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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 66 STAR 8B – Rocker Foxtrot Music Tempo Pattern Inventor Foxtrot 4/4 • 26 measures of 4 beats per minute • 104 beats per minute Set Eric van der Weyden and Eva Keats First Performed London, Streatham Ice Rink, 1934 Description The Rocker Foxtrot starts at the midline at one end of the ice surface and makes three lobes towards the edge and two towards the midline along each side. Thus, one circuit of the ice surface requires two sequences of the dance. Steps 1 to 4 that are the same for both partners are skated in open hold and consist of a crossed behind chassé followed by a progressive. Step 5 for skater A (the follow) is a 4 beat LFO swing rocker skated while skater B (the lead) performs 2 outside edges. The swing rocker is executed with a swing of the free leg and is turned after the free leg has passed the skating foot and is extended forward. The turn should be executed on clean outside to outside edges on beat 2 of the step so that skater A’s (the follow’s) sinking onto a softly bent knee afterwards will coincide exactly with skater B’s (the lead’s) knee bend for the RFO edge on beat 3. After the swing rocker skater A’s (the follow’s) free leg must be swung forward to match skater B’s (the lead’s) free leg. After skater A’s (the follow’s) swing rocker, the pattern continues to approach the midline before curving away and care should be taken that both partners are on outside edges. During the swing rocker the partners change to closed hold which is maintained until step 7b when the partners resume open hold for the remainder of the dance. Skater B (the lead) must skate an open stroke for step 6 and should be in a position exactly opposite their partner at the beginning of the edge to execute the LFO3. Step 8 is a cross roll. Steps 10 and 11 are strong outside edges. Steps 11 and 12 are outside closed C steps for both partners. The free leg is first extended behind turned out and then is placed beside the heel of the skating foot, arriving exactly in time for the C step. Skater B (the lead) must be careful not to curve their step 11 too deeply since skater A (the follow) must curve their edge at least as deeply in order to be in position beside skater B (the lead) for the turn. To achieve the correct positions, the shoulders must be well checked entering the turn. The C Step must be directed towards the side/long barrier to achieve a nicely rounded end pattern if the dance is to commence again at the midline. After the C Step the partners continue a slow clockwise rotation through steps 12 and 13 so as to be travelling forward on step 14 for the restart of the dance. Both partners commence step 13 crossed in front approximately at the centre line. The Rocker Foxtrot should be skated with good knee action, change of lean and flow to enhance the character of a Foxtrot. Suggested Introductory Steps Skater B (Lead): RFO (2), LFO (2), RFO (2), LFO (1), RFI-Pr (1), LFO (2), RFO (2) Skater A (Follow): RFO (2), LFO (2), RFO (2), LFO (1), RFI-Pr (1), LFO (2), RFO (2)