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Choreography

Learn about music selection and figure skating program essentials. Understand the new judging system and what is now required in figure skating routines.
Choreograph Your Own Figure Skating Routine
You've worked hard on mastering a number of figure skating moves; now it’s time to set a program to music.
Music for Figure Skating
Skating to music is a very important part of figure skating. This article will help figure skaters with music selection.
Favorite Music for Ice Skating
There are certain pieces of music that are the favorites of figure skaters and ice skating fans.
My Figure Skating Album - All the Favourite Classics (CD)
This is a guide review of "My Figure Skating Album - All the Favorite Classics."
"Choreography Expression and Style!" by Figure Skating Choreographer Lorna Brown
Lorna Brown is a British and World Professional ice skating champion and a world and Olympic figure skating coach. In this article, she gives some thoughts on figure skating choreography, expression, and style.
Review of "An Ancient Muse" - Music by Loreena McKennitt
"An Ancient Muse," music by Loreena McKennitt, may be suitable for some figure skaters. This is a review of the music CD, the seventh studio recording by the artist.
"Grandma and the Reindeer Go Skating"
"Grandma and the Reindeer Go Skating" is a very amusing roller figure skating video. Roller figure skating and ice figure skating have some similarities and this video shows how the two sports are related. Both sports inspire creativity.
The New Figure Skating Judging System
There is a new judging system for figure skating, called the ISU Judging System. A short explanation of this new system of scoring is summarized in this article.
Artistry in Motion
Artistry in Motion (AIM) is part of the US Figure Skating Basic Skills Program. It is designed to educate skaters on the basic principles of choreography. This is a link to a presentation I gave on this program.
Artistry in Motion by Paula Wagener
This is an excellent article by Paula Wagener who is the inventor of the Artistry in Motion (AIM) US Figure Skating Basic Skills Program.
Magic of Style DVDs and Videos by Ann-Margreth Frei
Ann-Margreth Frei was Swedish National Champion. This is a series of training DVD/videos, teaching step-by-step how to improve the style and appearance of skaters.
Choreography For Skating -- An Explanation
This is a link to a thorough explanation of what a choreographer does for a figure skater.
V. U. Sound Studio
V.U. Sound Studio produces and edits high quality figure skating music.
SK8 Tunes -- Figure Skating Music
SK8 Tunes is a music editing service for figure skaters and coaches.

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