Oksana Baiul performs to "The Feeling Begins" by Peter Gabriel
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Music: 'The Feeling Begins' by Peter Gabriel. Thank you @itspetergabriel! 👍
The Empress of Ice, Oksana Baiul (twitter: @OksanaBaiul) competes at the 1995 Riders Ladies Championships.
Watch how she takes her time in the beginning to set the MOOD for the performance. Very unique to her!
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I personally pay little attention to fancy jumps. How the skater makes me feel with the music and her grace is how I judge. My favorite performance of all time was “Fields of Gold” by Michelle Kwan. She never won gold but in my opinion is as every bit as good if not better than many who got the gold.
@@toniroberts8117 So true!
Это волшебство.
Уникальное явление, как произведение искусства в единственном неповторимом роде❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Какая же она талантливая! Постановка потрясающая! Я в восторге, пересмариваю очень часто и не мону насмотреться! Гениально!
Талановита хореографія, талановите виконання. Цей танок- одне суцільне натхнення. Передивляюсь його вже декілька років час від часу і заряджаюсь красою. ❤
She was my favourite. A true artist. The beauty doesn't lie in her ability to jump but in her artistic expression. Long live Oksana Baiul!
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Nobody could jump like Tonya Harding in that era!!!
Artistically speaking, this is the greatest performance I've ever seen.
We need to bring artistry and footwork back into figure skating NOW
I don't think that's any possible now since the ladies from russia, specifically Tutberidze's team, already turned it into a battle of who can do more difficult jumps and ofc quads, focusing on the technical side of the sport while utterly lacking in artistry. That's so obvious when Sotnikova & Zagitova won the Olympics over the uber artistic Yuna Kim & Evgenia Medvedeva. No more art on the ice.
@@iamayanakuzunoha430 Ice skating also used to be about perfection and technical ability. If a skater so much as stumbled there would be a loud gasp from the audience and if they fell it meant a loss. I'm watching these guys stumble and even fall and just because of the difficulty of the jumps they do, or attempt, it's not a very big deal. It's very annoying to me
@@iamayanakuzunoha430 Sotnikova was technically inferior to Yuna. It was Putin that gave Sotnikova gold. Yuna's techniques were incomparable to Sotnikova.
@@iamayanakuzunoha430 I am not into figure skating but the duo of Kamila Valieva and AnnaShcherbakova is just pure joy. They both have artistic , ballet backgrounds and it shows.
I love Oksana en you
Oksana is so much more than other competitive ice skaters. She was a true dancer, performer and ARTIST. To see this level of artistry in ice skating is breathtaking. With Oksana's raw talent as a dancer and skater combined with Galinas artistic depth and talents, this duo was unstoppable. This is why Oksana is my favorite skater of all time. This performance is the epitome of art! A performance that generates an emotional response and transports the audience somewhere else. To me, this is what it's all about. Brilliant
She has such command and drama, she really does. Her programs at their best transport you AND contain innovative, complex choreography.
Could not have put it better. The mystique!
She was possessed in this routine. Mesmerizing!!!!
It's "I COULDN'T care less," not "I COULD care less."
Drea C. Oh my god. She's amazing!! Even better than her olympic program. She nailed it..
I was in the audience for this and I'll never forget it.
I'll bet!! 😃
D D , how lucky you are!
Incredible!! Lucky you
You're lucky to see this beautiful art before your very eyes
Wow
There will never be another Oksana Baiul. She is a magnetic performer... you just can't take your eyes off her out of fear you'll miss something. She was a very unique and impressive skater. I wish she had stayed focused on her career as a skater, lord knows how far she could have gone. I watched her in 1994 in Lillehammer and I knew she was going to win that Gold Medal. In spite of the Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding fiasco, she managed to snatch that Gold right away from Kerrigan's hands who thought she was so good no one could beat her. But this sweet little earned her gold medal that day. How time flies though...she's a grown woman now.
And she was only 16 years old when she performed this. Such a natural performer
She was 18 here.
