Learn The Rhyhm Blues Ice Dance!

[@marthahale9243]

Love this lesson and excellent instructions ⛸️🇨🇦⛸️🇨🇦

[@lucekwesola3774]

Thank you so much for this, I am learning ice dance patterns, I love them. ❤ your videos are so helpful!!!!😊

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you like them!

[@DuckSeason12]

Very smooth on the ice.

[@CoachJulia]

@@DuckSeason12 thank you.

[@wlchan7211]

Hi Julia: big discovery today in the rink; tying tighter shoe laces produced better progress.

[@lilyc2820]

Thanks for sharing, I'll try that next season.

[@CoachJulia]

Oh yes, proper lace tying is so essential to good foot connection with the ice.

[@lilyc2820]

@CoachJulia What about the upper part of the boot? For me, if it's too tight, it feels as if it hinders movement.

[@ariane51000]

Excited to try this ❤

[@CoachJulia]

Have fun!

[@midgechickma]

Coach Julia, what is the difference between a forward crossover and a forward progressive run

[@midgechickma]

Also may I ask , what is the last element called--what you termed "tuck in 3, 4 "

[@rickr530]

@@midgechickma It's called a cross-behind. And for your first question regarding progressives vs crossovers, in ice dance you need to keep your feet in a tighter space so that you and your partner don't trip over each others feet, and you want to make the elements look better. So the free leg in a progressive touches the ice just before crossing, and it glides into position over the ice. It stays on the arc, not going as far past as you might with a crossover. The second push is of a progressive is smaller too, to keep the feet closer together. The progressive is also called a run because the feet make more of a running motion than a crossing motion. These differences are subtle and not everyone on KZbin has exemplary ice dance technique.

[@midgechickma]

@@rickr530 thank you

[@palladiisha]

Amazing! What about quickstep?

[@CoachJulia]

It is on my list!!

[@rbebut1]

Any tips on controlling those back steps would be helpful on and off the ice. The first time I tried this dance I was a bit taken back on how deceptive those last 4 steps are.

[@marcinleszczynski767]

It's actually quite fun move when you get a hold of it. Make sure you bend your knees, keep blade parallel to ice before you put it, keep feet attached together.

[@tabithadehaan8405]

I really love this ! Do you know anything about skating together with a partner and how to hold each other? Would be very nice to see :)

[@DuckSeason12]

Yeah. I don’t know how to ask the ladies to dance because this information is lacking.

[@marcinleszczynski767]

Rhythm Blues comes with normal Kilian hold.