Michelle Kwan - 1997 Worlds LP

Michelle Kwan - 1997 Worlds LP - Taj Mahal

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Michelle Kwan skates to her program themed "The Taj Mahal" with music from Maurice Jarre's "Lawrence of Arabia" and Fikret Amirov's "Gyulistan Bayati Shiraz." She was 4th after the short program and won the free skating portion of the competition of the even with this performance, but was only able to finish 2nd overall.

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I love how people ... ( 6 months ago by PaneruOG)

I love how people try and slam Kwan for being consistent while skaters like Cohen & Slutskaya were so inconsistent. Boohoo!
I guess sloppy programs should always be rewarded over clean one's. What logic. lol

Michelle Kwan is ... ( 6 months ago by mademoiselle3000)

Michelle Kwan is the best of all times!!!!! People wont even remember Sasha when its all said and done. Michelle is the face of ice figure skating of our generation!

Very nice program ... ( 6 months ago by tapecase72)

Very nice program but because of the double lutz at the end she should have been 3rd in the long behind Irina and Tara. Without the double lutz I would put her 1st in the long though.

Sarah Hughes won ... ( 6 months ago by singinshower)

Sarah Hughes won the Gold Medal but faltered chasing the US title and World title. Michelle was more than just a great skater but a great champion with grace both on and off the ice. She conducted herself like a champion at all times. She is and always will be one of the best of all times period.

Herm, I have viewed ... ( 6 months ago by waddleduckie1)

Herm, I have viewed recent videos of Arakawa's skating and they are no longer flat as you have previously posted. Her skating had improved so much since her win because she had included new elements not seen in her award winning skate. I am not japanese, but I do admire japanese skaters including many from the US, and one from South Korea.

She's the best ever ... ( 5 months ago by Evigal)

She's the best ever...

seriously, how ... ( 5 months ago by dbulcavage)

seriously, how could you hate michelle kwan? lol no one else comes close to her, plus she's so real and mature.

Considering that ... ( 5 months ago by eClo)

Considering that some of you clearly dislike her,I find it amusing that you still take the time to watch a whole 10 minutes and 3 seconds all about her :|

well said,eClo, a ... ( 5 months ago by newvie08)

well said,eClo, a lot of michelle kwan's haters keep on watching and watching her skating videos ha ha!! why? coz they can't stand to even watch whoever they idolized,skaters with no consistency at all. 9 time u.s. champ, 5 time world champ and 2 olympic medals, isn't that consistency? now, without michelle, u.s. female skaters can't even get to the podium. and abc 7 threw the skating coverage to ch.2 coz when michelle disappered,ratings went down the drain...!!!

lol very funny, ... ( 5 months ago by WORSTSINGEREVER)

lol very funny, thanks for explaining

i love the way her ... ( 5 months ago by tinymavy)

i love the way her landing look here, so solid and great knee bend. great program... this is the best that she ever skated it. The ending is perfect!

yup, figure skating ... ( 4 months ago by newvie08)

yup, figure skating needs the kwandrama!!!during her time, that's when figure skating got excitement!!! look at now, a lot of people don't even watch skating. nobody's perfect, everyone who won olympics, worlds and nationals fell on their butts,plus a skaters greatness and being champion in the ice cannot be measured only by a 4 minute program and an olympic gold medal that is only given every 4 years!!!she's a legend. period.

I never liked this ... ( 2 months ago by bunnyrabbit9999)

I never liked this program. I think what biases me is the fact that it was basically a simpler rehash of what she did the previous year. Also, I couldn't stand the campy costume and the IGNORANT placement of the bindi. Do your research if you're going to have a "Taj Mahal" themed program--you live frickin' 15 minutes from Little India in LA!!! The music also bothers me that it has NOTHING to do with the Taj Mahal (not even from the many films made in South Asia).

Well, I liked this ... ( 2 months ago by sk8ingdreamer)

Well, I liked this program--the music, the choreography, & the outfit--and I do understand your opinion. Yeah, she picked another foreign, exotic theme, but YOU choose to believe it's almost identical from the year before.& I don't think skaters really choose and arrange their own music with the short amount of time alloted. & I actually tried to search for "Taj Mahal" music, & it's not easy. A lot of Indian music is lyrical.
But by the way, are you Indian? It seem to bother you so much.

remember, it wasn't ... ( 2 months ago by TCAngel18)

remember, it wasn't michelle who choreographed this routine...she was only 16 here...she had not developed her own sense of self yet, or the need to nit-pick her programs, she was to just skate them..

I still feel this ... ( 1 month ago by bunnyrabbit9999)

I still feel this program's choreography had too many repeated elements in it from the last year. Just watch and compare. No crime in that though..
Her costuming bothers me simply because I believe in authenticity. Her dress has more Indonesian elements to it than Indian, and considering bindis were the rage at the time thanks to Gwen Stefani and that she lives so close to Little India, she should have researched the placement of them. It's like taking Japanese motifs and calling them Chinese.

I know that ... ( 1 month ago by sk8ingdreamer)

I know that program's choreography had same elements from the previous year's long program. It didn't bother me.
Maybe you've seen bindis everywhere you live, but I swear I haven't seen non-Indian strangers applying them on their foreheads where I live. Just Gwen Stefani on TV. And those Indonesian elements didn't seem to bother any figure skating fans except you for the past 11 years. And who cares about
Little India. I've seen Indians with bindis above the center of their eyebrows.

But please my ... ( 1 month ago by sk8ingdreamer)

But please my previous question. Are you Indian or even Indonesian? What are you exactly? I'm curious to know why this bothers you so much.

And I'm dying to ... ( 1 month ago by sk8ingdreamer)

And I'm dying to know what are these Indonesian elements you're arguing over. Please explain them to me.
I don't see the importance of a skating outfit having cultural auhenticity. These costumes are really designed to let the skater best maneuver across the ice while still being easy on the eyes.

Agree 100%, well ... ( 1 month ago by metsdudenj)

Agree 100%, well said

After watching ... ( 1 month ago by skatefan9495)

After watching Tara's LP again, I find the placements here very interesting, especially when compared to the placements in Nagano. Here Michelle had 6 triples including a 3-3. Her 3-3, however, was the easiest one. And she doubled her lutz. Tara's LP program had the same elements as in Nagano , yet it came in second here. In Nagano, Michelle skated a perfect program--no 3-3, but no doubled jump, either and it came in second to Tara's program.

for all you new ... ( 2 weeks ago by cerdanM)

for all you new skaters...see what fear can do.? But we all go through that stage in life.

The music is from ... ( 5 days ago by OnoSpin)

The music is from Azerbaijan, where the overwhelming majority of people are Muslim, and the Taj Mahal is in fact a work of Muslim art. Saying she should have gone to Little India is somewhat faulty, because the current demographic of India shows a Hindu majority, not Muslim. The Mughal empire that built the Taj Mahal did not include Azerbaijan, but cultures move and travel over time, and in the end the Taj Mahal is more Muslim than it is Indian.

Tara who? As far as ... ( 1 day ago by BrownEyedGuy24)

Tara who? As far as the term "wannabe", that's what Tara's trying to be in Hollywood, while Michelle's a public diplomacy for the U.S. SHALOM

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