Best skated war-horses?

[StasiyaGalustyanLove]

Rapsody in Bleu - Denney and Barret
Shehereheheazade - Denney and Barret
Spartacus - Denney and Barret
Fire Bird - Denney and Barret
Turando - Denney and Couglin
East of eden - Denney and Couglin
Phantom of the "Opera" -Denney and Couglin
Tosca - Denney and Couglin
Carmen - Ross Minor
Liber-tango- Ross Minor
Billy Joel - Ross Minor
Queen - Ross Minor
West Side Story - Max Aaron
Foot Loose - Max Aaron
Les Miserable - Max Aaron

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

The 1983 World Pros would’ve most likely been towards the end of the calendar year in 1983, meaning they would’ve been skating to it at the same time. I see that Jayne and Chris did not compete until their Nationals that season, but I would imagine the program had been in the works months before debut. I’m sure someone else here knows the specifics.

By 1983, I mean December 1982. Landover was always dated for the following calendar year for some reason.

 

[tony]

By 1983, I mean December 1982. Landover was always dated for the following calendar year for some reason.

Ah yes, I see the listing for R/S having skated it the year before. I found the program on FSVids and it was pretty slow-moving. There was an opening movement, though, that was very similar to what T/D did in their version (he on his knees and she holding on and spinning him around on the ice).

 

[Jeschke]

POTO: Drobiazko/Vanagas

 

[nuge]

Not really a war horse but Delobel/Shoenfelder's Frieda.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

POTO: Drobiazko/Vanagas

That free dance was amazing to see live at the World Championships in Calgary. Their exhibition program to Pirates of the Caribbean was equally theatrical and brilliant, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjSZfuCX94

 

[MR-FAN]

Lysacek and Tuktamysheva also used Bolero

And Sotnikova!

 

[pETEs (Sasha Fan)]

Tuktamysheva was after the S/S and Kostner resurgence, but yes- I definitely forgot about Lysaceks program.

Who can blame you?

 

[pETEs (Sasha Fan)]

My selection:

*1492: Brian Joubert
*Ave Maria: Carolina Kostner
*Blues for Klook: Usova & Zhulin
*Bolero: Carolina Kostner
*Carmen: Illinykh & Zhinganshin
*Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque): Carolina Kostner
*Concierto de Aranjuez: Patrick Chan
*La Cumparsita: Christopher Bowman
*Don Quixote: John Curry
*The Dying Swan: Johnny Weir
*East of Eden: Michelle Kwan
*Exogenesis: Ashley Wagner
*The Feeling Begins: Grishuk & Platov
*Firebird: Toller Cranston
*Four Seasons (Winter): Surya Bonaly
*Hallelujah: Sasha Cohen
*Lawrence of Arabia: Yuka Sato
*Liebestraum: Mishkutionik & Dmitriev
*Madame Butterfly: Satoko Miyahara
*Malagueña: Sasha Cohen
*Moonlight Sonata: Papadakis & Cizeron
*Moulin Rouge!: -,-
*Otoñal: Maria Butyrskaya
*The red violin: Giada Russo
*Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2: Chen Lu
*Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.3: Michelle Kwan
*Riverdance: Bourne & Kraatz
*Romeo and Juliet (regardless of the version): Sasha Cohen
*Scheherazade: John Curry
*Schindler's List: Yulia Lipnitskaya
*Swan Lake: Oksana Baiul
*Tosca: Michelle Kwan
*Turandot: Shen & Zhao

Add ons:

*Adiós, Nonino: Usova & Zhulin
*Bonzo's Montreux: Kurt Browning
*Chaplin: Javier Fernández
*Dark Eyes: Sasha Cohen
*Kill Bill: Aleksandra Trusova
*The Lion King: Nicole Bobek
*Michael Jackson Medley (Any): Katarina Witt
*Mozart Medley (Any): Ryan Bradley
*Por una cabeza: Mao Asada
*The Nutcracker (Pas de Deux): Sasha Cohen
*The Planets (Venus): Torvill & Dean
*Sleeping Beauty: Angela Nikodinov
*Spartacus: Klimova & Ponomarenko
*Thaïs (Méditation): Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
*West Side Story: Christopher Bowman

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

You say Bolero. I say Ballero. These dance moves from Soul Train are insane.

 

[Red Hot Chili Keegan]

Not really a war horse but Delobel/Shoenfelder's Frieda.

*Bonzo's Montreux: Kurt Browning
*Kill Bill: Aleksandra Trusova
*The Lion King: Nicole Bobek
*The Planets (Venus): Torvill & Dean

I have been very confused by this thread. I thought that it was about listing off your favortie skating programs for music that everyone has skated to, but I think I have figured it out that it is just your favortie skating programs.

Mine are:
Keegan Messing - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Max Aaron - The Lion King
Ross Minor - Cowboy Western/Rednex
Timothy Dolensky - Mumford and Sons
Courtney Hicks - Anna Karenina
Tessa Hong - Caruso

-- Heavenly Joy

 

[laviemn]

And Sotnikova!

