MDPE.Application:5.4.4 - Make attention available for the next consequential change

Select what must be noticed during the next attempt: for example, the partner’s readiness for a transfer or the entrance of a musical voice that calls for a change. Keep a viable supporting movement while foregrounding that cue. Try whether the participant detects it, chooses a usable response and continues the passage. Merely reporting that the basic movement feels automatic does not establish that this combined task works.

If attention to a foot detail makes the partner’s response disappear from notice, return temporarily to the simpler shared passage. Work on the foot detail in a portion where the interaction remains manageable, and then restore the partner or musical decision. If the cue is inaccessible, change its presentation or the interaction arrangement before prescribing more concentration. If it is perceived but its meaning is unfamiliar, clarify and practise the choice.

The performer can also deliberately return attention to a familiar detail to change movement quality. Familiarity and conscious attention are resources to allocate for this task. Keep assistance when the receiving performance allows it; reduce it when the receiving task requires action without that help. The usable result is the observed ability to maintain the passage and respond under the named conditions.