There are many classic programs in the history of figure skating, and the reason why I chose this one. Mostly because this story writes the legend of figure skating in the East and carries the glory and dreams of two generations of Chinese figure skaters.
Turandot is Puccini's opera, an oriental story depicted from a Western perspective and imagination. The Chinese folk music "Jasmine Flower" has become the first impression of Chinese music for many westerners. The final climax, "No One Sleeps Tonight", is a powerful and widely sung classic.
This combination of Eastern and Western backgrounds makes Turandot's story more acceptable to Western audiences on the one hand, and on the other hand, the familiar melody gives Chinese athletes a natural sense of intimacy and immersion in the performance. Therefore, Turandot has become the classic heritage of Chinese figure skating pair skating.
In 2002 and 2003, Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo chose Turandot as their free skating repertoire, and the careful choreography and delicate interpretation triggered a strong ****ing sound from the audience, and with the program, they broke the monopoly of Western athletes on the pairs skating program, and won the World Championships for two consecutive years. In the 2003 World Championships, the whole audience stood up to pay tribute to the spectacular scene, which opened the way to the king of skating.
With the soft melody of jasmine, the two men used delicate body movements to show their gentle and lingering love, which made the Western commentators redefine the artistic expression of the Chinese players. With the climax of the music, the last lifting action up, sliding past the audience automatically all stand up to pay tribute to the scene is still watching the excitement.
This set of programs in the interpretation of the sister Xiaoxue Oriental Princess, unlike the original play of the barbaric cold-blooded, although there is a hint of arrogance and willfulness, but the elegant and elegant girl. The main expression of her love for the prince is also well expressed. Even today, it is y praised by the majority of Chinese and foreign ice fans.
The reason why China's civilization has a long history is that it has been passed down from generation to generation, and today, 16 years later, the new hope of Chinese pairs skating, under the tutelage of Shen and Zhao, Soi Wenjing/Han Cong (known as the Onion Bucket Team to the ice fans), will be in a mood to pay homage to the classics and pass on the classics, and will debut at the Winter Olympics with an upgraded version of Turandot 2.0 that has been polished carefully to seek the only five gold rings that are missing from the medals, and to seek the glory of China's pairs skating. The two-person skating team will continue to seek the continuation of China's splendor.
Since this is a tribute to the classics, comparisons are inevitable. In my opinion, Sui Wenjing Han Cong's program is more in line with the whole story of the development of the vein, choreographed on the layers of progress, a good show of the princess of the process of psychological change. Of course, this can not be separated from the coach and choreographer, and even the whole team of *** with efforts, from this point, can also see the crowd on this pair of high expectations.
The opening of the small Sui students will be open all the aura, this time Turandot domineering cold through a hint of charm evil; in the staggered movements of the two most extended outreach lines and movements, reflecting the princess's control and hegemony. In the middle section, when the jasmine blossom rings, the delicate and slightly operatic hand movements give away the princess's little girl attitude for the first time; then, the princess, under the prince's care, sees a world full of love and warmth that is different from the previous one, and she can no longer let go. At this point, it is the little Sui to follow the footsteps and figure of Han Cong, extremely obsessive.
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong are the leaders of pair skating in China in recent years, they have world-leading difficulty and high stability, and even more rare is their excellent musical understanding and artistic expression. From classical opera to fashionable music, they have mastered it with ease, and their programs can always bring people into the drama and make people linger.
On February 15, Beijing time, the morning of the 30th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, the battle for the gold medal in the figure skating pairs skating will start, so let's look forward to another classic Turandot in Chinese style, and look forward to the Chinese red shining again in the Winter Olympics.
Finally, a little gossip, according to interviews, Sui Wenjing students in the performance of the partner will be replaced by Liu Haoran, I really want to say, you wake up, this accompanied you have been from the "bucket girl" to grow into the "bucket total" boy, is not to want to worship with you! The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
During the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a lot of Chinese people were attracted to a figure skater named Yuzuru Hanyu. I was a big fan of the Hanyu player early on, and I can say that I liked the sport of figure skating even more because of Yuzu's performance. Figure skating for many years to watch, there are a lot of recommended classic performance, here only select the performance in the competition, performance skating in the classic more, later have the opportunity to recommend. There are more classics in show skating, so I'll recommend them later. I won't repeat what I've recommended in previous replies. Let's start with Hanyu Yuzuru.
1, Hanyu Yuzuru in the 2015 Grand Prix of Japan performance "SEIMIN", that is, the Olympic Games in the free skate of the original 1.0 version, we are familiar with the "yin and yang". Though it scored higher in the finals at the end of the year, this Japanese performance is a much more grandiose, atmospheric program that incorporates Japanese music and tells the story of the Heian-era yin-yang master Haruaki Abe, who fights his enemies, and is well worth a watch.
2. Hanyu Yuzuru's short program at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, "Paris Walks". The whole program is attuned to Western blues music, casual and quite combustible, especially the Mohawk moves, manly and itchy to watch.
3, Hanyu Yuzuru's short program "Chopin's Narrative No. 1 in G Minor" at the 2015 Grand Prix of Skating Finals, the short program 2.0 version at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
4. Yuzuru Hanyu's free skate "hope and legacy" at the 2017 World Championships, with the selection of a classic by Jean Hisaishi, was a tear-jerking look at the theme of hope.
5. Mao Asada's free skate "Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2" at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. This set wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing or mistake-free set for Mao Asada, but it was definitely the most moving and memorable. Before this set, Mao Asada made a lot of mistakes in the short program, early exit from the ranks of the championship, but it is in this case, Mao Asada is not disheartened, she still put all the emotion into the free skating, will be the kind of classical, desperation, redemption performance, in her skating, screen inside and outside the many people in tears, she interpreted what is called the spirit of sports with her breathtaking performance.
