Ice Dancing
The dances that have been performed in junior and senior international competition include:
| Name | First performed | Creators | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourteenstep | 1889 | Franz Scholler | Also known as Ten Step or Scholler March. |
| European Waltz | before 1900 | unknown | |
| American Waltz | unknown | unknown | |
| Kilian | 1909 | Karl Schreiter | |
| Tango | 1932 | Paul Krechkow, Trudy Harris | |
| Foxtrot | 1933 | Eric van der Weyden, Eva Keats | |
| Argentine Tango | 1934 | Reginald J. Wilkie, Daphne B. Wallis | |
| Blues | 1934 | Robert Dench, Lesley Turner | |
| Rocker Foxtrot | 1934 | Eric van der Weyden, Eva Keats | |
| Viennese Waltz | 1934 | Eric van der Weyden, Eva Keats | |
| Paso Doble | 1938 | Reginald B. Wilkie, Daphne B. Wallis | |
| Quickstep | 1938 | Reginald J. Wilkie, Daphne B. Wallis | |
| Rhumba | 1938 | Walter Gregory | |
| Westminster Waltz | 1938 | Eric van der Weyden, Eva Keats | |
| Silver Samba | 1963 | Courtney J. L. Jones, Peri V. Horne | |
| Starlight Waltz | 1963 | Courtney J. L. Jones, Peri V. Horne | |
| Yankee Polka | 1969 | James Sladky, Judy Schwomeyer, Ronald Ludington | |
| Ravensburger Waltz | 1973 | Angelika Buck, Erich Buck, Betty Callaway | |
| Tango Romantica | 1974 | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov, Elena Tchaikovskaia | |
| Austrian Waltz | 1979 | Susi Handschmann, Peter Handschmann | |
| Golden Waltz | 1987 | Natalia Dubova, Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | |
| Cha Cha Congelado | 1989 | Bernard Ford, Kelly Johnson, Laurie Palmer, Steven Belanger | |
| Finnstep | 1995 | Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko, Martin Skotnicky. | Kati Winkler / René Lohse helped adapt to CD. |
| Midnight Blues | 2001 | Roy Bradshaw, Sue Bradshaw, Mark Bradshaw, Julie MacDonald |
The American Waltz, European Waltz, Fourteenstep, and Kilian (a march) date back to the early days of figure skating. Several of the compulsory dances were first performed by dancers in the United Kingdom in the 1930s. Others were adapted from original dances performed after that segment was added to dance competitions in the 1960s. For example, the Golden Waltz, considered the most complex and challenging of the compulsory dances, was adapted from the original set pattern performed by Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko in the 1987 season.
In addition to the international dances, there are also several simpler dances that are taught to beginning skaters. For example, in the United States, the first dance learned by most skaters is the Dutch Waltz, which features only forward skating in a side-by-side hold, skated to music with a very slow waltz tempo.
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