All these years later, this performance still brings tears to my eyes. It was the most beautiful performance in ice dancing then and it still is now. Beautiful.
They changed the sport forever. Ice dancing before them was considered old fashioned and quaint and was largely ignored, with audiences going more for the athleticism and spectacle of figure skating.Then came Torville and Dean with this astounding, daring, sensual, and highly artistic routine. No one had ever seen anything like that before 1984, and they made headlines all across the world. Their routine was replayed on TV countless times-- WAY before the age of the internet. I was a young girl in 84, and I was completely blown away, as was my mom when we watched it together. I haven't seen this in decades, and it's still as mesmerizing as the first time I saw it.
I don't know if it was considered "old fashioned and quaint" before Torville and Dean. My mom and I have followed skating all my life and I was in my last year of High School when this happened, so I'd seen a LOT of skating prior. There were always fun, interesting ice dancing interpretations, but these two took it to a whole 'nother level. The repetitive nature of the music, "Bolero", required them to know their routine w/o listening to the music, only acknowledging the beat. That takes a TON of mental skill as well as the elements that require physical skill. Their perfect execution of an intricate and difficult program was what catapulted them into the stratosphere for which they are still remembered today.
We knew this was special when we first saw its as a family. My mother, when ill, hallucinated Torvill & Dean dancing along the room wall. I am amazed seeing this again how elegant, smooth and frankly superb and perfect it was, and I had remembered many of the moves and elegance of it. Such trust and bond between them, it's a wonder they didn't marry. Jolly well done to them, gave a lot of pleasure.
No pointless skating around the ring; every second is filled with beautifully choreographed and flawlessly executed moves. It was emotional perfection. 👍
Wasn't born then, and comparing this to 2022, it's still absolutely stunning. Even with all the tricks today, I haven't seen a couple so perfectly in sync and what they did does not appear that easy in comparison to today's standard either. Well deserved.
@nikkif4706 i wasn't born in 84 either but my mum remembers Torvill and Dean winning for bolero. Shes a ice skating fan anyway and they've got new fans all thanks to dancing on ice. My mum watched Robin Cousins Karen Barber and Nicky Slater skating then i watched them on DOI
No matter how many times I have watched this performance it still gives me chills ! While todays skaters are extremely talented I’ve yet to see anyone come close to the beauty, elegance, interpretation, and perfection that Torvill and Dean brought to the ice so many years ago.
Fun fact: they cheated a wee bit with the music. The segment from Bolero (4 mins 28) was too long to fit the time allowed for the skate (4 minutes), but neither could it be abridged successfully and keep the tempo. So they trawled the rule book and found when the clock officially started, which was when the blades touch the ice. So for the first 30 seconds, the actual blades are kept clear. The judging and the clock start the moment Torvill's lowered onto her feet, giving them 4 minutes to skate and blow the world away.
I loved watching this. What you have to remember is how different it was at the time. Nobody skated to just one piece of music or told a story. It really changed ice dancing. It was a masterpiece.
I remember seeing this on TV when it happened 39 years ago. I will never forget it as the finest example of 2 people being in perfect sync. Two people acting as one. I will always think of Jane and Dean being the best of the best for all this time. Fantastic. I was a pleasure that will be never be replaced. Thank you.
Back when artistry and choreography were as important as jumps. Now all we see is endless jumps and setting up for them. I really miss the performances with stories and emotion like we saw 10-20 years ago.
Torvill and Dean's sport was ice dance, not figure skating. They are not allowed to do jumps and the lifts are strictly regulated. In the same era the figure skaters would be doing triple-triples or triple-doubles in their routines.
I agree with you. I think I held my breath for the 4-minute performances well. And you noticed that no one clapped during the performance because it was just so captivating it took you on a ride emotional ride and told a story.
I had the IMMENSE pleasure and privilege of watching this play out live as it was happening. I was awestruck and it made me cry! To this day I cannot hear Bolero without thinking of Torvill and Dean!
I’m now 83 years old and remember how touched my husband and were watching this epic skating experience . Not just the beautiful skating but the incredible passion and emotional closeness of of Torvil and Dean.
Stop being such a TROLL- If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all! I for one am watching my childhood here, because of the lockdown. You're obviously VERY young, so why don't you go BUZZ LIGHT YEAR or something?
