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MDPE.Application:5.5.1 - Construct the ending from the present situation

Begin with the decision that changes the next action: finish at a chosen musical point, or finish participation now. A chosen musical ending can guide preparation while both want to continue. Either person’s present decision to stop removes that continuation from the joint task. Their right to stop is already present; communication makes the decision usable by the other person.

For the ordinary case, connect these actions:

  1. Make the finish legible. Stop proposing another figure. Give the ending information while the partner can still change the continuation. For a chosen musical endpoint, name it: “Let’s finish at the end of this phrase.” For an immediate ending, say “I need to stop now.” A previously agreed signal can supply the same distinction when both participants can perceive it. A slowed phrase alone may be read as preparation for the next figure. When the partner asks to stop, acknowledge the request and change your action immediately.
  2. Use the stopping action that is available now. Reduce the movement to the pair’s familiar small transfer or halt, allowing each person to keep their own support and avoid nearby people. Retain only the motion needed to settle and disengage. Waiting for a favourite ending, another figure or the end of the song would add participation after the decision to stop. In a support-dependent action, use the available technique for returning each person to their own support.
  3. End contact and the expectation of continuation. Once contact is no longer supplying necessary support, release it without drawing the partner into another action. A brief acknowledgement or thanks can make an ordinary ending clear. Releasing a hand does not oblige either person to accept a new handhold, an escort or further conversation.
  4. Take an available onward route. Notice nearby movement and use a clear route to the edge or other chosen place. If the route is temporarily occupied, remain out of moving traffic where possible and leave when passage is available. Participation can already have ended while the people are still near one another.

Musical closure, cessation of movement, release of contact and departure from the performing area have different completion conditions. Their connection explains the order above: the partner needs usable information to stop offering movement; stopping must preserve bodily support; release makes separation possible; an actual path makes departure possible. Some actions can overlap. A current request to stop changes the continuation at once even when physical disengagement takes a short available movement.

If the other person deliberately prevents release or departure, the ordinary cooperative method has met a different problem. Use the event’s available assistance.