Proper etiquette when another group is on the floor

[Airbell12]

I would like to hear some personal thoughts from mods/teachers.  Do you prefer students to be completely out of the way when another group is going(anywhere off the floor, only to the sides and not the back etc.)? And would you rather have students on the side stand and watch or practice? Do your principles vary between audition classes and regular classes? Sometimes, my teachers chide us for not practicing a step we messed up or marking while the other group is going. But if everyone was doing that in the back, wouldn't that distract from the group on the floor?

[vrsfanatic]

I prefer the students stand on the side while others are dancing however my classes are small and the studios are more than adequate spatially.