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...badminton Internet message board junkies, their beloved sport is second only to soccer in the competition to be the world’s most-played sport. At the Olympics, competitors are divided into three divisions: singles, doubles and mixed doubles, making badminton—along with ice-skating and ballroom dancing—one of the only high-profile coed sports in the world...
...last time ice dancing made news was back in 1984 when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean scored 12 perfect six marks out of a possible 18 with their performance of Bolero at the Sarajevo Olympics. Torvill and Dean transformed the sport from a mere imitation of fairly staid ballroom dancing techniques done on ice, and took it in an altogether more artistic direction. Dean's choreography opened the way for other couples to experiment...
...same way that ballroom dancing, which is currently rebranding itself as Dancesport and applying to be included in the Olympic Games, is today less Fred-and-Ginger and more Britney Spears, ice dancing is looking to attract a wider sports audience - but not one that turns up in dirty raincoats...
...largest feature because, overall, her sense of style is impeccable. This woman knows what’s right and knows what’s wrong—her incredible understanding of relationships and power structures will cause her media conglomerate to rule the entire world. Standing in her ballroom, ushering in the guests for her charity dinner, Jenn will, in the back of her mind, be making a deal between her company and AOL Time Warner. For at this point, Jenn will have already purchased Disney, destroyed Microsoft and embraced Fox. When it’s all over, Jenn will...
...Ballroom Dance Team raises much of its own funding, by teaching classes in Adams House, hosting a fundraising ball, and running the largest ballroom dance competition in New England...