The ice dancing that you see on TV today is much different than its ballroom
roots. Compulsory dances, meaning the set pattern type you will be learning, are still done in competition, although they are not shown on TV, except during the Olympics.
Jackson Haines danced on ice at an exhibition in Vienna in 1865, and a waltz bearing his name became popular in the 1880s. The Jackson Haines Waltz was originally a four-step repeating pattern of two steps forward and two steps backward in
which the skater kept both feet on the ice throughout.
Oksana Alexandrovna Domnina (born 17 August 1984 in Kirov) is a Russian ice dancer. She competes with Maxim Shabalin. They are the 2009 World Champions, 2008 European Champions and 2007 Grand Prix Final champions. She previously competed with Ivan Lobanov and Maxim Bolotin.
Domnina and Shabalin teamed up in May 2002. In their first season together, they won every junior level competition they entered, including the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final and the 2003 World Junior Championships.
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