Compulsory dance (artistic roller skating)

For the ice dance segment, see Compulsory dance (ice dance).

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The Compulsory dance (CD) is a segment of artistic roller skating competitions in which all the couples or solo dancers perform the same standardized steps and holds to music of a specified tempo and genre. Compulsory dances were abolished for Junior/Senior level international roller skating competitions in the 2018 season, and a new section called the Style Dance was introduced from the 2015/16 season alongside the standard compulsory dances and free dance categories. The style dance is very similar in structure to the short dance in Figure skating, and from 2018 was one of 2 segments in international roller dance competition, with the free dance.

The patterns for most dances either cover one-half or one full circuit of the rink. The World Skate Artistic Technical Committee (formerly the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS)) publish the step diagrams and descriptions of the dances that are competed internationally, and also provide a set of standard music recordings for each dance with uniform tempo and introductory phrasing for use in competition.

## Dances

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The dances that are performed in junior and senior international competition include:

* 14 Step Plus
* Argentine Tango
* Blues
* Castel March
* Flirtation Waltz
* Fourteen Step
* Fourteen Step Plus
* Golden Samba
* Harris Tango
* Iceland Tango
* Italian Foxtrot
* Kilian
* Midnight Blues
* Pasodoble
* Quickstep
* Rocker Foxtrot
* Shaken Samba
* Starlight Waltz
* Tango Delancha
* Tango Delanco
* Terenzi Waltz
* Westminster Waltz
* Viennese Waltz

Artistic roller skating in the United States and the United Kingdom also has competitive divisions of team and solo dance for all ages and skill levels that compete at the local, regional, and national levels. At competitions, skaters perform between two and six dances set to organ music for a maximum of 3 minutes per dance. Skaters are judged on a number of things that include technique, pattern placement, timing and overall performance.

Starting from the 2015/16 season the Style Dance was introduced and is regarded similarly to the short dance in Ice Dance. Dances marked with an asterisk* in the table below are the required dance from the style dance in the given season. From the 2017–18 season, only the Style Dance and Freedance will be skated in Junior / Senior international competition. Compulsory Dances will still be used for younger age categories internationally and also in national competitions.

### By season

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Season  | Senior  | Junior  | Senior Solo  | Junior Solo

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2005-2006  | Starlight Waltz
Iceland Tango  | Blues
Harris Tango  |  |
2006-2007  | Paso Doble
Westminster Waltz  | Rocker Foxtrot
Flirtation Waltz  |  | Blues
Harris Tango
2007-2008  | Viennese Waltz
Quickstep  | Fourteen Step
Imperial Tango  | Italian Foxtrot
Starlight Waltz  | Rocker Foxtrot
Flirtation Waltz
2008-2009  | Italian Foxtrot
Argentine Tango  | Blues
Harris Tango  | Quickstep
Westminster Waltz  | 14 Step Plus
Imperial Tango
2009-2010  | Castel March
Starlight Waltz  | Rocker Foxtrot
Flirtation Waltz  | Paso Doble
Argentine Tango  | Harris Tango
Blues
2010-2011  | Paso Doble
Westminster Waltz  | Fourteen Step
Imperial Tango  | Italian Foxtrot
Iceland Tango  | Flirtation Waltz
Rocker Foxtrot
2011-2012  | Viennese Waltz
Tango Delanco  | Blues
Harris Tango  | Quickstep
Starlight Waltz  | 14 Step Plus
Imperial Tango
2012-2013  | Starlight Waltz
Argentine Tango  | Flirtation Waltz
Harris Tango  | Viennese Waltz
Italian Foxtrot  | Blues
Rocker Foxtrot
2013-2014  | Castel March
Italian Foxtrot  | 14 Step
Imperial Tango  | Paso Doble
Iceland Tango  | Flirtation Waltz
Harris Tango
2014-2015  | Iceland Tango
Quickstep  | Rocker Foxtrot
Harris Tango  | Westminster Waltz
Tango Delancha  | 14 Step Plus
Blues
2015-2016  | Quickstep*
Starlight Waltz  | Rocker Foxtrot*
Flirtation Waltz  | Starlight Waltz*
Quickstep  | Flirtation Waltz*
Rocker Foxtrot
2016-2017  | Tango Delanco*
Midnight Blues  | Harris Tango*
Blues  | Midnight Blues*
Argentine Tango  | Blues*
Terenzi Waltz
2017-2018  | Midnight Blues*
(Rock Medley)  | Castel March*
(Classic Medley)  | Italian Foxtrot*
(Swing Medley)  | Argentine Tango (Man's Steps)*
(Spanish Medley)
2018-2019  | Shaken Samba*
(Latin Medley)  | Blues*
(Rock Medley)  | Tango Delancha*
(Spanish Medley)  | Quickstep*
(Swing Medley)

## References

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