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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.


Etymology

Origin of ice dancing

First recorded in 1920–25

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Cizeron is bidding for a second consecutive Olympic gold having won the ice dancing title in Beijing four years ago with former partner Gabriella Papadakis.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

And for Olympic ice dancing champion Cizeron, it was a welcome break from off-ice issues – earlier this week he accused former partner Gabriella Papadakis of spreading false information about him in a "smear campaign".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Chock and Bates defended their ice dancing title Saturday at the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2023

The ice show was organized by Tatiana Navka, a 2006 Olympic ice dancing champion, who is the wife of Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

The prize was to skate in the ice show with Russian ice dancing stars Svetlana and Alexi Dubonov.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene

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