When I was competing I would spend hours watching 16 mm movies of Tenley. She was my idol. Years later when I turned pro she came to one of my performances and made it a point to come back stage to tell me how wonderful and graceful I was. We spent awhile talking and I told her that if she really enjoyed my skating that she was largely responsible. She was so sweet and elegant. Gave me a hug and thanked me for such a wonderful performance. I was blown away!!
She was amazing! I heard about her in my youth in the 70s but never got to see this. Her mastery of the ice was incredible, her edges, footwork and interconnecting jumps novel and brilliant, her spins beautiful - the traveling camel was cool, and her endurance was phenomenal! I can't believe how many jumps she fit in with a double axel in the last half of her program for good measure. What was really cool was how creative and playful her skating was. That's largely missing from modern figure skating except in ice dancing. What a beautiful skater and how lucky am I at 60 to finally get to see her at her best! Thank you!
Гениальная фигуристка! И это было так давно, для того времени такое катание приятно удивило!И просто шок для меня! Так кататься! Талантище!💝☘️💖🌿💓🌱💛🌿💕🌼💓🌹⛸️⛸️🎉🎉🎉
Such grace and lightness. I started skating in 1958.. the boots then were not nearly as supportive as they are nowadays. So early skaters developed strong ankles ! I'm often amazed that they achieved such excellent jumps. Though I did notice many small and little used jumps, and moves , seldom seen nowadays.
Шикарное катание. Современные фигуристки не могут быть такими элегантными и свободными на льду из-за технических перегрузок. У них нет того фантастического скольжения, которое демонстрирует Tenley Albright . Посмотрела с удовольствием.
Such a gem!! The footwork sequences are superb. And the simple things like transitioning from backward to forward crossovers without moving the upper body at all really give the impression of floating on air. Thank you for sharing this!
I love all of the balletic touches in this program. I give Dr. Albright all Level 4's on TSC and PSC, and +3's plus bonus on the combo jump that comes late in her program @4:42. :D
It's awesome to be able to watch this video!! "Tenley Albright, one the of legends of Ice Skating, Olympic Champion and twice world champion." Kinna speaks for itself...no?
That’s a single axel so she is not spinning that fast so you don’t get the blur from double and triple axels you see now these days cause skaters rarely use single axels in their performance
@macerface Remember they had only just begun to start doing multiple rotation jumps-especially the women. Lady skaters were even PENALIZED for doing jumps at the turn of the last century. Jumping styles became more refined as time went on and with better skate boot equipment.
Back when they didnt care if you started as a toddler, and pregnancy wasnt the termination of your career. Aw good old fashioned Im an adult who likes figure skating plz&thnxs
Back in 1988 America cheered on Debbie Thomas & so badly wanted her to win. Skating in Calgary effectively was home court advantage, but her nerves just got to her. It was a big challenge to over throw Katerina Witt, 1984 Gold Medalist, but the LP was Debbie's to win. The Battle of the Carmens. Had she won, she would've been the first African American lady to capture gold. USFS so badly wanted to see her win. We all did. Just to let you know. USFS does have an active outreach program. As a FS fan & supporter, I want to see a diverse a U.S. Team. There's young talent out there.
We know that. You may not be aware of the diversity in U.S. figure skating since 1984. (Thomas's debut) . But what are you doing to help make the sport diverse? Do you FS competitively? That's great! In 1996 Rudy Galindo became National Men's Champion. In 1979 Tai Babilonia, w/her partner Randy Gardner, won the World Title. My point is USFS really tries its best to find the best talent. Michelle Kwan debuted in 1994. The rest is history. We cannot change the past. We can make the sport as diverse as America.
As creative and fun as this program was, Tenley does not raise her arms or hands above the shoulder level once except at the very end. This was a convention of the era, like palms facing the ice.
I'v always wondered that myself. Because when you dont cross the free leg it makes you cheat your jumps. I noticed on here some of her double jumps were cheated because of it. But she was still a beautiful skater.
The "modern" jumping technique with legs crossed (aka 'back spin position") was invented by Gus Lussi (who incidentally was one of Tenley's former coaches), but not all skaters and coaches of the time were employing it. Eventually Lussi's method became the standard.
M D I suppose the Gus Lussi method won’t come up very often in discussing today’s skating, w/ Diane de Leeuw perhaps being the last major skater not to adopt it. But I do hope “skating historians” somewhere are properly compiling and memorializing the history and milestones of figure skating-because I see the institutional memory being lost.
