For followers of sport, the insinuating rhythm of Maurice Ravel's instrumental composition "Bolero" may forever evoke images of the swirling figures of the ice-dancing pair who electrified the 1984 Olympic winter games in Sarajevo, in the former Yugoslavia. Great Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are perhaps best remembered as the "Bolero"-skating gold medalists, but in fact the pair have numerous amateur and professional championships to their credit. Following their Olympic gold (and subsequent, controversial 1994 bronze), the two have kept busy in their sport, both as performers and as choreographers.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: c/o Sue Young, P.O. Box 32, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0BW, England.
SELECTED WRITINGS BY TORVILL AND DEAN:
(With Neil Wilson) Torvill and Dean: Fire on Ice. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.
Sketch by Susan Salter
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