I think 18 - i was 21 when she won olympic gold in 1996
@@melinalathouwers7793she won Olympic gold in 1994
@@Cloudysky502 nope that was Nancy Kerrigan after she got hit on her knee iin januari 1994 in order of tonya harding which got proven by thé FBI
No one is and will never be as great and artistic as Oksana Baiul was, she is IRREPLACEABLE Wow! Her artistry is superior. Loved Oksana , she was absolutely magnificent on the ice. Loved her!!! There will never be another Oksana, no way. She was magnificent on the ice. Bravo bravo 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🙌🙌🙌🙌😍😍🥰🥰♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I don't know, Katerina Witt doing Carmen is still the best in my opinion.
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Oksana was brilliant! She made skating with a face mask popular 25 years before COVID!!
Thanks for the laugh 😂
:-)
😁
Yeah
👍😀
Oksana is simply hovering over the ice to the shivering sound of the Armenian duduk. Thank you for your powerful performance!
She was the first skater I saw that really made an impact on me. I loved her style, her artistry and she was a perfectionist on ice.
I've got chills up and down my spine; I need to watch it again. Sometimes the plethora of quads, triple axels and huge jumps of today don't compare to such artistry and style of then. She put us in just the right mood with that perfect music. Perfection.
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So seamless...not ballet, not figure skating, but true ballet on ice.
Yes, love it 💖
She was always one of my favorite skaters from back in the day. She was always so unique and mesmerizing
Шикарная постановка!!! Смотрится на одном дыхании.Техника,артистизм и грация-всё в одном!!! Браво!!!
Это уже вторая постановка,которую мы позже наблюдали у Алины..
If she performed this act this year, she'd be accused of cultural appropriation instead of appreciated for her pure talent, skill and artistry.
It's Britney Bisch Nope. This is appreciation. They acknowledged the origin.
Ever heard of Belly Dancers?
True. Pop culture today is pretty fucked up. The bleeding heart liberal thought police would arrest her and publicly humiliate her.
Kitty White, appropriation of belly dancers? I don’t see how that would be. I don’t see any belly dancers doing this.
nordattack Meanwhile republicans deny anything and everything because they don’t “see color”, right?
are you kidding me!? that was beyond brilliant
Hii
Of course it is. This is the second time I’ve watched this and I was a toddler at the time. I’ve never seen anybody combine figure skating with traditional belly dancing. It was unbelievable. All those movements, gestures, and ice point dancing is very difficult stuff to do, even for an Olympic level skater. So beautiful and authentic. I’m surprised I didn’t see this as a kid.
This is so fabulous on so many level. Truly an EPIC performance !!!!😊❤
I have never seen something like this, it is incredible, it is unique, I will give it replay.
I miss the days when skating was graceful, ballet inspired and artistic instead of just jumping. Mesmerizing to watch this.
Sylvi Bahr This was a professional competition, not an amateur/Olympic-track one. They were allowed to have more fun and be more creative/posey. Serious competitions were always focused on athleticism as well as artistry, as well they should.
Sweet Moon That is not a proper noun; it's just artistry. Of course Oksana's artistry was amazing but even she would never have skated this in an "amateur" competition. It was still very much focused on the program elements and jumping, again, as it should be. But these ones can be more fun to watch.
Love love love her performance in this tournament~
Artistry is hard to objectively score...maybe thats why athletes focus more on pointable routines. More on the safe side I guess.
I couldn't agree more
This is one of her best programs.
This is probably the best artistic program i've ever seen. My god
I saw it live. Brilliant.
Oksana really showed how beautiful figure skating is. Besides from the crazy jumps and spins, it has artistry and beauty
この人の演技はいつ見ても色あせない 本当に美しくて優雅で一つの芸術として完成してた…！
2:58-3:02 Can we just talk about how she moonwalked on ICE?
Yujin Yi
Yes. Let's talk about it while we watch it again.
RIGHT?! My thoughts exactly!!! •0•
Yujin Yi moonwalk easier done on ice than on ground
Moonwalk is easier on ice. The less friction the better. It would also work on a waxed wooden stage with smooth soles shoes.
Moonwalk is easier on ice. The less friction the better. It would also work on a waxed wooden stage with smooth soled shoes.
Um wow that was absolutely beautiful amazing elegant superb immaculate I loved this !!
She was absolutely stunning! Mesmerizing. I remember watching her win the gold in 1994. Love the costume. Beautiful.
She was wonderful. This pref says a lot a out her ability to engage her audience. Fantastic all gold!