Without a doubt their performance was then, and stands today as absolutely the most romantic, most sensual dance ever completed on ice anywhere in the world. Truly the greatest ice skating duo of all time. Perfection personified.
Their performance is still iconic. Notice what this also has over performances today? No commentator talking while they performed. I've contacted the stations to ask that no one speak during a performance but they ignore it. They need to watch this and see how much better it is, how superior an experience, without announcers yattering throughout.
I so agree! I was watching my fav cooking vlog…this Asian woman has the most infectious laughter, the cutest giggle…her mom has a hilarious-attitude….someone on their production team (*I think I know his name), started adding music….NOOOOOoooo! I said please NOooooo! Please “____”, I can’t hear her words or giggles! I remembered his name from a prior vlog, so I used his name….I don’t know if he stopped permanently or not, but, I watch daily.
I remember watching this and thinking that no one would ever top this performance, and all these years later I don't believe anyone has....absolute magic .
It is this day as it was in 1984 - thrilling, beautiful, moving, flawless. There was a grace & dignity, as well as strength and beauty, to the performance these two wonderful artists gave. It was and still is stunning.
Зато у Пахомовой и Горшкова Кумпарсита потрясающая. Но , нечего и говорить, Торвилл и Дин -МАСТЕРА ЭКСТРА КЛАСС, смотреть -одно удовольствие хоть 40 лет назад , хоть сейчас !
I clearly remember watching them and they were all about using their athleticsm to show light as air artistry.They skated as one and they seemed to fly effortlessly through the air. Their routine did not rely on tricks and multi-spin jumps as ice dancers and other figure skaters have been forced to adopt to present themselves today.Such a treat to see Torville and Dean once again!
Just pointing out, ice dance and figure skating are separate sports. Ice dance does not incorporate spins and jumps, and never has. I think you might be conflating the two sports. The ice dance winners at the 2022 Olympics were Gabriella Papadakis and Guilliame Cizeron of France, and the figure skating winners were Sui Wengjiang and Han Cong of China. It's worth looking their performances up to see the difference in the two sports.
Besides their outstanding performance the thing I like best is the lack of skating “expert” commentators yapping endlessly during the entire performance as we have to listen to today! Beautiful performance and no distractions!
It's still iconic. Anyone who doesn't get it or doesn't appreciate it need to be on their way. These two put so much heart, creativity, grace and depth into this performance
I agree, Jayne and Chris were and still are the best ice dancers the world has ever had and will ever have. Others have been good but nobody, absolutely NOBODY will ever beat them and this routine. Watching it in 2024 I feel as emotional as I did watching it live in 1984. This I'm sure 🎉will still be getting watched in another 40 years and will still be fantastic then.
2021 I had same reaction as 1984. I cried at the beauty of such a perfect ballet on ice, skated to one of the most beautiful compositions ever written.
There aren't very many moments in life where absolute perfection takes place, where everything goes exactly the way you imagined it or even beyond that. That is what makes this one of the most incredible moments in sporting or even human history, there is nothing in the world that could have made this moment better for anyone. This was peak, I cant even find the words, just peak
Torvill & Dean are and will always be the only ones for me true and best ice dancing couple in the world ! I keep watching the video and I'm as excited as the first day!
Шедевры проверяются временем. Это как раз тот случай. Прошло 37лет и ничего не изменилось в восприятии этого танца. Я смотрела его тогда, 10 лет назад, 3 года назад и сейчас. Всё те же эмоции! Шедевр!!!
I remember watching at my grannie' s house. I would have been 9. This is still one of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever seen. I feel privileged to have seen it.
Уже около 40 лет назад была эта программа,как сейчас помню,но меня не покидает ощущение новизны,сложности и современности. Они как бы плетут на льду узоры из тонких кружев и им нет равных!!!!!!!!!!
I love how the commentators just stayed quiet and let the viewing audience just enjoy this beautiful performance. I wish they’d do that for every skating performance. Oh and Torville and Dean completely made Bolero their music. Whenever you hear it you think of them right away!
Hard to believe this was almost 4 decades ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday. No much how better any since might seem they cannot be better, because This pair broke the mold and set a far higher bar. All that have come since have ultimately been because of them. They set the style. They are the true and only originals.
I remember watching this when I was14 yrs old. They killed it. Their transitions were so smooth, pure artistry. I had loved Torviill and Dean before this performance but after this I really fell for them. They deserved this top honor.
