Friday, June 30, 2006

Dance

It's pretty amazing what you can find on youtube.com. I never thought watching little videos on a computer could be so much fun. One thing that struck me about the Jud Laipply, "Evolution of Dance" video, besides the humor, was - wow that guy's really in good shape.



If you want to see the playlist of the songs you can find them, and download some of the songs if you like, at Evolution of Dance - with Jud Laipply

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I embedded three montages of ice dancing and figure skating below that you might like. These are just a few of the many that come up if you search youtube.com for "figure skating montage". Amazing combination of athleticism, beauty, and grace on the part of the skaters, as well as some video skills and creativity on the part of the montage makers in combining the clips and the music selection.

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This is a figure skating montage of Canadian ice dancers Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz




The song is "For Good" sung by Kristin Chenoweth from the soundtrack of the Broadway musical "Wicked". Here's the Amazon link to the soundtrack from Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast).


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There are a lot of Sasha Cohen video montages. I liked the beginning of this one with a quote attributed to Anne Frank -

"Think of all the beauty left around you and be happy."




Looking at a couple of those clips makes me think Sasha Cohen bears a resemblance to a young Audrey Hepburn.

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And finally this montage of Michelle Kwan with the song "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban.




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