Shizuka Arakawa-2005 World Championships SP

Madama Butterfly 蝶々夫人

[@uwoeric]

Wow... goosebumps. This is my favourite program of Arakawa's. She always skates with great speed, but this program had so much passion. I loved the backwards COE spiral in catch-foot position, the twizzles in her footwork sequence, and she had the prettiest sideways layback position. Gorgeous!

[@mlc2005]

Wow... one of my all-time favorite opera arias combined with one of the smoothest, most beautiful skaters ever! Can't get much better than this.

[@Bnizzofashizzo]

Tarasova got it right here !!! This was exquisite

[@pug1gun]

sad that you dont see footwork at this speed now

[@timothychow177]

The footwork sequence these days I don't even know what the pattern shape it is sometimes. Back then it was either straight, circular or serpentine?!