I saw this in 1984 and it was absolutely breathtaking. Watching it again today it is still as breathtaking. Skating ; along with many other sports, has changed but not necessarily for the better IMO
True Karen. I thort i could be Deans partner, but I Rollerskated back then. My family travelled to Townsville, Queensland, Australia, maybe 1986 and we saw their Ice show. Set up on a football field. Amazing.
It takes so much more strength to dance and move thru this skating routine than to perform a faster paced one. That is what so set Torvill and Dean apart as skaters. They were amazingly strong and were able in so many routines to go slow for terrific results.
Absolute perfection. There will NEVER EVER be any other couple that will match them. Haunting music, stunning performance. Get goosebumps everytime. ❤❤❤
Watched this live when I was a teenager; it’s still the most magnificent ice-dance performance ever, and the only way I can listen to Ravel’s Bolero. 👏 ❤️ 👏 💜 👏
It is undeniably the most beautiful free dance that has ever been performed ever in the history of ice dancing. Greetings from Nottingham, England UK ❤
I still get the chills seeing this even after all this time. Beauty and perfection. Visually stunning. I was on a ski trip at Mt. Tremblant, Quebec when I watched this live. I was stunned. Fantastic. This was not the best in the world. This was the best EVER!
They were magic. This was a moment I saw live as it happened on TV and was a thrill. Didn't care, then saw it, now can't forget it. All these years later.
I wouldn't miss an opportunity to watch Torvill & Dean. In my opinion they are still the best in 2021. They were unique. I actually thought they were a couple in life, such was the chemistry that was described by many Never seen anything like it It was romance on the ice. Brilliant!! Beautiful!!
Yes they were very good at portraying a passionate relationship on the ice but off ice they were just friends. I seem to remember an interview where Jayne said they'd known each other since their early teens and people suggesting she was in a relationship with Chris was 'eew!' to her as he was like a brother. I'm almost certain I read another interview where Chris said they got so sick of members of the public asking when they were going to get married that they just resorted to smiling and saying "Oh, we just can't find the time!" rather than having to explain every time that they weren't actually a couple.
That's exactly what felt when I watched it on tv. I didn"t know anything about ice scating but it was usual to watch the competitions on tv year after year. I used to like it but that time it was different. I was shaken ny the music and the beuty of the performance. You would say the music jad been composed for.them.to scate to it. I immediately knew I had witnessed something unique. Theirs are the only icekaters names I remember. They changed the iceskating world.
2021 and I can still remember seeing this as it happened and I was spellbound then as I am now. The best routine the World has ever seen, nobody could beat that, impeccable timing, so much emotion in their movements and so beautifully executed. 😍 ❤💯🙏
I remembered this routine and indeed it was the most outstanding skate that I have ever seen. I loved the drama in the rhythm of Bolero. What wonderful choreography!
![[4K60P] Torvill and Dean "Boléro" 1994 Lillehammer Olympics Exhibition](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nC50M6LHcHY/mqdefault.jpg)
35+ years later it is still an unbeatable performance
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So true!
That is true! Love from Serbia😇💓
Yep! Unforgettable!!!
Same here.
All these years later, this performance still brings tears to my eyes. It was the most beautiful performance in ice dancing then and it still is now. Beautiful.
Me too♥️
Me, too❤
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Yes, forever. I sat watching live, in 1984.such an honour to see it live.
I saw them live years later in Madison, WI. It was such a pleasure to watch grace on ice.
In almost the past 40 years, I don't think this iconic ice dancing routine has ever been matched or surpassed.
Так же как танго Кумпарсита Пахомовой и Горшкова - неповторимые!
They changed the sport forever. Ice dancing before them was considered old fashioned and quaint and was largely ignored, with audiences going more for the athleticism and spectacle of figure skating.Then came Torville and Dean with this astounding, daring, sensual, and highly artistic routine. No one had ever seen anything like that before 1984, and they made headlines all across the world. Their routine was replayed on TV countless times-- WAY before the age of the internet. I was a young girl in 84, and I was completely blown away, as was my mom when we watched it together. I haven't seen this in decades, and it's still as mesmerizing as the first time I saw it.
