{"id":1506,"date":"2011-05-27T01:34:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T01:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/2011\/05\/27\/isu-releases-communication-1677\/"},"modified":"2011-05-27T01:34:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T01:34:11","slug":"isu-releases-communication-1677","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/isu-releases-communication-1677\/","title":{"rendered":"ISU Releases Communication #1677"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The International Skating Union released <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/isu.sportcentric.net\/db\/\/files\/serve.php?id=2635\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ISU Communication #1677<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> with additional ice dance technical information. IDC has outlined some of the items of note below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">SHORT DANCE LEVELS<\/span><\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">One major difference for short dance is the way that levels are figured on the pattern.&nbsp;Instead of 4 bullet points on each sequence, as on the waltzes last year, this year\u2019s Latin dances only have three &#8220;key points.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To get level one, the team must do 75% of the steps (both partners). If someone falls\/stumbles and misses more than a quarter of the dance, there will be no level given.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Level 2 = 100% of the dance done + 1 key point done correctly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Level 3 = 100% of the dance + 2 key points<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Level 4 = 100% of the dance + 3 key points<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">This is the same for both juniors and seniors. For juniors in the Cha Cha Congelado, the lady&#8217;s steps are part of 5 of the 6 key points (some are lady + man together).&nbsp;For the seniors doing the Rhumba, it&#8217;s equal and more streamlined.&nbsp;The lady and man are judged together on step 3, on both sequences of the pattern.&nbsp;They are also judged on steps 11-13 on both sequences, but on those steps, each partner\u2019s steps count for a separate key point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">  <!--more-->  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">TECHNICAL INFORMATION &#038; GOEs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">There are multiple pages of technical information for levels and grades of execution.&nbsp; Here are some bullet points:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The communication contains a <em>lot <\/em>of information on dance spins. A regular spin (not combination) can either include a change of direction or not; however, if a change of direction is included, the team must do two rotations in each direction to earn level&nbsp;2 or higher. Overall, it seems like the ISU is trying to encourage diversity in variations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Rules for step sequences are a little more strict.&nbsp;For example, if the difficult features for a step sequence are done and meet the requirements of a level&nbsp;2 step sequence, but the difficult steps only make up 50% or less of the whole sequence, then the sequence drops to a level 1.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;\"><strong><br \/><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8220;UPLIFTING&#8221; IS BACK<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On the interpretation\/timing mark: if the music does not have an uplifting effect (free dance), the deduction should be -1 to -2.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On the composition\/choreography mark: if there is a theme and it is not understandable to the audience (free dance), the deduction should be -1 to -2 as well.&nbsp;It&#8217;s worth noting that the rule says &#8220;IF&#8221; there is a theme, not that the program must have a theme.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Skating Union released ISU Communication #1677 with additional ice dance technical information. 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