ice dancing

American  

noun

1. a competitive ice-skating event in which a couple, using basic skating figures and not being permitted to use lifts, performs choreographed movements to music, based on traditional ballroom dances.

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Etymology

Origin of ice dancing

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Earlier this month, Torvill said Fear and Gibson had "taken ice dancing in Great Britain to another level".

From BBC

What do you get British skating royalty as a retirement gift when they have been ice dancing together for 50 years?

From BBC

They are hoping the wait may be nearly over with the emergence of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, who Torvill says have "taken ice dancing in Great Britain to another level".

From BBC

The IOC at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics gave gold medals to both Russia and Canada instead of taking the gold medal from the Russian pairs skaters after French skating judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne told her fellow judges that she put the Russian pair first in a backroom deal to get the Russian judge’s vote for the French team in the ice dancing competition later in the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times

After a break from competitive ice dancing, then a strictly amateur sport, to pursue professional skating careers, Torvill and Dean also won bronze at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.

From Seattle Times