Skating to Russian Folk Music

[Vash01]

Although I don't always know the title of the song, I often enjoy it when skaters use Russian folk music.

Some of my favorites:

Gordeeva-Grinkov: 1988 Oly ex (second number starts around 4:00 mark)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M70Js-WAE8I

Krylova-Ovssianikov: 1996 worlds OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMzwnrRD9o

Berezhnaya-Sikharulidze: 2001 worlds SP (Polyushka Pol/Meadowland) and later they skated a pro routine to a longer version of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3mFOfy_J-Q

Also B&S's Dark Eyes (1998 LP), Kalinka (Ex) are my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsVK_sbA5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvpA_WPetJo


Mao Asada skated to Czardas LP in 2007. I think she won the LP but placed second overall.
Christopher Bowman skated a part of his LP in 87 to Czardas.
Mao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8LXKlFjUI
Bowman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZFEZ-pdA9g

Korobushka: Savchenk & Szolkowy SP (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiBGxK4YGYo
Adam Rippon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4l4DOoDOCM

Dark eyes is probably the most popular Russian folk music.
Besides B&S, others that skated to it were Plushenko (2000 LP), Sasha Cohen (2005 & 2006 SP), Liza Tuk (2012-13 LP). Liza's music is not as good as the other three.

Plushenko:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aGZXEs4dIE

Sasha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELFerA2QZX8

Others that skated to Dark eyes:

Virtue-Moir 2008 worlds OD (Dark eyes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yWgpdn3Es

Akiko 2008 (Dark eyes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKiUJ-MGWGs

Others that skated to Kalinka:
Rodnina-Zaitsev, Maisuradze & his new partner, Irina, Borodulin (2010 SP), Bobrova-Soloviev (2009)

Rodnina-Zaitsev:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csfFpqLQBj4

Borodulin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVRE5hOrc_0

I enjoyed Irina's LP in 1998. I think it was a medley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG1VhaDnUhQ

[Kati]

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Mao Asada skated to Czardas LP in 2007. I think she won the LP but placed second overall.
Christopher Bowman skated a part of his LP in 87 to Czardas.
Mao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8LXKlFjUI
Bowman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZFEZ-pdA9g
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Czardas is an Hungarian dance

[lala]

Plushenko Crazy Bird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1vHflKsyU0 he was prodigy, no doubt 16 y.o., competition program

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2st17-hWl_k 15 y.o., exhibition, D. Button was amazed with him

[Vash01]

Czardas is an Hungarian dance

Thanks for the correction. Just goes to show how little I know about eastern Europe.

Now it makes sense that Bowman skated to Hungarian Rhapsody and Czardas in the same LP.

I will remove this from my list of programs in the OP.

I am hoping that more posters will point out some mistakes in my post, and add to my knowledge.

[lulu]

Thanks so much for the thread Vash! I always enjoy these posts, it's so much fun to revisit some of my old favs and discover new ones as well. I haven't had the chance to watch all of the vids on the list, but about the first few:

Here is a direct link to G&G's appropirately named, "Katyusha" exhibition. http://youtu.be/6Xri-zNz1BM

I absolutely love K&O's routine. I think it might actually be my favorite K&O free dance after Carmen.

Sigh, B&S, their flow, speed on the ice. spirals and enormous triple throw really were absolutely breathtaking. BTW, I had no idea Dark Eyes was a Russian tune.

M&D also had an exibition for the 1989-1990 season, and then bought back for the 1992 World Championships. The tune, from what I recall, was never named, but I remember seeing it labeled as a "Moldavian Folk Tune" a long while ago on FSVids. Which while isn't Russian, seems appropriate to mention because of it's F.S.U. connections.

[vivika1982]

Here are few more
Katya Gordeeva 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIvY-4luXas
Borborva/Soloviev 2009-2010 OD( they also skated to "Kalinka" in 2007 but we already had so many and besides i believe this one is more original even with the mistakes )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-zbAiCv4O8
Khokhlova/Novitski 2010 OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkB6i2pVcQ
Anissina/Peizerat 1997 EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQd01F4XuwU&playnext=1
Pakhomova/Gorshkov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CTIfVoeAG8&playnext=1
Bestemyanova/Bukin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuIGbYcpzY
The next two are based on Russian Gypsy Songs but i liked both performances
Khokhlova/Novitski 2008 OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbpv6C2H0_0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFcRIdYbo_0

[falling_dance]

Nicole Bobek, 1995 Worlds SP

[lala]

Krylova-Ovssianikov 's routine far better quality video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP44zO9_3Xo

[kapriza]

Virtue/Moir skated to Russian Medley in 2003/2004 season http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W02hROo1cXI

[sadya]

One of my favourites is the 1998 lp skated by Irina Slutskaya:

http://youtu.be/GxUdDT2MTIA

[sbanet]

Alexei Yagudin, "Ziganochka" SP, 1998 Euros
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAcHmaERGpQ

[TwizzlerS]

I remember the Seybolds skating to Galinka and now that I watch it again, I hear it has Dark Eyes in it as well. This is from their Worlds 1989 performance, not the US Nationals that they were supposed to win but had problems and lost to Yamaguchi and Galindo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d87gCWv-WQw

[arakwafan2006]

I ABSOLUTELY love the Russian Folk Music or any Folk Music. I actually liked Belbin and Agosto's Moldavian Folk Dance choreographed by Linuchuk.