Torvill & Dean Bolero 1984

[elleng]

[MLAA]

1. Beautiful!

[Doitnow]

5. Ditto I remember it well, taped it and still have it in my collection.

[Pachamama]

2. I remember that performance....

It still is breathtaking....I love the last part the way he is holding and moving her around as if she is light as a feather and floating....its remarkable...

Where are they now?

[charlyvi]

3. Thanks for posting this.

I think the Bolero was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ice dance routine ever. Christopher Dean choreographed it himself! Stunningly beautiful and so hypnotic.

[CatMor]

4. Fantastic performance.....

absolute perfection.

[pangaia]

6. That was great.

However, from the snare drum player's point of view, it is not fun one bit. It is fiendishly difficult. I've done it twice and will do it again at the end of April. Not looking forward to it at all. 🤐

Plus, most orchestras don't like it either, boring. In fact in major orchestras it is usually done with little or no rehearsal, unless there is some smart ass guest conductor who thinks he/she actually has something new to add.

🤣

But they did a great job of the parts of it they did.

[elleng]

7. I tend to agree about Bolero, BORING,

and wouldn't like to play it (IF I played an instrument!)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Ravel didn't like it much, either. He thought of it as a kind of experiment

but not a whole lot else.

[pangaia]

14. True. I will say he was a brilliant orchestrator.

[avebury]

8. I was lucky enough to see them

perform this routine live in their post Olympic tour. Just incredible.

[pangaia]

13. That was really fortunate. I only saw them on the tee vee... pretty remarkable.

Who is my favorite skater, you ask?

Kim YuNa. The greatest ever.

[salin]

10. They revolutionized the sport.

Spectacular performance.

[certainot]

11. wow!

[Hamlette]

12. I watch it every 4 years or so. I remember seeing it at the time. So much hype!

and worth it. Everyone was anticipating it and talking about them. He is the bullfighter and she is his cape. When he lifts her at the beginning you can see already they are so different.

Anyone see ski ballet? Olympic event in the 1980s. Very weird.