A performance from the past it just gives you chills. Please post one

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

YouTube figured out my algorithm and is giving me videos to watch. They tricked me. Lol last night I saw a 1991 Natalia and Artur Oh my God this is what really got me into pairs figure skating and I had the chills watching it again yesterday. They were both born to skate with each other. Their movements are identical. He’s so beautiful, so is she. It was such an exciting time in pairs.

Interesting he was born and is from just south of the arctic circle? Mamma Mia!!!!

This is definitely a performance they gave me chills. Post one of yours!

Mishkutenok & Dmitriev (URS) - 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, Pairs' Free Skate

Munich, GERMANY - 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, Pairs' Free Skate - Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev of the Soviet Union skated a brilliant ...

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I mean the death spiral sequence they created at the very end of the program is so chilling. I wish stuff like this would be encouraged and rewarded. And not rules made up to restrict stuff like this. This is what makes figure skating interesting and innovative!

And I love that they hold the position at the end and create a moment. No one does this anymore. As soon as the music is over skaters break character immediately. I like it when they hold the ending position and just create more of a moment. ⛸

Like many of the comments on this YouTube page this is one of the best performances of a pairs team ever. If not the best in my opinion!!!!

 

[Finnice]

Thank you. It is an amazing program. For me it was also one of the significant programs, which tied me to FS again after a void in my uni years.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Thank you. It is an amazing program. For me it was also one of the significant programs, which tied me to FS again after a void in my uni years.

Totally agree. I think this stands the time and is the best Pairs program to date

 

[Frau Muller]

Midori Ito 1989 Worlds, LP -

Midori Ito 1989 Worlds LP (UKTV)

Midori Ito winning Worlds from a British perspective.

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The speed and sheer joy, more than the jumps, makes it A#1 for me. (And I was there, with my mom! )

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Midori Ito 1989 Worlds, LP -

Midori Ito 1989 Worlds LP (UKTV)

Midori Ito winning Worlds from a British perspective.

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The speed and sheer joy, more than the jumps, makes it A#1 for me. (And I was there, with my mom! )

Her height alone gives me chills

 

[once_upon]

Shen and Zhou, 2003 Worlds

 

[screech]

Liz Manley's FP at the 1988 Olympics.

 

[ChelleC]

Shen and Zhou, 2003 Worlds

Exactly what I was going to post.

 

[skateboy]

Katia's first solo tribute to Sergei.

 

[Elisheba]

Akiko Suzuki’s O fs. She always seemed so magic to me and that program was everything. https://youtu.be/HTnkJ8w38dY

 

[jenny12]

This from Drobiazko and Vanagas:

M. DROBIAZKO & P. VANAGAS - 2001 JAPAN OPEN - FD

MARGARITA DROBIAZKO & POVILAS VANAGAS - 2001 JAPAN OPEN - FD

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Also, Dorothy Hamill’s Pie Jesu that shows the power of held edges and simplicity:

ANDREW LLYOD WEBBER - "PIE JESU" by SARAH BRIGHTMAN ~ DOROTHY HAMILL - 39 - 1996

THIS SKATER, TO THIS MUSIC MAKES MY EYES LEAK FLUID, SOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL !!! NO ONE I'VE SEEN CAN FLAT SKATE TO THE MUSIC BETTER THAN THAT !!!DICK BUTTON ...

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[smarts1]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one yet!

Lu Chen 1996 Worlds LP -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCO_t-Oep4

Can't forget about her final performance either -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd7qoAr8W2w

 

[allezfred]

Everything from Bern 2011

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

YouTube got me again tonight, lol - they got me more Natalia and Artur videos. Their innovation really gives me chills. I’ve never seen this performance before, the music is out there but their innovation I can’t say enough about. And I totally forgot that he would put her into a death spiral and then throw her right into a throw. So cool

And I’m not usually one to watch exhibition programs

Stuff like this will not be allowed today. And it should be

Mishkutenok & Dmitriev (URS) - 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, Exhibitions

Munich, GERMANY - 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, Exhibition Performances - Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev of the Soviet Union

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And I love listening to Dick fanboy over their performance here. In fact I think I miss me some dick button

Mishkutenok & Dmitriev (RUS) - 1994 Goodwill Games, Figure Skating, Pairs' Free Skate

St. Petersburg, RUSSIA - 1994 Goodwill Games, Figure Skating, Pairs' Free Skate - Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev of Russia won the Free Skate to win ...

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So back then Belarus was considered Soviet union? I don’t think I ever knew that. So was Natalia considered Russian?

