3. Posture & Anatomy

"The curve is more dangerous than the sword"

Mae West

Besides basic movements in dance, I still remember in my first few dancing lesson, I need to bend my knee a little bit, chest up, and bum 'out'. Senior dancers will raised their voice loudly in the dance studio if they found  any of junior dancers failed to 'bend' to the right posture. 

In Malay Culture, to bend is about showing respect to others. Just like Japanese bow their head when they meet each other. 

However, there are some limitations to the bending rule or else, one might be considered as exploiting their curvy lines and obviously they will look 'cheap' just like any other pole dancer. 

Before we start to dance, we need to know our body parts. There are parts that can be shown, there are part that need to be covered, and there are parts that can attract the audience. Good posture will guarantee good movements by dancers. As the curve is concerned, good dancer is about having the right cutting to attract audiences. And in management, it means that we must be perfectly figured to look good to others. Right posture, means we are moving the organisation correctly, and steadily towards achieving its' mission. No harm moving with poor posture, but we may end it by having pain in our muscles. 

Though the right posture looks very good, we might find some difficulties in doing it at first. Of course we have to bear with the painful moment at first, but in the end, the audience will enjoy our performance as they understand what we are trying to show them.

When learning management, the tendency to skip the fundamental part among the non-management practitioner is very high. Just like my reaction when listening to the theoretical part in the classroom recently. I was hoping that the class will end very soon, as it really tortured my mind.

Besides learning the basic anatomy part, a dancer needs to know his or her figure during the early class. There are some movements that look good on slender dancer, there are some movements suitable for lean dancers and the list goes on. I myself on the fleshy type and I don't look good when I dance to modern beat, or the contemporary one. Curves on my body part are suitable for slow beat movements hence the reason behind becoming traditional Malay dancer. But the bigger I turn into, the more energy needed to do the dance, and the fatter someone is, the horror the movements will look. So, to be a traditional Malay dancer, size matters when it comes to attracting audiences.

As there are so many theories evolved in Management, not everyone suits with every theory. One must identify the best theory, at the same time, try to mix a little bit of everything to ensure the best quality in the Management style but as the curviness counts in every performance, a dancer must prepare to look good on stage by learning techniques and the art behind it!

"In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves"

Bulwer Lytton