Programs to make people interested in figure skating

[cake]

Which IJS programs would you show to people who aren´t interested in figure skating and know nothing about it (can´t tell a triple from a quad etc.) or even think it´s really boring? (I´m not thinking of show numbers, but competitive programs). Which programs might be interesting and entertaining? Some of my own suggestions would be:

Jason Brown 2019 short program

Kevin Aymoz Prince

Fear / Gibson Disco

Kerr / Kerr Scottish RD

Kaori Sakamoto Matrix

 

[4everchan]

keegan messing's are widely popular for their power, their speed, the crazy spins and the "popular music choices"

 

[lariko]

Which IJS programs would you show to people who aren´t interested in figure skating and know nothing about it (can´t tell a triple from a quad etc.) or even think it´s really boring? (I´m not thinking of show numbers, but competitive programs). Which programs might be interesting and entertaining? Some of my own suggestions would be:

Jason Brown 2019 short program

Kevin Aymoz Prince

Fear / Gibson Disco

Kerr / Kerr Scottish RD

Kaori Sakamoto Matrix

I had no interest in FS, and for me it was Lipnitskaya's Shindler's list--and I lost interest immediately after I learned that she quit when i decided to check it out like a year later--then, in 2018 Zagitova and Uno in Olympics totally blew my mind.

I took my mom in 2019 to Kelowna for Skate Canada, and she hadn't watched skating since like Nepela (I am serious) and she liked Hanyu and Trusova.

My husband only takes a peek if it's music he likes/recognizes, so he, like, glanced at Ivette Toth and once in a while he calls music selections if he cruises by the living room on his way to shelter upstairs away from figure skating.

My cat reacted only once, and it was Aymoz.

Personally, I think, if someone is destined to get interested in FS, they would, and they will find the programs that speak to them. Like, someone was talking about Dancing on My Own on a writing forum, and I plugged in Uno's skate and that person was enchanted and was ridiculously happy that Uno won that competition, lol. Or, a national pride factor could play a role as well.

 

[ladyjane]

They have to be IJS programmes? So I can't present anything by Torvill and Dean, Philippe Candeloro or Kurt Browning? Ok then. I agree with the first few put up by the OP. That Scottish RD and the Disco Brits are such fun, even for someone who doesn't know a thing! And the single ones are so nicely dynamic. But here's another little list. I put one from Keegan in there as I agree with 4everchan that his skating is appealing to many people.

Aljona and Bruno's 2018 Olympic FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bNOnXTe4Ok .
Keegan Messing's SP at Finlandia 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nff9-FIrf_o .
Michal Brezina's FS at World's 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELkTeFiTW_s (even with a fall).
Jason Brown's River Dance FS at Nationals 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vib4fl8N9jY
Anything from Josefin Taljegard, but here's a nice one, her Nebelhorn Trophy Joker FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU3QqPZsGBg
Sui and Han's 2019 WC FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj5io-0bK2g .

 

[cake]

My cat reacted only once, and it was Aymoz.

And how excactly did the cat react?

They have to be IJS programmes? So I can't present anything by Torvill and Dean, Philippe Candeloro or Kurt Browning?

I thought IJS might be more challenging because of the restrictions, but of course older programs are also welcome.

 

[4everchan]

I don't think people who are not "fans' are really aware of the differences between IJS and 6.0 programs... except maybe in ice dance where there has been a very drastic change

 

[lariko]

And how excactly did the cat react?



I thought IJS might be more challenging because of the restrictions, but of course older programs are also welcome.

Usually the cat snuggles up with me or tries to make sure I am looking at him and only at him, but that one time he woke up, glanced at Aymoz, walked to the TV and mewed. Never did it before, nor later. Not even with Aymoz. Not sure what Kevin is doing wrong. Asked the cat, he just purrs.

 

[mrrice]

Michelle Kwan is not my favorite skater however, she is without a doubt the favorite amongst my students. Their favorite program from Michelle is East Of Eden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHu9rwqdrw

 

[Lamente Ariane]

It depends on the person, and if I know them at all well I usually try to show them a program with music they already like and connect to. For example I showed a friend I knew loved the Rolling Stones Virtue/Moir's Sympathy For The Devil program, and when someone I know has a ballet/classical/opera background I'd be way more likely to show something like Mao's Madame Butterfly or one of my favorite Swan Lake programs. Also really looking forward to a friend of mine who's a jazz photographer seeing Jason Brown's Sinnerman!

But in one case I was talking to a woman in a work situation who had never heard of ice dance at all, and I didn't know anything about her tastes... so on pure gut instinct I showed her the Shibutanis' rhumba SD. She seemed to like it

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

This one

 

[invisiblespiral]

Alexandra Trusova's 5-quad FS.

 

[4everchan]

I have made a lot of my friends watch Patrick to discover figure skating, and with success...

These programs were the most popular
Beatles

Chopin

and of course

the steps in this program are just amazing!!!!

 

[moonvine]

Jimmy Ma Turn Down For What.

 

[NanaPat]

Some of the On Ice Perspective videos on social media have gotten a lot of attention from people who don't ordinarily follow figure skating. I believe one of their videos featuring Oona Brown/Gage Brown went viral and was widely shared by "regular" (not FS related) accounts.

 

[yume]

A pair program for sure. People that i force to watch figure skating with me are generally more interested by pairs than singles or ice dance. Pairs are more spectacular.

Sui/Han's blues for klook or Volosozhar/Trankov's Jesus superstar.

 

[MintGreen]

Dmitri Aliev's Masquerade Waltz SP, 2018 Olympics

 

[kolyadafan2002]

For me, short programs are more successful as few new people will be engaged with a long program if they aren't already interested in figure skating.
I'd recommend programs like Javier Fernandez Malenguena, Yuzuru Hanyu Parisian Walkaways, Han Yan A thousand years for the average person (If the person is into classical skating then you can probably show classical programs - like Hanyu's Chopin, but unfortunately many people don't quite appreciate classical music). I'd also suggest Nathan Chen Caravan/Nemesis depending on their music tastes.

Try find clean programs to show them. They just have a totally different feel to programs full of mistakes, especially when it comes to free programs.

 

[cake]

Great suggestions from everybody . I guess I will rewatch all of them, that will make a nice evening

 

[Fanof]

Lipnitskaya Schindler's List,
Papadakis/Cizeron Concerto 23
Virtue/Moir Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Hanyu Otonal
Zabiiako/Enbert Blizzard

 

[jenaj]

From the IJS era:
Nathan Chen, Rocketman, 2020 Grand Prix Final
Daisuke Takahashi, Blues for Klook, 2012 Worlds

From the 6.0 era:
Michelle Kwan, East of Eden, 1998 World Pro
Alexei Yagudin, Man in the Iron Mask, 2002 Olympics
ETA: Shen and Zhao, Turandot, 2003 Worlds