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Communication 1026 - Ice Dancing

1. DEDUCTIONS TO BE APPLIED FOR ICE DANCING, FROM JULY 1, 1999 ONWARDS

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2. CLARIFICATION ORIGINAL DANCE AND FREE DANCE 1999/2000

Having received queries during recent ISU Ice Dance Judges' Seminars, the IDTC makes the following clarifications:

Communication 1022 - Correction and Clarification

para 9: Correction: Original Dance - to section which starts:

" The following elements must be included - (corrections to sub para iii)"
Revise to read:
"(sub-paras i), ii) and iv) remain unchanged"

(The IDTC therefore clarifies that a Dance Spin must to be included as a REQUIRED ELEMENT in the Original Dance)

para 10.. Clarification: Required Elements Free Dance Season 1999/2000

Under "Lifts - Specified" - Revise to read:

Senior only: - Specified: a non-rotational lift skated on 2 different curves (in the same or opposing direction) by the lifting partner.

Clarification of "non rotational lift":

Lifting partner may be on one or both feet and traveling forward or backward or both (if the partner skates a turn between the curves/lobes). The change of direction may incorporate a three turn, rocker, mohawk or similar turn (of not more than 1/2 rotation), but a turn is not required. The lifted partner may be stationary or mobile during this movement."

3. TANGO

Tango Description page 107 and Chart page 108 of Special Regulation Ice Dancing 1998.
Couples do not need to be in Closed position/hold for the full 4 counts of steps 3, 6, 10, 13 and 22. Some couples change sides from Outside (Tango) to Outside (Tango) in the middle of these rolls and are often in Closed position/hold for fewer counts or even only briefly. Either technique/interpretation is acceptable.

4. REQUEST TO JUDGES

At Official Practices at ISU Championships or International Competitions, Judges of the Dance Event may not sit with coaches, especially those from their own Member country.

5. ICE DANCE REFEREES' REPORTS

The Ice Dance Technical Committee has produced new Forms for the following:

	Report of the Referee for Ice Dancing 		(new form #  - IDTC /  1 / 99) Click here for a .pdf file of this form.
	Ice Dance Judge's Explanation Sheet 		(new form # - IDTC /  2 / 99) Click here for a .pdf file of this form
	Report on Dance Trial Judges for Championships	(new form #  - IDTC /  3 / 99) Click here for a .pdf file of this form.

To view and print the above file, you will need Acrobat Reader. Click on the logo to download it. (It's free!!!)

(After August 1st, 1999, all other forms used for ice dance will now become obsolete)

A master copy of these forms will be sent to all Members and be available on the ISU Website which is http://ww2.isu.org

Ice Dance Referees are reminded that a detailed assessment must be included in the Report of the Referee for Ice Dancing on page 3 for all judges. An assessment must be included for the Substitute Judge as well on pages 2 and 3.

It will not be necessary to send a separate "Judge's Report Form" (now obsolete for Ice Dance) for each judge with this Referees' Report.

For ISU Championships, if a judge is assessed as "Mediocre" or "Poor", the Referee should fill a blank copy of pages 2 & 3 of the Report for that judge only when providing the Judge in question with a copy, and must not show remarks or placings of any other judge on the panel.

6. NEW MARKING SHEETS

The Ice Dance Technical Committee has produced new permanent Marking Sheets for the following:

	Compulsory Dances	 			(new form #  -   IDTC / 4 / 99)
	Original Dance			 		(new form #  -   IDTC / 5 / 99)
	Free Dance			 		(new form #  -   IDTC / 6 / 99)
	Interpretive Dance				(new form #  -   IDTC / 7 / 99)

A master copy of these forms will be sent to all Members and be available on the ISU Website which is http://ww2.isu.org

Click here for a .pdf file containing all four of the above forms.

To view and print the above file, you will need Acrobat Reader. Click on the logo to download it. (It's free!!!)

7. REMINDER TO ICE DANCE COACHES

Kristina Regöczy, Chairperson of the Coaches Commission, is still accepting applications from Ice Dance Coaches to become Seminar Moderators. Please contact her if interested at Fax/Phone +36 335 6660. To obtain a blank application form, contact your Federation or Ms. Regöczy.

8. REQUEST FOR REGIONAL SEMINAR

If any Member in a given region wishes to combine to hold a Regional Ice Dance Seminar for judges or coaches or both, please contact Mr. Alexander Gorshkov, Chairman of the Ice Dance Technical Committee for assistance in preparing a proposal to the Development Commission. He can be contacted at his office in Moscow: Phone + 7 095 725 4516, Fax + 7 095 248 3611 or at home: Phone/Fax + 7 095 597 1423.

9. ISU ICE DANCING JUDGES SEMINARS

Please note the following change with respect to a scheduled ISU Ice Dance Seminar:

		Australia, Sydney			July 16th - 18th, 1999
             	postponed to March 2000 in conjunction with World Figure Skating Championships