Mao Asada

[luckykid]

Some programs from THE ICE 2014 have been uploaded on YouTube by user JPTV.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn0jt61Kcp5aY7HDiOOrhlQ/videos

I'm impressed that Fuji TV showed everything I wanted to see like Jeff & Mao's Bolero and Patrick & Jeff's Elegie. Gave me goosebumps :thumbsup:

Thank you!!! I forgot to record it and I was so sad.

 

[ioanna]

They already removed the sound to Jeff & Mao's Bolero.

 

[mikaboo]

They already removed the sound to Jeff & Mao's Bolero.

That was fast! I hope it will turn up on Dailymotion or Niconico soon. I'd try it myself but my Mac doesn't play DVDs recorded from TV :disapp:

 

[sunnystars]

They already removed the sound to Jeff & Mao's Bolero.

Is it weird that I actually tried to pair up the bgm from T/D's program with Jeff and Mao's bolero?

 

[ioanna]

^ I think I'm going to do that too actually.

 

[mikaboo]

The whole program of THE ICE 2014 (Fuji TV version) has been uploaded on Dailymotion now by Pino.
(Mao & Jeff's Bolero is on Part 4 from 4:14)

THE ICE 1
THE ICE 2
THE ICE 3
THE ICE 4

 

[lady_bee]

The whole program of THE ICE 2014 (Fuji TV version) has been uploaded on Dailymotion now by Pino.
(Mao & Jeff's Bolero is on Part 4 from 4:14)

THE ICE 1
THE ICE 2
THE ICE 3
THE ICE 4

Thank you very much, mikaboo
I have been looking for the videos.

 

[giulia95]

Bolero is

thanks for the videos!!

 

[jimeonji]

Thank you for the links, mikaboo! Mao and Jeff's Bolero

 

[Barb]

yes, their Bolero was great and a nice tribute to T/D

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

Speaking of tributes to Bolero has everyone seen this tribute to Torvill and Dean's Bolero.

Originally Posted by TMC
This.

Is.

Everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WOO6qoEcgo

 

[Barb]

Speaking of tributes to Bolero has everyone seen this tribute to Torvill and Dean's Bolero.

Wow, very cool!! It is great after all this years they are remembered with so much love.

 

[yhmafan]

From Kanako’s Twitter

https://twitter.com/Canyanpy1107/status/493290020980015105/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Canyanpy1107/status/495504179910017025/photo/1

Both are so so cute. I am glad that Mao looks very fine

 

[mary01]

just found this, Mao looks like a geisha, I don't know what this event was about, but just wanted to share it with you guys:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2...nly.3bd63080aa9192308f419edfeb9a0513140726261

this is part 2

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2...nly.00ec4e885a3119f3e38916c44a8264cd140726293

here is part 3

 

[gotoschool]

just found this, Mao looks like a geisha, I don't know what this event was about, but just wanted to share it with you guys:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2...nly.3bd63080aa9192308f419edfeb9a0513140726261

this is part 2

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2...nly.00ec4e885a3119f3e38916c44a8264cd140726293

here is part 3

Thank you Mary01 for the video links. Unfortunately, they do not play in my area of the world. Do you know of any other sources for these videos?

Here is a post from rosewood at fsuniverse that gives some wonderful Japanese context and pictures to Mao's recent traditional make-over and to her exhibition, The Ice. Rosewood is insistent in pointing out that Mao is not dressed like a geisha.

I will just give you the link since I have gotten a message about posting complete message from other sources.

http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/sho...ing-on-her-23rd-BD-lt-3&p=4302883#post4302883 Look at rosewood's post #426

Mao is such a beautiful woman in these pictures. The warmth and tenderness in her eyes and smile always hits me with such stupefying surprise. The windows to her beautiful and mysterious soul are always wide open even to those who do not know her. That is why I believe she has such a facility for making others feel they know her intimately (1). Power, poignancy, vulnerability and resiliency. To me, she will go down in history as the female skater who can weave the most intricate tapestry of athletic skills and emotional resonance that rings in harmony like a delicately picked chord on a guitar string synchronized with the pulsating pounding on piano keys. Her resolution of opposites is what makes her such a compelling composite.

Mao knits enigmas in elaborate quilts that entice
But unravelling them with definitions does not suffice
for then all her enchantments will vaporize.

Note: (1) Here intimately means to know well like a close personal friend or member of the family.

 

[Alba]

just found this, Mao looks like a geisha, I don't know what this event was about, but just wanted to share it with you guys:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2...nly.3bd63080aa9192308f419edfeb9a0513140726261

this is part 2

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2...nly.00ec4e885a3119f3e38916c44a8264cd140726293

here is part 3

Simply beautiful. A gorgeous doll.

 

[gotoschool]

You can also try these links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cliIhr2yTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZCELgCD5Q

 

[minze]

The one and only... Mao Chan. I miss her already, figure skating is not the same without her

 

[gotoschool]

I

 

[Kelly]

Thanks for your beautiful tribute.