Experienced dancers don't really remember where the feet go, we remember ways of using them to enable different kinds of movements.

And much of the time we use fewer steps than you might be given in even a fairly low level class - because dancing is not really about what you do, its about the nuances (both technical and expressive) of how you do it.

Eli.No charts will show the action of the shoulders CBM and CBMP. If you follow the charts as is you will be trying to stand in the same spot that your partner is trying to occupy.

Since CBMP is defined as a foot position, it would have to be shown on a map of footprints. You would of course have to deduce the compatible body orientation.

CBM does not affect foot position or orientation of the step on which it occurs when going forward (and only somewhat to a degree not usually shown when going backward) so you would have to deduce its use by noticing that the next step is in a turned alignment. That won't of course get you the more subtle cases such as cbm in the feather or lock step.

If this sounds like connecting the dots and applying rules to determine the appropriate actions between the steps, it it. But its critical to realize that even with all the information in the full technique book, you still don't have a set of instructions that can be literally followed. Instead, you just have a set of more detailed dots to connect using rules of partnered movement - some of which are in the preface of the book, some to be learned from your teacher, and some waiting for you to discover on your own.

Very good. By doing this yourself, you make yourself think about what happens. And you end up with the diagrams (or verbal descriptions). Writing yourself some kind of notes about a new figure is a good idea.

But (other people have pointed this out) dancing is a LOT more than the steps. The steps are easy (once you remember them). But think about simply walking along a curved path. To turn, you don't twist your moving foot around to the new direction and drag your body behind. You don't do that in dancing, either. But a diagram that just shows the foot positions would not show what you actually do. And even if you are dancing a simple Waltz box, you may be turning. And turning is just one example.

Two things (at least) are more important than the steps:
1) Leading and following. How does the follower know what the leader whats to do next, and how does the leader convey the information? If both of you simply do the steps because you know what comes next, you aren't dancing together, are you?
2) Dancing in the correct style for the dance. If someone couldn't tell from a silent movie whether you are dancing Foxtrot or Tango, you aren't doing either of them right.