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Favourite Programs this Quad

I tried to pick one from each discipline - ladies was the hardest, because there is no program for me who really stood out clearly from the rest

Yuzuru Hanyu's Seimei At NHK Trophy / GPF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1cOMqPaXYw
P/C Worlds FD 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1cOMqPaXYw
Savchenko / Szolkowy La terre vue due ciel LP at the Olympics (here is a youtube link from their GPF performance) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkKjE-u7j2I
Carolina Kostner's FD Rostelecom Cup 2017 LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r-1_8yfOjM. A close second is Wakaba's LP this season from her two GP events

Honorable mentions:

V/M Prince SD
Javier's Don Quijote LP
Shoma's Tango LP from last season (I really liked it :love:)
Patrick Chan's LP from last season (A journey - which made me his fan)
The Shibs Coldplay (the first one)
Sui/Han Blues for Klook SP :love:
 
Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot's SP "That man" and Papadakis/Cizeron's FP to Mozart in 2015.
 
Ladies: Mao Asada 2016-2017 Ritual Fire Dance SP&FS.

Men: Javier Black Betty SP.
Yuzuru Seimei FS.

Dance: V/M Prince SD.
ShibSibs Fix You FD.

Pairs: S/K Clair de Lune SP.
Sui/Han Bridge Over Troubled Water FS.
 
V\M Prince SD, MR FD
Chan: Esqualo, DITW SP, Blackbird
H\D: Caught out in the rain FD
Shibs: Fix You
D\R:Adele LP and Killer SP
Rippon: Fly on, Let Me think about it sp, diamonds exhibition
Wagner: LaLa Land, Sweet Dreams, HHCC
Mirai: Great Gatsby
Alex Johnson: Legends sp, elenor rigby lp
Ross Miner: Queen LP
Tim Dolensky: Awake My soul sp
Angela Wang: Rainbow SP, Circles LP
Jeremy Abbott: Adagio for Strings LP
Gabby Daleman: Rhapsody
Loena Hendrickx: Frozen SP
Kaetlyn Osmond: Edith Piaf medley SP
Javi: Flamenco SP (Malegueña)
Nathan Chen: Nemesis
 
I mainly watch singles skating so here goes.

Men:
Chan: Chopin LP
Hanyu: H&L LP, Chopin SP
Jin: Spiderman SP, La Strada LP
Uno: Nessun Dorma LP, Ladies in lavender SP

Ladies:
Wagner: Moulin Rouge LP
Medvedeva: Chopin SP (as you can probably tell, I really like chopin ahaha)
Asada: Madama Butterfly LP
Miyahara: The planets LP

Honorable mention goes to P/C's Mozart FD. I don't really watch ice dance but that FD was beautiful :love:
 
Carolina Kostner: Ne Me Quitte Pas SP at 2017 Rostelcom Cup (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFw2756Lxmc)
Kaetlyn Osmond: La Boheme LP at 2017 Worlds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubkDuAZkHGM)
Ashley Wagner: Moulin Rouge LP at 2015 Nationals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uTgLmLW4nQ)
Evgenia Medvedeva: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close at 2017 Worlds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLakJfSbYxs)

Yuzuru Hanyu: Seimei LP at 2015 GPF (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWQs--Rgl4k)
Javier Fernandez: Black Betty SP at 2015 Worlds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FjZDgP1mCA)
Joshua Farris: Schindler's List LP at 2015 4CC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJVgYB3DPhw)
Patrick Chan: A Journey LP at 2017 Nationals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bkT0q8MqFQ)
Nathan Chen: Nemesis SP at 2017 Skate America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpiCr0qYn8c)
Jason Brown: Inner Love LP at 2017 Finlandia Trophy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=styNqt9WmI0)
Shoma Uno: Turandot LP at 2017 Finlandia Trophy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZFMPosj2BI)

