Free dance (figure skating)

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform their death dance in 2020

The free dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.^[1]^[2]

Structure and content

In the free dance, teams are free to choose their own rhythms, program themes, and therefore music. Creativity is also strongly encouraged. Since 1998, dancers have been required to include certain elements in their free dances, including step sequences, lifts, dance spins, and multi-rotation turns called twizzles, but still have greater freedom in choreographing their programs than in the short dance segment. Senior level free dances are four minutes long (plus or minus 10 seconds). The exact number and type of elements required has occasionally changed from season to season.

Sinead Kerr and John Kerr perform their free dance in 2008.

Records

Because of various format and scoring changes, the International Skating Union separates scoring records from before the 2010-11 season from current top scores. The all-time record free dance score is 117.14, set by Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov in 2003. The top 2010-11 score is 111.51, achieved by Meryl Davis and Charlie White.^[3]

References

↑ "2012 Cup of China". International Skating Union.
↑ "ISU Judging System: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
↑ "ISU Judging System Statistics". International Skating Union.

Figure skating

Disciplines

Segments

Elements
and other moves

Required elements	Death spiral Jumps Lifts Moves in the field Spins Spirals Step sequence Twist lifts

Jumps	Toe loop jump Flip jump Lutz jump Salchow jump Loop jump Axel jump Quad

Spins	Upright spin Layback spin Biellmann spin Sit spin Camel spin

Moves in the field	3 turn Bracket turn Choctaw turn Counter turn Crossover Mohawk turn Rocker turn Twizzle

Connecting elements	Besti squat Cantilever Hydroblading Ina Bauer Spread eagle Split jumps Walley jump

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