“Before heading off to Salt Lake City for the Winter Olympics, Michelle Kwan hosts an ice skating clinic for the kids of Children’s Miracle Network from the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital.”
November 19th, 2001.
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Michelle Kwan skating to East of Eden in the 1996 US National Championships gala.
(Photos by Barry Mittan)
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The top comment. They spilled.
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This essay is a beautiful tribute to Tatsuki Machida and a brilliant analysis of his short programme East of Eden (2013-2014 season):
Machida skated this programme as a homage to Michelle Kwan whom he held a deep admiration for and who skated the programme more than a decade earlier. If you are a fan of Machida and/or Kwan or just enjoy figure skating meta, I highly recommend reading this.
As a fan of both figure skating (including meta) and Yuri!!! On Ice, reading this article was a delicious double-serving. Machida is rumoured to be one of the figure skaters who inspired the character of Yuuri Katsuki, especially as Mitsurou Kubo is a huge fan of him. Machida's career had some striking parallels to Yuuri's and discovering these, makes my nerd heart beat faster.
Like Yuuri, Machida has the skill to make music with his body. His skating is just mesmerising. I wanted to honour this and thus had Yuuri skate the two programmes Machida skated in the 2013-2014 season in my canonverse AU A Song of Fiery Birds and Endless Winter, in which Yuuri and Viktor meet 2014 Winter Olympics. And we all know which fictional skater Yuuri holds a deep admiration for.
But I digress. Read the article. It's excellent.
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Michelle Kwan - 2002 Worlds LP (Scheherazade) Eurosport
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Quote of the Day- May 15, 2022
Quote of the Day- May 15, 2022
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Michelle Kwan skating to Kissing You by Des'ree at the 1999 Skate Canada and 1999 Keri Lotion Classic.
(Photos by J. B. Mittan)
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It’s crazy how I can watch old Michelle Kwan programs and still be totally enraptured; programs twenty-five years old that I’ve seen dozens of times. I am no less captivated by them than when I was a child watching starry eyed in front of my television set and falling in love with both her, and with the sport of figure skating.
There will never be another skater like her. She was and is the brightest star this sport has ever seen. ❤️
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Happy Seasonal Celebrations!
A collection of Christmas and winter themed skating programs to ease you into the holiday.
Shun Sato, Carol of the Bells
Michelle Kwan, Winter's Song...
Carolina Kostner, Pachelbel Canon in G
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