueva or Wilson or even Zhulin or Krylova/Camelango perhaps. Buttle and bourne have done some nice work too.

I wonder, why would one believe Skater A do fundamentally better with Choreographer 1 than with Choreographer 2? Who has the immediate tool to carve a piece out of raw material? Skater or choreographer, primarily? It's not to trivialize choreography writing, but I think it’s primarily the performer that can make the difference. Besides, we’ve seen too many cases a performer with blunt tool watering down the routine conceived by a choreographer, not to mention never getting it right in the first place.

 

[SaraM]

Here are some examples of adios noninos versions, skated before. music only

Denis Ten http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylWaQomG__c
Tessa & Scott http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82xdoeFlzCk
Usova & Zhulin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0B56xXW4Y
Elizaveta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQOSvzKgVrQ (love this version)
Christina Gao http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlZRpZ0u9ME

 

[aftertherain]

Davis, White mine Middle East for new free dance
Team to skate to 'My Fair Lady' for short, 'Scheherazade' for free
Posted 8/27/13 by Lynn Rutherford, special to icenetwork
http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2013/08/27/58610472

The world ice dance champions will perform to Nikoli Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, the tale of a Persian sultan who has vowed to execute each of his wives after the first nuptial night. His bride Scheherazade weaves stories that keep the sultan entertained for 1,001 nights. Finally, he resolves to spare her life and make her queen.

The music long ago cast its own spell on the skaters and their coach, Marina Zoueva.

"Even as far back as four or six years ago, any time we heard it, we talked about how much we loved it," Davis, 26, said. "It gave us chills. Now, we feel like we can do it justice."

"Obviously, it's great music, and more than that, we always felt the connection," White, 25, said. "Marina felt it suited us perfectly. We considered using it last season, but it's just too perfect as an Olympic program."

...

For their short dance to quickstep and foxtrot rhythms, they're sticking a bit closer to home, with selections from Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, including "I Could Have Danced All Night," "With a Little Bit of Luck" and "Get Me to the Church on Time."

"Our approach is to try to capture the feeling Eliza Doolittle had when she sang 'I Could Have Danced All Night,' which is really the song the short dance is focused on," Davis said.

"As the ISU has said, the quickstep is all about champagne -- a bubbly, happy feeling, like the essence of 'I Could Have Danced All Night,'" White said.

 

[Moment]

The rumour was true.

Who will have a better Scheherazade, Caro or Meryl plus Charlie?

 

[FlattFan]

I think all the top ladies should skate to Sheherazade. They have all skated to that piece. So it's all fair game for everyone.
The best one will get the gold medal. The boring ones will be sent to the Middle East.

 

[aftertherain]

The rumour was true.

Who will have a better Scheherazade, Caro or Meryl plus Charlie?

I think it'll be like 2011-2012, where both Akiko and Meryl/Charlie had brilliant "Die Fledermaus" programs.

 

[Ven]

I hope Yuna will change her exhibition to something Korean, looking forward to Pyeongchang 2018. She did change her exhibition in the middle of the last Olympic season, so there is precedent.

Nothing wrong with Imagine, I like the message of world peace she conveys. But the choreography is kind of cheesy, with her flashing #1 signs every time the word "one" is sung. John Lennon would be much better too.

 

[ice coverage]

"Our approach is to try to capture the feeling Eliza Doolittle had when she sang 'I Could Have Danced All Night,' which is really the song the short dance is focused on," Davis said.

"As the ISU has said, the quickstep is all about champagne -- a bubbly, happy feeling, like the essence of 'I Could Have Danced All Night,'" White said.

LOL, Virtue/Moir skated a very enjoyable exhibition program to a jazzy version of "I Could Have Danced All Night." They performed it for the first time at 2007 Skate Canada. Starting at approx. 2:50, it includes a few seconds that are very reminiscent of the Finnstep. :yes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWAL8DZPxmU#t=2m50s​

And LOL again for a second reason: Virtue's idol Audrey Hepburn played the title role in the film of My Fair Lady.