Seeing VGThuy's thread about Ice Dancing to the Rhythm inspired me to start a similar thread but specifically with the compulsory dances. So if you were asked to provide a textbook example (or even just personal favourite example) of a compulsory dance or short dance or rhythm dance, which ones would you choose?
I'll start off with my favourites:
Tango Romantica
Grishuk & Platov - 1996 Worlds
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Klimova & Ponomarenko - 1990 Worlds (just one pattern of it is below)
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Virtue & Moir - 2010 Olympics
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Golden Waltz
Punsulan & Swallow - 1998 Olympics
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Grishuk & Platov - 1998 Olympics
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- that toe-pick error from Pasha is super-annoying (she also has a tendency to jump her three turns) because the speed, flow, timing, and ease in which they handle the handholds was just incredible
Virtue & Moir - 2010 Worlds
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- hate the camerawork in that vid though and how it shows closeups of their feet
And of course there's the original by Klimova & Ponomarenko which I still would argue is probably the greatest OSP in the history of ice dance:
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Yankee Polka
Delobel & Schoefelder - 2008 Europeans
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Torvill & Dean - 1982 Europeans
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And then of course, there was the original by Schwomeyer & Sladky which was stunningly good IMO:
www.youtube.com
Will post more of my choices and hope to see some of yours as well.
I'll start off with my favourites:
Tango Romantica
Grishuk & Platov - 1996 Worlds
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[HD] Oksana Grishuk & Evgeni Platov (RUS) Compulsory Dance Tango Romantica 1996 World Championships
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Klimova & Ponomarenko - 1990 Worlds (just one pattern of it is below)
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1990 Worlds Men's Figures and Compulsory Dances
A goodbye forever to school figures for the single skaters.
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Virtue & Moir - 2010 Olympics
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[HD]Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir CD 2010 Vancouver Olympics (Tango Romantica)
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir 2010 Vancouver Olympics Compulsory Dance (Ice Dance Champion)Music:Tango RomanticaTotal Score 42.74 Executed Elements21.40Factored ...
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Golden Waltz
Punsulan & Swallow - 1998 Olympics
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Punsalan & Swallow (USA) - 1998 Nagano, Ice Dancing, Compulsory Dance No. 1
Nagano, JAPAN - 1998 Winter Games, Ice Dancing, Compulsory Dance No. 1 ("Golden Waltz") - Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow of the United States placed 7t...
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Grishuk & Platov - 1998 Olympics
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[HD] Pasha Grishuk and Evgeni Platov - 1998 Nagano Olympics - CD "Golden Waltz"
Oksana (Pasha) Grishuk and Evgeni Platov / Оксана (Паша) Грищук, Евгений Платов / オクサナ(パーシャ)・グリシュク, エフゲニー・プラトフ1998 Nagano Olympics / 1998 олимпиада в нагано ...
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Virtue & Moir - 2010 Worlds
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Virtue & Moir 2010 World CD Golden Waltz
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And of course there's the original by Klimova & Ponomarenko which I still would argue is probably the greatest OSP in the history of ice dance:
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1986-1987 W Klimova/Ponomarenko OSP (2)
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Yankee Polka
Delobel & Schoefelder - 2008 Europeans
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Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder 2008 Euros CD - Yankee Polka
Isabel Delobel & Olivier Schonfelder's Compulsory Dance at the 2008 ISU European Figure Skating Championship in Zagreb, CroatiaMusic - Yankee Polka
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Torvill & Dean - 1982 Europeans
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Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean - 1982 European Championships Yankee Polka CD
A very rare glimpse of T&D in action during the compulsory dances in Lyon. To say this is dodgy camerawork would be an understatement and there is about 20 s...
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And then of course, there was the original by Schwomeyer & Sladky which was stunningly good IMO:
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1975 Worlds - Pakhomova-Gorshkov, Schwomeyer-Sladky, Regőczy-Sallay Compulsory Dance demonstrations
At the 1975 Worlds in Colorado Springs, these three great pairs demonstrated three new compulsory dances which would be introduced to competition by the 1977...
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Will post more of my choices and hope to see some of yours as well.