This was discussed on other threads but I wanted to share it with a wider audience now that I got to something more tangible.
Check this little 'slideshow' - http://tinyurl.com/aotcoea
I think this format could help people learn ice dances. Please let me know if you think this is useful and how this could be enhanced. There are still many things to iron out but I wanted to get to a finished product first then refine what's missing.
Btw this renders quite nicely on a smartphone - I would love to make it into an app so people don't have to download 5Mb of data everytime they're watching it.
I think it's a good idea but it's quite difficult to understand the steps! (At the end of the dance, after the progressive run, it's a RFO crossroll swing; not a LFO followed by a RFO swingroll). If you could find a way to get the character onto an edge rather than a flat, I think it would work really well! And possibly have just one view to make it easier to understand.
I see a lot of people wandering around the rink with a pattern in their hand trying to work out the steps to a dance. It would certainly be a good aid if a skater needed a reminder of the steps after a lesson with a coach, but not necessarily a self-teaching tool.
Hope that helps somehow!