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  1.                                  Jayne Torvill and 
  2.                                  Christopher Dean 
  3.                                  changed ice dancing with 
  4.                                  their technical perfection 
  5.                                  and the imaginative and 
  6. emotional way they interpreted music. 
  7.  
  8. Jayne and Christopher, both from the city of 
  9. Nottingham, England, became ice-dancing 
  10. partners in 1975. In 1978, they won the first
  11. of a record six straight British titles. In 1980,
  12. they placed fifth at the Olympics, and the
  13. next year, they won the first of four
  14. consecutive world championships. 
  15.  
  16. But it was their performance at the 1984 
  17. Olympics that made them famous. 
  18. Skating to the music of RavelΓÇÖs Bolero, 
  19. Jayne and Christopher mesmerized