Torvill and Dean Bolero: where to watch 1984 Sarajevo Olympics ice skating routine, is dance video on YouTube?

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean’s performance to Ravel’s ‘Bolero’ at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics remains the byword for skating beauty, the perfect moment that, for all the sport’s enduring majesty and penchant for controversy, remains unsurpassed.

The pair are in their late sixties now but they remain synonymous by their surnames, and their influence on the sport and its subsequent generations, increasingly due to their association with ITV’s ‘Dancing on Ice’ is as indelible as ever.

‘Bolero’ is still routinely used for Olympic programmes, mostly recently in Beijing in 2022 by 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, who wiped the mousse from her mouth and became the first female skater to land a quad jump to its creaking restrain.

But Ravel’s 1928 orchestral composition will always belong to Torvill and Dean, its opening bars instantly sweeping those of us of a certain age back to the night when we were one among 24 million others sat in front of our television sets to witness sporting history.

Dozens of British ice dancers have been both inspired and burdened by Torvill and Dean’s unrepeatable achievement. For the Kerr siblings, John and Sinead, two European bronze medals was enough to spark comparisons with their illustrious predecessors.

Speaking prior to their second Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, where they would finish a creditable but scarcely comparable eighth, John Kerr felt the need to remind an interviewer: “We are not the new Torvill and Dean and we never have been. We are ourselves.”

Where can I watch 'Bolero'?

But as Torvill and Dean mark the 40th anniversary of their Olympic gold success by announcing they will be retiring from skating together in 2025, where exactly can you still watch that iconic performance?

Well, the good news is it's actually incredibly easy to watch the routine in full. YouTube is awash with versions of the clip - some in higher quality than others - and some even throw in the medal ceremony and national anthem as a bonus.

So, simply type "Torvill and Dean Bolero" into the YouTube search bar, and you'll be transported back to the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics in no time at all.