The bent free leg on the landing is a hold-over from the early years, like the Henie era and it held on through the 50s. This bent or attitude position of the free leg is also the standard in figures, at least when it is the trailing leg. By the late 60s, Janet Lynn killed off the old style by defining the modern skating style -- deeply bent skating knee, beautifully extended free leg, careful use of more aesthetic shoulder and arm positions, great upper body posture as well, jumps that spring up, float, are delayed before the rotations instead of spinning them off the ice. I suppose it could be argued that Peggy Fleming, before Janet, brought skating into the modern style era. Stylistically, the both look pretty much like skaters of today. As someone else mentioned, the coach Gus Lussi was ahead of his time and brought skating so far forward technically, but Janet Lynn was a skater who influenced coaches for her style, as did Fleming. After you watch a lot of skating, you begin to overlook some of that old style of skating and appreciate what they did. Tenley was very creative with all the hops and steps she did in the program. I loved it. She had an energy and originality that would make most other skaters of her time look boring by comparison.
@@Timzart7 Thank you so much for this detailed explanation. I knew the bent free leg was a holdover from the early days, but I didn’t know why. The bent leg jumping had me confused, too. It’s so different from this era of triple and quad jumps. Cool to see the roots of skating.
@@waynehentley4332 ladies were not allowed to dot ripple jumps in the 50"s. Tenley was renowned for her artistry, double jump combinations, and consistency. She was the USA first woman figure skating Olympic gold medalist.
When I was competing I would spend hours watching 16 mm movies of Tenley. She was my idol. Years later when I turned pro she came to one of my performances and made it a point to come back stage to tell me how wonderful and graceful I was. We spent awhile talking and I told her that if she really enjoyed my skating that she was largely responsible. She was so sweet and elegant. Gave me a hug and thanked me for such a wonderful performance. I was blown away!!
She was amazing! I heard about her in my youth in the 70s but never got to see this. Her mastery of the ice was incredible, her edges, footwork and interconnecting jumps novel and brilliant, her spins beautiful - the traveling camel was cool, and her endurance was phenomenal! I can't believe how many jumps she fit in with a double axel in the last half of her program for good measure. What was really cool was how creative and playful her skating was. That's largely missing from modern figure skating except in ice dancing. What a beautiful skater and how lucky am I at 60 to finally get to see her at her best! Thank you!
That’s my great grandmother for you!
You’re the great grandchild of an icon. Put that to good use
Wow, her jumps are so huge! Such a beautiful, graceful skater.💜🌟
Гениальная фигуристка!
И это было так давно, для того времени такое катание приятно удивило!И просто шок для меня!
Так кататься!
Талантище!💝☘️💖🌿💓🌱💛🌿💕🌼💓🌹⛸️⛸️🎉🎉🎉
Such grace and lightness. I started skating in 1958.. the boots then were not nearly as supportive as they are nowadays. So early skaters developed strong ankles ! I'm often amazed that they achieved such excellent jumps. Though I did notice many small and little used jumps, and moves , seldom seen nowadays.
Yeah I liked those and was thinking that!
Love the light-hearted gracefulness. Skipping on the ice! Little hops. Looks joyful.
Indeed! Tenley was a true master of the blade, excellent control, beautiful edge work. :)
there was a true elegance to skating back then
She had such a unique style. I don't think I've seen anyone skate quite like her. Thanks for posting these classic videos!
Шикарное катание. Современные фигуристки не могут быть такими элегантными и свободными на льду из-за технических перегрузок. У них нет того фантастического скольжения, которое демонстрирует Tenley Albright . Посмотрела с удовольствием.
Such a gem!! The footwork sequences are superb. And the simple things like transitioning from backward to forward crossovers without moving the upper body at all really give the impression of floating on air. Thank you for sharing this!
she just looks like shes having so much fun! she makes me want to be on the ice.. and I don't even skate!
Dr. Albright is always wonderful to watch. Thank you for posting this.
I love all of the balletic touches in this program. I give Dr. Albright all Level 4's on TSC and PSC, and +3's plus bonus on the combo jump that comes late in her program @4:42. :D
Thanks. :) I love Tenley's skating, she just floats over the ice.
Wow. Lyrical. Tenley owns that ice.
Thanks so much for uploading this view of Tenley Albright, one the of legends of Ice Skating, Olympic Champion and twice world champion.
Amazing, breathtaking, I couldn't look away from the screen!
It's awesome to be able to watch this video!! "Tenley Albright, one the of legends of Ice Skating, Olympic Champion and twice world champion." Kinna speaks for itself...no?
her knee bend is amazing!
Really flawless, looks like a bird on the ice
Always a joy to see this!!!!!! terrific!
I had never seen this footage of Tenley before! Thanks for sharing! :)
That was an unusually pretty axel.