Also Stolbova/Klimov. And Stepanova/Bukin, if we're counting juniors.

 

[pETEs (Sasha Fan)]

I have been very confused by this thread. I thought that it was about listing off your favortie skating programs for music that everyone has skated to, but I think I have figured it out that it is just your favortie skating programs.

Mine are:
Keegan Messing - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Max Aaron - The Lion King
Ross Minor - Cowboy Western/Rednex
Timothy Dolensky - Mumford and Sons
Courtney Hicks - Anna Karenina
Tessa Hong - Caruso

-- Heavenly Joy

It is about programs to music pieces that are overused in the skating world, that you consider the best versions.

 

[Red Hot Chili Keegan]

It is about programs to music pieces that are overused in the skating world, that you consider the best versions.

But people are posting about musics that aren't overused

Anyway, I just remembered another one! How could I forget the great skating by Courtney Hicks to Amazing Grace!

 

[meggonzo]

*Bolero: Carolina Kostner
*Carmen: Katarina Witt
*Don Quixote: John Curry
*The Dying Swan: Johnny Weir
*East of Eden: Michelle Kwan
*Firebird: Joannie Rochette
*Hallelujah: Sui & Han
*La Strada: Daisuke Takahashi
*Lawrence of Arabia: Alexei Yagudin, Klimova & Ponomarenko
*Les Miserables: Grant Hochstein
*Liebestraum: Mishkutionik & Dmitriev
*Malagueña: Sasha Cohen
*The Mission: Matt Savoie
*Moonlight Sonata: Papadakis & Cizeron
*Moulin Rouge!: Ashley Wagner
*Phantom of the Opera: Patrick Chan
*Pirates of the Caribbean: Braden Overett
*The Planets: Satoko Miyahara
*Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2: Chen Lu
*Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.3: Michelle Kwan, Christopher Bowman
*Requiem for a Dream: Cappellini & Lanotte
*Romeo and Juliet (regardless of the version): Jun Hwan Cha
*Samson & Delilah: Davis & White
*Scheherazade: Midori Ito
*Swan Lake: Daisuke Takahashi
*Turandot: Shen & Zhao
*West Side Story: Scott Davis

 

[SmallFairy]

I totally agree there's too many Chaplins out there. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze did it absolute best!

Lawrence of Arabia is not a warhorse. And Lion King is not a warhorse. Only among the 8-years old

 

[SmallFairy]

Delete. Double post.

 

[falling_dance]

Adios Nonino: Jeffrey Buttle
Ave Maria: Peggy Fleming
Blues for Klook: Daisuke Takahashi
The Bolt: Denis Ten
Carmen: Fumie Suguri
Clair de Lune: Kavaguti/Smirnov
Concierto de Aranjuez: Joannie Rochette
Don Quixote: John Curry
The Four Seasons: Patrick Chan
Hallelujah: Amy Entwistle
Les Miserables: Yu-Na Kim
Masquerade Waltz: Domnina/Shabalin
Moulin Rouge: Virtue/Moir
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: John Curry
Romance from “The Gadfly”: Dorothy Hamill
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3: Jeremy Abbott
Samson et Dalila: Peggy Fleming
Scheherazade: John Curry
Spartacus: Yuka Sato
The Swan: Oksana Baiul
Swan Lake: Mao Asada
Turandot: Shizuka Arakawa
West Side Story: Akiko Suzuki

 

[mattiecat13]

Turandot - Shen/Zhao

 

[quartz]

I can never see "Spartacus" without hearing Cher in Clueless calling it "Sparatacus".

 

[sadya]

Meditation in Thais has been used a lot. My favourite is the 1995 ex by Baiul (does that count or must it be a competition program?). Another favourite is the lp of Shishkova/Naumov.

 

[bardtoob]

Meditation in Thais . . . I wish Zagitova was skating to that!

 

[pETEs (Sasha Fan)]

My selection:

*Schindler's List: Yulia Lipnitskaya

[Controversial] Edit:

*Schindler's List: Jonathan Cassar

 

[gotoschool]

Rachmaninov 2nd concerto 1st movement- Mao Asada
Rachmaninov 2nd concerto 2nd Movement- Chen Lu
Scheherazade- Midori Ito
Manfred Symphony - Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV

 

[StasiyaGalustyanLove]

Asiago For Strings - Rachel Flattt

 

[Marco]

Kolyada does a strong Carmen this season, but my top 3 favorites will always be Eric Millot > Viktor Petrenko > Michael Weiss.

 

[Japanfan]

Dr. Zhivago hasn't been mentioned and I don't think it qualifies as a warhorse really, because it isn't used much.

I love the music and my favorite performance to it was by Alissa Czinny (sp?) - it was a very delicate and soulful performance.