What is your favorite exhibition by Mao?

I'm making a poll on Mao's EX programs as a companion piece to the SP & LP polls I did earlier.

Again, it was hard for me to pick a favorite. It's really a tie between So Deep is the Night and Over the Rainbow. I love the maturity, elegance, and flowness Mao displayed in So Deep is the Night. Her costume there is also my favorite. But I am going to vote for Over the Rainbow because the youthful exuberance and lightness of this program just personifies Mao.

Por Una Cabeza
Love, love, love this program! Music, choreography, her dress, the way Mao presented it, her cheerful and playful smile - I adore it al!
Actually I like all of Mao's exhibitions, but this one is special to me. In my opinion it is one of the best exhibitions ever!

for me is very,very difficult to decide, but amiong the other i prefer Por una cabeza ,Chopin ballade n1 and Caprice.

but i voted Por una Cabeza.... so difficult to choose one.

Por una cabeza
Mao has such a gorgeous and mature expression.

And I love tango!

It's between Caprice and Ballade for me. I think Ballade will be my favorite once Mao gets settled and comfortable with it, but for now it's a tie. Caprice shows Mao's joyful and exuberant side, while Ballade shows how balletic and graceful she is...gah, I can't decide!

For me, it's definitely So deep is the night, but I can see her new Chopin EX becoming a favorite of mine once she preforms it a few more times...

I can just watch her EX from the 2008 4CC over and over again

Great, yet another difficult choice to make...

For now, it's Caprice because I loved the step sequence near the end + the fan, but Over the Rainbow (particularly the 2007 ver. with Aero), Singx3, and Ballade are all up there too, rank wise.

So hard to choose!



But Por una Cabeza stands out a bit!

It's really hard to pick one...
For me, So deep is the night, Por una cabeza and Ballade#1 are same rank. I can watch them thousand of times. But I picked So deep is the night because I love the grace and free expression she shows.
It may change to Ballade#1 during this season.

How can I pick one? Every exhibition is special~!
But I chose Caprice because of the exquisite choreography and joyful expression Mao gives during her performances. But honestly, So Deep is The Night and Over the Rainbow are good too!

my favourite is ballade, I really love mao's balletic movement and elegance not to mention that I think that chopin and mao are a great combination... but I LOVE every exhibition of mao they all are soo uniqe in every way..

Arrghhh!! I can't choose one!! I love them all!!

I am torn between Por Una Cabeza and Chopin Ballade...Oh No!no..no..no..
I love all her Exhibition programs...I can't choose one...

I think I have to go with Ballade, though she has many very nice EX programs. But for me, Ballade highlights everything that is beautiful, ethereal, and graceful about Mao. I never get tired of watching it!

I'm not surprised "Por una cabeza" is in the lead I love all Mao's exhibition programs (especially tango, Caprise & Ballade ) except "Habanera".

europeanfan wrote:

I'm not surprised "Por una cabeza" is in the lead I love all Mao's exhibition programs (especially tango, Caprise & Ballade ) except "Habanera".

I wasn't a big fan of "Habanera" in the 2006-07 season, but then I watched the same exhibition performed by Mao while she was still a novice skater:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm5xsi9Ypu0
...and I loved it! The choreo remainded almost the same, but the program was build around those qualities (spped , deep edges, back flexibility) that were affected the most during the 2006-07 season, when Mao was going through her first growth spurt. What's more, the black-fuchsia costume looked very cutte on young Mao, but a few years later it just seemed a bit juniorish.

The comparison of those 2 versions of Habanera (and also Czardas from the 2006 SA practice to the lversions performed later) made me realize just how brilliant a program "Nocturne" was - it was still quite demanding, but it helped to hide Mao's weaknesses at that time while highlighting her posture, edgework and beautiful spirals.

It's hard to choose one from her EX But my favorite is Ballad No.1. I think this program is really nice for her, from music, the choreography to the simple white costume(she looks so good in this dress ) Chopin's soft and beautiful music really suits for Mao
But I love all the other EX from her, too!!

Por Una Cabeza vs Ballade #1 ... difficult to choose only one though, voted for Por Una Cabeza.

Pick Yourself Up (2004 -2005), anyone?

I picked Por Una Cabeza. But this was before I saw Jupiter, now I have two fave Mao's EX programs.