I don't know if it was considered "old fashioned and quaint" before Torville and Dean. My mom and I have followed skating all my life and I was in my last year of High School when this happened, so I'd seen a LOT of skating prior. There were always fun, interesting ice dancing interpretations, but these two took it to a whole 'nother level. The repetitive nature of the music, "Bolero", required them to know their routine w/o listening to the music, only acknowledging the beat. That takes a TON of mental skill as well as the elements that require physical skill. Their perfect execution of an intricate and difficult program was what catapulted them into the stratosphere for which they are still remembered today.
Agree. Their influence on ice dancing changed the sport. Artistry became as important as technicality.
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We knew this was special when we first saw its as a family. My mother, when ill, hallucinated Torvill & Dean dancing along the room wall. I am amazed seeing this again how elegant, smooth and frankly superb and perfect it was, and I had remembered many of the moves and elegance of it. Such trust and bond between them, it's a wonder they didn't marry. Jolly well done to them, gave a lot of pleasure.
💖💖💖⛸⛸⛸⛸✨
A masterpiece. Choreography. Execution. Audience reaction. Commentary. And of course, the music. A masterpiece. Bravo.
It's truly incredible
No pointless skating around the ring; every second is filled with beautifully choreographed and flawlessly executed moves.
It was emotional perfection. 👍
Wasn't born then, and comparing this to 2022, it's still absolutely stunning. Even with all the tricks today, I haven't seen a couple so perfectly in sync and what they did does not appear that easy in comparison to today's standard either. Well deserved.
@nikkif4706 i wasn't born in 84 either but my mum remembers Torvill and Dean winning for bolero. Shes a ice skating fan anyway and they've got new fans all thanks to dancing on ice. My mum watched Robin Cousins Karen Barber and Nicky Slater skating then i watched them on DOI
No matter how many times I have watched this performance it still gives me chills ! While todays skaters are extremely talented I’ve yet to see anyone come close to the beauty, elegance, interpretation, and perfection that Torvill and Dean brought to the ice so many years ago.
I remember watching them years ago and "taping" them because I was so fascinated by them and the marvel of their skating. What a gift they had!
My thoughts exactly. Watching them perform is just mesmerizing.
Совершенно согласна!
I remember being amazed when I saw this in 1984, but I'd forgotten just how breathtaking it was. So glad to have seen it again.
❤🎉😂😅Fantastic
❤🎉😂😅Fantastic Best Ever, most beautiful 😍 🤩 Ever
Fun fact: they cheated a wee bit with the music. The segment from Bolero (4 mins 28) was too long to fit the time allowed for the skate (4 minutes), but neither could it be abridged successfully and keep the tempo. So they trawled the rule book and found when the clock officially started, which was when the blades touch the ice. So for the first 30 seconds, the actual blades are kept clear. The judging and the clock start the moment Torvill's lowered onto her feet, giving them 4 minutes to skate and blow the world away.
So they didn't cheat.....
Not cheating. Adapting, overcoming, stunning, winning. Her smile of relief at the end, 4:39, for the ages
I loved watching this. What you have to remember is how different it was at the time. Nobody skated to just one piece of music or told a story. It really changed ice dancing. It was a masterpiece.
2022 and this performance is outstanding-perfection.
I have never, ever seen two people so in sync. In dance, in skating, in anything.
I remember seeing this on TV when it happened 39 years ago. I will never forget it as the finest example of 2 people being in perfect sync. Two people acting as one. I will always think of Jane and Dean being the best of the best for all this time. Fantastic. I was a pleasure that will be never be replaced. Thank you.
Back when artistry and choreography were as important as jumps. Now all we see is endless jumps and setting up for them. I really miss the performances with stories and emotion like we saw 10-20 years ago.
Torvill and Dean's sport was ice dance, not figure skating. They are not allowed to do jumps and the lifts are strictly regulated. In the same era the figure skaters would be doing triple-triples or triple-doubles in their routines.
I remember watching this in 1984 and still today I found myself holding my breath. WOW
I agree with you. I think I held my breath for the 4-minute performances well. And you noticed that no one clapped during the performance because it was just so captivating it took you on a ride emotional ride and told a story.
I had the IMMENSE pleasure and privilege of watching this play out live as it was happening. I was awestruck and it made me cry! To this day I cannot hear Bolero without thinking of Torvill and Dean!
I’m now 83 years old and remember how touched my husband and were watching this epic skating experience . Not just the beautiful skating but the incredible passion and emotional closeness of of Torvil and Dean.
36 years later and it still gives one chills watching this performance. One never tires of seeing perfection.
This was the Most memorable and sensuous ice skating routine in History!