That’s a single axel so she is not spinning that fast so you don’t get the blur from double and triple axels you see now these days cause skaters rarely use single axels in their performance
@@benhoa78 she did a double axel past the half way point
I remember watching this on our small TV in1953
@macerface Remember they had only just begun to start doing multiple rotation jumps-especially the women. Lady skaters were even PENALIZED for doing jumps at the turn of the last century. Jumping styles became more refined as time went on and with better skate boot equipment.
Beautiful
Back when they didnt care if you started as a toddler, and pregnancy wasnt the termination of your career.
Aw good old fashioned Im an adult who likes figure skating plz&thnxs
Nicole Wyatt she suffered from polio which was crazy.
Back in 1988 America cheered on Debbie Thomas & so badly wanted her to win. Skating in Calgary effectively was home court advantage, but her nerves just got to her. It was a big challenge to over throw Katerina Witt, 1984 Gold Medalist, but the LP was Debbie's to win. The Battle of the Carmens. Had she won, she would've been the first African American lady to capture gold. USFS so badly wanted to see her win. We all did. Just to let you know. USFS does have an active outreach program. As a FS fan & supporter, I want to see a diverse a U.S. Team. There's young talent out there.
We know that. You may not be aware of the diversity in U.S. figure skating since 1984. (Thomas's debut) . But what are you doing to help make the sport diverse? Do you FS competitively? That's great! In 1996 Rudy Galindo became National Men's Champion. In 1979 Tai Babilonia, w/her partner Randy Gardner, won the World Title. My point is USFS really tries its best to find the best talent. Michelle Kwan debuted in 1994. The rest is history. We cannot change the past. We can make the sport as diverse as America.
What??😳😳
THATS WONDERFUL
As creative and fun as this program was, Tenley does not raise her arms or hands above the shoulder level once except at the very end. This was a convention of the era, like palms facing the ice.
Такое хорошее катание уже в 50 х годах. ! Приятно посмотреть.
Loved the power poles at the begging
後のペギー・フレミングやジャネット・リンが、おそらく参考にしたであろう動き、技が、遥か以前に取り入れられている。当時の日本人が観たら、華麗！、としか思えないレベルの高さだったでしょう。
I'v always wondered that myself. Because when you dont cross the free leg it makes you cheat your jumps. I noticed on here some of her double jumps were cheated because of it. But she was still a beautiful skater.
The most accomplished woman in the history of America?
why do skaters from this era's jumps look so awkward? the freeleg is hardly crossed and very bent on the landings.
The "modern" jumping technique with legs crossed (aka 'back spin position") was invented by Gus Lussi (who incidentally was one of Tenley's former coaches), but not all skaters and coaches of the time were employing it. Eventually Lussi's method became the standard.
M D I suppose the Gus Lussi method won’t come up very often in discussing today’s skating, w/ Diane de Leeuw perhaps being the last major skater not to adopt it. But I do hope “skating historians” somewhere are properly compiling and memorializing the history and milestones of figure skating-because I see the institutional memory being lost.
Boots
The bent free leg on the landing is a hold-over from the early years, like the Henie era and it held on through the 50s. This bent or attitude position of the free leg is also the standard in figures, at least when it is the trailing leg.
By the late 60s, Janet Lynn killed off the old style by defining the modern skating style -- deeply bent skating knee, beautifully extended free leg, careful use of more aesthetic shoulder and arm positions, great upper body posture as well, jumps that spring up, float, are delayed before the rotations instead of spinning them off the ice. I suppose it could be argued that Peggy Fleming, before Janet, brought skating into the modern style era. Stylistically, the both look pretty much like skaters of today.
As someone else mentioned, the coach Gus Lussi was ahead of his time and brought skating so far forward technically, but Janet Lynn was a skater who influenced coaches for her style, as did Fleming.
After you watch a lot of skating, you begin to overlook some of that old style of skating and appreciate what they did. Tenley was very creative with all the hops and steps she did in the program. I loved it. She had an energy and originality that would make most other skaters of her time look boring by comparison.
@@Timzart7 Thank you so much for this detailed explanation. I knew the bent free leg was a holdover from the early days, but I didn’t know why. The bent leg jumping had me confused, too. It’s so different from this era of triple and quad jumps. Cool to see the roots of skating.
That was a snooze fest.
No triples?😀😀😀
@@waynehentley4332 ladies were not allowed to dot ripple jumps in the 50"s. Tenley was renowned for her artistry, double jump combinations, and consistency. She was the USA first woman figure skating Olympic gold medalist.
why? she had a lot of speed, excellent transitions into and out of jumps.her programs were revolutionary for they're time.
@@InfernoBLK72 I was reacting to Matt G. I like her program. She's as light as a feather!🙂🙂
Tragic
Your tragic
more like triumphant