# Ice Dance in Competition · Figure Skating Level 6: Advanced

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Ice Dance in Competition in Figure Skating (Level 6: Advanced) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: a dance at a competition.

Calls, symbols and the officials' roles around a dance program.

## Test 1: A dance at a competition

- TS1 calls the woman's twizzles, one-foot turns and steps, and TS2 the man's. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- A fall during an element is called as 'Fall by 1 or 2 in Element', for example in a curve lift. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- The > sign marks an extended lift, and the Referee applies the deduction. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- S is a level reduction applied by the Technical Panel when hold or contact requirements were not met. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- The judge establishes the GOE as usual, then reduces it by one grade, to +4 at most. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- A dance spin is skated by the couple together in any hold, on the spot around a common axis on one foot. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- Choreographic elements include the character step sequence, lift, sliding, spinning and twizzling movements. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- The caller explains, the replay runs, the specialists give opinions and the Technical Controller summarises the call. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- TS2 makes the pre-call, TS1 calls each element as it begins, and any member may say 'review', nothing more. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- In B the partners turn round one shared centre. A and D spin on two centres side by side; C travels apart. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)

## Test 2: Officials and the dance

- Timing programs, interruptions, Dance Lifts and tempos is among the Referee's competition duties. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- Late starts and interruptions are among the responsibilities the guide gives the Referee. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- Costume and prop violations, music and choreography restrictions are majority deductions of the Referee and judges. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- The Technical Panel identifies elements, levels, falls, illegal elements and extra elements. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- Digital isolation: all electronic devices must be switched off, and judges mark independently. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- Unless it is a numerical or calculation error, no changes can be made once the score has been announced. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- Earlier marks may be checked only as a consistency reference, never to predetermine ranking. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- Judges meet first at the Initial Judges Meeting, before each segment, and after it at the Round Table Discussion. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)
- After the reviews the list is read back, the specialists agree and the Controller has the elements authorized. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27)
- B, >, is the extended lift. A, <, reduces a Pattern Dance level; C, S, is a hold error; D, e, a choreographic error. (Source: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27)

Sources: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27; ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27; ISU Handbook for Technical Panels, Synchronized Skating 2025/26 (the 2026/27 edition was not yet published); ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026); Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021). Original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Dance and synchro rules belong to the rules categories; season requirements are not keyed.

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