I remember watching this live and thinking she had transcended the artistry of the sport to a new level with this program.
Шикарная постановка и гениальная фигуристка!
Какая талантливая,мощная фигуристка! Суперр Оксана!!!!
WOW. 😳 What a treat to watch!!! She was amazing!!! 💯💜
The golden days of ice skating when artistry still mattered. It’s disappointing that it’s more about the jumps now. It’s not as interesting to watch.
Olympic skating is the sport side of skating. Its fine as it is. It is about how high and well a skater executes & masters complex jumps, spins, spirals and all the elements. How fast they skate and all the things that go into making skating an athletic sport. I like that they are measuring & grading for flexibility, precision, speed, power, edge control, body control, great balance & endurance etc. Go see a pro skating show or a skating exhibition if you want to see the artistry and show biz side of the sport. I happen to love the Olympic sport with its unpredictability and the pressure of competition. Every athlete has a personality that reveals itself whenever she/he competes. I like competition. I can also enjoy a good showbiz performance too, where skaters reveal their creativity & personalities as entertainers.
I can't believe it, but I was about to say also that those were the golden days of skating!!! Brian, Kristi, Michelle, Victor, Oksana...
@@ctruth6185 ya but why can't it he both...I'll never get that honestly...like I don't see why a performance can't be highly technical/every bit as much in focus in terms of the skill and precision and etc so on and so forth aspects of competition with the rigidness of that structure, while still also allowing for and incorporating more of the creative/ artistic experience and the expressing of originality and personality of the athlete to a more tolerated degree... like I don't see how room for those creative elements would do anything to SUBTRACT from the technical qualities which are being judged in the highest levels of competition
Couldn’t agree more. . She was so artistic powerful and unbelievable to watch !! None performs on these days like her !! Timeless to watch !!
@@ctruth6185 I don't think you watched the '94 Olympics then. Oksana beat Nancy K for the gold solely because of Oksana's artistic interpretation. Nancy had all her spins and jumps to perfection but performed so bland "like a robot". Oksana is just in a league of her own, like no other.
Это как мини спектакль, очень артистично,великолепно, грациозно-завораживающий образ ,профессионально четко откатала.
Офигет я очень люблю такое краски нальду
Да,откатала Оксана супер.
Скільки часу пройшло, а і дотепер дух перехоплює!!!
Stunning...she has always been my favorite and its because of things like this
I remember watching this on tv when I was younger. I was so mesmerized by her skating and choreography. She also did a routine to a song by Enigma in exhibition that I loved as well. She has that IT factor, along with being an incredible skating athlete
I love this style of skating but the new rules have squashed creativity. From dancing on the Ice surface itself to props and a costume that represents the music but wouldn’t be allowed by today’s standards. I love this. Bring all this back!
Because God dorbid someone breaks a leg or sue, or you show creativity and you get accused of not being politically correct. It’s about about suing or money in this shitty world.
Круто,но белые коньки смотрелись бы красивее,простите,если не права.
This is NOT Olympic Eligible skating. It cannot be compared to today's skating because this level doesn't exist any longer. These skaters are past their prime usually the technical requirements are much lower, maybe 3 jumps at most & artistic expression is highly encouraged. I encourage you to look up Kurt Browning skating to brick House
This is pro skating. Different rules to Olympic (amateur) skating
@@Сибирочка-щ1ыno sir, the purple skates match her outfit
My favorite skater, and I remember this program. She is one of a kind ❤
Peter Gabriel's music is so amazing! I've watched this great performance 3 times now!
Wow. This is the first time I’ve ever seen or heard of this performance, and I am shocked. This was terrific.
A true ARTIST! When you engage a thing and you are in love with what you are doing....it shows!
This is by far the best and most moving coreography I've seen on ice EVER. My absolute favorite.
It's now 2020, and I've just realized how much more brilliant and amazing Oksana was here considering her breathing was compromised due to the mask . . . and she still managed to captivate and enthrall even though two-thirds of her face was covered. It's all in the eyes!
Перед выступлением, она превращается в хладнокровный кремень! Удивительно... В такой момент понимаешь, олимпийским чемпионами становятся наисильнейшие личности! Браво👏
смешной язык
What a great artist! Brilliant. No one skated like this. True artistic brilliance! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This lady is mesmerizing to watch!! Go Oksana!!
