Today the ISU (international skating union) decided to ditch the compulsory dance from ice dance at all future international competitions. Until now (including at the Vancouver olympics) the Ice dance competition was made up of 3 parts
Compulsory Dance - every one skates the same set dance (eg a waltz or as tango) to one of several pieces of music which fit the rhythm- the couples don't know which piece of music they have until it starts.
Original Dance - The ISU picks the theme every year (ast year was folk/country dance) and beyond that the couples have free reign. In Vancouver we saw everything from Scottish dance to Bollywood.
Compulsory Dance - every one skates the same set dance (eg a waltz or as tango) to one of several pieces of music which fit the rhythm- the couples don't know which piece of music they have until it starts.
Original Dance - The ISU picks the theme every year (ast year was folk/country dance) and beyond that the couples have free reign. In Vancouver we saw everything from Scottish dance to Bollywood.
Free Dance- Any piece of music allowed, there are still required lifts and moves etc but otherwise it does what it says on the tin.
From now on there will just be a short dance and a free dance- similar to the format of the other ice skating events. The great side of this is that in the 2014 olympics there will now also be a team competition.
This news is welcomed by many skaters and fans across the world as even the reigning olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir admit training compulsory dances takes a lot of time for the amount of marks they are worth. For fans - watching 40 versions of the same dance back-to back can be a bit of a drag!
The only skaters who may be grumbling over this news are the russians who like their compulsory dances and tend to recieve rather jammy marks for them.
In other skating news - the 2013 world championships have been awarded to London, ON.
Shame I'll be revising for finals then......
From now on there will just be a short dance and a free dance- similar to the format of the other ice skating events. The great side of this is that in the 2014 olympics there will now also be a team competition.
This news is welcomed by many skaters and fans across the world as even the reigning olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir admit training compulsory dances takes a lot of time for the amount of marks they are worth. For fans - watching 40 versions of the same dance back-to back can be a bit of a drag!
The only skaters who may be grumbling over this news are the russians who like their compulsory dances and tend to recieve rather jammy marks for them.
In other skating news - the 2013 world championships have been awarded to London, ON.
Shame I'll be revising for finals then......
2 bits of good news for Virtue and Moir- No more compulsories
and the World Championships come to their back yard.
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