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

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ice dancing

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

Among those to follow her were Debi Thomas, a two-time U.S. champion and a bronze medalist at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and Elizabeth Punsalan, a two-time Olympian and five-time national champion in ice dancing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

For better or worse, Ravel’s “Boléro,” with its churning swell of sound, has stirred the imagination of artists over time, among them the choreographer Maurice Béjart and the ice dancing team of Torvill and Dean.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

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