The control she has over her body, especially in the opening, is one of the many things that make her so amazing!
I remember watching this live years ago. Seems like yesterday. Such grace and beauty. The whole world loved Oksana!!...💜🤗💜
I remember watching this skating performance way back in the day and thinking how brilliant it was. All these years later in 2018 and it is STILL brilliant. The fact that Nancy Kerrigan and Tara Lapinski were even mentioned in the same breath as Oksana is criminal. Neither of them were even close to being in her league.
Tara Lapinski cheated in her jumps and got the gold medal.
Plus, those nasty comments Kerrigan made about Disney. 😡
Oksana was always the one
Homewrecker nancy was a whiner.
Tara was inspired by Oksana. Nancy was well Nancy. Tara isn't Oksana but she was a lovely skater.
Wundervoll! Das habe ich 2022 vermisst.
Bringing the heat of the arabian desert to the cold nights the Ukraine.
what a beautiful contrast.
💕💕💕💕
AGREED DARLIN 100% 😎🤘🇨🇦❤
Nights are not always cold. In fact, ice skating is not a genuine ukrainian sport. Baiul's success was an exception.
This is armenian music not arabic, the instrument is the duduk 🙄
@@reedyriver506 Питер Гэбриэл. Какой дудук?!
Gracias por compartir el video! Oskana que gran patinadora!! Su atuendo muy original y hermoso! Felicidades!! Saludos desde Pachuca, Hidalgo, México!
This performance is absolutely unbelievable. I’ve never seen someone skate like that. We need this nowadays. When he said “artistic perfection” he meant it 💜💫☁️
What an artistic performance by Oksana Baiul. Simply out of this world !!!
Always my most favorite skater of all time. Never a dull moment. The raw talent is just breathtaking for me. Love you oksana 🌺❤️
She’s freaking amazing love her!! Her artistry is phenomenal
Always loved her skating. She mastered the technical aspects of competitive skating, but more importantly, she dance with her heart and soul. A pleasure to watch. Loved her costume too.
She was really something. I got chills every time I saw her perform! Such a talented artist. It was an honor watching her work. 💜
This woman is so full of emotion and passion. There is an artistry beyond the sportsmanship.
My grandmother was her counselor at silver hill, she used to call my grandmother "mother" all the time. She was a sweetheart
So you you just told her private bussiness 🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@sahpire75 The fact that Oksana was in rehab is on public record, there's nothing 'private' about it. Nor do I think there's anything wrong with saying that she was a kind person and a sweetheart.
@@chooseyourpoison5105 agree
@@chooseyourpoison5105 but that doesn't mean anyone should disclose details
@@sahpire75 There weren't really any details revealed though? There were no details of the extent of her addiction, what treatment she was receiving or how long she had to stay for. OP was just saying that she was a sweetheart.
Are u for real?
That performance was flawless. Absolutely superb.
Unrivalled on all counts.
Forget ur Nancy's ect -
This is the :
creme de la creme.
Crème de la crème !😂😂😂👍
Truly a well trained seasoned professional. Incredible quality! She just continues to excel in her craft!
That was a fun performance. She did 3 jumps and two spins. Today they require 7 jump s, three must be combos, one must be an axel, there can be no more than 4 axels, one combo can have 3 jumps, and there’s 3 (?) spins required with position changes, edge changes, and difficulty in their entrance and exit. The sport has progressed SO much in only a few decades. Back in the 90s skaters had time to fill. All this and skaters today still manage to have their own personalities on the ice. One French skater incorporated African dance he learned while traveling and no he wasn’t cancelled. Instead, he got permission.
Far from perfect
Being American I always supported the home team but no other skater could rival the artistic genius of this tortured soul. As a technician she left a lot to be desired, however, I love how she always went for it. Throughout all the bobbles she still managed to captivate. Legendary!!!
Nobody could move quite like Oksana !
Oh this lady performs magically, belly dance on ice, swan lake on ice. Superb.
I loved this performance way back and again today!
She was amazing
Just the best!! I miss her!
OMG shes one of the greatest I've ever seen her performances are amazing and breathtaking, what a life what a career, shes so blessed and talented!!! Awsome that was so fun to watch!!!
