Michelle Kwan - 1998 World Pro "Lamento d'Ariane"

Music: Lamento d'Ariane by Massenet, Absalom's Death and Tango by Desyatnikov, Suite No.3: Scenes dramatiques - Scene finale by Massenet, Suite No.6: Scenes de feerie - Bacchanale by Massenet

[@PerAllwin1963]

One of my favorite Kwan performances.

[@JoshuaFazeli]

This program is really the crown jewel of all her programs. She is simply in an artistic realm that is beyond words.

[@judyi8671]

You notice that she takes her time. Not saying she doesn't have a lot of speed, she does. But her moves are held and nothing is rushed. A lot of today's skaters are so frantic and do their moves in less than a second. I miss that flow Michelle had, the way she melded the moves together and was so light on the ice. This is one of Michelle's best programs by far.

[@judyi8671]

Michelle's connection to the music is exceptional. Every note. Her choreography is untouchable.

[@Jacobeeez]

Not really she was boring to watch. Sasha ‘s choreography was more artistic and magical and much more beautiful !

[@TT-ee4qp]

@@Jacobeeez Sasha's performance was boring. She had the only one style and never changed. Sasha had to skate on crutches or she would fall everywhere on ice. Actually, Michelle's artistry was better.

[@ellenbay3578]

I can never forget how Michele brings tears to my eyes whenever she skates... The emotion she evokes on ice is beyond comparison. I don't know if we'll ever have anyone else that could come to her level of brilliance in this lifetime...

[@jjh2456]

That sequence with the 3flip, 2axel, and 3salchow was amazing. This program was so well choreographed and paced.

[@natefame]

You know, for Michelle doing 7 triples in an event where most of the skaters were doing exhibitions programs with 3 triples , she really should’ve gotten 6.0s in the technical mark.

[@JoshuaFazeli]

Just stunning- no words can describe the class and sophistication. And Sandra B. commentating takes the cake.

[@Bnizzofashizzo]

Skating will not be the same. I miss Sandra... Johnny and Tara have just... don't get me started.

[@user-vn7sj5ig8w]

I hear ya Bnizzofashizzo!

[@JoshuaFazeli]

@@Bnizzofashizzo Tara and Johnny are clowns. One was coached by a serial molester, the other was coached by an embezzler. And they both could not reach an audience like Janet, Michelle, or even Nancy.

[@AT-jm4dl]

@@JoshuaFazeli Which coach was the "embezzler" ? Tara was coached by Richard Callahan, whom I'm assuming you are referring to as the "molester". Johnny was coached by Priscilla Hill and then Galina. So are you saying either Hill or Galina was an "embezzler" ?

[@annecohen8927]

What a lovely music to be hearing this for the first time. And to see a video of Michelle Kwan performing to this is extremely iconic. I love this music on how well and mesmerizing it went with her skating.

[@crazyasianman07]

Beautiful performance & great high well deserved marks! 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kayincat]

Such a difficult program. The amount of energy needed to execute that intense footwork sequence at the end, plus the jump! Too back this was the only time she was able to perform this program perfectly.

[@sherryanng19]

To E.Riveria.. I was at the aranjuez nationals and world's and at Tosca Nationals. They were amazing programs because of how she skated. Just out of this world talent. But I still prefer the programs of the frank/Lori era. They were always jam packed with difficulty and the elements flowed from one to the next. They showcased her artistic talent to the max. DON'T EVEN WANT TO GET STARTED naming all her perfect programs .

[@geezluizann]

My favorite long program of hers! Truly a work of art.

[@tyboogie1982]

Michelle Kwan and Frank Carroll were a perfect pair

[@sgsmozart]

An exquisite program musically. ...perfectly choreographed steps to the crescendo of each phrase!

[@attnMoFo]

The short haired era was my favorite. She could do no wrong.

[@dlcc4dlng]

Wow. That was stunning

[@edwarda.7761]

I didn't know about this performance until I saw it on KZbin

[@goldburnm]

This program was never in my top 10, but it is amazing! It holds up so well.

