ice dance

British

noun

any of a number of dances, mostly based on ballroom dancing, performed by a couple skating on ice

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Other Word Forms

ice dancer noun
ice dancing noun

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Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are in contention for Great Britain's first gold medal at the European Figure Skating Championships in 32 years after a thrilling performance in the first stage of the ice dance competition.

From BBC

British skaters have not won an event at the Europeans since Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean in the ice dance in 1994.

From BBC

France's 2022 Olympic ice dance champion Gabriella Papadakis has spoken out about the world of figure skating, telling AFP she found herself in "a dangerous situation for my physical and mental health".

From Barron's

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik and Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko completed the ice dance team that will try to continue the United States’ streak of five consecutive Olympic Games with a medal.

From Los Angeles Times

Three-time and reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates will be hoping their historic ice dance title will be a springboard to a first Olympic medal.

From Barron's

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