Ice dancing

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A lift in ice dancing. The woman does not pass the level of the man's head.

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating that is related to ballroom dancing. Its first competition at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976. Like in pair skating, dancers compete as a couple consisting of a man and a woman.

Ice dancing is different from pair skating because it does not allow the man to lift the woman above his head. Skaters also must stay close together. They may not perform jumps.

Ice dancing is the only form of figure skating to allow vocal music in official competitions.

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