Compulsory dance (artistic roller skating)

The Compulsory dance (CD) is a segment of artistic roller skating competitions in which all the couples or solo dancers perform the same standardized steps and holds to music of a specified tempo and genre. Compulsory dances were abolished for Junior/Senior level international roller skating competitions in the 2018 season, and a new section called the Style Dance was introduced from the 2015/16 season alongside the standard compulsory dances and free dance categories. The style dance is very similar in structure to the short dance in Figure skating, and from 2018 was one of 2 segments in international roller dance competition, with the free dance.

The patterns for most dances either cover one-half or one full circuit of the rink. The World Skate Artistic Technical Committee (formerly the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS)) publish the step diagrams and descriptions of the dances that are competed internationally, and also provide a set of standard music recordings for each dance with uniform tempo and introductory phrasing for use in competition.

Dances

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The dances that are performed in junior and senior international competition include:

Artistic roller skating in the United States and the United Kingdom also has competitive divisions of team and solo dance for all ages and skill levels that compete at the local, regional, and national levels. At competitions, skaters perform between two and six dances set to organ music for a maximum of 3 minutes per dance. Skaters are judged on a number of things that include technique, pattern placement, timing and overall performance.

Starting from the 2015/16 season the Style Dance was introduced and is regarded similarly to the short dance in Ice Dance. Dances marked with an asterisk* in the table below are the required dance from the style dance in the given season. From the 2017–18 season, only the Style Dance and Freedance will be skated in Junior / Senior international competition. Compulsory Dances will still be used for younger age categories internationally and also in national competitions.

By season

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Season Senior Junior Senior Solo Junior Solo
2005-2006 Starlight Waltz
Iceland Tango
Blues
Harris Tango
2006-2007 Paso Doble
Westminster Waltz
Rocker Foxtrot
Flirtation Waltz
Blues
Harris Tango
2007-2008 Viennese Waltz
Quickstep
Fourteen Step
Imperial Tango
Italian Foxtrot
Starlight Waltz
Rocker Foxtrot
Flirtation Waltz
2008-2009 Italian Foxtrot
Argentine Tango
Blues
Harris Tango
Quickstep
Westminster Waltz
14 Step Plus
Imperial Tango
2009-2010 Castel March
Starlight Waltz
Rocker Foxtrot
Flirtation Waltz
Paso Doble
Argentine Tango
Harris Tango
Blues
2010-2011 Paso Doble
Westminster Waltz
Fourteen Step
Imperial Tango
Italian Foxtrot
Iceland Tango
Flirtation Waltz
Rocker Foxtrot
2011-2012 Viennese Waltz
Tango Delanco
Blues
Harris Tango
Quickstep
Starlight Waltz
14 Step Plus
Imperial Tango
2012-2013 Starlight Waltz
Argentine Tango
Flirtation Waltz
Harris Tango
Viennese Waltz
Italian Foxtrot
Blues
Rocker Foxtrot
2013-2014 Castel March
Italian Foxtrot
14 Step
Imperial Tango
Paso Doble
Iceland Tango
Flirtation Waltz
Harris Tango
2014-2015 Iceland Tango
Quickstep
Rocker Foxtrot
Harris Tango
Westminster Waltz
Tango Delancha
14 Step Plus
Blues
2015-2016 Quickstep*
Starlight Waltz
Rocker Foxtrot*
Flirtation Waltz
Starlight Waltz*
Quickstep
Flirtation Waltz*
Rocker Foxtrot
2016-2017 Tango Delanco*
Midnight Blues
Harris Tango*
Blues
Midnight Blues*
Argentine Tango
Blues*
Terenzi Waltz
2017-2018 Midnight Blues*
(Rock Medley)
Castel March*
(Classic Medley)
Italian Foxtrot*
(Swing Medley)
Argentine Tango (Man's Steps)*
(Spanish Medley)
2018-2019 Shaken Samba*
(Latin Medley)
Blues*
(Rock Medley)
Tango Delancha*
(Spanish Medley)
Quickstep*
(Swing Medley)

References

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