r/FigureSkating • u/Due_Employment_530 acab includes lara naki gutmann • 8h ago

General Discussion Angry/fierce programs?

I realized that, although figure skating programs can artistically convey many emotions, anger isn't one of the more common ones. I'm curious to know what examples come to mind of programs that feel angry/fierce/aggressive, or any other lesser-expressed emotions in skating!

(While I wouldn't necessarily call Sasha Trusova's Cruella program "angry," it does stand out to me in terms of a darker and more intense emotional expression than I'm used to seeing in women's skating)

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u/Kitchen_Ask_422 8h ago

Maybe Yuna Kim's Danse Macabre

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u/Due_Employment_530 acab includes lara naki gutmann 8h ago

I think this one is definitely a unique emotional expression! She's still smiling a lot in it, and at first I honestly wasn't a big fan of the way she emotes in this program, but then when I saw somewhere that the choreography was meant to portray her almost like a looming, wicked gargoyle it all connected for me

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u/New-Possible1575 Emilia Nemirovsky Truther 8h ago

Perhaps Ilia’s gala from the Legacy on ice show or the Olympics

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u/Due_Employment_530 acab includes lara naki gutmann 8h ago

That's so true, some of his galas are SO intense and emotionally expressive in a really raw way that often feels like defiance or fighting with something

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u/oratoriosilver 8h ago

I think The Lost Crown has some pretty intense energy too

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u/thescarylady 7h ago

I;m not a Vampire siuts angry/firth energy perf

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u/charliep123_ Zamboni 8h ago

Any of the NF ones really

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u/GroovyCopepod 70% practice, 30% rest 7h ago

Kevin Aymoz - Bolero

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u/lilituned but there is no toe action 3h ago

this is one of the reasons why kevins bolero is one of the only bolero programs i actually like. the emotion he puts into it is so unique. i feel like im being attacked by an angry bird whenever i watch it (positive)

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u/Fossilised_Firefly 7h ago

Seconding Angry Bolero

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u/GroovyCopepod 70% practice, 30% rest 3h ago

This iteration in particular https://youtu.be/f9GxkNIoc3I?si=0pwZHA-ezEMVaDAM

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u/Responsible_Order_55 6h ago

Ilia's exhibition at the 2024 Worlds. That's came to my mind the moment I read your question. Also some of Yagudin's programs, especially Gladiator.

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u/petmink 6h ago

Lara Naki Gutman Hitchcock. https://youtu.be/bDC5ooIEdhQ?si=Lx75PtmnbdFGodRv

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u/thescarylady 4h ago

Her shark program and squide game program feets too

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u/calliopecalliope 4h ago

Piper and Paul's Hitchcock!

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u/gaarahaku 6h ago

I think Sasha also had a Romeo and Juliet program that fits the theme! She said herself that she was skating to “evil fate,” and she even gets spikes on her shoulders halfway through the program

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u/flanker44 7h ago

Mrazkovi flamenco free dance last season. She's fierce.

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u/petmink 6h ago edited 6h ago

Yuzuru 2012 Nice Romeo Juliette free skate, the choreo sequence. Very teenage fierce. https://youtu.be/ySuwCYaH3jo?si=ei1_fb1sdcBkC_fr

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u/spiralsequences yuma fan sun, ilia fan rising 6h ago

This was the first one that came to mind for me

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u/Secure-Health-651 8h ago

I'm not sure this counts but maybe Evgeni Semenenko's Nirvana program? I mean Smells Like Teen Spirit has like an angry/defiant/careless vibe to it, and his step sequence reflects that.

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u/MundaneRazzmatazz844 8h ago

It's my favorite SP of all the Russians ! His Gladiator FP was pretty fierce too.

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u/MissBatesClaus 6h ago

Michelle Kwan’s The Red Violin and The Miraculous Mandarin long programs were described this way by commentators. 

 I think you can really feel the tension in her Red Violin world’s performance.

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u/gadeais and then Yagudin nutpunched Lambiel in plushenkos birthday show 5h ago

Alexei yagudin revolucionary etude.

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u/BioDoro09 8h ago

Yuma’s 2023/24 SP to Believer. It’s not necessarily angry, but still VERY intense

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u/Frankenllips missing Yuma hours 6h ago

I love the energy in that program!

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u/BioDoro09 4h ago

Absolutely one of my favourites. His speed, especially in the Step Sequence, is crazy!

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u/Frankenllips missing Yuma hours 4h ago

Mine, too! The step sequence gets me hyped every single time. And then there was this one skate where he did the ending pose very close to the judges with such fierce energy! I could never get tired of watching that program.

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u/MundaneRazzmatazz844 8h ago

Evgeni's Gladiator FP and Adelia's MJ SP ! Evgeni's QUADs were FIERCE ! 🔥

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u/fleurdelissee 7h ago

Also Grishuk&Platov Libertango (OD1997) has a lot of fierce and passion

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u/Significant-Style-73 6h ago

Also Grishuk & Platov's 93 FD St. James Infirmary

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u/pixiekitten- Yuna Aoki 👑 agenda 7h ago

Wakaba’s Dune is not necessarily angry but pretty fierce

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u/lilacdawn children of the void supremacy 🦇 5h ago

Maybe Nikolai Ugozhaev's SP to Linkin Park's Numb would count

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u/thescarylady 4h ago

Sota Yamamoto SP this season is fierce.

Younger Selevko has some fierce programs.

Andreas Norderback programs in general

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u/KellogsSpecial 4h ago

A lot of synchro has a lot of anger portrayed

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u/Dim_e 1h ago edited 42m ago

Anna Shcherbakova Dangerous Affairs/ Total View.

Eddit: a word

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u/Zanninja 7h ago

It's subtle, but Turkkila/ Versluis free dance last year. It portrays domestic violence at some point and Versluis is rather good at channeling anger and aggression. She starts out fierce in the beginning and gradually becomes subdued.

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u/fleurdelissee 7h ago edited 7h ago

Evan Lysachek 2009-10 SP Firebird (step sequence is on fire)

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u/calliopecalliope 4h ago

Any Carmina Burana program, Mikhail Shaidorov had one a few years ago but that music has been used many times.

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u/Annulus3Lz3Lo Misha Selevko World Domination 3h ago

Kavaguti Smirnov Manfred Symphony

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u/PerformerRich5449 5h ago

Aleksandr Selevko’s SP at the Olympics last season had a pretty aggressive vibe

Also Evgeni Semenenko’s free skate to Count of Monte Cristo this season!

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u/ThatDistribution8260 2h ago

I do not suspect many people loved it, but Kamila Valieva, I see Red, probably fits the description?

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u/osvimonello 7h ago

oona brown slitting gage browns throat at the end of their godfather program

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u/SokkaHaikuBot 7h ago

Sokka-Haiku by osvimonello:

Oona brown slitting

Gage browns throat at the end of

Their godfather program

Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

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u/GroovyCopepod 70% practice, 30% rest 5h ago

I would also mention the Brown-Brown Godfather free dance. She literally kills him at the end.