If I owned a studio I would have printed and framed and hung on the wall instructions on the difference between the rise and fall in the Waltz and the Foxtrot. I would draw the pupils attention to this and tell them if they have any questions regarding this Basic Technique then by all means ask.
If I were teaching Latin I would have something simular like how important it is in the Rumba and Cha to get a straight knee, and from the front on a Rumba Walk only one leg should be seen.
In all the years I have been dancing I have never once seen anything like the above in any studio I have been to. Have any of you.
I think from the above it would convey right from the beginning to those interested, that in ballroom dancing there is more going on than just walking to music.
If it was not possible to display on the wall I would always have print outs available for those who were interested.

Serendipidy. I have tried to explain that to people I am teaching as well, regarding the rise and fall. Please inform me of how you would explain it in short, simple terms that would be displayed on a wall so that it would be a quick read. I basically tell them that the Waltz has more bend in the knee on 1 and a very high rise starting on 2 and ending on 3, whereas the rise on Fox Trot's QQ steps is not quite as pronounced, yet very important to get on the balls of your feet and quickly move into the next set of SS. Please share your explanation.

"If I owned a studio I would have printed and framed and hung on the wall instructions on the difference between the rise and fall in the Waltz and the Foxtrot."

There would be some merit in that, but it's not really complete, especially if read casually.

Most teachers choose to handle the incompleteness in person.

If instead you wanted to put it all on the wall, you'd probably have to do things like paint a series of pictures. This would immediately show some things the book leaves out, such as the way that the body does not reach its peak altitude until the end of step two in foxtrot, even though the foot rise that is to be used is completed during step one just as the book says.

"I think from the above it would convey right from the beginning to those interested, that in ballroom dancing there is more going on than just walking to music."

Indeed, but there's also a lot more than is immediately apparent from the book. In some cases - and this has been a good example - obsessively clinging to the book can get in the way of using live resources to fully understand dancing.

Sometimes you have to learn to dance it first, and only then go back and make sense of how the book chose to present that idea.

Anonymous. Mainly nobody would be able to say that that person allowed us to do the basics incorrectly. The instructions would be spoken and the pupils directed to the clearly stated instructions for all to see either on a print out, or better still on the wall. And also ask questions like on a Whisk in the Waltz. Is there any turn for the man on step three. Is there turn for the lady. This they would have been told the first time the Whisk was introduced. I've heard so many times before, Its only a Social class. We don't bother about footwork. What they do bother about is taking the money at the door though.