Signature Programs

[rollerblade]

I personally define "signature program" as what most people would associate with the skater. They are not necessarily my favourite programs. And it's possible some skaters don't have one stand-out program... they just have a bunch of good programs.
Anissina/Peizerat: Romeo and Juliet? Or maybe their Flamenco OD from 2002

Carmina Burana for me. Everytime I hear that music, even in movie trailers, I think of A&P's 2000 FD.

 

[begin]

I define signature program as one that is so closely associated with a skater that it becomes a basis for comparison anytime someone else skates to the same music.

Michelle Kwan-East of Eden, Rach medley.
Oksana Baiul-Dying Swan, Swan Lake
Janet Lynn- Afternoon of a Faun
Sasha Cohen-Romeo and Juliet
Shizuka Arakawa-Turandot (Violin Fantasy)
Mao Asada-Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major
Yagudin-Man in the Iron Mask
Torvill and Dean-Bolero

+1, but I would add Winter for Yagudin.

Gordeeva/Grinkov - Moonlight Sonata
Daisuke Takahashi - he has so many but Blues for Kooks, In the Garden of Souls
Shen/Zhao - Turandot
LuChen - The Butterfly Lovers, Rach Piano Concerto, Adios Nonino,
Yuna Kim - James Bond Medley, Danse Macabre, El Tango de Roxanne (a lot of people have done El Tango de Roxanne but her's was fabulous and very memorable)

 

[ragdoll]

Agree with many mentioned here and would like to add Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze's 2002 short, Lady Caliph.

 

[jenaj]

Also,
Kurt Browning-Singing in the Rain, Nyah

 

[Totentanz]

For me V/T's signature program is Violin Muse which they have shown great chemistry and won Worlds.
Stolbova and Klimov are still so young but I think Addams Family is the best they have shown so far.
Wagner's Black Swan and Samson&Delilah are the most memorable for me.
Kostner will surely be remembered with Bolero and Ave Maria. I also liked Shostakovich and Mozart very much.
Kim Yuna - James Bond medley.
Mao Asada - Rachmaninoff

Suzuki - POTO and 'O' from Cirque de Soleil
Slutskaya - Serenade, Alice in Wonderland
Korpi - Over the rainbow
Lepistö - Adios Nonino, Imagined Oceans

Among the lesser successful skaters:
Liashenko - Frida
Poykiö - Leeloo's Tune, Romeo and Juliet
Sokolova - Notre Dame de Paris, Romeo and Juliet
Leonova - Smile, Pirates of the Caribbean

 

[anyanka]

Agree with many mentioned here and would like to add Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze's 2002 short, Lady Caliph.

And their Meditation and Chaplin numbers, too!

 

[iluvtodd]

Michelle - East of Eden, Salome, Lyra
Kurt - Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain, Brickhouse (in shows)
Todd - First Knight, The Glory, Il Mare Calmo de la Sera
Elvis - Dragon
Paul - Henry V, JFK, Apollo 13, Carmina Burana
B&K - Riverdance
Jason - Riverdance
G&G - Moonlight Sonata, The Man I Love
Brian Orser - The Story of My Life
Brian Joubert - The Matrix
Brian Boitano - Napoleon, Music of the Night (the definitive POTO piece for me)
Philippe Candeloro - D'Artagnan
Denis Ten - The Artist
Shen/Zhao - Turandot
Torvill & Dean - Bolero
Meryl & Charlie - Samson & Delilah, Die Fledermaus
The Kerrs - Their Scottish dance
Tanith & Ben - Their Gypsy Dance

 

[edenlover]

My favorite Michelle program was hands down East of Eden.....possibly because I love that piece of music so much but she also just nailed it every time.
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Oh so true. None better. No one has done it better. My favorite version was from the 98 pro am. She must have really loved and felt that music too, because it was a part of many of her programs in addition to being a program of its own. I love the book,
the music, the lyrics, and I even have the sheet music. My other favorites of hers were Rach, Salome, and Flamenco--the short from 96 worlds. What joy she gave us. There is none like her today, and likely never will be.

 

[edenlover]

Signature programs for others--

Boitano Napolean and Jospehine (88 Olympics)
Davis and WHite--Shez
Todd Eldridge--1492
Irinia SLutskaya--Wonderland (was wonderful)
Sasha Cohen --Romeo and Juliet exhibition 2002 Olympics
Wiley--This is the Moment
Dorothy--Romance (from the Movie the Gadfly--sometime in the mid 80's)
Katarina Witt--I am What I am...exhibition 88 Olympics--it was HER
Tai and Randy--79 Worlds Free Program I think it was to some of Gustav Holtz music from THE PLANETS
Jeremy Abbott--Last Year's Muse--so wonderful
Jason--Riverdance

These are the ones I watch most often, in addition to all of MICHELLE's PROGRAMS

 

[amazingMao]

These are the programs that I remember from these skaters

Mao Asada - Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto 2 (2014 Sochi Olympics FS), Bells of Moscow (2010 Vancouver Olympics FS), Chopin Nocturne (2014 Worlds), Claire de Lune (2008), Fantasia (2008 SP)
Yuna Kim - Roxanne de Tango (2007 Worlds SP), Danse Macabre (2009 Worlds SP), James Bond (2010 SP), Les Miserables (2013 Worlds)
Akiko Suzuki - 'O' from Cirque de Soleil
Carolina Kostner - Ave Maria (2014 Worlds SP), Bolero (2014 Sochi Olympics FS)
Jason Brown - River Dance
Daisuke Takahashi - (too many to mention) Swan Lake hip-hop version (2008 4cc SP), Blues for Kooks, In the Garden of Souls
Yulia Lipnitskaia - Schindler's List

Sasha Cohen - Romeo and Juliet (2006)
Shizuka Arakawa - Turandot with her gorgeous ina bauer
Michelle Kwan - Salome