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The piece has also been used prominently in sports. The [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) team [[Buffalo Sabres]] have used the piece as a intro/skate-in song since the team was established in 1970.[{{cite book|first=Sal|last=Maiorana|title=100 Things Sabres Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die|year=2012|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781623680152|page=22}}] Sportswriter [[Bob Ryan]] found it to be "the greatest piece of intro music in sport." in the late 90s, through the early, 2000s the "Sabre Dance" was officially brought back in 2011,[{{cite web|last1=Dunford|first1=Jen|last2=Bellas|first2=Chrisanne|title=Opening the suggestion box|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=555729|website=sabres.nhl.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910194449/http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=555729|archive-date=10 September 2014|date=11 March 2011}}] specifically using [[Vanessa-Mae]]'s version.[{{cite news|last1=Vogl |first1=John |title=Sabres putting a fan imprint on arena |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article363953.ece? |access-date=11 September 2014 |work=[[The Buffalo News]] |date=11 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314190612/http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article363953.ece |archive-date=14 March 2011 }}] |
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The piece has also been used prominently in sports. The [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) team [[Buffalo Sabres]] have used the piece as a intro/skate-in song since the team was established in 1970.[{{cite book|first=Sal|last=Maiorana|title=100 Things Sabres Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die|year=2012|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781623680152|page=22}}] Sportswriter [[Bob Ryan]] found it to be "the greatest piece of intro music in sport."[{{cite web|last1=Dunford|first1=Jen|last2=Bellas|first2=Chrisanne|title=Opening the suggestion box|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=555729|website=sabres.nhl.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910194449/http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=555729|archive-date=10 September 2014|date=11 March 2011}}] specifically using [[Vanessa-Mae]]'s version.[{{cite news|last1=Vogl |first1=John |title=Sabres putting a fan imprint on arena |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article363953.ece? |access-date=11 September 2014 |work=[[The Buffalo News]] |date=11 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314190612/http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article363953.ece |archive-date=14 March 2011 }}] |
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"Sabre Dance" has been a recurring choice for [[figure skating]] programs, performed by competitors from numerous countries in both national and international events.[{{cite web |last1=Markow |first1=Robert |title=Program Notes |url=https://www.tpo.or.jp/concert/pdf/TPO_teiki_202207_web_e.pdf |publisher=[[Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810020532/https://www.tpo.or.jp/concert/pdf/TPO_teiki_202207_web_e.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |date=2022 }}] Among the most prominent skaters who have performed to the piece are [[Toller Cranston]],[in 1973{{Unbulleted list citebundle | {{cite journal |last1=Loeser |first1=Frank |title=A Skating Company: A Possibility? |journal=Skating |date=December 1973 |volume=50 |issue=8 |page=19 |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/197312.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251117172723/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/197312.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2025 }} | {{Cite book |editor-last=Heller |editor-first=Mark |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ice Skating |location=New York |publisher=Paddington Press |date=1979 |isbn=9780448224275 |oclc=4494663 |page= 104 }} | {{cite book |last1=Cranston |first1=Toller |last2=Kimball |first2=Martha Lowder |title=When Hell Freezes Over: Should I Bring My Skates? |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |year=2000 |isbn=9780771023361 |pages= 49, 64 }} }}] [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]],[{{Unbulleted list citebundle|in 1994. {{cite web |title=World Professional Figure Skating Championships – Landover, MD |url=https://www.goldenskate.com/pro-am-figure-skating-results/world-professional-figure-skating-championships-landover-md/ |website=goldenskate.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023130243/https://www.goldenskate.com/pro-am-figure-skating-results/world-professional-figure-skating-championships-landover-md/ |archive-date=23 October 2019 }} | {{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Scott |last2=Benet |first2=Lorenzo |title=Landing It: My Life on and Off the Ice |date=2000 |publisher=[[Kensington Publishing]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7860-1149-0 |page=160 }} }}] [[Michelle Kwan]],[in 1993–94. {{Cite book |last=Fenton |first=Roxane Lyn |title=Circuits of Representation: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning in U.S. Popular Culture |publisher=[[University of California, Riverside]] |year=2007 |language=English |page=229 }}] [[Johnny Weir]],[in 1999. {{cite web |title=Johnny Weir |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100084 |website=icenetwork.com |publisher=[[U.S. Figure Skating]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507011920/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100084 |archive-date=7 May 2012 |quote=1999 Season Notes SP Music: "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian}}] and [[Evgeni Plushenko]].[in 1999–2000. {{cite news |title=Russian lands quad |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/384401749 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=24 December 1999 |id={{ProQuest|384401749}} }}]