Who is watching in the times of coronavirus???
vpasify I needed to find some ice to bring down my temp.
@@lynfoote3818 me too
Stop being such a TROLL- If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all! I for one am watching my childhood here, because of the lockdown. You're obviously VERY young, so why don't you go BUZZ LIGHT YEAR or something?
Paul Halpin well said Paul. Now buzz off youngsters!
Me too
Torvill and Dean's routine to BOLERO is a classic!
Without a doubt their performance was then, and stands today as absolutely the most romantic, most sensual dance ever completed on ice anywhere in the world. Truly the greatest ice skating duo of all time. Perfection personified.
You understand the connection, emotion, interpretation of the dance. It makes me cry . I love it.
Their performance is still iconic. Notice what this also has over performances today? No commentator talking while they performed. I've contacted the stations to ask that no one speak during a performance but they ignore it. They need to watch this and see how much better it is, how superior an experience, without announcers yattering throughout.
Yes! Let the performers perform, uninterrupted! :D
I totally agree. Such a beautiful experience of connection that you never feel with current performances.
So Perfect, All These Years Later, I Still Cried At The End!
They knew how to do things in the 80s.
I so agree! I was watching my fav cooking vlog…this Asian woman has the most infectious laughter, the cutest giggle…her mom has a hilarious-attitude….someone on their production team (*I think I know his name), started adding music….NOOOOOoooo! I said please NOooooo! Please “____”, I can’t hear her words or giggles!
I remembered his name from a prior vlog, so I used his name….I don’t know if he stopped permanently or not, but, I watch daily.
It was the most stunning performance I have ever seen, now almost 40 years later it remains the all time classic!
Yes the best 40 years later still the best dance skater's.
I'm a rough arse builder and I've watched this 100 times. I remember watching it when they won 🏆
I remember watching this and thinking that no one would ever top this performance, and all these years later I don't believe anyone has....absolute magic .
2022 and it is still an awesome performance.
I'm 53 years old and I still get a lump in my throat watching it. Just perfect
It is this day as it was in 1984 - thrilling, beautiful, moving, flawless. There was a grace & dignity, as well as strength and beauty, to the performance these two wonderful artists gave. It was and still is stunning.
No skaters have or ever will surpass this performance, it’s perfection personified.
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore
Великолепный танец, танец чемпионов. Помню смотрел его тогда в 84-м, восхищался и понимал, что нашим их не обойти. Эталонный номер. Браво!
Thank you for that gracious comment. 🥰🥰
Зато у Пахомовой и Горшкова Кумпарсита потрясающая. Но , нечего и говорить, Торвилл и Дин -МАСТЕРА ЭКСТРА КЛАСС, смотреть -одно удовольствие хоть 40 лет назад , хоть сейчас !
@ , бесспорно. К аргентинскому танго могу добавить вальс Хачатуряна с блеском исполненный Пахомовой и Горшковым.
40years and its still a very heart warming performance!!! 💗💗💗
Just great.
Thanks.
One of the greatest performances ever.
Just turned 64.
I was 24 when I saw this performance during the Olympics.
40 years later, I still sit with my head in my hands, in awe.🫶🫶
Their unison is unmatched. What an incredible performance!
Aaaaaaamen!!
I clearly remember watching them and they were all about using their athleticsm to show light as air artistry.They skated as one and they seemed to fly effortlessly through the air. Their routine did not rely on tricks and multi-spin jumps as ice dancers and other figure skaters have been forced to adopt to present themselves today.Such a treat to see Torville and Dean once again!
Just pointing out, ice dance and figure skating are separate sports. Ice dance does not incorporate spins and jumps, and never has. I think you might be conflating the two sports. The ice dance winners at the 2022 Olympics were Gabriella Papadakis and Guilliame Cizeron of France, and the figure skating winners were Sui Wengjiang and Han Cong of China. It's worth looking their performances up to see the difference in the two sports.
Besides their outstanding performance the thing I like best is the lack of skating “expert” commentators yapping endlessly during the entire performance as we have to listen to today! Beautiful performance and no distractions!
Saw it live and knew immediately they were golden. Still watching in 2023 and no one has ever come close to matching their perfection.
"What can one say?" The ice dancing couple and the ice dance that changed the sport forever. Still getting chill from watching.
