MDPE.6:3.4 - Apply a Music-or-Dance comparison rule

Make the rule readable before calculating or scoring anything:

1. eliminate an option that violates a receiving-use veto such as consent, safety, performer capability, a required musical or movement relation, or a non-negotiable production constraint;
2. among the survivors, compare supported use, repair burden, known loss, uncertainty, derivation clarity, and whether a valuable source or receiving alternative disappears;
3. keep ties and incomparable options visible rather than hiding them in one score; and
4. prefer another observation only when an affordable observation can change the surviving option set or the choice among survivors.

The relevant relations are case-specific. Music can require range, articulation, timbre, phrasing, pulse, balance, ensemble cueing, or recording behavior. Dance can require effort, weight transfer, spine, focus, timing, contact, partner readability, floor use, consent, or spatial safety. These are examples of decision-bearing characteristics, not a checklist to complete.

Use C.17 when a characteristic claim needs support and C.11.CRC when the decision depends on what one finite candidate contributes relative to the receiving configuration. Neither characterization chooses or authorizes the use.