Editing Ice dance (section)

===Rhythm dance===
{{Main|Rhythm dance}}
[[File:Madison Chock & Evan Bates 2022 Skate America Free Dance 1.jpg|thumb|[[Madison Chock]] and [[Evan Bates]], 2022]]
The RD is the first segment performed in all junior and senior ice dance competitions.<ref>S&P/ID 2022, p. 10</ref> As of 2022, senior skaters no longer had to include a pattern dance; instead they were judged for performing a choreographic rhythm section, which was evaluated as a choreographic element.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=14 October 2022 |title=New Rules for New Development in Figure Skating |url=https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/news/news-fsk/14236-new-rules-for-new-development-in-figure-skating?highlight=WyJuZXciLCInbmV3IiwiJ25ldyciLCJydWxlcyIsIm5ldyBydWxlcyJd&templateParam=15 |access-date=18 July 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union |publication-place=Lausanne, Switzerland}}</ref> The RD must also include a short six-second [[Figure skating lifts|lift]], a set of [[twizzle]]s, and a [[step sequence]].<ref name="sdfsc"/><ref name="gif"/>

The rhythms and themes of the RD are determined by the ISU prior to the start of each new season.<ref name="sdfsc"/><ref name="gif">{{cite news |last1=Zuckerman |first1=Esther |date=14 February 2014 |title=A Quick GIF Guide to Ice Dance |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/quick-guide-ice-dance/358117/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111162042/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/quick-guide-ice-dance/358117/ |archive-date=11 January 2020 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=The Atlantic Monthly}}</ref> The RD should be "developed through skating skill and quality", instead of through "non-skating actions such as sliding on one knee"<ref name="S&P/ID 2022-142">S&P/ID 2022, p. 142</ref> or through the use of toe steps (which should only be used to reflect the dance's character and the music's nuances and underlining rhythm).<ref name="S&P/ID 2021-139">S&P/ID 2022, p. 142</ref> The RD must have a duration of two&nbsp;minutes and fifty&nbsp;seconds.<ref name="ISU 2022-80">S&P/ID 2022, p.80</ref>

The first RD in international competitions was performed by U.S. junior ice dancers [[Anastasia Cannuscio]] and [[Colin McManus]], at the [[2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2010 Junior Grand Prix Courchevel]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Mickey |date=28 August 2010 |title=Team USA Scores Four Medals at JGP Opener |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100828&content_id=14031876&vkey=ice_news |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702044937/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100828&content_id=14031876&vkey=ice_news |archive-date=2 July 2017 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=icenetwork.com}}</ref> American ice dancers [[Madison Chock]] and [[Evan Bates]] hold the highest RD score of 93.91, which they achieved at the [[2023 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating|2023 World Team Trophy]].<ref name="isu-progress-D-RD">{{cite web |date=23 March 2024 |title=Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score |url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phsdrd.htm |access-date=18 July 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>{{Efn|After the [[2018–2019 figure skating season|2018–2019 season]], due to the change in grade of execution scores from −3 to +3 to −5 to +5, all statistics started from zero and all previous scores were listed as "historical".<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics including Personal Best & Season's Best information |url=http://www.isu.org/statistics |access-date=June 11, 2023 |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214163617/https://www.isu.org/statistics |url-status=live }}</ref>}}