NO other couple will ever repeat the “Bolero” performance of Torvil and Dean. They flowed across the ice in a continuous, smooth, graceful, unbroken, uninterrupted movement, as if they were a single person. No one can do it, as they did it, in that amazingly magical performance.
Their interpretation of Bolero was jaw dropping, totally mesmerizing! I’ve watched some Olympic ice dancing over many decades. While there is incredible, awesome, admirable talent out there, the only dance I remember, the only names I’ve remembered are Torvil and Dean! I’m glad the British people turned their beloved couple into celebs! Hello from California!
Have loved them since the beginning. Its 2023 now, and they are still The GREATEST EVER. As much as love all the others, my favourite is still ' Song of India '......
They are simply the best. I am so happy that they found one another to bring out the best in skating for everyone's enjoyment. We love you Jayne and Chris.
38:19 "They had this special contact with each other and Bolero was the one thing that could bring it out. I don't think they realized that Bolero was them." Yes! That's what makes their routines so different, so unique from any other ice dancing couple before or since. The *tone* of their contact sets them apart and Chris' genius choreography brings it out in every dance.
It was a moment of pure beauty, of what the human body and soul can artistically acheive ...i've seen them on tv, i was 16 and absolutely enhanced by them, greets and congrats from Greece. ✨💙
I love how they concentrated on their dance steps and not on flailing arms and over dramatic upper body movements. They will always be the best and most enjoyable to watch. Also they did creative never before seen steps.. the beginning is reminiscent of the beach scene in the musical Carousel.
Words for me are hard to write. I am always brought to tears when Jayne and Chris ice dance...... So breathtaking. ❤️🌹 Thank you for your dedication and love. Love Bolero......
Does she not know how much in love he has always been with her? Dear God in Heaven - reward that man for his heroic acceptance of that which he cannot change...
I remember TND's Bolero like it was yesterday. I was in awe at the time I witnessed a once in a lifetime moment that astounded the world. It was the greatest Ice Dance performance in history. They came, they danced, they conquered. They wore the colors of royalty, and to me they were British royalty. They are to Ice Dancing what Michelangelo is to sculpture. The Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers of Ice Dancing with the added magic and passion of Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy. There will never, ever be another Torvill and Dean. Thank you, Andy Croft for this superb video and sharing the story of TND's Bolero. I believe they even astounded Ravel, who watched them from that great concert hall in the sky! He must have said they immortalized the personification of Bolero.
I cried after Torvil and Dean won I was at home on maternity leave so was emotional anyway ...but seeing them win Gold for GREAT Britain made the tears flow even more
Same here. T&D gave us everything they had to give and we love them for it. Look up grace in the dictionary you'll see them. Look up perfection and you will see their Bolero performance. BRAVO!!
Yo tenía 10 años cuando vi esta competencia y me impactó tanto que han pasado muchos años y vi muchos juegos olímpicos y no recuerdo ninguna otra pareja de patinadores hasta la fecha , pero de estos británicos JAMAS LOS OLVIDARÉ siempre pienso que tan hermoso fué que me dejó una huella tan grande en la actualidad tengo 48 años
40 tears on since first glance I still admire your passion, dedication, ambition despite all the pain by all the means. It is still such a pleasure to watch and see you.Mt name means wish I wished like everyone you were a romantic couple with love children. Thanks for All the passion and love you showed to the world. Love from 3000 km and 40 years away.💖
They are and were the most wonderful couple who ever walked on this planet, for most of, regarding their impeccable friendship, admiration, and respect for each other, and of course their skating as if they were one!!! An unforgettable experience in many people's lifetime having witnessed seeing them on the ice. Thank you Torvil and Dean!!!!!!
Didn’t look like the cashier knew who they were, . I have loved the haunting music by Maurice Ravel since I was. 4 when my grandparents played it and I would dance to it. Still makes. Me cry when I watch the video of them dancing it
Jayne and Christopher's beautiful story reminds me of the best years of my life. 1984 was the year when I graduated from university with a degree in English, which coincided wirh their Olympic success. If only those heady times could return.... Fairytale times. Well, the Union Jack rising above the two USSR flags was a brief insight into the near future.
there was a price for perfection not shown here, but had they not pushed so hard, perhaps the world would not have had witnessed such a beautiful moment in sport from these two fantastic artists.
