Editing Ice dance (section)

==Competition elements==
{{Main|Competition elements in ice dance}}
[[File:2018 Skate America - Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson - 04.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Lilah Fear]] and [[Lewis Gibson (figure skater)|Lewis Gibson]] perform a Curve dance lift.]]
The ISU announces the list of required elements in the rhythm dance and free dance , and each element's specific requirements, each year. The following elements may be included: the dance lift, the dance spin, the step sequence, turn sequences (which include [[Twizzle|twizzles]] and one-foot turn sequences), and choreographic elements.<ref>S&P/ID 2022, pp. 142, 145</ref>
* '''Dance lift''': "a movement in which one of the partners is elevated with active and/or passive assistance of the other partner to any permitted height, sustained there and set down on the ice".<ref name="ISU 2022-130">S&P/ID 2022, p. 130</ref> The ISU permits any rotation, position, and changes of position during a dance lift.<ref name="ISU 2022-130" /> Dance lifts are delineated from pair lifts to ensure that ice dance and pair skating remain separate disciplines.<ref name="hostilerules" /> After the judging system changed from the [[6.0 system]] to the [[ISU Judging System]], dance lifts became more "athletic, dramatic and exciting".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brannen |first1=Sarah S. |date=13 July 2012 |title=Dangerous Drama: Dance Lifts Becoming 'Scary' |url=http://www.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120713&content_id=34870028&vkey=ice_news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106105909/http://www.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120713&content_id=34870028&vkey=ice_news |archive-date=6 November 2017 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=icenetwork.com}}</ref>
* '''Dance spin''': "a spin skated by the Couple together in any hold".<ref name="ISU 2022-129">S&P/ID 2022, p. 129</ref> It is "performed on the spot around a common axis on one foot with or without change(s) of foot by one or both partners".<ref name="ISU 2022-129" />
* '''Step sequence''': "a series of prescribed or un-prescribed steps, turns and movements".<ref>S&P/ID 2022, p. 123</ref>
* '''Turn sequences''': a set of [[twizzle]]s and a one foot turns sequence, or "Specified Turns performed on one foot by each partner simultaneously, in Hold or separately".<ref name="ISU 2022-129" />
* '''Choreographic elements''': "a listed or unlisted movement or series of movement(s) as specified" by the ISU.<ref>S&P/ID 2022, p. 122</ref>