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Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill: how we made Boléro by Interviews By Nancy Groves

'It was a volcano erupting we had to climb to the very top before throwing ourselves into eternity'We had won three world championships by the time the 1984 Winter Olympics came around, so we were in a position to take a real risk. Even though it is a piece of classical music, Jayne and I knew our choice of Ravel's Boléro would be seen as radical. Most skating music goes fast-slow-fast, building to a finish w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM on April 22, 2014

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