I wouldn't call it sport. Dancing - on ice is more the arts to me. They must have tremendous health, strength, fitness and determination to always be so faultless.
Wish they’d bring back the series. I loved it so much. I’ve followed them from the start and saw them live in Melbourne years ago. Very special partnership and Noones ever come close to them.
They deserve allll the accolades n best of everything for their hard work n sacrifice for alll the world to see perfection n set a higher bar for skating..
How lucky are we to have had the greatest skaters in the world from Nottingham UK. I think we have their trainer to thank also, who has sadly passed away and she presented us, the two most amazing ppl that have always come across kind, caring and professional in every aspect and to this day are inspiring skaters here and around the world. Their skating gave me goosebumps, just like an amazing song... You know its something very special.
Torvill & Dean, ice skaters/pairs supreme. I love their every move on the ice. They make me feel like I can Ice skate, but I cannot even stand up straight on ice skates - even when I was a teenager!
I seem to remember then saying their relationship was like brother and sister. I think they must be like that to have done so magnificently and for so many years and still be doing it. Their first trainer and they - so normal and unpretentious, down to earth. No airs. Not even slightly full of themselves and the had a right to be a little bit of they had wanted to be. Unique forever.
T and D beautiful, smooth, creative. No one has done as well with smoooooothness in trying to copy their skating. She knew exactly what he wanted and remembered and conquered.
Thank you so much for posting this! It was wonderful! I remember watching when it happened, and even though I was a figure skater, I didn’t know that much about ice dance. But I knew that was spectacular and I loved it as soon as I saw it.!
Just thinking,why haven't they both received knighthoods,I cannot think of anyone in sports who deserve it more than Jane torvil and Christopher dean,and not just because of their achievements but the way they have conducted themselves throughout their lives with such dignity they are an absolute credit to Great Britain.
Perhaps there should be an on-line petition in the UK asking the Queen to grant the recognition to them. Maybe there has been, but it should be renewed.
I cannot see why so many were eager to this pair to be a couple.These two shared a partnership the likes of which few of us experience, an enduring passion and dedication. I think that is more than sufficient in itself.
I suspect becoming a romantic couple would have been too much. Too much time together. Too intense. Too emotional. They already had a lot of those things. Being a couple would have meant it would have been incessant without rest from each other.
To all Torvill and Dean fans, please see Carly Bishop's recent 2021 videos. You will enjoy them. They make their connection to Astaire and Rogers evident.
In response to Null Zero , yes I agree with the exact message I posted to other videos when they call him nasty.. yes to succeed you have to push hard and PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
The classic Bolero routine was also patriotic for a pair of British royal subjects. Although Torvill and Dean likely did not intend to evoke such an overtone, not only could every young couple identify with the roles in their iconic Bolero dance, their roles even evoked the romance of the young Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, especially during the early years of their marriage, before her coronation, when the two of them were able to experience for a few years the simplicity of ordinary married life, before their state responsibilities began. Thus, the Bolero routine spoke to everyone, from clerks to royal queens, from policemen to princes....
And still talking about it today. Why? Because when artists take their craft into the stratosphere, where few ever go, what few ever see, they show the world what life in art is all about. Here it is, before our eyes, the highest form of the craft of pairs figure skating on display for the world to see. What a down-to-home privilege to witness! (And then...and then there was their Song of India performance. There they were, skating on the clourds, the pinnacle of beauty in the art of pairs figure skating. That performance, in my opinion, sealed their world of grace forever.)
NO other couple will ever repeat the “Bolero” performance of Torvil and Dean. They flowed across the ice in a continuous, smooth, graceful, unbroken, uninterrupted movement, as if they were a single person. No one can do it, as they did it, in that amazingly magical performance.
Eeeeeee we 44
40 years and Bolero is still the platinum standard. No one else comes close.
I was 15 when this sublime moment happened. After all these years watching Torvill and Dean dancing Bolero moves me to the point of tears every time.