Savchenko/Massot: La Terre vue du ciel LP at 2018 Olympics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT6SnklMkVU)
Sui/Han: Bridge Under Troubled Water LP at 2017 Worlds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AngC3INBHLU)
Morgan/Cipres: Sound of Silence LP at 2017 Euro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoW3Zx_-3h8)

Virtue/Moir: Moulin Rouge FD at 2018 Olympics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s7vc0bx5hw)
Papadakis/Cizeron: Concerto No. 23 FD at 2015 Euro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtCBdvKuiKA)
Gilles/Poirier: Beatles SD at 2016 Worlds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVR6lnGLM58)
Hubbell/Donohue: Caught out in the Rain FD at 2018 Nationals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsYhq20QnA&t=58s)
 
Javi's Guys & Dolls, Figaro, Man of La Mancha, Malaguena, Chaplin (this season), Black Betty, Aerobics Lesson (is it originally from this quad?)
Aliona & Bruno - That Man, La Terre Vue de Ciel
James & Cipres - Sounds of Silence
C/L - Life is Beautiful, Dance of the Hours (exhibition program from 2016 Worlds)
Boyang Jin - Spiderman, Mars (The Planets)/Star Wars - 2018 Olympics
Gilles & Poirier - Beatles short dance -2016 Worlds
Hubbell & Donahue - Hallelujah short dance - 2016 Worlds
Satoko -Overture to "The Magic Flute," The Planets, Firedance (the flamenco program) - 2016 Worlds
Chock & Bates - Under Pressure - 2017 US Nationals
Marchei & Hotarek - 2018 Olympic Team Event free skate
The Shibs - Fix You
Kaetlyn Osmond - Sous le Ciel de Paris sp
Keegan Messing - his sp & fs this season, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (not sure which season he skated to it)
Sean Rabbitt's Mambo medley - 2017 US Nationals
Adam Rippon's Arrival of the Birds fs
Ashley Wagner - Hip, Hip, Chin, Chin, Come What May - 2016 Worlds
Daniel Samohin - Delilah
Alexey Bycheno - Hava Nagila - Team Event - 2018 Olympics
Sergei Voronov's Sarabande fs - 2017 Skate America & @ his other Grand Prix assignment this season
 
Shoma's Loco (worlds 2017)
Mao's Madame Butterfly (worlds 2016)
P/C worlds 2017 free dance
Sui/Han Turandot
 
Men's: Javi's Guys & Dolls or Shoma's 1st Turandot
Ladies: Mao's Fire Dance FS and Anna Pogorilaya's Scent of a Woman SP
Pairs: James/Cipres Sound of Silence and Sui/Han Stray Cat Strut
Dance: Ilinykh/Zhiganshin Carmen.
 
Erm... I have many though...:agree:
MEN :

Yuzuru Hanyu's......SEIMEI FS and Chopin Ballade SP (Basically I love all his programs:biggrin:)
Javier Fernandez....Malaguena SP, Man of La Mancha FS
Boyang Jin............Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon SP
Patrick Chan..........A Journey FS
Misha Ge...............Nutcracker
Jason Brown..........Inner Love
Sota Yamamoto.....Anthem

LADIES:
Mao Asada...........Ritual Fire dance SP and FS
Satoko Miyahara...Memoirs of a Geisha
Ashley Wagner......Moulin Rouge FS (Boston FS)
Elizabet Tursynbaeva...The Prayer FS
Rika Hongo...........O Fortuna and Riverdance (Boston FS)
Nana Araki...........Come, People of God
Yulia Lipnitskaya...Kill Bill (couldn't see the whole of it but I think it would've been wonderful, I still wish I could've seen the entirety of it)

DANCE:
Shibutani's.............Fix you
Muramoto / Reed... 2017-2018 FS

...and many more?:laugh:
 
Fernandez: Guys 'n Dolls FS/Man from La Mancha FS/Superjavi gala
Hanyu: Seimei (especially NHK 2015 and Olympics 2018)
Uno: Turandot 2015-16
Vasilievs: Puttin' On the Ritz SP 2015-16
Kolyada: Nightingale Tango/John Gray foxtrot SP
Voronov: FS NHK Trophy 2017
Pitkeev: Gala performance, Rostelecom 2015

