Approved Variations

ILDSF encourages choreographers to adapt step patterns from other rhythms for use in building LineDanceSport routines. The Approved Variations are lists of patterns from other rhythms that can be used when writing choreography in a specific rhythm. A PDF version of the approved variations can be downloaded by selecting one of the following:

• Bronze Approved Variations
• Silver Approved Variations

The Prime Collection

As athletes progress through the various rhythms and levels of the syllabus, they typically experience a need to combine the patterns they have learned into structured line dance routines. The ILDSF encourages all coaches and dancers to continually strive to create such routines and make them freely available to others in the LineDanceSport community. The ILDSF maintains a collection of excellent routines that meet specific skill and training criteria, known as the Prime Collection.

Each routine in the Prime Collection has the following qualities:

• The routine forms a 1-, 2-, or 4-wall routine that uses limited floor space.
• The routine fits to various pieces of music of a single rhythm.
• For each level, the routine contains only patterns and Approved Variations from that level, and may optionally contain patterns and Approved Variations from previous levels. For example, a Level 2 Rumba routine must contain patterns from Level 2 Rumba, and may also contain patterns from Level 1 Rumba. However, it may not contain patterns from Rumba levels 3 or 4.

The following are the routines currently in the Prime Collection.

Pre-Bronze Prime Collection

Rhythm	Level I	Level II
Merengue	Hot Caribbean Attitude by LineDanceSport	N/A
Rumba	Enchanted Rumba by LineDanceSport	N/A
Foxtrot	Foxee by LineDanceSport	Foxfire by LineDanceSport
Tango	Hideaway Tango by LineDanceSport	N/A
Swing	Beeswing by LineDanceSport	Mad Swing by LineDanceSport
Salsa	N/A	Caliente by LineDanceSport
Nightclub	N/A	Smooth Nightclub by LineDanceSport
Hustle	N/A	Travolting by LineDanceSport

Bronze Prime Collection

Rhythm	Level 1	Level 2
Foxtrot	Real Live Foxtrot by Max Perry	---
Waltz	Take That Waltz by Max Perry	---
Tango	---	---
International Rumba	---	---
Mambo	---	---
Cha Cha	---	---
Rumba	---	---
Samba	---	---
Merengue	---	---
East Coast Swing	---	---
West Coast Swing	---	---
Nightclub	---	---
Hustle	---	---

Silver Prime Collection

Rhythm	Level 3	Level 4
Foxtrot	---	---
Waltz	---	---
Viennese Waltz	---	---
Tango	---	---
International Rumba	---	---
Mambo	---	---
Cha Cha	---	---
Rumba	---	---
Bolero	---	---
Paso Doble	---	---
Samba	---	---
East Coast Swing	---	---
West Coast Swing	---	Texas by Max Perry