Up next in the figure skating competition is ice dancing, but for those who aren't familiar with the sport there might be some confusion between ice dancing and pairs skating. On the surface ...

BOSTON – Evan Bates was practically forced into ice dance. “I don’t want to,” he remembered protesting when his parents first introduced the idea of the sport. With garish costumes and ...

PEOPLE sat down with 2018 Olympic ice dancer Evan Bates to clarify some of the differences between figure skating and ice dancing The Winter Olympics are here and buzz surrounding the worldwide ...

The two partner competitions, pairs and ice dancing, might be a little bit more confusing. Both might feature a man and a woman competing together, but that’s pretty much where the similarities end.

Figure skating is the oldest sport in the Winter Olympics program but it can still be hard to tell the difference between the ice dancing discipline and pairs skating discipline at first glance.

Ask anyone, from the deserts of Sudan to the forests of Bhutan, who they are and they will instantly know that Torvill and Dean were responsible for the finest moment in ice dancing history.

You may be familiar with traditional pairs figure skating, but ice dancing has become increasingly popular as the 2014 Winter Games progress, even here in San Diego. So what's the difference ...