Medvedeva: everything
Team Tutberidze’s performances in general (girls)
Ash Wagner: Hip Hip Chin Chin 2015-16
Anna Pogo: Tango in a Madhouse (gala), Sheherazade FS 2015-16

Stolbova/Klimov: I Put a Spell on You SP/ Rene Aubry FS/Tango de Besame SP, Carmen FS: 2017-18/Please Don’t stop the Rain (gala), Euros 2018
Duhamel/Radford: Your Song SP, Hometown Glory FS: Boston 2016
The Knierims: Nothing Else Matters SP (2015-16)

Gilles/Poirier: Beatles Medley SD 2015-16
Weaver/Poje: Strauss Medley SD 2015-16
Chock/Bates: Hip hop SD 2016-17
Bobrova/Soloviev: Masquerade Waltz, Montagues and Capulets SD/Anna Karenina FD (2015-16)/Present FD/Blue Canary (gala) 2015-16
Papadakis/Cizeron: Shape of You SD 2017-18

Special shoutout to Marchei/Hotarek. No matter what they're skating to, they're just brilliant characters. Love the Barbie Girl gala!!!
 
:biggrin: i believe it's another dude there

Correct :) You know, wishful thinking as well as "muscle" memory. Aliona and Robin did skate for a long time together so I automatically put his name after hers.
Not meaning to be disrespectful to Bruno, who turned out to be an amazing skater as well as an amazing competitor and who gave one of the best performances ever in an Olympic LP
 
ShibSibs' Fix You
Evgenia Anna Karenina
Evgenia WE
Alina Samson and Delilah from Russian Nationals
Anastasia Tarakanova Sarabande Suite
Alena Kostornaya Stella's Theme
Alexandra Trusova Big Spender
Wakaba Skyfall
Kaori Moonlight Sonata
Kaori Amelie
Boyang Spiderman
Dima Aliev's SP from this season
Sui/Han Hallelujah
Pavliuchenko/Khodykin Cloud Atlas
 
Tough to do! So I've chosen 2 for each segment per discipline:

Ladies
SP Osmond - Sous Le Ciel De Paris (Olympics 2018)
SP Kostner - Ne Me Quitte Pas (Italian Nationals 2018)
FS Higuchi - Skyfall (2017 CoC)
FS Wagner - Moulin Rouge (2016 Worlds)

Men
SP Fernandez - Black Betty (Worlds 2015)
SP Jin - Spiderman (Worlds 2017)
FS Chan - Chopin Étude (4CC 2016)
FS Hanyu - Seimei (NHK 2015)

Pairs
SP Sui/Han Spanish Romance/Farrucas (2016)
SP Stolbova/Klimov Clair de Lune (2017)
FS Duhamel/Radford Hometown Glory (2018)
FS Savchenko/Massot La Terre vue de ciel (2018)

Ice Dance
SD Shibs Coppelia (2016)
SD Virtue Moir Prince (2017)
FD Shibs Fix You (2017)
FD Papadakis/Cizeron To Build a Home (2016)

If I had to pick one program in each discipline (even tougher to do!) it would be:

- Wagner LP at 2016 Worlds
- Hanyu LP at 2015 NHK
- D/R's LP at 2016 Worlds
- P/C LP at 2016 Worlds
 
I simply cannot single out just one program being my best from entire quad or just one from particular discipline...So I listed all of those who reached me, got to me, impressed me by their structure/design, intricacy, complexity mixed with ease, musicality, connection skater made with it, expression, overall visual presented, combination of beauty and skill, originality, polish, effortlessness, commanding control, attack, attitude and so on. I just connect with various programs on different level of appreciation, especially depending how they are performed, treated by skaters, not even talking about execution/having clean performances to it.

