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

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".

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The four-time ice dancing world champions also claimed four European titles and, in 1994, an Olympic bronze medal.

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

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

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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".

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