Free Dance (figure Skating)
The free dance (FD) is a segment of an ice dance competition, the second contested. It follows the rhythm dance (RD). Skaters perform "a creative dance program blending dance steps and movements expressing the character/rhythm(s) of the dance music chosen by the couple".S&P/ID 2024, p. 148 Its duration is four minutes for senior ice dancers, and 3.5 minutes for juniors. French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron hold the highest recorded international FD score of 137.09 points. Background The free dance (FD) takes place after the rhythm dance in all junior and senior ice dance competitions. The International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international sport governing body, governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded ... (ISU), the body that oversees figure skating, defines the FD as "the skating by the coupl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madison Chock & Evan Bates 2024 Worlds Rhythm Dance 3
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Madison Chock
Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock (born July 2, 1992) is an American ice dancer. Together with her husband and skating partner Evan Bates, she is a 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, a three-time World champion (2023, 2024 and 2025), two-time Grand Prix Final champion ( 2023–24, 2024–25), three-time Four Continents champion (2019, 2020, and 2023); twenty-time ISU Grand Prix medalist (seven golds, eleven silvers, two bronzes); ten-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (four golds, five silver, one bronze); and six-time U.S. national champion (2015, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025). She is also a three-time Olympian, having represented the United States at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics. With former partner Greg Zuerlein, Chock is the 2009 World Junior champion, 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2011 U.S. national bronze medalist. They competed together from 2006 to 2011. Personal life Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock was born in Redo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Twizzle
A twizzle is "a multirotational, one-foot turn that moves across the ice" in the sport of figure skating. First performed by David Grant in 1990 the International Skating Union (ISU) defines a twizzle as "a traveling turn on one foot with one or more rotations which is quickly rotated with a continuous (uninterrupted) action".S&P/ID 2022, p. 128 It is most often performed in ice dance, although Single skating, single skaters and Pair skating, pair skaters also perform the element. Twizzles have been called "the quads of ice dance" because like quadruple Figure skating jumps, jumps in other disciplines, twizzles are risky and technically demanding. Background A twizzle is "a multirotational, one-foot turn that moves across the ice" in the sport of figure skating. It is a "a difficult turn" in single skating. The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of figure skating, defines a twizzle as "a traveling turn on one foot with one or more rotations which is quickly ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Figure Skating Lifts
Figure skating lifts are required elements in two disciplines of figure skating: pair skating and ice dance. There are five groups of lifts in pair skating, categorized in order of increasing level of difficulty. Judges look for the following when evaluating pair lifts: speed of entry and exit; control of the woman's free leg when she is exiting out of the lift, with the goal of keeping the leg high and sweeping; the position of the woman in the air; the man's footwork; quick and easy changes of position; and the maintenance of flow throughout the lift. Twist lifts are "the most thrilling and exciting component in pair skating". They can also be the most difficult movement to perform correctly. They require more strength and coordination than many other pair elements, and are usually the first or second element in a program. According to the International Skating Union (ISU), "the Woman must be caught in the air at the waist by the Man prior to landing and be assisted to a smooth la ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Figure Skating Season
The 2024–25 figure skating season began on July 1, 2024, and will end on June 30, 2025. During this season, elite skaters will compete at the ISU Championship level at the 2025 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and the World Championships. They also competed at elite events such as the ISU Challenger Series, the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final. On June 15, 2023, the International Skating Union announced that all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus would remain banned from attending any international competitions. Season notes Age eligibility Skaters are eligible to compete in ISU events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not apply to non-ISU events such as national championships. At the ISU Congress held in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2022, members of the ISU Council accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023 ISU World Team Trophy In Figure Skating
The 2023 ISU World Team Trophy is an international figure skating competition that was held from April 13–16, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The top six International Skating Union members were invited to compete in a team format with points awarded based on skaters' placement. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two women' single skaters, one pair, and one ice dance entry for their team. Scoring Skaters competed in both the short program/ rhythm dance and the free skating/ free dance segments for their team. Each segment was scored separately. The points earned per placement are as follows: Tie-breaking within a segment: # If two or more skaters, pairs, or ice dance couples have the same rank in the short program or rhythm dance, then the total technical score will be used to break ties. # If two or more skaters, pairs, or ice dance couples have the same rank in the free skating or free dance, then the total components score will be used to break t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Evan Bates
Evan Bates (born February 23, 1989) is an American ice dancer. With his wife and skating partner, Madison Chock, he is the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event, team event, a three-time World Figure Skating Championships, World champion (2023 World Figure Skating Championships, 2023, 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, 2024 and 2025 World Figure Skating Championships, 2025), two-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Grand Prix Final champion (2023-24 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2023–24, 2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2024–25), a three-time Four Continents champion (2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2019, 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2020, 2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2023), a twenty-time ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, ISU Grand Prix medalist (seven golds, eleven silvers, two bronzes), ten-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (four ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Step Sequence
A step sequence is a required element in all four disciplines of figure skating, Single skating, men's single skating, women's single skating, pair skating, and ice dance. Step sequences have been defined as "steps and turns in a pattern on the ice". Skaters earn the most points in step sequences by performing steps and movements with "flair and personality", by turning in both directions, by using one foot and then the other, and by including up and down movements. Step sequences in pair skating should be performed "together or close together".S&P/ID 2022, p. 115 Step sequences are required in the short programs, as prescribed by the ISU, for both senior and junior pairs teams, but are not required for their free skates. The step sequence must be "visible and identifiable",Tech Panel, p. 3 in any shape they like (oval, circle, straight line, or serpentine). The ISU defines a step sequence in ice dance as "a series of prescribed or un-prescribed steps, turns and movements in a Rhy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ice Dance
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. According to the International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of figure skating, an ice dance team consists of one woman and one man. Ice dance, like pairs skating, pair skating, has its roots in the "combined skating" developed in the 19th century by skating clubs and organizations and in recreational social skating. Couples and friends would skate waltzes, marches, and other social dances. The first steps in ice dance were similar to those used in ballroom dancing. In the late 1800s, American Jackson Haines, known as "the Father of Figure Skating", brought his style of skating, which included waltz steps and social dances, to Europe. By the end of the 19th century, waltzing competitions on the ice became popular throughout the wor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ice Dance Lifts
Figure skating lifts are required elements in two disciplines of figure skating: pair skating and ice dance. There are five groups of lifts in pair skating, categorized in order of increasing level of difficulty. Judges look for the following when evaluating pair lifts: speed of entry and exit; control of the woman's free leg when she is exiting out of the lift, with the goal of keeping the leg high and sweeping; the position of the woman in the air; the man's footwork; quick and easy changes of position; and the maintenance of flow throughout the lift. Twist lifts are "the most thrilling and exciting component in pair skating". They can also be the most difficult movement to perform correctly. They require more strength and coordination than many other pair elements, and are usually the first or second element in a program. According to the International Skating Union (ISU), "the Woman must be caught in the air at the waist by the Man prior to landing and be assisted to a smooth lan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |