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Ice dance

Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. According to the International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of figure skating, an ice dance team…

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Equipment
Figure skates
Highest governing body
International Skating Union
Mixed-sex
Yes
Olympic
Part of the Winter Olympics from 1976
Team members
Duos

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Ice dance

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Edges95
Triples253
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
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Ice dance

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related to Works cited · 43
Ice dance → Archived, Caroline, Connecticut, Cultural Meaning, Culture, Ellyn, Figure Skating, Hines, Historical Dictionary, History, Ice, Illinois, Illinois Press, In Vescovi, International Skating Union, ISBN, Jaci, James, January, Jason
related to Early years · 42
Ice dance → According, Austria, Beginning, Britain, British, By, Canada, CD, Czechoslovakia, Daphne, Demmy, England, Erik, Eva Keats, Eva Romanova, FD, Great Britain, Hines, Ice, In
related to 21st century · 30
Ice dance → Americans, Americans Meryl Davis, Canadians Tessa Virtue, Charlie White, Cizeron, Davis, Europeans, France, Gabriella Papadakis, Guillaume Cizeron, In, Maxim Shabalin, Moir, North America, North American, Olympic, Olympics, Papadakis, Pyeongchang, Russians Oksana Domnina
related to Beginnings · 26
Ice dance → According, American, American Jackson Haines, British, By, Capitalizing, Couples, Ellyn Kestnbaum, England, Europe, Father, Figure Skating, Haines, He, Hines, However, Ice, In, Jackson Haines, James Hines
related to 1970s to 1990s · 22
Ice dance → Alexandr Gorshkov, British, Christopher Dean, Dean, During, Hines, Ice, In, Jayne Torvill, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Olympic, Olympic Games, Ravel's Boléro, Sarajevo, Soviet, Soviet Union, The, The Soviets, Their, They
related to Clothing · 15
Ice dance → Accessories, According, All, Clothing, Costume, Female, Figure Skating, If, ISU, Judges, Juliet Newcomer, Newcomer, Rules, The, Their
related to Competition elements · 13
Ice dance → After, Choreographic, Couple, Dance, Hold, ISU, ISU Judging System, It, Specified Turns, Step, The, The ISU, Turn
related to history · 12
Ice dance → According, Before, CD, FD, In, International Olympic Committee, IOC, ISU, OD, Ottavio Cinquanta, RD, This
related to Falls and interruptions · 10
Ice dance → According, Competitor, If, In, Referee, Skater, Tanith White, The ISU, They, White
related to Free dance · 10
Ice dance → Evan Bates, FD, For, It, Madison Chock, The, The FD, The FD's, The ISU, World Team Trophy

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ice dance skating isu figure first world must dancers competitions sport teams one music rhythm became dances competition team program

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ice danceEquipmentFigure skates1.00infobox
Ice danceHighest governing bodyInternational Skating Union1.00infobox
Ice danceMixed-sexYes1.00infobox
Ice danceOlympicPart of the Winter Olympics from 19761.00infobox
Ice danceTeam membersDuos1.00infobox
sliding on one kneeinstance ofnon-skating actions0.80text
Ice dancerelated to 1970s to 1990sIce0.60section
Ice dancerelated to 1970s to 1990sOlympic0.60section
Ice dancerelated to 1970s to 1990sLyudmila Pakhomova0.60section
Ice dancerelated to 1970s to 1990sAlexandr Gorshkov0.60section
Ice dancerelated to 1970s to 1990sSoviet Union0.60section
Ice dancerelated to 1970s to 1990sThe Soviets0.60section

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