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INTERNATIONAL SOLO ICE DANCE COMPETITION GUIDELINES – TECHNICAL RULES AND LEVEL REQUIREMENTS 2026-2027
Switzerland · English · 28 pages
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2. Pattern Dance Elements
ADDITIONAL PRINCIPLES OF CALLING
Applicable to Pattern Dance Elements:
• If a Fall or Interruption occurs at the entrance to or during a Pattern Dance Element and the Element is
immediately resumed, the Element shall be identified and given a Level according to the requirements met
before and after the Fall or Interruption, or ignored if the requirements for Basic Level are not met.
• If a Skater starts on the wrong side of the rink, the Referee must blow the whistle immediately and have them
restart on the correct side. The TC may alert the Referee by headset if the Referee doesn’t notice it. If the
whistle is not blown, the Technical Panel will call each pattern with no penalty to the Skater. (This does not
apply to the Pattern Dance Element in the RD in which case the element would be ignored if started on the
wrong side)
• The process used by the Technical Panel to identify Key Points and their correct execution is the same
process as for identification of Required Elements and Levels (i.e. by majority). Correct or incorrect
execution of Key Points is reported on the Judges Details per Skater chart as:
• “Yes”: meaning, “all Key Point Features are met and all Edges/Steps are held for the required number of
beats”, or
• “Timing”: meaning, “all Key Points Features are met but one or several Edges/Steps are not held for the
required number of beats”, or
• “No”: meaning, “one or several Key Point Features are not met, whether or not Edges/Steps are held for
the correct number of beats” or the Key Point is not identified due to a fall or interruption, or
• “X”: meaning a Key Point was not attempted.
• If the Pattern Dance Element is interrupted one (1) measure or less (4 or 6 beats based on the PDE) –
the key points are called as identified and the level will be reduced by 1. It is reported on the Judges
Details chart as: “<” to indicate an interruption of one (1) measure or less. (Only applies to Pattern
Dances with Key Points)
• If the Pattern Dance Element is interrupted more than one (1) measure (4 or 6 beats based on the PDE)
but 75% of the steps are completed, the key points are called as identified and the level will be reduced
by 2. It is reported on the Judges Details chart as: “<<” to indicate an interruption of more than one
measure. (Only applies to Pattern Dances with Key Points)
• For Pattern Dance Elements, an interruption occurs when the continuity of the element is disrupted and
one or more prescribed steps are missed, for example due to a fall, stumble, loss of balance, or
touchdown. An interruption is the result of an obvious error that causes the sequence of prescribed
steps to be broken. A wrong step, a step held for the wrong number of beats, a poorly executed step, or
an incorrect free leg action do not, by themselves, constitute an interruption, provided the sequence
continues without missing any prescribed steps. Such errors should be reflected in the GOE and, if they
occur within a Key Point, considered by the Technical Panel when evaluating that Key Point.
• Evaluating the percentage of steps for Pattern Dances is based on the total number of steps completed.
• A Pattern Dance sequence that does not have 50% of the steps completed to meet the requirement for
a basic level will be ignored and will not take up a box.
Characteristics of Levels for Pattern Dance Elements
Basic Novice will be evaluated up to Level 2:
All dances are without Key Points and evaluated up to level 2
The Judges evaluate the Pattern Dance with GOE
Basic Level Level 1 Level 2
50% of Pattern Dance is completed. 75% of Pattern Dance is 90% of Pattern Dance is completed.
completed.
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