38 years and still nothing compares... still amazing 👏 👏 👏
It's still iconic. Anyone who doesn't get it or doesn't appreciate it need to be on their way. These two put so much heart, creativity, grace and depth into this performance
I agree, Jayne and Chris were and still are the best ice dancers the world has ever had and will ever have. Others have been good but nobody, absolutely NOBODY will ever beat them and this routine. Watching it in 2024 I feel as emotional as I did watching it live in 1984. This I'm sure 🎉will still be getting watched in another 40 years and will still be fantastic then.
2021 I had same reaction as 1984.
I cried at the beauty of such a perfect ballet on ice, skated to one of the most beautiful compositions ever written.
Yes, I have a lump in my throat every time I see this....
I've watched the Olympics every year and these are the only skaters I remember. Now I know why.
The harmony, synchronisation, the beauty, unbelievable. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
How could anyone give this video tthumbs down. There will never be ice dancers like them.
This is one of the few skating performances I have ever seen that gives me goosebumps over and over again. Absolute perfection.
I remember watching this as a small girl and being completely mesmerised...... true artistry. Still as good 40 years on !
40 years later and it is still perfection!
What they did will always be perfection.
40 years later it is still a magnificent performance.
There aren't very many moments in life where absolute perfection takes place, where everything goes exactly the way you imagined it or even beyond that. That is what makes this one of the most incredible moments in sporting or even human history, there is nothing in the world that could have made this moment better for anyone. This was peak, I cant even find the words, just peak
Perfection, possibly a more suitable word ?
37 years later, it is still the best I have ever seen on ice.
Torvill & Dean are and will always be the only ones for me
true and best ice dancing couple in the world ! I keep watching the video and I'm as excited as the first day!
Still brings a tear to my eyes
Yes, I always feel the same way!@@boogoemama
Been a hard rugby player all my life but this is the greatest sporting performance of all time.
Шедевры проверяются временем. Это как раз тот случай. Прошло 37лет и ничего не изменилось в восприятии этого танца.
Я смотрела его тогда, 10 лет назад, 3 года назад и сейчас. Всё те же эмоции! Шедевр!!!
как раз время показало, что есть техника и вычурность, а искусства как не было, так и нет.
There will never be a couple of ice dancers such as these 2 talented people. Don't think anyone else could come close.
I remember watching at my grannie' s house. I would have been 9. This is still one of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever seen. I feel privileged to have seen it.
Уже около 40 лет назад была эта программа,как сейчас помню,но меня не покидает ощущение новизны,сложности и современности. Они как бы плетут на льду узоры из тонких кружев и им нет равных!!!!!!!!!!
Это на все времена,я помню это выступление.До мурашек пробрало
Супер!!!
Я помню комментарии неоднозначные по поводу начала. 40 секунд нет катания, а только пластика тела...
I love how the commentators just stayed quiet and let the viewing audience just enjoy this beautiful performance. I wish they’d do that for every skating performance. Oh and Torville and Dean completely made Bolero their music. Whenever you hear it you think of them right away!
I saw this when I was 14 yrs old and it showed me the gorgeousness of humanity
Hard to believe this was almost 4 decades ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday.
No much how better any since might seem they cannot be better, because This pair broke the mold and set a far higher bar. All that have come since have ultimately been because of them. They set the style. They are the true and only originals.
Even after having seen this numerous times, I'm still entranced by their elegance and precision
The whole of Britain held its breath when this was televised. Stunning performance
38 years later… Incredible.
I remember watching this when I was14 yrs old. They killed it. Their transitions were so smooth, pure artistry. I had loved Torviill and Dean before this performance but after this I really fell for them. They deserved this top honor.
yes!! me too!!! love this video!! tak romantic
I saw this in 1984 and it was absolutely breathtaking. Watching it again today it is still as breathtaking. Skating ; along with many other sports, has changed but not necessarily for the better IMO
1984 was the year I fell in love with Torvill, Dean and the Bolero!
Absolutely Gorgeous! 💝
True Karen. I thort i could be Deans partner, but I Rollerskated back then.
My family travelled to Townsville, Queensland, Australia, maybe 1986 and we saw their Ice show. Set up on a football field. Amazing.
It takes so much more strength to dance and move thru this skating routine than to perform a faster paced one. That is what so set Torvill and Dean apart as skaters. They were amazingly strong and were able in so many routines to go slow for terrific results.
I was 8 and still remember this so well. 🇬🇧
The same!
