Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Ice dance/archive1

TFA blurb review
Congratulations, and please check back at the end of the month for the May blurbs. - Dank (push to talk) 13:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Ice dance is a discipline of figure skating that entered the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952 and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ice dance, like pair skating, has its roots in the "combined skating" developed in the 19th century in which partners would skate waltzes, marches, and other social dances. The first steps in ice dance were similar to those used in ballroom dancing. In the late 1800s, Jackson Haines brought his style of skating, which included waltz steps and social dances, from the U.S. to Europe. By the end of the 19th century, waltzing competitions became popular throughout the world. The first national competitions took place in England, Canada, the U.S., and Austria during the 1930s. The first international ice dance competition took place as a special event at the World Championships in 1950 in London. Competitions were dominated by British ice dance teams in the 1950s and 1960s, Soviet teams until the 1990s, and North American teams in the 2000s.

Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. The last sentence is just a suggestion; John wanted to summarize some of the history of the sport. - Dank (push to talk) 23:12, 28 May 2020 (UTC)