STAR Skate Tests

Skating Skills are a combination of fundamental skating movements, executed on a pattern and skated solo. The basic components of all disciplines of figure skating are incorporated into the program. The movements are derived from former compulsory figures, free skating and ice dancing. The objective of the Skating Skills program is mastery of the basic fundamentals of skating – edge quality, control, power and speed.

There are 11 Skating Skills tests in the STARSkate program:

STAR 1 STAR 2 STAR 3 STAR 4 STAR 5 STAR 6 STAR 7 STAR 8 STAR 9 STAR 10 Gold

Ice Dance

Consisting of seven levels of tests, the Dance Test program teaches timing, musicality, rhythm interpretation, structure as well as basic skating skills such as edges, flow, control and unison.

The dances in the STARSkate Program can be tried in any order but a candidate must pass the required number of dances in a dance test before proceeding to the next level. In addition to the traditional compulsory dances, there are also Creative Dances to challenge skaters’ creativity, artistry and originality.

The Dance Tests are as follows:

• STAR 1
• STAR 2a,b
• STAR 3a,b
• STAR 4a,b
• STAR 5a,b
• STAR 6a,b,c
• STAR 7a,b,c
• STAR 8a,b,c
• STAR 9a,b,c
• STAR 10a,b,c
• Gold a,b,c
• Diamond

 Free Skate

Free skating consists of the execution of jumps, spins, footwork, field movements and stroking, either in isolation or performed in sequence to music.

There are 20 Free Skating tests in the STARSkate Program:

• STAR 1
• STAR 2
• STAR 3
• STAR 4
• STAR 5
• STAR 6
• STAR 7
• STAR 8
• STAR 9
• STAR 10
• Gold

STAR 2-10 assessments consists of 2 parts – Elements in Isolation and a Free Program with the exception of STAR 1 which is Elements only and Gold which is a Program only.

 

Artistic

The objective of the Artistic program is to encourage and develop skaters’ creativity, expression, musicality, movement, interpretation of music, as well as the use of space, rhythm, line and style. The program provides skaters with the opportunity to explore the performance aspect of skating without focusing on technical elements.

The Artistic Assessments consist of skating to and interpreting a piece of music maximum 2 mins 10 seconds in length for STAR 5-9 and 2 mins 40 seconds in length. Skaters can take Artistic tests as individuals and/or as a couple (male/female, female/female or male/male) at four levels:

• STAR 5
• STAR 7
• STAR 9
• Gold