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| | Dance Magazine: Ice dancing: a dance form frozen in place by hostile rules |
 | | These longtime partners, whose dramatically contrasting looks and beautiful sculptural line lend an intensely romantic resonance to their performances, also take daily class; they diligently search through musical selections for inspiration for new material, work intensively with their choreographer, and inevitably leave audiences enraptured and cheering when they perform. |
 | | Usova and Zhulin, the heirs apparent in a field in which Soviet (and now Russian) competitors have dominated, with the sensational exception of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's 1984 triumph in Sarajevo, did not win a gold medal. |
 | | Usova and Zhulin, who took the silver medal at Lillehammer, barely edged out by Gritschuk and Platov, will not be there, having opted to sample the world of professional skating for this year. |
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