Men:

Patrick's 'Blackbird' SP, Chopin FS, Journey FS
Denis Ten's 'Caruso' SP, 'Ambush' FS (from 2014/15 season)
Yuzuru's Chopin SP, Seimei FS, Hope and Legacy FS, 'Let's get crazy' SP (probably my favourite of them all, weird, I know)
Shoma's 'Legends' SP (LOVE that program!), Loco Tango FS, Winter SP
Adam's 'Birds' FS
Alexei Bychenko's 'Chambermaid Swing' SP
Deniss V. 2016/17 SP
Boyang's Spiderman SP and La Strada FS
Dmitri Aliev's Masquerade Waltz SP and 'To Build a home' FS
Jason Brown's Hamilton SP, Piano FS, Scent of love FS,
Joshua Farris' 'Give me Love' SP and 'Schindler's List' FS
Nathan Chen's 'Nemesis' SP
Alexander Johnson's 'In your eyes' FS
Nicolas Nadeau's Elvis FS and 'A wink and a smile' SP
Keegan Messing's 'Singing in the rain' SP and Chaplin medley FS
Elladj Balde's both this season's programs
Javier's Sinatra FS, Malaguena SP, Chaplin SP, Don Quixote FS.

From all of them, I probably have the strongest sentiment to Patrick's Chopin FS/Blackbird SP, Javier's Sinatra FS, Shoma's Loco Tango FS and Yuzuru's 'Let's go crazy' SP.

Ladies:

Satoko's every single program this quad, 'Firedance' SP, Miss Saigon FS, Sayuri SP, 'Planets' FS
Kaetlyn's Edith Piaf medley SP and Swan Lake/Black Swan FS
Wakaba's Bond FS, Gypsy Dance SP, Scheherazade FS, La Califfa SP
Mai Mihara's 'Mission' FS
Gabrielle Daleman's 'Herodiade' SP (AMAZING program!), Rhapsody in Blue FS
Anna Pogo's 'Scent of a woman' Tango SP, Bolero SP (minus costume), last sesaon's FS
Elizaveta Tuktamisheva's Bolero SP, FS form 2014/15 season
Mao's 'Madame Butterfly' FS and 'Bei mir bist du shein' SP
Carolina's 'Ne me quitte pas' SP, Debussy FS and 'Clair de lune' EX, Vivaldi FS ('Nisi Dominus') from last season
Ashley's 'HHCC' SP, 'Moulin Rouge' FS, I'd also include 'La la land' FS even if she performed it only once
Karen's 'On Golden Pond' SP and Tango Jalousie FS
Kaori's Beethoven SP and Amelie FS
Elena's Latin SP
Giada Russo's Red Violin FS, Eyes wide shut SP

Summing it all up - I think that I often return to Anna P.'s programs I mentioned due to emotional package, rawness and sensuality, to Satoko's/Carolina's programs to feel once again mesmerized by complexity and sensibility of sole movement to the music, to Kaetlyn's/Gabrielle's/Wakaba's programs due to this sheer powerfulness, attack, confidence in character I sense watching them. And I regularly re-watch Mao's Boston 2016 Worlds 'Madame Butterfly' which was not perfectly executed, but for me it summed Mao's maturity, essence of her skating and relation to the music beyond perfectly, on more primal/deeper level of emotion for me.
 
This quad was unusually good, the programs were EXQUISITE across all disciplines!!

We can't forget Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's FP in 2014-2015, though, in my opinion one of the most unique and creative programs
 
Ladies
Satoko - Planets, Miss Saygon, Sayuri, Madama Butterfly...
Kaetlyn - Edith Piaf
Giada Russo - Red Violin, Eyes Wide Shut
Elzbieta Kropa - Ezio Bosso's "Rain in your black eyes" (that's my no.1 overall in ladies. sorry Satoko, Kaetlyn, Giada...)

Men
Valtter Virtanen - La Strada
Javi - all programs
 
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