‘They allowed us to use the costumes’: Fear and Gibson on Torvill and Dean, Boléro and skating history
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Even after 42 years, the images remain seared into the mind’s eye. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean staring deeply into each other’s souls as Ravel’s haunting Boléro strikes up. Dean tenderly caressing his partner’s face as they dance. And the dramatic denouement as the pair collapse on the ice after four minutes and 28 seconds of perfection. Most figure skaters would shy away from that unforgettable gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics. But in late October, Team GB’s Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear lovingly recreated it in a series of images on Instagram. Strikingly, they were dressed in the exact same costumes that Torvill and Dean wore in Sarajevo, now a little faded....