ARTISTIC ROLLER SKATING
Artistic roller skating is a sport similar to figure skating, but where competitors use roller skates instead of ice skates. Within figure skating on roller skates, there are several disciplines:
- Figures: the individual follows the line of the figure circle over a specific edge. Figures become progressively more complex with the addition of turns and the use of the third circle (similar to compulsory or "school" figures on ice).
- Freestyle: the individual performs a solo routine with jumps and spins to their chosen piece of music.
- Free Duo (also called Pairs): two individuals perform jumps, spins, and lifts to their chosen piece of music.
- Mandatory Couples Dance: two individuals perform a dance consisting of a set sequence of steps in a pattern around the ring to a piece of music at a given tempo. There are no jumps or spins.
- Solo Mandatory Dance: one individual performs a dance consisting of a sequence of steps in a pattern around the ring to a piece of music at a given tempo. There are no jumps or spins.
- Quartet: A themed routine performed by a team of four skaters. Team skating, similar to synchronized ice skating.
- Club show: A club of skaters performs a themed show routine.
- Original Dance: The individual dancer or dance couple performs a routine to a musical medley with a set theme. The original dance includes a section that is a compulsory dance, but the rest of the routine is an original choreography according to the given theme. In national and international championships at junior and senior level, the original dance has replaced the compulsory dance.
- Free dance: the individual dancer or dance couple performs a routine to their chosen piece of music. Free dance is strongly focused on footwork and choreography and there are restrictions on jumps and spins, and in couples free dance restrictions on the types of lifts allowed. This is often the final part of a skating dance competition, where the first part is compulsory dance or original dance.
Figure skaters use either quad skates or inline skates, although quad skates are more traditional and significantly more common. Generally, quad and inline skaters compete in separate events and not against each other. Inline figure skating has been included in the world championships since 2002 in Wuppertal, Germany.
The sport is similar to its ice counterpart, with some differences in movement, technique and judging. Many ice skaters started skating on ice, or vice versa. Famous champion ice skaters who once competed in figure skating include Brian Boitano, Tara Lipinski and Marina Kielmann. Figure skating on roller skates is typically considered more difficult because the ice allows the skater to draw a deep edge to pull away when performing jumps like a Lutz or an Axel and roller skates are heavier than their ice counterparts, making jumps more difficult.
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