Compulsory dance

The first CDs were developed during the 1930s by teams from Great Britain, who dominated ice dance for most of the early years after the sport was contested at the 1952 World Championships.Ice dancers performed the same pattern around the rink once or twice, to the same step sequences and the same standardized tempo.[3] In 2010, after urging by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to decrease the number of segments from three to two "for some time",[4] the ISU voted to remove the CD from competitions, replacing it with the SD.[5][6] According to then-ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta, the change was also made because "the compulsory dances were not very attractive for spectators and television".[4] The dances that have been performed in junior and senior international competition include the following, which is not a comprehensive list:[note 1]

A man and a woman ice dancing; the man, on the left, is wearing black tie and tails; the woman is wearing an off-white dress with a fluffy skirt. — Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir performing the Golden Waltz

A man and woman ice dancing; the man, on the left, is wearing a classic tuxedo with a white-ruffled shirt, and the woman is wearing a knee-length light blue dress with a ruffled pink hem — Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali performing the Golden Waltz at the 2010 World Championships

A man and woman ice dancing; the woman, on the left, has red hair pulled back tightly and is wearing a dark pink and white peasant dress, and the man is wearing a black and white shirt with a dark pink lapels and black trousers — Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski on a backward outside edge as they perform the Yankee Polka

A man and woman ice dancing; the woman, on the left, has dark hair pulled back tightly with a rose tie and wearing a short black dress, and the man is wearing an open-collar black shirt and black trousers — Meryl Davis and Charlie White performing the Argentine Tango

A man and woman ice dancing; the woman, on the left, is wearing a white and silver knee-length dress, and the man is wearing a classic tuxedo with a white shirt and bow-tie — Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte performing the Finnstep

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