Dance Skating

A Brief Overview

Skate dancing, on ice and on wheels, grew up pretty much on a parallel with ballroom dance. It is basic human nature to make a competition out of almost anything, so what began as another way of having fun at the rink evolved to become a form of show in itself.

Most of the dances we do on roller skates are also done on ice; many were designed by ice skaters, many by roller skaters. Although the rhythms of skate dancing come from the ballroom, some of the moves of the ballroom skaters come from the rink. (Ballroom dancers still don't do a swing like skaters do - they call it an "aerial", but it looks weak to a skater!)

If you are interested in more details about the dance rhythms we use, click here: Dance Rhythms Detailed.

To learn a bit about identifying dance rhythms, have a look at Identifying Rhythms.

Australian Dance Proficiency Tests

Proficiency tests are an internationally-accepted measure of the level of a skater's competence.

Pairs Dance

Award	1st Bronze Bar	2nd Bronze Bar	3rd Bronze Bar	Bronze Medal

Dances	Glide Waltz Masters Tango	Society Blues Skaters March	Canasta Tango Dutch Waltz Rhythm Blues	Denver Shuffle Southland Swing 120 Waltz

Average Mark Required	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.5

Award	1st Silver Bar	2nd Silver Bar	3rd Silver Bar	Silver Medal

Dances	Collegiate Chase Waltz Siesta Tango	Highland Schottishe Border Blues Coronation Waltz	Metropolitan Tango Imperial Waltz Adams Polka Fascination Foxtrot	Fourteen Step Princeton Polka Keats Foxtrot Marine Waltz

Average Mark Required	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0

Award	1st Gold Bar	2nd Gold Bar	3rd Gold Bar	Gold Medal

Dances	Colonial Foxtrot Flirtation Waltz Dench Blues International Waltz	Harris Tango Rocker Foxtrot European Waltz Carroll Swing	Pacifica Foxtrot Iceland Tango Kilian Starlight Waltz	Viennese Waltz Italian Foxtrot Paso Doble Westminster Waltz Argentine Tango Quickstep

Average Mark Required	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5

Solo Dance

Award	1st Bronze Bar	2nd Bronze Bar	3rd Bronze Bar	4th Bronze Bar	Bronze Medal

Dances	Glide Waltz City Blues	Olympic Foxtrot Skaters March	Carlos Tango La Vista Cha Cha	Canasta Tango Dutch Waltz	Rhythm Blues Denver Shuffle Monterey Tango

Average Mark Required	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.5


Award	1st Silver Bar	2nd Silver Bar	3rd Silver Bar	4th Silver Bar	Silver Medal

Dances	Fiesta Tango Marylee Foxtrot	Werner Tango The Cha Cha	Spring Blues California Swing	Tudor Waltz Adams Polka	Association Waltz Rotation Foxtrot Princeton Polka

Average Mark Required	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0


Award	1st Gold Bar	2nd Gold Bar	3rd Gold Bar	4th Gold Bar	Gold Medal

Dances	Dench Blues Flirtation Waltz 14 Step	Carroll Swing Harris Tango International Waltz	Imperial Tango Windmill Waltz Rocker Foxtrot	Kilian Westminster Waltz Iceland Tango Pacifica Foxtrot	Argentine Tango Starlight Waltz Quickstep Italian Foxtrot Paso Doble Viennese Waltz

Average Mark Required	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5