FABULOUS CUP / GAY GAMES VII EVENTS and RULES


EVENTS / DURATIONS

SOLO FREE SKATE

FS1-3 1:40
FS4 2:10
FS5 2:10
FS6 2:40
FS7 3:10
FS8 3:40
FS9 4:10
FS10 4:10

SOLO SPOTLIGHT
PreAlpha-Delta 1:10
Freestyle 1-4 1:40
Freestyle 5-10 2:10

COUPLES FREE SKATE
I: PreAlpha-C3 1:40
II: C4-5 2:40
III: C6-10 3:10

ICE DANCING
No durations

FREE DANCE EXTENDED
I: FD1-3 2:10
II: FD4-5 2:40
III: FD6-10 3:10

PRODUCTION TEAM
(ensemble event)

All 4:30

ICE DANCING EVENTS

ICE DANCING
Level/
Age Group
Skaters must compete at their highest tested level. Both partners must pass tests to the same level as entered in competition. The age grouping for ice dancers will be determined by the age of the older skater. Female/Female, Female/Male, and Male/Male partners are allowed.

Music/
Dance
Music for the Ice Dancing events will be supplied by IGFSU. Dance 1 has mandatory patterns. The Dance(s) for other levels will be announced just prior to the competition. For the traditional dances, no more than seven introductory steps may be performed before the dance begins.

Judging
Criteria
Ice Dancing 1 (60 points ttl)
Judge 1: Posture, Position
Judge 2: Correctness, Unison
Judge 3: Pattern, Timing
Ice Dancing 2-6, 8-9 (70 points ttl)
Judge 1: Posture, Position
Judge 2: Correctness, Unison
Judge 3: Pattern, Timing, Interpretation
Ice Dancing 7 and 10 (80 points ttl)
Judge 1: Posture, Position
Judge 2: Correctness, Unison, Duration
Judge 3: Pattern, Timing, Interpretation


Levels Dances
Dance 1 Chasse Sequence, Progressive Sequence, Swing Rolls
Dance 2 Dutch Waltz
Dance 3 Canasta Tango, Swing Dance, Rhythm Blues
Dance 4 Cha Cha, Hickory Hoedown, Fiesta Tango, Willow Waltz
Dance 5 Ten-Fox, Fourteen Step, Fox Trot
Dance 6 European Waltz, Rocker Fox Trot, American Waltz
Dance 7 Tango, Paso Doble, Three Lobe Waltz
Dance 8 Blues, Kilian, Quick Step
Dance 9 Westiminster Watlz, Argentine Tango, Viennese Watlz
Dance 10 Free Dance
FREE DANCE EXTENDED
Level/
Age Group
Skaters must compete at their highest tested level. Both partners must pass tests to the same level as entered in competition. The age grouping for ice dancers will be determined by the age of the older skater. Female/Female, Female/Male, and Male/Male partners are allowed.

Emphasis/
Focus
Dance teams will perform a free dance of their own design using any rhythm or a change of rhythm within their program. The Free Dance program should express the skaters' own inspirational and artistic capabilities and might contain sequences and segments from various dances within the ISI Ice Dancing 1 through 9 levels. Half-rotation jumps are allowed at all levels.

Judging
Criteria
(90 pts ttl)
Judge 1: Creativity, Interpretation, General Peformance
Judge 2: Pattern, Presentation, General Performance
Judge 3: Duration, Timing/Unison/Posture, General Performance

Levels Duration
(minutes max)
Free
Dance I
(FD 1-3)
2:10
Free
Dance II
(FD 4-5)
2:40
Free
Dance III
(FD 6-10)
3:10