Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: ISU malitere ịmepụta iwu, ụkpụrụ, na ule mba ụwa maka ịgba egwú ice na 1950s. Asọmpi ịgba egwu ice nke mba ụwa mbụ mere dịka ihe omume pụrụ iche n'oge asọmpi ịgba egwu ice nke ụwa na 1950 na London; Lois Waring na Michael McGean nke US meriri ihe omume ahụ, nke mere ka ihere mee ndị Britain, bụ ndị weere onwe ha dị ka ndị ịgba egwu ice kachasị mma n'ụwa. A haziri ihe omume nke abụọ n'afọ na-eso ya, na 1951 World Championships na Milan; Jean Westwood na Lawrence Demmy nke Great Britain bịara n'ọnọdụ mbụ. Ice dance, na CD na FD ngalaba, bụ onye e tinyere n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro na
Asọmpi Iko Ụwa na 1952. Westwood na Demmy meriri n'afọ ahụ, wee gaa n'ihu na-achịkwa ịgba egwu ice, na-emeri asọmpi ụwa anọ sochirinụ. Ndị Briten meriri n'asọmpi ịgba egwú ice niile e nwere n'ụwa ruo n'afọ 1960. Eva Romanova na Pavel Roman nke Czechoslovakia bụ ndị mbụ na-abụghị ndị Britain na-agba egwú ice iji merie aha ụwa, na 1962.