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Unique or uncommon spins?

All of this makes me think it is not necessarily an uncommon position but also an exceptional quality and beauty of the performance that makes a spin (or in fact, any element) ultimately unique and unforgettable.
Here are some spins praised as "divinity in motion" by no less than Travis Payne, a choreographer who worked with Micheal Jackson himself.
Some truly valid recognition coming from an outside expert who surely knows a thing or two about dance and performance qualities :rock:

And a pun on one of MJ's titles, BTW :)





And a link to just one of those spins he admired so much

https://youtu.be/-FXBJOAna84?t=196
 
All of this makes me think it is not necessarily an uncommon position but also an exceptional quality and beauty of the performance that makes a spin (or in fact, any element) ultimately unique and unforgettable.
Here are some spins praised as "divinity in motion" by no less than Travis Payne, a choreographer who worked with Micheal Jackson himself.
Some truly valid recognition coming from an outside expert who surely knows a thing or two about dance and performance qualities :rock:

And a pun on one of MJ's titles, BTW :)


Thank you with reminding me this extraordinary spin with his fist knocking the ice in rhythm! I don't think that it had ever been done, and has ever been done after him? I put the start before the Triple Axel because it was an uninterrupted sequence of 3A + Lounge + Windmill + CSSP4:

(Or I may have started at the beginning because this insane program is so packed with everything?)
 
Was looking for something else...saw this video on YouTube.

Enjoy.
Many unusual spins were mentioned already but not all, including Alaine's

 
I thought about this and came to a conclusion that under IJS uncommon spins become common ones, and those form 6.0 did too, like Irina Slutskaya's bielman on both feet would impress no one today. Also, that I would any day prefer a really good basic camel position to all sorts of uncommon ones.
Nevertheless, I'll mention one: Ilia Klimkin's 3S out of a spin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dxn_t1A9HA&t=110
Here is another interesting spin from Joseph siblings in 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVxnxvLHT8s&list=PLWGRcPSwJJgG78Z-glr58ELdGiULBXtJK&t=241 (@ 1:50 there is also an interesting axel jumps combination)
 
I don't think I have seen anyone but Josée do these little hops on a spin...

this was one of her great performances if you want to watch it all... but I timestamped it for the spin

 
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