What's the difference between ice dancing and figure skating?

1. Differences in content: The essence of figure skating is skating. It is an ice sport that combines skating skills with art. People can compete or enjoy it through cooperation or skill display, while ice dancing refers to the performance and display of male and female dancers dancing with music on the ice.

2. Different types: In fact, ice dance is a kind of figure skating, which was born out of figure skating in 1930s. Figure skating mainly includes three types: single figure skating, double figure skating and ice dancing.

3. Different emphases: Ice dance pays attention to the presentation of dance steps and has strict restrictions and regulations on technical movements. Figure skating pays more attention to the performance of different technical movements.