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Dance Assessment Resource Guide

Canada · English · 160 pages

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Dance Assessment Resource Guide February 2026 Copyright © 2026 Skate Canada 113 Diamond Diamond A – Ravensburger Waltz Music Tempo Pattern Inventor Waltz 3/4 • 66 measures of 3 beats per minute • 198 beats per minute Optional Angelika and Erich Buck and Betty Callaway First Performed West German Figure Skating Championships, Krefeld, 1973 Description The Ravensburger Waltz should be skated with the character of a Viennese Waltz. A strong waltz feeling is achieved by a continuous, lilting knee action accenting counts one and four, and by stressing the “2 + 1” count of many of the steps. The dance begins with Steps 1 to 3 of six beats each, in which skater B (the lead) and skater A (the follow) alternately execute inside three-turns on count three with the free leg being lifted, while the partner skates a six-beat swing roll. These turns are known as “Ravensburger-type” three-turns. These steps are skated in open hold for the first two beats, but in closed hold after the turn for the swing roll during beats four, five and six. On Step 4, skater A (the follow) turns a forward inside twizzle of one revolution under skater B’s (the lead’s) left arm on count two, followed by a fast C step turn onto the LBI (Step 5) for count three. The partners retain closed hold during the chassé and six-beat swing roll that follow as Steps 5 to 8. Skater A’s (the follow’s) Steps 10 to 13b are also turned under skater B’s (the lead’s) left arm with a transition into an open C step to change to Kilian hold on Step 13b. Skater A (the follow) may move their right hand as they wish during Steps 17 and 18. A change of edge at the end of Step 18 is skated by both partners. Steps 20 to 27 are skated in Kilian hold, interrupted on Step 22 by skater A (the follow) skating a twizzle of one revolution under skater B’s (the lead’s) left arm on the “and” at the end of count two, followed by a RFI on count three. Steps 24 to 25 and 26 to 27 constitute a chassé and a progressive, followed by a LFI three￾turn for skater A (the follow) that is turned under skater B’s (the lead’s) left arm into a closed hold on Step 28. Skater A’s (the follow’s) one-rotation back outside twizzle on Step 30 followed by a step forward is turned under skater B’s (the lead’s) left arm while they turn a three on count three of the measure. This leads to a chassé for both partners in open hold. Steps 32 to 36 are skated in open hold. Skater A’s (the follow’s) swing rocker on Step 36 is similar to that in the Rocker Foxtrot. Steps 38 to 41 are skated in closed hold. During skater A’s (the follow’s) closed S step on Steps 37 and 38, a change from open to closed hold occurs. Step 39 for skater B (the lead) is a two-beat three-turn, and Step 40 for skater A (the follow) is a quick one-beat three-turn in closed position. These constitute the “walk-around” threes with the fast timing for the follow partner matching the syncopation of the music.