Ina Bauer

Gliding on two feet on parallel tracings, the front foot travelling forwards with the weight on it and the back foot travelling backwards, extended behind.

Also called inside Ina Bauer. Other names.

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Both feet are on the ice, one travelling forwards and the other backwards, on two tracings that run side by side. That second tracing is the difference from the spread eagle in US Figure Skating’s definitions, where both feet share one. Its ice dance glossary adds where the weight goes: on the front foot, with the back foot extended behind the front foot’s tracing.

Ice Skating Australia asks for about two metres, on a curve or a straight line, at Free Skate 4: the front leg bent, the back leg extended on an inside edge, the back kept upright, and the movement done on each side. New Zealand’s KiwiSkate assesses the inside Ina Bauer at Free skating 2, with a spread eagle accepted in its place. Like the spread eagle, it is one of the movements the national tests in Britain and the United States name for a choreographic sequence.

Off the ice

• Hips and turnoutHow far the legs rotate outward from the hip, for the free leg, mohawks and the spread eagle.

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