{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dave |title=Elvis tumbles to fourth: Stojko falls on quad as two Russians soar to top of men's skating |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/433580406 |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=29 March 2000 |id={{ProQuest|433580406}} }} The piece has also been used in women's-only [[synchronized swimming]][performed by [[Fanny Létourneau]] & [[Claire Carver-Dias]]. {{cite news |last1=Rokk |first1=Lazarus |title=Claire and Fanny win duet gold |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/266785451 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |date=28 July 2002 |id={{ProQuest|266785451}} }}] and [[rhythmic gymnastics]].[the Belarussian team coached by [[Irina Leparskaya]] in 2013–14. {{cite news |title=На чемпионате Европы в Баку наши гимнастки не смогут станцевать под музыку Хачатуряна [At the European Championships in Baku, our gymnasts will not be able to dance to Khachaturian's music] |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26238.5/3120472/ |work=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]] |date=June 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251113114535/https://www.kp.ru/daily/26238.5/3120472/ |archive-date=13 November 2025 |language=ru |url-status=live}}] |
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"Sabre Dance" has been a recurring choice for [[figure skating]] programs, performed by competitors from numerous countries in both national and international events.[{{cite web |last1=Markow |first1=Robert |title=Program Notes |url=https://www.tpo.or.jp/concert/pdf/TPO_teiki_202207_web_e.pdf |publisher=[[Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810020532/https://www.tpo.or.jp/concert/pdf/TPO_teiki_202207_web_e.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |date=2022 }}] Among the most prominent skaters who have performed to the piece are [[Toller Cranston]],[in 1973{{Unbulleted list citebundle | {{cite journal |last1=Loeser |first1=Frank |title=A Skating Company: A Possibility? |journal=Skating |date=December 1973 |volume=50 |issue=8 |page=19 |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/197312.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251117172723/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/197312.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2025 }} | {{Cite book |editor-last=Heller |editor-first=Mark |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ice Skating |location=New York |publisher=Paddington Press |date=1979 |isbn=9780448224275 |oclc=4494663 |page= 104 }} | {{cite book |last1=Cranston |first1=Toller |last2=Kimball |first2=Martha Lowder |title=When Hell Freezes Over: Should I Bring My Skates? |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |year=2000 |isbn=9780771023361 |pages= 49, 64 }} }}] [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]],[{{Unbulleted list citebundle|in 1994. {{cite web |title=World Professional Figure Skating Championships – Landover, MD |url=https://www.goldenskate.com/pro-am-figure-skating-results/world-professional-figure-skating-championships-landover-md/ |website=goldenskate.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023130243/https://www.goldenskate.com/pro-am-figure-skating-results/world-professional-figure-skating-championships-landover-md/ |archive-date=23 October 2019 }} | {{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Scott |last2=Benet |first2=Lorenzo |title=Landing It: My Life on and Off the Ice |date=2000 |publisher=[[Kensington Publishing]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7860-1149-0 |page=160 }} }}] [[Michelle Kwan]],[in 1993–94. {{Cite book |last=Fenton |first=Roxane Lyn |title=Circuits of Representation: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning in U.S. Popular Culture |publisher=[[University of California, Riverside]] |year=2007 |language=English |page=229 }}] [[Johnny Weir]],[in 1999. {{cite web |title=Johnny Weir |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100084 |website=icenetwork.com |publisher=[[U.S. Figure Skating]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507011920/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100084 |archive-date=7 May 2012 |quote=1999 Season Notes SP Music: "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian}}] and [[Evgeni Plushenko]].[in 1999–2000. {{cite news |title=Russian lands quad |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/384401749 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=24 December 1999 |id={{ProQuest|384401749}} }}]
{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dave |title=Elvis tumbles to fourth: Stojko falls on quad as two Russians soar to top of men's skating |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/433580406 |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=29 March 2000 |id={{ProQuest|433580406}} }} The piece has also been used in women's-only [[synchronized swimming]][performed by [[Fanny Létourneau]] & [[Claire Carver-Dias]]. {{cite news |last1=Rokk |first1=Lazarus |title=Claire and Fanny win duet gold |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/266785451 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |date=28 July 2002 |id={{ProQuest|266785451}} }}] and [[rhythmic gymnastics]].[the Belarussian team coached by [[Irina Leparskaya]] in 2013–14. {{cite news |title=На чемпионате Европы в Баку наши гимнастки не смогут станцевать под музыку Хачатуряна [At the European Championships in Baku, our gymnasts will not be able to dance to Khachaturian's music] |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26238.5/3120472/ |work=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]] |date=June 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251113114535/https://www.kp.ru/daily/26238.5/3120472/ |archive-date=13 November 2025 |language=ru |url-status=live}}] |
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