ice dancing

American

noun

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

Example Sentences

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The top three-placed ice dancers in Milan also starred in the recent Netflix docuseries "Glitter and Gold: Ice Dancing".

From Barron's

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

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

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

One of the wonderful things about watching Olympic-level ice dancing—the subject of the documentary series “Glitter & Gold”—is that there’s no projection.

From The Wall Street Journal

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