This is fine. It will take students time to develop the capacity to concentrate on body alignment and, at the same time, to actively participate in dancing activities. Constant reminders to the students will help them become aware of what their bodies are doing. Use a process to guide the students in their dance-making. The process of creating is often misunderstood.
Teachers are afraid to guide the students too much in case they stifle creativity.
However, the creative process is really a problem-solving process. Teachers should guide students through steps of creative problem-solving . As students become used to using this process, the sophistication of their reflections on what they are doing will grow. Use a process to guide students in responding to dance presentations. Viewing dance presentations is a matter of being actively engaged in watching the dance, and later, of responding to what was seen.