Dance holds & patterns
Partners maintain a prescribed hold, timing, and steps while tracing a dance around the rink.
Move together
Pair & dance elements
Learn the foundations of partnered timing, holds, dance patterns, lifts, throws, and shared ice awareness.
Pairs and ice dance add partnership to individual skating skills. Both require trust, matching timing, safe technique, and clear communication between skaters and coaches.
Moves in this family
Synchronized twizzles
Partners travel and rotate together with matched speed, spacing, and rhythm.
Pair lifts
One partner supports the other overhead or at shoulder level using defined entries and exits.
Throw jumps
One partner assists the other into a jump that lands independently.
Death spirals & pair spins
Connected rotational elements built on shared balance, position, and timing.