Torvill and Dean Fame 1981

[sakuramari]

They are brilliant :)

They move as one person and make it look so effortless. It must have taken so much practice to remember every move and get the timing just right like that. They really are professional.

[gratefulMKfan]

Now this is ice dancing at its best. What ice dancers do these days is adagio, not ice dance - including our current Olympic Medalists. I love the fact that Chris and Jayne equally share difficulty, and it compels me to watch and enjoy both of them. Usually these days, the man "presents" the woman, so she's the one to watch.

Don't know why this is called Fame. It's "Let's Face the Music" I think.

[Squealer01]

I can watch this couple all day, they are amazing. Watching the winter olympics this year just goes to show that the competitors now days think that they have to put crowd pleasing tricks into their routine, where as really, less is more if it is done as proffesionally as Chris and Jane,

[Rach4ever13]

30 years on they are still as talented

[muscleboi4use]

This program is SO amazing. Their speed at the start is incredible from such seeminly little movement (long strokes, and perfect unison knee bend).

Their edge work is unbelievable, closeness, precision. Jayne Torvill's techinique is superb. Chris Dean choreographed EVERYone of their ODs and FDs (all SO original). And, of course, they improved further!

IMHO no team has matched them since, as a whole package.

[b2367]

Great Programme

[sunstreak1]

Wouldn't think Dean was a police officer, would you? He got a lot of stick for being a professional ice skater. But, hey, he is half of the one of the best, if not the best, figure skating couples in the history of figure skating!

[rooney4evanalways]

your dead right he got some much stick gfor being a police officer but what he was doing here was one of the best career moves ever !

[sunstreak1]

You said it!

[vef879]

i wonder what they find easier walking on land or ice ? :P

[rooney4evanalways]

i dont know but it would be a good question to ask if you ever meet them lol and thank you for your comment

[binkle1]

Sculling on ice is so easy it's like floating.

[Dancer0x0x0]

I cant even go that fast on land never mind ice!!! =]

[vef879]

id probably crash into the side of the rink lol

[vef879]

sorry this was ment to be a reply to dancer0x0x0 :P

[rioja1970]

Ditto to my comments 3 weeks ago....bloody wow

[NOLIFEONLYDEATH]

magnificent.

[rioja1970]

faultless perforance, as always.... true legends.....

[memoir4you]

This is a fantastic ice dance routine and the music is really rousing!! It's right up therewith Bolero,Barnum and Mack and Mabel,so slick,excellent memories from 2 great sport personalities.

[misssarajevo95]

truely the greatest of all the world, of all time!

[peanuts212]

I still get goose bumps watching T & D. Truely the greatest ever ice dancers even then at a time when sporting facilities were terrible and they still had to work for a living!

[ilexxian]

'Quite clearly the best icedancers that we have ever seen." Indeed.

[blumenthal2]

Of all the marvelous Torvill and Dean Videos, this is my favorite. I love the way they relate to one another in the kiss and cry area, and I love the way Jayne greets her Mom. The skating ain't bad either. When I feel down, I always hope this video plays all the way through with no interruptions. The quality of the video may be lacking, but the content is pure gold.

[minnie129]

Just pure class. Thet skate with such speed, and make rhe very difficult look easy. In my view, the best ice skaters ever,

[AnnaRyn]

Most talented & innovative skaters of all/any time no exceptions. Lovin this early routine pure class even then xx

[michelleuk]

Outstanding, they make it look so easy,perfect timing,they move as one.

Never be ice dancers like them again JMHO!!

[mjib80]

I wholeheartedly agree. The best ice dancers the world has ever known and will ever know! Great idea posting these - any more?!

[skaterlz]

I adore the speed and lightness of the greatest dancers in history.Magical stuff!

[ripperdee]

Even as early as 1981 people were realizing that they were probably the best Ice Dancers ever!!!!!!!!!!! After watching them skate I find myself a little embarassed for other ice dancers. What they're doing pales in comparison.

[rooney4evanalways]

thats a really nice comment ripperdee and i believe your right that in 1981 people were realising that they were the best ice skaters ever and the thing i find funny is that fact that they still have that magic and they still are the best thanks for the comment also check out my other T&D videos

[ripperdee]

Thanks for posting. It's great to see some of their older routines.I love watching them and am trying to find as much as I can

[jojo2217]

wow they rly are fantastic...always were n always wil b :)