All of the details can be found in the ISU document 1932, which you can find online.
As I'm sure most of you already know, the short dance this season is the Ravensburger Waltz. You can see the pattern and an example of the pattern it this post. Each couple must perform one full pattern of the dance in any waltz position on the waltz rhythm. Skaters must perform the Ravensburger to music in a waltz (3/4 rhythm) at 198 or 66 beats per minute (bpm) +/- 3 bpm.
On top of the compulsory Ravensburger Waltz section of the short dance, skaters must also perform a partial step sequence, completing one full round of the ice's surface. This element must be skated in a foxtrot, march, or polka. The tempo of the music is up to the skater's discretion, but must be constant for the entire element. The pattern for the step sequence must proceed in one direction around the ice's surface, it cannot cross the long axis of the ice surface except for at either end. The pattern must start and end in the same spot on the ice. The pattern may loop back, so long as those loops do not cross the axis (meaning loops must be small enough that they do not reach the mid-point of the ice). Skaters may only cross the long axis of the ice during the Ravensburger while performing steps #10-15 (steps are numbered on the pattern in the other post, the pattern calls for these steps to arc right to centre ice).
Before skaters can complete the partial step sequence, they must come to a complete stop, lasting no more than 10 seconds. Once they move from this stop, judges begin to count for the step sequence.
The elements for the short dance are:
1. The Ravensburger Waltz
2. 1 short dance lift
3. 1 partial step sequence in hold
4. 1 set of sequential twizzles
Skaters will be evaluated on the Ravensburger Waltz based on the following criteria:
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