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

On Monday, the Olympic skating competition continues with the ice dancing rhythm dance section with US world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates bidding for a first Olympic individual medal.

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

"But they don't want ice dancing to change radically, so they are ready to punish anyone else who tries to be different."

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024

And, it’s fitting because the duo has fueled U.S. ice dancing over the past decade.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2023

Worse, she’s taken up ice dancing; she goes to classes at the local indoor rink, and tangos and waltzes in time to tinny music, holding hands with other women.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood