I've been watching the World is and American Ice Skating championships.Does anyone know the exact difference between partner skating vs. dance skating?

Ice dance is supposed to be like ballroom dancing on ice. Partners are supposed to be touching for the majority of the program. Jumps are minimal. In partner is skating, they do not need to be touching, and it is more of a skill based competition, with difficult jumps and lifts, and more physicality. Partners do not need to be doing the exact same thing at the exact same time.

Partner is Ice Skating is the female would be thrown in the air and slipped,while Dance Ice Skating is the female would be slipped on the ice alone.(joking.) l watched this discipline every winter on tv. l love this art.

In pairs figure skating they do jumps/throws and lifts. but in ice dancing its pretty much dancing on ice, l mean they do spins but no jumps/throws or lifts or anything like that.

In pairs, skaters perform jumps, spins and lifts, similar to singles skaters. In dance, skaters perform patterns which resemble ballroom dance, but there really is no jumping, spinning and lifts cannot be higher than the male is shoulders.

In pair is skating they do jumps, but in ice dancing they do not.