Technical Info

Ice Dancing

The ice dancing technical information page contains many of the documents relevant to the skating and officiating of this discipline. The format of the information is broken into four different sections: Technical Information, ISU communications, Technical Panel Information - Ice Dance, and Judge and Referee Information. The documents are published by the ISU or U.S. Figure Skating. It is suggested to check often on all posted documents for your event and to check the Technical Notifications/Alerts tab on the sidebar for any changes made by U.S. Figure Skating.

Technical Information

• 2013-14 Short Dance Elements for Junior and Senior (7/30/13, PDF)
• 2013-14 Free Dance Elements for Juvenile through Senior (5/10/13, PDF)
  
  
• 2013-14 Pattern Dances (5/10/13, PDF)
• 2013-14 Novice Pattern Dance Key Points (5/10/13, PDF)
• 2013-14 Intermediate Pattern Dance Key Points (5/10/13, updated 7/8/13, PDF)
• 2013-14 Juvenile Pattern Dance Key Points (5/10/13, PDF)
  
  
• 2013-14 Scale of Values for Pattern Dance, Short Dance and Free Dance Elements (from ISU Communication #1787, 5/2/13, PDF)
• 2013-14 Pattern Dance Scale of Values with Sequences/Sections (no key points) (3/21/13, PDF)
  
  
• 2013-14 Ice Dancing Levels of Difficulty (from ISU Communication #1677, #1721, #1738 & #1787, 5/2/13, PDF)

• Additions to the ISU Ice Dancing Music Rhythms Booklet - Spanish Dance Rhythms (4/4/13, PDF)
• Additions to the ISU Ice Dancing Music Rhythms Booklet - Hip Hop (7/19/12, PDF)
• 2013-14 Recommended Guidelines for "Skaters' Choice" Pattern Dances (5/31/13, PDF)
• Ice Dancing Age and Test Requirements (6/1/11, PDF)
• Planned Program Content Sheet (PDF)
• Planned Program Content Sheet Instructions

ISU Communications

• ISU Communication #1805 - Ice Dancing - Corrections to Requirements for Technical Rules with Ongoing Validity (7/23/13, PDF)
  Note: This communication has corrections to ISU Communications #1782 and #1787 including Scale of Values and GOE Marking Guides

• ISU Communication #1787 - Ice Dancing - Requirements for Technical Rules with Ongoing Validity (4/11/13, PDF)


• ISU Communication #1782 - Ice Dancing - Requirements for Technical Rules season 2013-14 (3/6/13, PDF)
  Note: The following sections of ISU Communication #1782 do NOT apply to U.S.
  Figure Skating competitions: Items 1 and 2 on page 1 and Item 5.1 on page 6.

• ISU Communication #1739 - Ice Dancing - Scale of Values (6/22/12, PDF)


• ISU Communication #1738 - Ice Dancing - Changes in Regulations and Technical Rules made at the 2012 ISU Congress (6/22/12, PDF)
  Note: The following sections of ISU Communication #1738 do NOT apply to U.S. Figure Skating competitions: I.3 on page 3 (Music requirements and related deductions for pattern dances); II.1 on page 5 (Sections of pattern dances), and II.3 on pages 6 and 7 (calling specifications and levels of difficulty for sequences/sections of pattern dances).


• ISU Communication #1721 - Ice Dancing - Requirements for Technical Rules season 2012-13 (3/30/12, PDF)
  Note: The guidelines for basic novice and advanced novice free dance (section 5.1, page 6) do not apply to U.S. Figure Skating competitions.



• ISU Communication #1686 - Ice Dancing - Corrections, Additions and Amendments to ISU Communication #1677 (7/26/11, PDF)


• ISU Communication #1677 - Ice Dancing - Requirements for Technical Rules (Levels, SOVs, PCS, GOE, etc.) (5/24/11, PDF)

Technical Panel - Ice Dancing

• ISU Technical Panel Handbook - Ice Dancing (7/30/13, PDF)
  Note: This document has been prepared for ISU technical panels for all international events, and U.S. Figure Skating technical panels will follow it for its events. Any further ISU changes to these documents will be posted on this web site.
  
  
• USAid Technical Panel Handbook - Ice Dancing (7/31/13, PDF)
  Note: This document has been prepared by the U.S. Figure Skating Technical Panel Committee. It is intended for use by U.S. technical panels for all domestic events. Its purpose is to clarify rules for levels novice and below that are outside the ISU guidelines. Any further changes to these documents will be posted on this web site.
  
  
• Juvenile Free Dance and Adult Free Dance Twizzle Calling Specifications (7/20/11, PDF)
  
  
• Ice Dancing - Who's Responsible for Deductions for Pattern Dance (7/31/13, PDF)
• Ice Dancing - Who's Responsible for Deductions for Short Dance and Free Dance? (7/31/13, PDF)
  
  
• Post-event error protocol (8/28/12, PDF)

• 2012-13 Q&A for Ice Dancing Technical Panel and Judges - 2 (12/10/12, PDF)
• 2012-13 Q&A for Ice Dancing Technical Panel and Judges - 1 (9/6/12, PDF)

Judges and Referees Information

• 2013-14 ISU Handbook for Referees and Judges (7/31/13, PDF)
  
  
• Marking Guide for GOE and Program Components Pattern Dance (7/10/12, PDF)
• Marking Guide for GOE and Program Components Short Dance and Free Dance (from ISU Communications #1677 and 1738, 7/10/12, PDF)
  
  
• Ice Dancing - Who's Responsible for Deductions for Pattern Dance (7/31/13, PDF)
• Ice Dancing - Who's Responsible for Deductions for Short Dance and Free Dance? (7/31/13, PDF)

• 2012-13 Q&A for Ice Dancing Technical Panel and Judges - 2 (12/10/12, PDF)
• 2012-13 Q&A for Ice Dancing Technical Panel and Judges - 1 (9/6/12, PDF)