THE FASCINATION WALTZ Music Waltz /4 Tempo 40 measures of beats per minute 0 BPM Pattern-timing = 0:48 = : = :4 Pattern Set Level Pre-Silver This dance was originally named Flirtation Waltz and was created for roller skaters. As it looked quite smooth with a nice flow I decided to work it out to ice dance by adding some connecting steps between the different sections so that it could be skated by ice dancers on a full size ice rink. I renamed it Fascination Waltz as I skated it on the tune Fascination from Nat King Cole. The dance begins in Kilian position with steps n and n, a LFO/RFI waltz run aimed towards the barrier, followed by a beats deep LFO edge aiming to the long axis. Steps n, 4, 5 and aim to the long axis. There is a change of position from Kilian to Reversed Kilian on step n while executing for both partners a synchronised open Mohawk Step n 7 is a LBO which is still skated towards the long axis to allow step n 8 to be skated towards the short barrier, the man staying in front of the lady in Reversed Kilian hold. Steps n 9 and 0 are skated towards the long barrier, step n a goes towards the long axis and is held for beats, the swing of the free leg is on count n 4 and while passing the free foot along the skating foot on count 4 (step n b), the skating foot goes from an outside to an inside edge towards the long barrier. Steps n to are skated along the short side of the rink on a long smooth curve with a change of position from Reversed Kilian to Kilian while doing the open Mohawk and from Kilian to Closed Position (Waltz hold) on step n 9b when the lady turns her -turn slightly ahead of the man doing his chassé. This section should be skated with a lot of power to allow the partners to build up speed to keep a good flow on the following steps.
During step n both man and lady skate (a LFO (man) and a RBO (lady)) beats edge in unison. Step n to 7 the lady executes a 5-step turn on 9 beats while the man strokes a RFO ( beats), a LFI ( beats) followed by again a RFO edge ( beats) ( beats). On step n, a beat RFO for the man and a beats LBO for the lady (step a), the man raises his left hand getting the lady s right hand above her head to allow her to step and turn into a RFI closed Choctaw of beat (step b)under his left arm while her left arm and his right arm are free to allow the lady to make her turning steps, until she steps on her LBO (step n 7) to get back in closed position (waltz hold). The lady should exercise extreme caution during this 5-step turn so that the waltz rhythm (-) is respected (n a (), b (), 4a () and 4b () ) all these steps are skated towards the centre (long axis) of the rink. Step n is a beat swing from the free leg in unison for lady (backwards) and man (forwards), the free leg swings through on beat 4 out of the. Step n 7 is a swing change of edge for the man from RFO (7a) to RFI (7b) while the lady skates a beats LBO (n 7a) with her free leg pulled backwards to a beats RFI (n 7b) with a closed Choctaw. As the lady turns from backwards to forwards with her Choctaw, she takes the left thumb of the man with her right hand and the man releases the lady s right hand so that she can place her right hand on her hip and partners get back into Kilian position. Step n 8 is a LFI to prepare the next open Mohawk in Kilian hold without change of position. Step n 9 is a beats RFI edge for both partners where the man steps behind the lady, both partners should take good care to keep a very strong Kilian hold, they both skate a synchronized Mohawk in Kilian hold on a beat LBI (step n 0) followed by a beats RBO still in that same Kilian hold (step n ). Steps n to 7 are the end of the dance, preparing to restart the dance by skating in Kilian position a LFO followed by a Chassé (n and ), a LFO (n 4), a Cross-roll swing of beats (n 5)and a Slide Chassé (n and 7). Dance created for ice dancers by Sylvia Verschraege. First performance : July 9th 04, s-hertogenbosch Sylvia Verschraege & Paul Reynders
Hold Steps Man Beats Lady Beats Kilian LFO LFO RFI Run RFI Run LFO LFO 4 RFO RFO 5 LFI LFI Reversed Kilian RBI Open Mohawk RBI Open Mohawk 7 LBO LBO 8 RFO RFO 9 LFO LFO 0 RFI Run RFI Run a LFO Swing with a LFO Swing with a b LFI Change of Edge LFI Change of Edge RFI RFI Kilian LBI Open Mohawk LBI Open Mohawk 4 RBO RBO 5 LFO LFO RFI Chassé RFI Chassé 7 LFO LFO 8 RFI Run RFI Run Closed (Waltz) 9a LFO LFO 9b RFI Chassé LBI -Turn 0 LFO RBO RFI XB LBI XF LFO RBO See notes a RFO LBO b RFI Closed Choctaw 4a LFI LFI 4b RBI Open Mohawk Closed (Waltz) 5 RFO LBO LFO Swing RBO Swing 7a RFO Swing with a LBO Kilian 7b RFI Change of Edge RFI Closed Choctaw 8 LFI LFI 9 RFI RFI 0 LBI Open Mohawk LBI Open Mohawk RBO RBO LFO LFO RFI Chassé RFI Chassé 4 LFO LFO 5 RFO Cross-Roll Swing RFO Cross-Roll Swing LFO LFO 7 RFI Slide Chassé RFI Slide Chassé
Man 9b RFI-Ch 0 LFO XB -RFI LFO 8 RFI-Pr 9a LFO 7 LFO RFI-Ch 5 LFO 4 RBO LBI-OMo RFI RFO 4 LFI + LFOI 5 RFO LFO-SwR 7 LBO 8 RFO 0 RFI-Pr 9 LFO JUDGES STAND 7 RFOI + RBI-OMo 9 RFI 0 LBI-OMo RBO LFO 8 LFI 5 CR-RFO-SwR 4 LFO LFO RFI-Ch 5 LFI 4 RFO LFO Start Man 7 RFI-SlCh RFI-Pr LFO
Lady XF -LBI RBO 0 RBO 8 RFI-Pr 9 LFO 7 LFO RFI-Ch 5 LFO 4 RBO LBI-OMo RFI a LBO b RFI-ClCh 4a LFI LFOI 4b RBI OMo + 5 LBO RBO-SwR 7a LBO 7 LBO 8 RFO 0 RFI-Pr 9 LFO JUDGES STAND RBI-OMo 7b RFI-ClCho 5 LFI 8 LFI 4 RFO 9 RFI 0 LBI-OMo 5 CR-RFO-SwR RBO Start Lady 4 LFO LFO LFO RFI-Ch 7 RFI-SlCh LFO RFI-Pr LFO