Phil. Not faliures, just not ready for the medal or the class they are in. Speaking on this subject. How many times have you been in a class in which some person has put themselves and should not be there. The best thing for that pupil is to be put right straight away. This came up only recently. A couple who had been dancing for several years, and not taught correctly in the first place. It came as a shock to them to find they had been dancing from a Whisk in the Waltz the Progressive Chasse on the second step as side together side. When they found that they had been doing the fourth step wrong in the Waltz, they were taken to the step five in the Foxtrot Reverse Turn. Same mistake. As we all know at the end of a toe heel there should be a flexing of the knee
( we call it recharge ) If the fifth is is taken to the side square the sixth step will most likely overturn and the lowering will not be right and the recharge missing.If they had gone to the previuosly mentioned teacher in the beginning, or the like of, this would never have happened as they would have done the step solo and the fault picked up. Girls also find out where step four in the Waltz Progressive Chasse should be, plus step five in the Reverse Foxtrot and consequently step six.