text: what are some rules about figure skating- dance? i know rules about pair skating like spins, lifts, jumps, death spirals and etc. i want to know some rules about ice dance,  what things are obligatory? and what is ice dance based on? what i know is that lifts in ice dancing differ from those in pair skating because the man may not extend his hands above his head, and acrobatic lifts are generally frowned upon. the more change of direction, flexibility, and height in the lift, the greater amount of points a team can earn from the judges under the new code of points scale.