Their interpretation of Bolero was jaw dropping, totally mesmerizing! I’ve watched some Olympic ice dancing over many decades. While there is incredible, awesome, admirable talent out there, the only dance I remember, the only names I’ve remembered are Torvil and Dean! I’m glad the British people turned their beloved couple into celebs! Hello from California!
“One of the greatest routines ever.” I’m absolutely convinced that is the greatest performance ever, ever, ever.
No one can touch our hearts with the Bolero like Jane and Chris did. Looking back now, they’re still is the best.
Have loved them since the beginning. Its 2023 now, and they are still The GREATEST EVER. As much as love all the others, my favourite is still ' Song of India '......
Haven’t seen “Song of India”. But “Bolero” will always be my favorite. 23:09
T&D + Bolero + 6.0s = Olympic magic
36 years later this skate still gives me chills. The greatest skate ever!
A bit longer ago but yes, perfection.
They are simply the best. I am so happy that they found one another to bring out the best in skating for everyone's enjoyment. We love you Jayne and Chris.
GREAT docu-story ! Thanks for this one 👍✨🤗
38:19 "They had this special contact with each other and Bolero was the one thing that could bring it out. I don't think they realized that Bolero was them." Yes! That's what makes their routines so different, so unique from any other ice dancing couple before or since. The *tone* of their contact sets them apart and Chris' genius choreography brings it out in every dance.
Absolutely fantastic routine , the best skaters ever , this moved me as a child and still brings a tear to my eye when I watch them perform bolero 🥰
It was a moment of pure beauty, of what the human body and soul can artistically acheive ...i've seen them on tv, i was 16 and absolutely enhanced by them, greets and congrats from Greece. ✨💙
I love how they concentrated on their dance steps and not on flailing arms and over dramatic upper body movements. They will always be the best and most enjoyable to watch. Also they did creative never before seen steps.. the beginning is reminiscent of the beach scene in the musical Carousel.
Two special people created by God to be together.
Beautifully said.
Together on the ice and in friendship for life 💖
Torvill& Dean, poetry on ice , almost meditation for the eyes. Love their work forever.
Words for me are hard to write. I am always brought to tears when Jayne and Chris ice dance...... So breathtaking. ❤️🌹 Thank you for your dedication and love. Love Bolero......
Does she not know how much in love he has always been with her?
Dear God in Heaven - reward that man for his heroic acceptance of that which he cannot change...
I remember TND's Bolero like it was yesterday. I was in awe at the time I witnessed a once in a lifetime moment that astounded the world. It was the greatest Ice Dance performance in history. They came, they danced, they conquered. They wore the colors of royalty, and to me they were British royalty. They are to Ice Dancing what Michelangelo is to sculpture.
The Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers of Ice Dancing with the added magic and passion of Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy. There will never, ever be another Torvill and Dean.
Thank you, Andy Croft for this superb video and sharing the story of TND's Bolero. I believe they even astounded Ravel, who watched them from that great concert hall in the sky! He must have said they immortalized the personification of Bolero.
When two souls come together, were meant to be together, and express that soul connection - you get Torvill and Dean.
Masz zupełną rację 😊 🙏. Oni są jak jedno ciało i jedna dusza, dlatego tańczą tak magicznie. Są pk prostu wyjątkowi. Pozdrawiam serdecznie 🤗😊🇵🇱💌💌💌
Simply beautiful ❤️ I shall never forget this performance.
I have been priviledged to see them skate live several times. An amazing experience. I frlt honored.
That word should be felt.
I cried after Torvil and Dean won
I was at home on maternity leave so was emotional anyway ...but seeing them win Gold for GREAT Britain made the tears flow even more
Same here. T&D gave us everything they had to give and we love them for it. Look up grace in the dictionary you'll see them. Look up perfection and you will see their Bolero performance. BRAVO!!
