Olympic video: Meryl Davis & Charlie White dance Bollywood
In Vancouver, on February 21, 2010, Meryl Davis and Charlie White electrified the Pacific Coliseum with a Original Dance in Bollywood colors, embracing this season's "folk dance" theme, the American duo blended technical precision with exhilarating storytelling: codified arm positions, expressive shoulder movements, playful glances, and rhythmic phrasing transformed the ice rink into an Indian film set. Their performance, acclaimed by the audience and a large portion of the media, contributed to their Olympic silver medal behind the Canadians Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir.
Vancouver 2010 Olympics: Bollywood dance by Meryl Davis & Charlie White for the USA
The tribute was more than just a simple exotic nod. The idea of the program was born at the home of their coach-choreographer Marina Zoueva, inspired by a Hermès scarf illustrated with Indian dancers. To avoid caricature, the team worked months with the instructor Anuja Rajendra (BollyFit, Ann Arbor) in order to incorporate movements, arm positions, and transitions authentic in a structure conforming to ISU requirements (lifts, twizzles, step sequences). This attention to detail explains the couple's ease in making them coexist technical virtuosity And choreographic culture in an issue readable by everyone.
From a sporting perspective, Davis/White delivered one of the highlights of their Olympic campaign: 2nd in the Original Dance (just behind Virtue/Moir), they consolidated their position before a Free Dance more classic, and secured the 2nd place overallof the ice dance competition at the 2010 Games. Their Bollywood routine, which instantly became iconic, remains a pivotal moment in modern skating: it showed how a precise cultural repertoire, Carefully considered, it can enrich a program's identity without sacrificing the score. For many viewers, this is proof that a couple can tell a story universal — joy, celebration, community — while respecting the codes of a tradition And those in elite sports.
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