Your original spot in a dance is your spot, if you get injured, or sick, an alternate will be put in your spot UNTIL you learn what you missed. Even if you are AT practice when you are sick, if you sit out someone will be put in your spot. You still miss things when you are there if you sit out so it is only fair to put someone in your spot. If there is a performance the next day and you were sick the day before an alternate will perform in your spot unless you learn what you missed. Alternates can prove that they are working harder, and stay in as well.
If you are sick you are a temporary alternate.
If you are injured or gone you are a automatic alternate.
Just because you are an alternate for a while doesn't mean you can stop working hard. YOU have to PROVE that you want your spot back, or that you want a spot.
