Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a variety of natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which separates the Beach from Miami.
Figure skating has developed from a practical way to get around on ice into the elegant mix of art and sport it is today. Early pioneers. The Dutch were arguably the earliest pioneers of skating. They began using canals to maintain communication by skating from village to village as far back as the 13th century.
Ice dancing, the newest Olympic figure skating event (introduced in 1976), was first seen at the World Championships in 1952, despite having been a popular recreational sport since the turn of the century. Unlike pairs skating, which features overhead lifts and jumps, ice dancing, as its name implies, is based on the different aspects of dance.