Good news for dance testers!

http://www.usfsa.org/content/COMBINED ROA Oct 05 -May 06.pdf

pages 19-20
To adjust the Average Passing Marks for a Standard Compulsory Dance at each successive level to those of
similar levels in the other disciplines.
Singles Pairs MIF Free Dance Compulsory
Dance
Existing Proposed
Preliminary P/R P/R
Pre-Bronze 3.0 2.5
Bronze 3.3 2.7
Pre-Silver 3.7 3.0
Silver 4.0 3.5
Pre-Gold 4.2 4.0
Gold 4.5 4.5

94. APPROVED - Dance Committee
To amend the Passing averages for Adult and Masters Compulsory Dances according to the table as shown below.
Level Standard Adult Masters
Gold 4.5 4.2 3.7
Pre-Gold 4.0 3.7 3.2
Silver 3.5 3.2 2.8
Pre-Silver 3.0 2.8 2.6
Bronze 2.7 2.6 2.4
Pre-Bronze 2.5 2.4 2.3
Preliminary P/R P/R P/R

Good news for dance viewers!

100. APPROVED - Dance Committee
Rules 4415 (A)(3), page 237, 4425 (A)(3), page 239, and 4435 (A)(3), page 241, Free Dance lifts – to amend as
follows:
Lifts should be aesthetically pleasing to the viewer or deductions will be taken by the judges . An upside down split pose is not permitted in any type of lift and
it will be called as an illegal element.

What happens to a lift that is called 'an illegal element?'

Does it mean just no score to be made - or - does it mean no score + penalty?

Joe

Joesitz said:

What happens to a lift that is called 'an illegal element?'

Does it mean just no score to be made - or - does it mean no score + penalty?

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For dance, there's a 2.00 deduction and also the element receives no score.

See Delobel & Schoenfelder's protocol from Trophee Eric Bompard:
http://www.isufs.org/results/gpfra05/GPFRA05_IceDancing_FD_Scores.pdf

gkelly said:

For dance, there's a 2.00 deduction and also the element receives no score.

See Delobel & Schoenfelder's protocol from Trophee Eric Bompard:
http://www.isufs.org/results/gpfra05/GPFRA05_IceDancing_FD_Scores.pdf

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Thanks gkelly. It got me wondering about Pairs. at US Nats. NNN and her partner (forgot his name) got no score for an illegal hold on a lift. I don't no if they were penalized for that too.

Joe

I was confused about that. According to the protocol, they got no credit for the lift, but they didn't get a deduction:
http://stlouis2006.usfigureskating.org/upload/general/news/seniorpairs-report.pdf

However, according to ISU Communication no. 1319, there should have been a deduction:

There must be a 2.0 point deduction for every illegal element/movement included in the program.
Remarks:
If there is an illegal hold during a lift, the complete lift will receive no level and therefore also no value.
The deduction for an illegal element will apply.

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That would have put them 7th instead of 5th in the freeskate.

I have to say, lowering the passing average for the dances is NOT good news. The Willow Waltz that I tested (and deservedly failed) back in January would have passed under the new scores. That just shouldn't happen.