Yo tenía 10 años cuando vi esta competencia y me impactó tanto que han pasado muchos años y vi muchos juegos olímpicos y no recuerdo ninguna otra pareja de patinadores hasta la fecha , pero de estos británicos JAMAS LOS OLVIDARÉ siempre pienso que tan hermoso fué que me dejó una huella tan grande en la actualidad tengo 48 años
40 tears on since first glance I still admire your passion, dedication, ambition despite all the pain by all the means. It is still such a pleasure to watch and see you.Mt name means wish I wished like everyone you were a romantic couple with love children. Thanks for All the passion and love you showed to the world. Love from 3000 km and 40 years away.💖
They are and were the most wonderful couple who ever walked on this planet, for most of, regarding their impeccable friendship, admiration, and respect for each other, and of course their skating as if they were one!!! An unforgettable experience in many people's lifetime having witnessed seeing them on the ice. Thank you Torvil and Dean!!!!!!
It was their awesome performance that led me to listen to Ravel's "Bolero." A piece I now start my day with.
I never get bored watching T and D
Didn’t look like the cashier knew who they were, . I have loved the haunting music by Maurice Ravel since I was. 4 when my grandparents played it and I would dance to it. Still makes. Me cry when I watch the video of them dancing it
Love Torvill and Dean. Loved them then and still love watching the reruns from the 80's and 90's
MO. Fan.
Jayne and Christopher's beautiful story reminds me of the best years of my life. 1984 was the year when I graduated from university with a degree in English, which coincided wirh their Olympic success. If only those heady times could return.... Fairytale times. Well, the Union Jack rising above the two USSR flags was a brief insight into the near future.
What stunning skating you never get tired of watching. Have I watched it 20 or more times??? Think so.
Even more epic that it was Sarajevo in “84. History upon history. A glimmer of beauty.
Mesmerising,two people as one,sheer unadulterated brilliance,thank you for allowing us all to share your incredible breathtaking performances,
there was a price for perfection not shown here, but had they not pushed so hard, perhaps the world would not have had witnessed such a beautiful moment in sport from these two fantastic artists.
I wouldn't call it sport. Dancing - on ice is more the arts to me. They must have tremendous health, strength, fitness and determination to always be so faultless.
Wish they’d bring back the series. I loved it so much. I’ve followed them from the start and saw them live in Melbourne years ago. Very special partnership and Noones ever come close to them.
Thank you.
They can never be matched let alone bettered. The originals who set the bar so high that all since have come off what they created.
They deserve allll the accolades n best of everything for their hard work n sacrifice for alll the world to see perfection n set a higher bar for skating..
How lucky are we to have had the greatest skaters in the world from Nottingham UK. I think we have their trainer to thank also, who has sadly passed away and she presented us, the two most amazing ppl that have always come across kind, caring and professional in every aspect and to this day are inspiring skaters here and around the world. Their skating gave me goosebumps, just like an amazing song... You know its something very special.
I LMFAO when he said "performing Bolero in front of T&D was an honor"....personally, I would have thought it would be absolutely terrifying.....
Torvill & Dean, ice skaters/pairs supreme. I love their every move on the ice. They make me feel like I can Ice skate, but I cannot even stand up straight on ice skates - even when I was a teenager!
I seem to remember then saying their relationship was like brother and sister. I think they must be like that to have done so magnificently and for so many years and still be doing it. Their first trainer and they - so normal and unpretentious, down to earth. No airs. Not even slightly full of themselves and the had a right to be a little bit of they had wanted to be. Unique forever.
Her feeling for him
is of that for brother, from a sister.
His feelings for her do not
at all evidence an exactly similar response...
BRILLIANT ice dancing we all loved them and no one has done it like them
T and D beautiful, smooth, creative. No one has done as well with smoooooothness in trying to copy their skating. She knew exactly what he wanted and remembered and conquered.
bloody magical. Got out of bed in the middle of the night to watch this.
Thank you so much for posting this! It was wonderful! I remember watching when it happened, and even though I was a figure skater, I didn’t know that much about ice dance. But I knew that was spectacular and I loved it as soon as I saw it.!
Love the story , Torvill & Dean.. ty. Ty.
For ever the Best, torvill and Dean my idols !!!
Harmonie pur, ein Genuss zu erleben
Utter perfection.
They are the best of the best. I have watched them skate as long as I can remember.
