page_title: Short dance
section_title: 2014–15 season
hierarchical_section_title: Short dance / Requirements / 2014–15 season
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Мадлен Эдвардс и Чжао Кай Пан (Канада) на финале Гран-при среди юниоров 2014-2015.
context_page_description: The short dance was the first segment of an ice dancing competition from the 2010–2011 to the 2017–2018 seasons. It was approved in June 2010 by the International Skating Union. It merged the original dance and compulsory dance, which were both discontinued. The ISU re-named the short dance to the rhythm dance in 2018.
  The SD was composed of two parts: the pattern dance, which lasted about one minute and could be placed anywhere in the SD, and the creative section, which took up most of the SD. The pattern dance changed each year, and was announced beforehand by the ISU. The ISU also published yearly rule changes. Ice dancers were expected to perform five required elements in their SD: two segments of the pattern dance, one short lift, a step sequence, and a set of twizzles. At first, the duration of the SD was two minutes and 50 seconds; in 2016, it was changed to two minutes and 40 seconds. The first SD in international competitions was performed by U.S. junior ice dancers Anastasia Cannuscio and Colin McManus.
context_section_description: In April 2014, the ISU published the rules for the 2014–15 season.
  The required pattern dance for senior ice dancers was the Paso Doble; they had to skate one sequence, with the first step skated on the judges' left. They had to skate one full circuit of the rink, finishing where they started on the ice surface. They had to include a partial step sequence in hold during their pattern dance, for any exact number of four measures musical phrases. They were judged on specific key points in any dance hold, except the hand-in-hand hold with extended arms. They also had to remain in contact at all times, even during their one allowed stop and during changes in edges. They had to use the same piece of music in both the pattern dance and partial step sequence, and the music's tempo had to be constant with the Paso Doble (56 measures of two beats or 112 beats per minute, plus or minus two beats per minute). Senior dancers had to use Spanish Dance rhythms in the creative section of their SD. They could not cross the long axis of the ice surface, except during their partial step sequence.
  The required pattern dance for junior ice dancers was the Silver Samba; they had to skate two separate sections, and they had to skate the first step of each sequence on opposite sides of the rink. The elements of both the pattern dance and the partial step sequence "in strict time to the music with the start of the first Step of each Pattern Dance Element or Partial Step Sequence on beat 1 of a four measure musical phrase".  Junior dancers had to use, for their rhythms, the Samba plus one or two Latin American rhythms (the Rhumba, the Cha Cha, the Salsa, the Merengue, and the Salsa. Their range of tempo had to follow the tempo of the Samba (54 measures of two beats, or 108 beats per minute, plus or minus three beats per minute. They could not skate the long axis of the ice surface, except while performing the not-touching step sequence, the middle section of their pattern dance (steps 16 to 23), and the not-touching circular step sequence in the clockwise direction.
  Both senior and junior ice dancers had the following required elements: not more than one dance lift, a step sequence, and one set of sequential twizzles. Both had the option of performing a not-touching midline step sequence or a not-touching diagonal step sequence; plus, junior dancers could choose the not-touching circular step sequence.
caption: Madeline Edwards and Zhao Kai Pang perform their short dance at the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final.
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