Absolute perfection. There will NEVER EVER be any other couple that will match them. Haunting music, stunning performance. Get goosebumps everytime. ❤❤❤
I remember the live broadcast. This was a breathtaking performance. Still is. Set a whole new standard for the sport.
Watched this live when I was a teenager; it’s still the most magnificent ice-dance performance ever, and the only way I can listen to Ravel’s Bolero. 👏 ❤️ 👏 💜 👏
That era of figure skating was so amazing.
It is undeniably the most beautiful free dance that has ever been performed ever in the history of ice dancing. Greetings from Nottingham, England UK ❤
Still watching them today like it’s the first time. Still the best.
I still get the chills seeing this even after all this time. Beauty and perfection. Visually stunning. I was on a ski trip at Mt. Tremblant, Quebec when I watched this live. I was stunned. Fantastic. This was not the best in the world. This was the best EVER!
They were magic. This was a moment I saw live as it happened on TV and was a thrill. Didn't care, then saw it, now can't forget it. All these years later.
I wouldn't miss an opportunity to watch Torvill & Dean. In my opinion they are still the best in 2021.
They were unique.
I actually thought they were a couple in life, such was the chemistry that was described by many
Never seen anything like it
It was romance on the ice. Brilliant!!
Beautiful!!
Yes they were very good at portraying a passionate relationship on the ice but off ice they were just friends. I seem to remember an interview where Jayne said they'd known each other since their early teens and people suggesting she was in a relationship with Chris was 'eew!' to her as he was like a brother. I'm almost certain I read another interview where Chris said they got so sick of members of the public asking when they were going to get married that they just resorted to smiling and saying "Oh, we just can't find the time!" rather than having to explain every time that they weren't actually a couple.
I recall watching this as a 14!year old and crying, it was and remains the most beautiful ice dancing performance for me ever.
Потому что вам было 14-ть) Так же как и для меня Букин и Бестемьянова)
I have loved them from the beginning. I watched this in 1984 and was mesmerized then, but even more today. They are the best ice dancers ever!
This will never get old. A timeless classic to be sure.
Как же это красиво было тогда много лет назад, но что не поменялось. Танец просто завораживает, хочется чтобы он продолжался вечность!
I'm a football and rugby player but I've watched this about 50 times just brilliant 👏
That’s awesome!
I remember this like it was yesterday. One of the most iconic skating performances of all time. Sublime....
Never been topped. They became one with the music. Amazing
I remember watching this in 1984. Absolutely magnificent ice dancing. Still love watching it to this day!
Me too .
And me
Remember watching this 'live' at the time and you didn't need know anything about ice skating to see you were watching something pretty special.
That's exactly what felt when I watched it on tv. I didn"t know anything about ice scating but it was usual to watch the competitions on tv year after year. I used to like it but that time it was different. I was shaken ny the music and the beuty of the performance. You would say the music jad been composed for.them.to scate to it. I immediately knew I had witnessed something unique. Theirs are the only icekaters names I remember. They changed the iceskating world.
Das wird mir immer im Gedächtnis bleiben. Es war und ist das Schönste, das ich jemals im Eiskunstlauf gesehen habe.
Прошло 36 лет... до сих пор это шедеврально и невыносимо прекрасно 😥❤️
Эта музыка была маяком для американских летчиков при бомбежке Хиросимы.
2021 and I can still remember seeing this as it happened and I was spellbound then as I am now. The best routine the World has ever seen, nobody could beat that, impeccable timing, so much emotion in their movements and so beautifully executed. 😍
❤💯🙏
No one will ever skate like these two
38 years ago you would think it was yesterday
I remembered this routine and indeed it was the most outstanding skate that I have ever seen. I loved the drama in the rhythm of Bolero. What wonderful choreography!
They were brilliant. To my knowledge there hasn't been an ice dancing duo to beat them. They are still GB's greatest ever ice dance duo
Still as beautiful today as when I first saw it all those years ago. Simply stunning!
2022 and it's still the best ice dance routine ever. Nothing has or will ever beat this performance in my view. Breathtaking performance. ❤️
I saw it on TV with my own eyes. And I will never forget it - neither this melody nor this couple.
I was 24 when they rightly won the title at the WFSC. It is still one of the most incredibly powerful and moving performances of the last 4 decades.
So elegant. I saw them win in 84 and watched this do many times. Never get tired of this performance.