{"id":42823,"date":"2026-03-10T13:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?page_id=42823"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:36:03","slug":"quickstep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/reference\/pattern-dance-charts-descriptions\/quickstep\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickstep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Music \u2013 Quickstep 2\/4<br>Tempo \u2013 56 measures of 2 beats per minute<br>\u2013 112 beats per minute<br>Pattern \u2013 Set<br>Duration \u2013 The time required to skate 4 sequences is 1:00 min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Quickstep.pdf\">Patterns, Step Charts &amp; Additional Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis dance is skated in Kilian position throughout with both partners skating the same steps in excellent unison. It is essential that the couple remain hip to hip throughout the dance. [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adjectives describing the character of this dance are bright, gay, lively, fast, happy. To achieve this mood, the footwork must be precise and crisp, and the timing of feet and body movement must be accurate. Supple knee action with a slight bounce will keep the performance from appearing too smooth, and free leg extensions must be apparent even on the one-count steps to avoid a slurring motion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventors \u2013 Reginald J. Wilkie and Daphne B. Wallis<br>First Performance \u2013 London, Westminster Ice Rink, 1938<\/p><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music \u2013 Quickstep 2\/4Tempo \u2013 56 measures of 2 beats per minute\u2013 112 beats per minutePattern \u2013 SetDuration \u2013 The time required to skate 4 sequences is 1:00 min. Patterns, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":34245,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-42823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"et-pb-post-main-image":false,"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":false,"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Team IDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/author\/idcadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Music \u2013 Quickstep 2\/4Tempo \u2013 56 measures of 2 beats per minute\u2013 112 beats per minutePattern \u2013 SetDuration \u2013 The time required to skate 4 sequences is 1:00 min. Patterns, [&hellip;]","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7GOSM-b8H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42824,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42823\/revisions\/42824"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}