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  1. Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean) are British ice dancers and former British, European, Olympic, and World champions.. At the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics the pair won gold and became the highest-scoring figure skaters of all time for a single programme, receiving twelve perfect 6.0s and six 5.9s which included artistic impression scores of 6.0 from every judge, after ...

  2. Apr 13, 2024 · Torvill and Dean, English figure skaters who revolutionized the sport of ice dancing. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, the duo performed a free-dance interpretation of Ravel’s Bolero that earned them a gold medal and an unprecedented perfect score of 6.0 for artistic impression.

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  3. Feb 14, 2024 · Torvill and Dean's Bolero routine won gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics. ... The Nottingham duo's 28-day farewell tour, called Torvill & Dean: Our Last Dance, will include two dates in their home city.

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  5. Jan 22, 2014 · For artistic impression, they produced a row of perfect sixes - and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were Olympic champions. It's a story that is very familiar to most of us, whether we're old ...

  6. Feb 21, 2006 · The quintessential ice dance, the only one to score 6.0 from all judges, the legendary Torvill & Dean. Bolero from 1984 Olympics where they won gold.*High Qu...

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  7. Feb 14, 2024 · Torvill and Dean's 1984 routine made Ravel's Bolero synonymous with figure skating. Picture: Alamy. Even the fastest performances of Ravel’s original work, penned by the French composer in 1928, take it to a minimum of 14 and a half minutes. And for this performance, the pair were limited to four minutes – give or take 10 seconds.

  8. Feb 14, 2024 · Getty Images. The famous start to Torvill and Dean's Bolero routine was choreographed to make up for 18 seconds of excess musical accompaniment. Torvil and Dean's free-dance routine in Sarajevo on ...

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