As a senior skating fan, I will say my personal opinion.
One of the two programs that I consider to be the most iconic is Chen Lu's "The Last Emperor" from the 1995 World Championships in Birmingham. This was the high point of Chen Lu's career and the song selection came from the episode of the movie The Last Emperor. The song had a lot of Chinese elements in it, and it was also because Chen Lu interpreted the song perfectly and had the audacity to perform five triple jumps. And accomplished it brilliantly. So that Chen Lu finally won the championship in the World Championships, until now "The Last Emperor" is a classic in the hearts of many skating fans. Despite the fact that 23 years have passed.
The second most classic I think is Pang Qing and Tong Jian's "Chasing Dreams Without Regret" from the 2010 Turin Winter Olympics. Although the final winner was Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, Pang Qing and Tong Jian's "Chasing Dreams Without Regrets" was the highest score in free skating, and the highest score in history that year. Pang Qing and Tong Jian's "Chasing Dreams Without Regret" was a specially chosen tune for themselves, to thank themselves for their many years of hard work and dedication, and to remember their last Winter Olympics on behalf of their country. The finish was very high throughout. Including the triple jump, the triple grind, and the single joint rotation, the synchronization was very good, from the beginning to the end of the music. The synchronization and completeness were the best. Free skating highest score appeared, although in the end only the silver medal, but on the single performance Pang Qing Tongjian's "Chasing Dreams Without Regret" is better than Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo's "Turandot".
In fact, many programs are very good, Chen Lu's "Liang Zhu" Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo's "Turandot" and so on, but in my opinion the two above are the most classic in my mind, I still remember the "The Last Emperor" after the performance of the whole audience shouting and "Chasing Dreams Without Regrets" at the end of the two people embraced.
A classic figure skating performance, as seen as recently as the 2021 World Championships of Figure Skating.The 2021 World Cup of Figure Skating came to a close with the Chinese delegation only winning silver with the Sui Wenjing and Han Cong combination, with most of the medals going to Russians. These include: Sherbakova, Tuktamysheva and Trusova. Especially in the women's single skating program, the "gold, silver and bronze". It is worth mentioning that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will take place as scheduled, how will the Chinese delegation break through in this program? Will Wang Shiyue and Chen Hongyi be able to make a clean sweep, and will Sui Wenjing and Han Cong combine with Gu Ailing to create another brilliant performance? The spinning is not enough! Not enough spinning! Then, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong team participated in the 2021 Skiing World Championships, in the pairs free skate a "Rain, in Your Black Eyes" to start, the final total score of 225.71 harvested the silver medal. Then, the third star athlete Chen Hongyi, who came out in the women's singles free skate.
As we all know, in the women's singles free skating program at the World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, it was the beautiful Chen Hongyi who represented China. In fact, Chen Hongyi finished 19th in the last World Championships in Saitama, and after two years of polishing, she slowly showed considerable progress. It is worth mentioning that there are 39 skaters in the women's singles free skate, and only the top 24 skaters in the "short program" can advance to the "free skate". Chen Hongyi ninth out, with 58.81 points ranked 22nd qualification, but also a new personal World Championships short program best score.
However, in the free skate, the Russian delegation took the gold, silver and bronze. Chen Hongyi race outside the loop three weeks and Philip three weeks was found to be insufficient weeks, only ranked 21st without a medal. After the race, Chen Hongyi said in an interview that her performance was not ideal and full of regrets. Given the proximity of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Chen Hongyi also chose to participate in the competition with some Chinese style elements. The next step is to make up a suitable program as soon as possible, so that their season brings integrity and no regrets.
The Russian beauty contestant is built on a combination of exceptional talent, hard training, and a high-level coaching team, the success of all conditions. And the Chinese players in the relatively backward conditions, to open their own more difficult road to the championship. Of course, as long as it is for the country, regardless of whether or not they can win the prize, they are proud athletes of Chinese sports.
At the 2019 Figure Skating China Cup Showdown, the Chinese ice dance duo of Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu ranked fourth, creating China's best result at the Ice Dance Grand Prix division. And what attracted attention was their rendition of "No Holds Barred", which brought us back to the summer of this year. The delicate combination of ancient style music and figure skating, blue forgetting machine and Wei WuXian crossing to the skating rink, this version of the ice uninhibited is too stunning!
What is a classic? Achievements that are unrivaled, possessing the power to move people's hearts, perfect technique...everyone has a different definition of classic. So let's talk about the four sets that move me from the perspective of an ice fan.
1, pairs skating, Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo "longing for immortality" 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics free skating
Imperfect rendition (a mistake a lift, a throw jump to the ice is flawed), but for the team of legendary skaters to draw a golden end to their careers. China's first ever Olympic gold medal in figure skating.
2, women's singles, Mao Asada, "Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2" 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics free skate
The collapse of the short program took away any chance of a podium finish for Mao, and coming into the final Winter Olympics with a set of all triple-full + triple-half jumps to compete for the gold must have been an incredibly torturous and agonizing experience for Mao's mindset prior to the free skate. At the end of the competition, Mao's watchful pace with the atmospheric mood of the pull two will be a sad hero tears set off incredibly touching.
3, men's singles, Yagudin "winter" 2002 Winter Olympics short program
When a blonde-haired bear scatters ice slush into the sky, your whole being will be lit up by his youth and enthusiasm. Now that's a fire in the winter.
4. Ice dance, Ventoux, Moyle's Moulin Rouge 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Free Dance
It's no exaggeration to say that this is a life-or-death love affair on ice, and when Scott choruses along with the BGM in the second half of the show, it's Satine and Christian.