Before the 2010/11 season, ice dancers performed three or four programs.
Ice dancers usually need up to 12 costumes each to get through a season.
The physical risks have become very great for male ice dancers, but their clothes stay conservative.
They began skating together when he was 14 and competed as ice dancers for a few years.
His second wife, an ice dancer, was Torvill's friend first.
They are the first American ice dancers to win the World title.
Whereas an ice dancer used to have everything he or she needed to perfect their skills, suddenly, they had to deal with miserable conditions.
This is also where they train figure skaters and ice dancers at national competition level.
As an ice dancer, he won three bronze medals before retiring in 1997.
Ice dancers are required to skate to music with a definite beat.