Michelle Kwan- This Time Around

[arakwafan2006]

How on earth have I never seen this performance? How? I would have bet my 401K prior to today that i did. I never knew it existed. Can anyone tell me whether Lori or Sarah did the choreography?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VScNfRirjM

 

[tony]

She skated that program in COI as well, IIRC. I would guess it’s Lori’s choreography still at that point.

 

[Marco]

In certain performancess she would do a deathdrop to end, in other performances she would hold that spiral til the very end. Like a dream.

 

[VGThuy]

I remember that this routine was sort of maligned at the time because people were getting bored of Kwan's exhibitions skating to what they called "generic female ballads". I think it all started this season when she started with that Sumi Jo song "Beautiful World" and this routine sort of got lost in that criticism.

 

[Rukia]

Michelle Kwan and Matt Savoie are like my dream team. So much beautiful skating.

 

[Marco]

I remember that this routine was sort of maligned at the time because people were getting bored of Kwan's exhibitions skating to what they called "generic female ballads". I think it all started this season when she started with that Sumi Jo song "Beautiful World" and this routine sort of got lost in that criticism.

Beautiful World was kind of boring. It even lost to Josie Chouinard in some pro-am.

 

[snoopy]

I rewatched beautiful world. Yeah pretty boring. Her relatively slow skating was kind of emphasized.

 

[skatesindreams]

That program never "bored" me.
Her speed matched the tempo of the music, IMO.

The lyrics were meaningful, as well.

 

[Jaana]

That program never "bored" me.
Her speed matched the tempo of the music, IMO.

The lyrics were meaningful, as well.

I think that even for slow music a skater can still have a good basic skating speed. Slow music does not mean the skating has to be slooow, IMO.

 

[skatesindreams]

I was fortunate to watch MK perform, live, several times.
I would never say her skating was slow.

Not as "breakneck" quick as some, perhaps...

 

[sk9tingfan]

I was fortunate to watch MK perform, live, several times.
I would never say her skating was slow.

Not as "breakneck" quick as some, perhaps...

I never believed in skating fast for the sake of speed. Carolina Kostner as a young skater did often do that and could not control her jumps, etc. That being said, I always was able to lose myself in Michelle's skating.

 

[skatesindreams]

^^^
I couldn't agree more with your post.
Michelle always had "control" of her technique, which was the envy of most.

 

[VGThuy]

Michelle Kwan was never slow. She may not have had the power of Slutskaya, but you can see her excellent basic skating in many of the moves she did. I'm still in awe in some of her best performances because of her blade work.

 

[Coco]

Um... relative to her peers, she was slow at various times in her career.

 

[giselle23]

Um... relative to her peers, she was slow at various times in her career.

Which peers? I disagree that Michelle was slow, either relatively or actually.

 

[VGThuy]

I mean compared to Hubert, everybody was slow. She skated around those warm-ups and practices like that Ludacris song, "move bitch, get out the way, bitch, get out the way." And yet, ain't nobody saying Hubert got the best basics.

I think saying she didn't have the breakneck speed of some, especially Euro, skaters isn't the same as saying she was slow. I mean saying she doesn't have "good basic skating speed"? What the eff ever. Relative to others she's slow, relative to others she was f*cking fast. Relativity works out funny that way.

 

[giselle23]

I mean compared to Hubert, everybody was slow. She skated around those warm-ups and practices like that Ludacris song, "move bitch, get out the way, bitch, get out the way." And yet, ain't nobody saying Hubert got the best basics.

I think saying she didn't have the breakneck speed of some, especially Euro, skaters isn't the same as saying she was slow. I mean saying she doesn't have "good basic skating speed"? What the eff ever. Relative to others she's slow, relative to others she was f*cking fast. Relativity works out funny that way.

And Hubert was not her peer.

 

[VGThuy]

Anyway, back to the topic at hand, "Beautiful World" was boring all-around. I could not watch that program more than once every two-to-five years if I watch it at all. I think that came out the same season or so of Bourne/Kraatz and then Surya Bonaly's "March with Me" and I remember fans screaming "make it stop." I wonder what would have happened if Yuka debuted "Hat Full of Stars" then.

 

[arakwafan2006]

I actually think she was skating fast. Her tempo was appropriate. Just enjoy the damn performance. Lol

 

[Eeyora1]

I think “This Time Around” is seen as a bittersweet performance for most Kwan fans because it was the pre cursor to her difficult Olympic Year.

I personally preferred “The World Is Not Enough” At the time it was a different sultry side of Michelle’s skating!

https://youtu.be/_bOHwMuoWKI

 

[giselle23]

I never get tired of this one, set to a "female ballad." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r47As6uFqds