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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 137 Diamond E – Austrian Waltz cross roll swing of again six beats duration. It is important that both partners match their free legs on the last three beats of that section. With the second three-turn of the follow partner, they change to Kilian hold. Step 10 for both is a touchdown three turned in Kilian hold on the third beat, followed by a short right backward outside edge skated on the “and” after beat three. Both skaters skate Step 11 for counts four to six as an open stroke with the foot extended back. Skater A (the follow) continues on their Step 12 with a cross roll and a three-turn on count three followed by a very short left backward outside edge to help to step forward for Step 13a (a touchdown three). During Steps 12a and 13, skater B (the lead) is slightly left of skater A (the follow. Step 13 is turned on the count of one (beat four of the step). Skater A’s (the follow’s) Step 13a is a right forward outside edge for three beats and is followed by a crossed behind left forward inside edge on count one (Step 13b) with a forward extension to match skater B’s (the lead’s) free leg and finished with a “twizzle-like” motion. Both partners change to a “waltz” hold with their right arms extended in “helicopter” style after Step 13b with skater B (the lead) skating backwards. Steps 15 to 17 are European Waltz-type three-turns in closed hold. On Step 18 skater A (the follow) steps their cross roll slightly to the left of skater B (the lead) to turn their three on count six followed by a very short left backward outside (a touchdown three) to step forward to turn their simultaneous three-turns on Step 19 in crossed Foxtrot hold. (The partner’s arms are crossed at their back with skater B’s (the lead’s) right hand on skater A’s (the follow’s) right hip; skater A’a (the follow’s) left hand on skater B’s (the lead’s) left hip). On the left backward outside edge on Step 20 both partners release their hands in front to move them close to their hips with their other arms still crossed behind their backs. Out of this hold, skater A (the follow) starts with a right forward outside rocker briefly touching down with the left foot to skate a right backward outside edge lifting the left free arm above the head (skater A’s (the follow’s) Step 21a). Skater B (the lead) steps forward from a crossed behind right backward outside edge (skater B’s (the lead’s) Step 21a), while skater A (the follow) turns the rocker behind skater B’s (the lead’s) back (the Back to Back section), to skate a left forward outside (skater B’s (the lead’s) Step 21b) holding skater A’s (the follow’s) right hand with skater B’s (the lead’s) left hand and moving skater B’s (the lead’s) right hand above skater B’s (the lead’s) head matching skater A’s (the follow’s) movement. (For skater A’s (the follow’s) Step 21a, skater A (the follow) steps on one, turns their rocker on count two, briefly touches down to thrust themselves onto their RBO for counts three, four and five, then skates XB-LBO, skater A’s (the follow’s) Step 21b, on count six.) During Step 22, both partners change back to High Kilian hold with their right hands up above shoulder level. On Step 22, skater A (the follow) skates a cross in front backward inside three turned on count two to skate the right forward outside swing in unison with skater B’s (the lead’s) forward outside swing roll started with a cross roll. Both turn a left forward inside three (skater A’s (the follow’s) Step 23a; skater B’s (the lead’s) Step 23) on count two with the free foot crossed in front. Skater B (the lead) finishes their edge still on their left foot with a back swing on counts four, five and six. Skaer A (the follow) steps forward (Step 23b) and may match skater B’s (the lead’s) swing on skater A’s (the follow’s) right forward outside edge. During the three-turn, the partners change into “closed” hold with the right arms extended in “helicopter” style. The three-turns (Steps 24 and 25) are three-turned on count three. Step 26 is a swing of six beats duration. On Step 27 skater A (the follow) turns a fast twizzle (1.5 rotations counterclockwise) on their right forward inside edge on count three, under the left arm of skater B (the lead), while skater B (the lead) skates a left forward outside edge for six beats with their free leg extended on the last three beats to match skater A’s (the follow’s) leg action as skater A (the follow) holds their RBO edge after their turn. Step 28 for skater A (the follow) is a left backward outside twizzle of one rotation turning in the opposite direction (clockwise), and still under the left arm of skater B (the lead), finishing on a LBO with a swing