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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 144 Diamond F – Golden Waltz Music Tempo Pattern Inventor Viennese Waltz 3/4 • 62 measures of 3 beats per minute • 186 beats per minute Optional Natalia Dubova, Marina Klimova, and Sergei Ponomarenko First Performed Vienna, Austria, 1979 Description The Golden Waltz is a complex dance incorporating many new positions not previously used in pattern dances e.g. “spread eagle” etc. It is danced with long edges, interspersed with three-turns and twizzles, and dancers require extra control because of the intricate nature of the steps, positions and changes of hold. The pattern of the dance, while optional, must be skated with well-rounded lobes. It is necessary to maintain consistent flow and a lilting waltz character throughout. The dance starts in closed hold for the opening three-turns. On Steps 1 to 7, the lead partner begins by traveling backwards starting on their RBO on beat one for the “walk-around” threes with the feet of the partners offset. The feet are placed on the ice between the feet of the partner. The couple remains in closed hold until Step 7, which is executed in reverse tango hold in which the follow partner, after the cross roll, executes a twizzle of one rotation skated to one beat of music and on the swing roll they pass through Reversed Kilian hold to hand-in-hand hold. Steps 8 to 14 are the same for both partners. Step 8 is a RBO cross roll with the free legs in a front coupée position. At Step 9, the couple changes to Kilian hold where the follow partner’s left hand is placed on the lead partner’s left shoulder with their free arms extended to skate side by side touch down three-turns for Steps 9 to 12. On Step 13 there is a change of hold at an optional point to a “wrapped” Kilian in which the lead partner’s left and the follow partner’s right hands are clasped in front of them while the follow partner’s left hand is placed across the front of the follow partner's body to hold the lead partner's right hand to the follow partner's right hip. The lead partners right arm crosses behind the follow partners back to hold the follow partner's left hand. The free legs are raised behind, over the ice, at an angle of 40-50 degrees, while skating side-by-side double three-turns on a nine-beat long edge. On the second beat of Step 14, which begins from a cross roll, the knee of the skating leg is straightened. Step 15 begins as a cross behind for both partners followed by a bracket for the follow partner and an open C step for the lead partner (the lead partner's Steps 15a and b). The partners remain in Kilian hold, but the left hand of the follow partner holds (or briefly touches) the lead partner’s right hand, and the follow partner’s right hand holds the lead partner’s left hand over the follow partner's head to skate these opposite turns for both partners. On Step 16, the partners assume standard Kilian hold, and the lead partner skates a wide Step 17. On Step 18, the free legs are extended, and Step 19 is a left forward outside. On Step 20, the partners are in Kilian hold while the follow partner’s left hand rests behind the lead partner’s left shoulder (optional) and the follow partner’s right hand and the lead partner’s left hand are freely open. On the fifth beat of the follow partner's double three there is a change of hold to Reversed Kilian with the left foot in passé. On Step 21, the free legs of both partners swing forward for three beats while the lead partner lowers the follow partner into a semi-sitting position (where the follow partner's free leg is extended forward, and the follow partner's outstretched body is nearly parallel to the ice). The partner completes the movement by lifting the follow partner so they both can skate side-by-side threes ending with front coupées.