Just thinking,why haven't they both received knighthoods,I cannot think of anyone in sports who deserve it more than Jane torvil and Christopher dean,and not just because of their achievements but the way they have conducted themselves throughout their lives with such dignity they are an absolute credit to Great Britain.
They are too decent. That is why.
Perhaps there should be an on-line petition in the UK asking the Queen to grant the recognition to them. Maybe there has been, but it should be renewed.
Merit is not always the reason for honors..
@@rmp7400 So very true,sadly.
31:16 omg that’s literally all I needed to hear, that’s so sweat 🥺
They are legends!
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!!
I cannot see why so many were eager to this pair to be a couple.These two shared a partnership the likes of which few of us experience, an enduring passion and dedication. I think that is more than sufficient in itself.
I suspect becoming a romantic couple would have been too much. Too much time together. Too intense. Too emotional. They already had a lot of those things. Being a couple would have meant it would have been incessant without rest from each other.
Because Chris
is deeply, completely, & romantically,
in love with Jayne..that is why.
@@angr3819: They had families.
@@rmp7400Not so.
There opposites and obviously they attract ♥️ legends 🇬🇧
Susie Crick !! Is the BEST!!! Far out inspired all of us!!!! Xoxoxo
To all Torvill and Dean fans, please see Carly Bishop's recent 2021 videos. You will enjoy them. They make their connection to Astaire and Rogers evident.
Susquehanna margionia!! Best coach in the world!!!!
Ah it’s the backend it must be the dean end 😂 Jayne is savage
This is so interesting especially for T & D fans. Amazed so few views. Thank you for uploading Andy Croft.
In response to Null Zero , yes I agree with the exact message I posted to other videos when they call him nasty..
yes to succeed you have to push hard and PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
He is one of the greatest choreographers ever. I used to coach but not quite on his level. LMAO.
The classic Bolero routine was also patriotic for a pair of British royal subjects. Although Torvill and Dean likely did not intend to evoke such an overtone, not only could every young couple identify with the roles in their iconic Bolero dance, their roles even evoked the romance of the young Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, especially during the early years of their marriage, before her coronation, when the two of them were able to experience for a few years the simplicity of ordinary married life, before their state responsibilities began. Thus, the Bolero routine spoke to everyone, from clerks to royal queens, from policemen to princes....
I remember the great Dick Button, just prior to them starting their Olympic routine, saying, “hold on to your hat!”
31:37 "it’s the back end it must be the dean" 😂
And still talking about it today. Why? Because when artists take their craft into the stratosphere, where few ever go, what few ever see, they show the world what life in art is all about. Here it is, before our eyes, the highest form of the craft of pairs figure skating on display for the world to see. What a down-to-home privilege to witness! (And then...and then there was their Song of India performance. There they were, skating on the clourds, the pinnacle of beauty in the art of pairs figure skating. That performance, in my opinion, sealed their world of grace forever.)
Ice Dancing. Pairs Figure Skating is a different event. They won the Gold Olympic medal for Ice Dancing.
@@maryleone2023 I can't keep the two straight! Further, the two look a lot a like these days. But thanks.
@@keithstarkey5584 You're Welcome and you are right about the two looking alike, especially these days, with higher lifts and more side by side moves.
“Bolero” should be retired as a musical masterpiece and NO ONE should ever use it again.
Как жаль что все хорошее имеет конец.
Они остались недосегаемыми
WOW! I JUST HEARD THAT JAYNE IS PART OF THE BICKNELL FAMILY LIKE MY GRANDMA WAS! SHE WAS SISTER TO ERNIE BICKNELL THE BOXER ROM EDLINGTON.
Hahaha a many times world champion casually says "this skating stuff" 😅
Atceros skaistas uzvaras tajos tālajos gados! Paldies!
I'd love to know if I am imagining it or, did they have an alternative ending, but changed it.?
What's the bald guy's name?
Stunning skate, breath taking!
Was so looking forward to watching this but as soon as I heard the narrator I switched off.
🇬🇧🧐
sorry can;t do it with this person narrating the story , when are we going to be given the facts about him