Editing Ice dance (section)

===Falls and interruptions===
According to ice dancer and commentator [[Tanith Belbin White|Tanith White]], unlike in other disciplines wherein skaters can make up for their falls in other elements, falls in ice dance usually mean that the team will not win. White argues that falls are rare in ice dance, and since falls constitute interruptions, they tend to have large deductions because the mood of their program's theme is broken.<ref name="nbcolympics">{{cite news |last1=Lutz |first1=Rachel |date=2 February 2018 |title=How to be a Better and Smarter Figure Skating Fan |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/how-be-better-and-smarter-figure-skating-fan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218055904/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/how-be-better-and-smarter-figure-skating-fan |archive-date=18 February 2018 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=NBC Olympics.com |publisher=NBC Universal}}</ref> The ISU defines a fall as the "loss of control by a Skater with the result that the majority of his/her own body weight is on the ice supported by any other part of the body other than the blades; e.g. hand(s), knee(s), back, buttock(s) or any part of the arm".<ref>S&P/ID 2022, pp. 80–81</ref> The ISU defines an interruption as "the period of time starting immediately when the Competitor stops performing the program or is ordered to do so by the Referee, whichever is earlier, and ending when the Competitor resumes his performance".<ref name=":0">S&P/ID 2022, p. 90</ref> A study conducted during a U.S. national competition including 58 ice dancers recorded an average of 0.97 injuries per athlete.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fortin |first1=Joseph D. |last2=Roberts |first2=Diana |date=2003 |title=Competitive Figure Skating Injuries |url=https://painphysicianjournal.com/current/pdf?article=MTkx&journal=16 |journal=Pain Physician |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=313–318 |doi=10.36076/ppj.2003/6/313 |pmid=16880878 |s2cid=42526887 |access-date=18 July 2024 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

In ice dance, teams can lose one point for every fall by one partner, and two points if both partners fall. If there is an interruption while performing their program, ice dancers can lose one point if it lasts more than ten seconds but not over twenty seconds. They can lose two points if the interruption lasts twenty seconds but not over thirty seconds, and three points if it lasts thirty seconds but not more than forty seconds. They can lose five points if the interruption lasts three or more minutes.<ref name="ISU 2022-18">S&P/ID 2022, p. 18</ref> Teams can also lose points if a fall or interruption occurs during the beginning of an elevating moment in a dance lift, or as the man begins to lift the woman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2021 |title=Communication No. 2393: Ice Dance |url=https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/25800-isu-communication-2393/file |access-date=18 July 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union |page=7 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland}}</ref> They can lose an additional five points if the interruption is caused by an "adverse condition" up to three minutes before the start of their program.<ref>ISU No. 2403, p. 68</ref>