The 12 Best Olympic Figure Skating Routines to Classical Music
by Emily E. Hogstad January 26th, 2026 If you love classical music, chances are you might be interested in figure skating, given the prominent role the art plays in the sport. For over a hundred years, skaters have skated to music, oftentimes classical music. Although the International Skating Union began allowing the use of songs with lyrics in 2014, leading to a rise in skating programs performed to other musical genres, many skaters still use classical music today. Here are twelve of the most famous routines performed to the most famous classical music. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, 1984 Boléro by Maurice Ravel Torvill & Dean Bolero – 1984 Olympic Winning Routine In 1984, skating to Ravel’s hypnotic orchestral showpiece Boléro , British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean became the first non-Russian ice dancers to ever win gold at the Olympics. They scored a perfect set of 6.0s for artistic impression. This was the first (a...