Hi ... can one of the Canadian skaters here help me out?

Am trying to figure out what is required for someone who would be wanting to compete dance at the Pre-Novice and Novice levels...

What dances would a Pre-Novice competitor typically have passed? What representative skating skills/MIF type tests?

Also same for Canadian Novice dance...

Thanks in advance...

Pulled this off the skate canada website for you....

1. you must have passed the pre-novice/novice tests for the category you plan to skate. Pre-novice dancers must have passed the pre-novice test.

2. We don't have moves in the field test requirements. WE have skills skaters can take, but they are NOT a requirement to have passed a certain level.

Pre-novice dance: (for Canadian competition)

compulsory: 2 of the 4 dances listed will be drawn and skated: Keats Foxtrot, Harris Tango, American Waltz and Rocker Foxtrot

freedance: program of 2.5 min (+/- 10 secs)

*skaters MUST have passed complete senior bronze dances and Pre-Novice competitive dance test

Novice Dance:

Compulsory: 2 of 4 dances listed will be drawn and skated: Paso, BLues, Starlight Killian

Freedance: program of 3 min (+/- 10 sec)

*skate MUST have passed complete Novice dance test or higher

What is in the Pre-Novice dance test?

and the Novice dance test?

Thx....

The Pre-Novice dance test is just a stroking test. You have to do 3 stroking exercises to one of the pieces of Foxtrot music:
- a round of open perimiter stroking with a circle in kilian hold to follow.
- a round of perimiter backwards stroking in open position and then a round of the same thing without holding on (but close enough that you COULD)
- a circle eight (I think that's what it's called...you skate in a circle, 8 strokes in open, 8 in kilian, 8 in foxtrot, 8 in waltz w/girl backwards, 8 in waltz with boy backwards, 8 in foxtrot going backwards, 8 in kilian going backwards)

The Novice dance test is just your Novice free dance. (although you used to have to do dance patch and 4 compulsories as well!)

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