[@porkchop1329]

I absolutely love this program. I wish she did more catch foot spins like the one in the program.

[@pollyliu8159]

POWERFUL PERFORMANCE MICHELLE KWAN

[@AT-jm4dl]

Michelle peaked too early with this program. The National's performance a month later was still very good but had a fall on the last 3lutz. She was then unfortunately sick at Worlds two months later and made mistake in the SP and had a subpar LP performance. If Michelle had skated like this at Worlds then she would've won the 1999 World title even though Maria B. of Russia was quite good herself at that event.

[@sherryanng19]

Her programs from 96 to 2001 were just phenomenal. Wish she hadn't left Lori and Frank, but I always thought she was under pressure to "re-invent" herself .... judges kept saying they wanted something new from her. I didn't quite understand that, her skating is her skating.

[@erivera4928]

i disagree, tosca, aranjuez were amazing

[@jjh2456]

They wanted more difficult triple jumps. The 3toe/3toe wasn't going to enough anymore.

[@AT-jm4dl]

@@jjh2456 The irony is that MK could've won SLC without doing any 3-3 at all; She just had to skate the LP clean and turn on the performance level for the last minute of the routine. Unfortunately Michelle felt pressured the entire 01-02 season by the fan and the press to do the 3-3 and include more difficult 3-3. The pressure got to her at SLC and then of course Sarah's standing O performance with two different 3-3s before Michelle was about to skate did not help Michelle's confidence. Michelle's biggest mistake was going coachless the Olympic season; That was the biggest head scratcher of all.

[@jjh2456]

3A4T 10 absolutely. I get that she wanted to take more ownership of her career, but she needed a coach at that point. Tatiana Turasova would have loved to take her on then. Imagine her and Yagudin just feeding off of each other going into those Olympics.

[@TT-ee4qp]

@@jjh2456 However, Michelle had triple triple combo since 1995 ~ 2005 ( not every time ) , which means her technique was stable and better than the other skaters like Tara or Sarah had triple triple combo just for 2~3 years.

[@3l3llala13]

If Michelle had skated like this at the 99 World then she would've won the gold medal.

[@sgsmozart]

One of my favorite programs in a history of great skating. I love her short hair.....one criticism....her free leg in the layback spin in not good....I wonder why her coach. Frank Carroll, never corrected it....although. I did see one program where the position was beautiful.....We don't have beautifully choreographed programs like this anymore...just flailing arms and ugly spins from this new generation of skaters adapting to the Code of Points scoring system.

[@cvcfoundation8413]

Wow did she actually do a catch foot spin? It was slow and stiff but nice to see her try for once.

[@pueraeternus111]

And she did it clockwise, too!!!

[@MichaelDruck]

Sandra Bezic is singing her praises now. You get her next to Scott Hamilton like in the 2002 Olympics and they tear Michelle down. Horrbile commentators.

[@Bnizzofashizzo]

Your ability to critically think is terrible. Michelle Quan showed up to that Olympic Games undertrained, out of shape, regressing without a coach, with a huge mistake in her free skate, a recycled short program, and none of the spark and spunk that she needed to win. If you think it’s tearing someone down to tell the truth, you must live in a very well hidden glass house

[@aspenrobinson8797]

She looks like a twin to her father with her short hair.

[@daninolopesify]

OH Ms. Robinson did you forget to take your milk of magnesia ?

[@aspenrobinson8797]

Finally a program she skated that didn't bore me and make me wonder how she won so much gold. Her jumps are so tiny and her set up to her jumps are soo exaggerated with her arms flared out ready to make the jump . She pouts when she dosent win too. Her edges and slways cheated as well.

[@daninolopesify]

Jealous?

[@sgsmozart]

Oh shut up !

[@katherinetan4587]

This sounds like your problem for being bitter

[@TT-ee4qp]

Michelle is more greater than Tara, Sarah, and Sasha in the figure skating history.

[@divineson1681]

You clearly sound like someone who never skated in a competition. CUT THE CRAP LOL