Editing Ice dance (section)

===21st century===
[[File:2010 Olympics Figure Skating Dance - Tessa VIRTUE - Scott MOIR - Gold Medal - 8302a.jpg|thumb|Canadian ice dancers [[Tessa Virtue]] and [[Scott Moir]] are the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history.]]
The European dominance of ice dance was interrupted at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in Vancouver by Canadians [[Tessa Virtue]] and [[Scott Moir]] and Americans [[Meryl Davis]] and [[Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White]]. The Canadian ice dance team won the first Olympic ice dance gold medal for North America, and the Americans won the silver. Russians [[Oksana Domnina]] and [[Maxim Shabalin]] won bronze, but it was the first time Europeans had not won a gold medal in the history of ice dance at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fowler |first1=Geoffrey A. |last2=Dvorak |first2=Phred |date=23 January 2022 |title=Canada's Virtue, Moir Win Ice Dance Gold |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704454304575082323771099884 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211074502/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704454304575082323771099884 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> 

The U.S. began to dominate international competitions in ice dance; at the [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Olympics]] in Sochi, Davis and White won the Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilner |first=Barry |date=6 December 2016 |title=The US Has Become the World Power in Ice Dance |url=https://apnews.com/article/4bc123e8ae2a46d5a7c39e70b39e9e7e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123070530/https://apnews.com/article/4bc123e8ae2a46d5a7c39e70b39e9e7e |archive-date=23 January 2022 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=Associated Press News}}</ref> In 2018, at the [[2018 Winter Olympics|Olympics]] in Pyeongchang, Virtue and Moir became the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history after winning the gold medal there.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 February 2018 |title=Canada's Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir Become Most Decorated Figure Skaters in Olympic History |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter18/story/_/id/22506472/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-win-ice-dancing-gold-medal-canada-become-most-decorated-figure-skaters-olympic-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804233607/https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter18/story/_/id/22506472/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-win-ice-dancing-gold-medal-canada-become-most-decorated-figure-skaters-olympic-history |archive-date=4 August 2021 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In 2022, [[Gabriella Papadakis]] and [[Guillaume Cizeron]] of France won the Olympic gold medal; they went on to win the gold medal at the World championships a few months later, ending the North American domination on ice dance. Papadakis and Cizeron broke the world record at both events.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 March 2022 |title=Gabriella Papadakis, Guillaume Cizeron Win Figure Skating Worlds Ice Dance, Break Record |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/03/26/gabriella-papadakis-guillaume-cizeron-win-figure-skating-worlds-ice-dance-break-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330070747/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/03/26/gabriella-papadakis-guillaume-cizeron-win-figure-skating-worlds-ice-dance-break-record/ |archive-date=30 March 2022 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=NBC Sports |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

According to Caroline Silby, a consultant with [[U.S. Figure Skating]], ice dance teams and pair skaters have the added challenge of strengthening partnerships and ensuring that teams stay together for several years; unresolved conflict between partners can often cause the early break-up of a team. Silby further asserts that the early demise or break-up of a team is often caused by consistent and unresolved conflict between partners.{{Snf|Silby|2018|p=92}} Both ice dancers and pairs skaters face challenges that make conflict resolution and communication difficult: fewer available boys for girls to partner with; different priorities regarding commitment and scheduling; differences in partners' ages and developmental stages; differences in family situations; the common necessity of one or both partners moving to train at a new facility; and different skill levels when the partnership is formed.{{Snf|Silby|2018|pp=92–93}} Silby estimates that the lack of effective communication within dance and pairs teams is associated with a six-fold increase in the risk of ending their partnerships. Teams with strong skills in communication and conflict resolution, however, tend to produce more successful medalists at national championship events.{{Snf|Silby|2018|p=93}}