Compulsory Dances - Ice Dancing
In compulsory dances, all dance teams in a competition perform the same standard steps and holds to music of a specified tempo. One or more compulsory dances were skated as the first phase of competitions in ice dancing, but they are also popular as a form of recreational or social dance among skaters. The patterns for most dances either cover one-half or one full circuit of the rink.
The International Skating Union (ISU) would publish the compulsory dances that would be performed prior to each season, and Compulsory Dances were later drawn for specific events.
The compulsory dance was discontinued in all ISU competitions after the 2010 season. The 2010 World Figure Skating Championships were the last event to include a Compulsory Dance (the Golden Waltz), and Italians Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali were the last dance team to perform one in competition.
