Editing Ice dance (section)

===Discontinued segments===

====Compulsory dance====
{{main|Compulsory dance (ice dance)}}
[[File:2009 Cup of China ice-dance Faiella-Scali01.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Federica Faiella]] and [[Massimo Scali]] perform their compulsory dance at the [[2009 Cup of China]].]]
Before 2010, the compulsory dance (CD) was the first segment performed in ice dance competitions. The teams performed the same pattern around two circuits of the rink, one team after another, using the same step sequences and the same standardized tempo chosen by the ISU before the beginning of each season.<ref name="skateamerica">{{cite news |date=24 October 2008 |title=Skate America: Tanith Belbin, Ben Agosto Second after Compulsory Dance |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/skate-america-tanith-belbin-ben-agosto-second-after-compulsory-dance/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515233545/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/skate-america-tanith-belbin-ben-agosto-second-after-compulsory-dance/ |archive-date=15 May 2021 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dimanno |first1=Rosie |date=24 March 2010 |title=Virtue and Moir Happy to Say Ciao to Compulsory Dance |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/skating/2010/03/24/virtue_and_moir_happy_to_say_ciao_to_compulsory_dance.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517050655/https://www.thestar.com/sports/skating/2010/03/24/virtue_and_moir_happy_to_say_ciao_to_compulsory_dance.html |archive-date=17 May 2021 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=The Toronto Star}}</ref> The CD has been compared with [[compulsory figures]]; competitors were "judged for their mastery of fundamental elements".<ref name="skateamerica"/> Early in ice dance history, the CD contributed 60% of the total score.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=12}}

The [[2010 World Figure Skating Championships|2010 World Championships]] was the last event to include a CD (the Golden Waltz); [[Federica Faiella]] and [[Massimo Scali]] from Italy were the last ice dance team to perform a CD in international competition.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 June 2010 |title=ISU Congress News |url=https://www.ice-dance.com/site/isu-congress-news4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713200549/https://www.ice-dance.com/site/isu-congress-news4/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=Ice Dance.com}}</ref>

====Original dance====
{{main|Original dance}}
The OD or OSP (Original Set Pattern) was first added to ice dance competitions in 1967 (1983 in WC and 1984 in Olympics). It was called the "original set pattern dance"{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=91}} until 1990, when it became known simply as the "original dance". The OD remained the second competition segment (sandwiched between the CD and the free dance) until the end of the [[2009–10 figure skating season|2009–2010 season]].{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=12}} Ice dancers were able to create their own routines, but they had to use a set rhythm and type of music which, like the compulsory dances, changed every season and was selected by the ISU in advance. The timing and interpretation of the rhythm were considered to be the most important aspects of the routine, and were worth the highest proportion of the OD score. The routine had a two-minute time limit and the OD accounted for 30% of the overall competition score.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 November 2009 |title=Skating: Ice dancing |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4460270.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201044348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4460270.stm |archive-date=1 December 2020 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=BBC.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Sports Rules Book|last1=Wehrli-McLaughlin|first1=Susi|date=2009|publisher=Human Kinetics|edition=3rd|isbn=978-0-7360-7632-6|editor1-last=Hanlon|editor1-first=Thomas W.|location=Champlaign, Illinois|page=108|chapter=Figure Skating}}</ref>

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir hold the highest OD score of 70.27&nbsp;points, achieved at the 2010 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 August 2010 |title=Progression of Highest Score, Ice Dance, Original Dance Score |url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phsdod.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928002248/http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phsdod.htm |archive-date=28 September 2012 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=isuresults.com |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>