Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the most demonstrably versatile team in ice dance history, have also just laid claim to the title of most decorated skating team in Olympic history — a tally of two gold medals in the individual ice dance event and team event in PyeongChang brought their total across three Olympic Games (including Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014) to five medals, the most achieved by any skater since figure skating’s Olympic introduction in 1908.
Their Latin short dance to time-tested classic rock favorites and their complex free dance to Moulin Rouge! — along with some best-in-field skating and dancing — have also drawn in a new wave of fans and popular attention. So for the newbies and the nostalgic alike, we offer this primer on the infinite dance varieties of Virtue and Moir.
This is not a complete list of programs in every vein, and it’s certainly not a comprehensive list of every style tackled. But best to leave some opportunity for discovery.
Classical
Violin Sonata, 2008 Exhibition
Contemporary
Great Gig in the Sky/Money, 2008-09 Free Dance:
Won’t You Charleston With Me, 2008-09 Original Dance:
Stay, 2013-14 Exhibition:
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, 2012 Exhibition:
Read more: Disco
Farrucas, 2009-10 Original Dance:
Read more: Virtue and Moir in Prime Form for Olympics
Kiss/5 Women/Purple Rain, 2016-17 Short Dance
Read more: Blues on Ice
Good Kisser, 2015 Exhibition
Read more: Hip-Hop Revisited
Hip Hip Chin Chin/Temptation/Mujer Latina, 2010-11 Free Dance:
Hip Hip Chin Chin/Temptation/Mujer Latina, 2011-12 Short Dance:
Read more: Samba