 

[kwanfan1818]

On video, Matthew Savoie's 2005 US Nationals SP to Barber's Adagio.

Live, Patrick Chan's 2008 Canadian Nationals FS.

 

[AxelAnnie]

Oh my word. I had forgotten how outstanding Mai Mihara skated. She has the best hands I have ever seen. Those hands start in the middle of her back and float to outerspace. Each movement is exquisite

 

[Immortelle]

The first was Torvill & Dean’s big top show in Nottingham in 1985. I was six years old and thought I’d died and gone to heaven.

Klimova & Ponomarenko’s Bach FD 1992 Olympics also gave me chills.

Mishkutionok & Dmitriev’s Liebestraum LP.

Aliona Kostornaia’s Lullaby SP.

Probably some men’s programs but none spring to mind immediately…

Of course!! Mikhail Kolyada’s White Crow FP from test skates last year!

 

[nuge]

A/P The man in the iron mask FD.
The lift right on with the music where Gwendal's in the splits!

 

[Orm Irian]

Javier Fernandez's Guys and Dolls free skate at 2016 Worlds.

 

[rfisher]

Kwan's exhibition to Fields of Gold at the SLC Olympics. She was pretty crying and I was ugly crying.

And, ITA with @allezfred about 2011 Europeans. Sarah Meier's winning FS was so emotional.

 

[Panja]

With regard to Natalia/Artur I always get the chills from their 1994 Olympics Free Skate. I've watched it so often, and it never, ever bores!

[4K60P] Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev 1994 Lillehammer Olympic FS - Piano Concerto No.2

Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev / Наталья Мишкутёнок, Артур Дмитриев / ナタリヤ・ミシュクテノク, アルトゥール・ドミトリエフ1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games Figure Skating...

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[AxelAnnie]

Javier MAN OF La Mancha. I cry 100% of the times I watch it. Sasha Cohen.....anything she skated. Loved her OLY Romeo and Juliet...fall and all.

 

[deegee]

i don't know about chills, but this always makes me happy when yebin smiles big after that gorgeous double axel:

Yebin Mok 2003 U.S. Nationals SP

Yebin Mok 2003 U.S. Nationals SPThe 2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 12–19, 2003 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, ...

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[gk_891]

Encounter by Torvill & Dean

Torvill & Dean 1994 Team Championships Encounter

An absolutely stunning program. Words simply cannot describe its magic.

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[Brenda_Bottems]

 

[Orm Irian]

And Elladj Balde's Sounds of Silence SP at Canadian Nationals 2018.

 

[bardtoob]

I always enjoy Charlie Tickner's last LP at Worlds. For some reason, I always feel like I can tell he really loves skating. I also like that it is his proverbial "swan song" and he is in phenomenal physical shape and stayed in skating to a rather late age for his time.

Charlie Tickner (USA) - 1980 Worlds, Men's Long Program

Dortmund, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY - 1980 World Figure Skating Championships, Men's Long Program - Charles Tickner of the United States moved up from 4th ...

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[millyskate]

My immediate thought was also Shen & Zhao in 2003!

Shen/Zhao 2003 worlds LP

Shen/Zhao 2003 worlds LP

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Random likes I sometimes include Candeloro’s D’Artagnan and his coach urging him on towards the end:

[HD] Philippe Candeloro - D'Artagnan (Free Skating) 1998 Nagano Olympics キャンデロロ ダルタニアン

Philippe Candeloro / Филипп Канделоро / フィリップ・キャンデロロD'Artagnan / Д’Артаньян / ダルタニアン / 三銃士1998 Nagano Olympics / 1998 олимпиада в нагано / 1998 長野五輪Men FS Pl...

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Ilya Kulik 1996:

Ilia Kulik (RUS) - 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, Men's Long Program

Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, Men's Long Program - Ilia Kulik of Russia skated a wonderful program here except for the...

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Irina Slutskaya 2005:

Irina Slutskaya 2005 World LP Wonderland (CBC Canada Commentary)

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[Andora]

I can never get enough of Rahkamo & Kokko's Valse Triste.

 

[deegee]

My immediate thought was also Shen & Zhao in 2003!

Shen/Zhao 2003 worlds LP

Shen/Zhao 2003 worlds LP

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oof. i was in d.c. for this. just electric! i got to see them a few years later at skate america in lake placid right before they won the olympics. my ex got me tickets as a surprise because delobel and schoenfelder (my faves at the time) would have been defending their skate america title but for the timing mishaps of her shoulder injury and subsequent pregnancy during her recovery. seeing shen and zhao again in person more than made up for not being able to see d/s live in person.