Oh my goodness this was such a great performance!! As Scott said, artistic perfection! Loved her skating and dancing. Beautiful.
This was the most beautiful and mesmerising ice skating I have ever seen. Oksana is a true artist, a dancer on ice.
ive never seen any routine come close to this artistic level , to date.
Ooh, one of the best pieces of music by one of my favourite artists! I approve of this.
This will always be my favorite of her performances. This was so artistically done.
Love this performance. Excellent!
It’s moments like this where you realize this is why Nancy lost. Bauil’s influence as a skater is unrivaled and she will leave a mark greater than Nancy ever could hope to.
James Frew
The only things that come to mind about Nancy is her whining "why, why?" and stealing her married coach. Princess.
So very, very true!
I agree, Nancy was way overrated and so mechanical. She brought nothing to the table.
Oksana influenced Michelle Kwan who in turn inspired Yuna Kim.
@@2degucitas In 1996 Kerrigan married her *agent*, Jerry Solomon, not her coach. She was never involved with
Evy Scotvold, who with his wife Mary were her coaches, including during her professional skating career after her marriage to Solomon.
Just wow!! Such a talented young lady!
I will never forget this performance. The first time i saw it and again seeing it now is purely magical.
이런 작품이 있었다니! 대단히 인상적이네요~ 백조의 호수 금메달리스트로 뚜렷이 기억하고 있습니다. 참 세월이 많이도 흘렀습니다.
She was ahead of her time with her matching mask!
She was and still is my favorite skater ever. She's gorgeous 💖
She skates with such incredible speed. Just absolutely brilliant. The conviction in her performance, the artistry! Her mother, who died when Oxana was 13, loved ballet so that is one of the reasons Oxana is so balletic and unique and wonderful in her skating.
Brilliant & so talented! 😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗
Loved her since I was a kid. So happy to watch this!!
Now that's what I call a show!!!
Scott Baldwin shed sucked
She looks like an Arabian princess.....
Hypnotic and beautiful!
Hypnotic...what a great descriptor!
Other than her amazing performance who else was worried that she'd accidently run into her prop?!😆😂🤣
Ms Victoria omg! Me! I was like what if she trips on it?
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Lol I'm glad I wasn't the only one!😁 I know if it was me, I'd trip on it within the first 2 minutes of the program *PING!💨 POW!💥 Nose dive!💫* 🤧😴🤣🤣🤣
I was worried. thinking that somebody will remove the prop but then at the end she will be picking it again and she did! consider also the face mask (mind you it was pre covid days) that might impair her vision. amazing performance indeed!!
@@procesoramos5297
Wow that's so true. (I didn't think about the mask thing-pre Covid days) but that was a good catch. I agree with you.
Me!
Jedes Programm - ein Bild, ein Charakter, eine Geschichte. Ich applaudierte am PC. Genial, schön, herzerfrischend. Bravo, Oxana!
This is my favorite I've skating video of all time. She was AMAZING. She blew Nancy outnof the water with this routine and her skating abilities. She deserved the gold that she received.
When professional skating was fun and exciting. Please bring these completions back. Your fans miss them!
This performance by Oksana and the Bolero performance skated by
Torvill & Dean in 1984 are my all time favorites.
Умничка !!!!!!! Такая молодчинка !!!!!! Просто завораживающе !!!!!!
I adore this and I love Jason Browns 2014 National Championship performance for Riverdance. Two people who show not only their professionalism but their love and joy of their craft.
I’ve never seen anyone do anything like that. She is definitely a talented, beautiful lady. I loved watching her. ❤️
Который раз смотрю и не могу не восхищаться. Такая мощь и энергетика от нее идёт. Очень талантливая.
Невероятная харизма🌷🌺🌹👍👍👍
а мне в 1 половине не хватало прыжков, вот как кота за хвост, так и хотелось прыжки вставить
Ох Оксана какая бешеная Энергетика!!! Хореография скольжение вращения просто лучшая!
Супер выступление. Такое великолепное, сказачное выступление.
Просто Восторг .Восхищение . Пластика на Высшем Уровне .
А скорость какая!!!!
Перформанс
What a show! Who could "dance" like
her?🙂
I remember watching this when I was a young girl. Loved how everything was so beautiful, her skating, choreography, costume and music. Everything was magical!