Original dance
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The original dance was one of the programs performed by figure skaters in ice dance competitions, in which the ice dancers skated "a dance of their own creation to dance music they have selected for t
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform their flamenco original dance, earning the highest recorded score, at the 2010 World Championships
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder perform their French-inspired original dance at the 2010 Olympics
Rhythm dance
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The rhythm dance is the first segment of an ice dance competition. The International Skating Union renamed the short dance to the "rhythm dance" in June 2018, prior to the 2018–2019 season. It became
Original dance
…skills and how well they interpreted the music and the rhythm. The ISU voted in 2010 to discontinue the OD, along with the CD, and to introduce the short dance (SD) as a replacement. Accordingly, after the 2009–2010 season, the ice dance competition structure was changed and the original dance was removed from…
Madison Chock and Evan Bates at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships