Leadership through the lens of a dancer/ performer/ bboy /bgirl/ etc

 

To a dancer, the most important truth is found in the beat of the music, which determines the timing of the movement. It’s the only rule. The beat is held with respect; it’s clean and decisive. For dancers it is more important to be able to recognize the beats through feeling are key. To hold the truth of the music and keep its integrity, one must welcome and embrace the beat, synchronize the timing of the movement, and consciously hit the mark.

“Timing is everything” is certainly true in leadership. It is both a skill and an art. It includes knowing when to approach a person or a subject, understanding dynamics and energy in a meeting room, and having patience for a window of opportunity to open.

Lastly, the attentiveness to the beat, a metaphor for the whole truth, urges the leader to stand with integrity allows for authenticity to the basic, very core of the self, it is far less painful than being out of step.

A balance between the in tellect and emotion is needed in dancing. When engaged in choreographed dancing, it takes effort to pay attention. Doing the steps and the movement is the first part. Working in style and variation comes from heart and the passion within.

One of the most exciting things in the dance world is stretch. This does not mean the warm-up, but rather the push. The dancer is yearning to learn the hottest, fastest, and the hardest dances. Subsequently, the choreographers are constantly coming up with combinations of moves and steps of increasing difficulty, challenging the dancer to become skilled and more advanced.

As new moves are tried and learned, there is constant amazement at what the body can accomplish.

The leader provides the stretch. The vision, which may look impossible at first, is realized over time, step by step. Each move is learned, refined and honed and before you know it, there is mastery. The mastery is for student and teacher together, for each takes a turn as learner and trainer. Each role is rewarded through the discovery of what is possible.

A passion for dancing is a lifelong commitment. The adventure is in the learning. – new moves, new dances, new rhythms, the old become the history, kept by the archivists and brought out occasionally for reminiscence. For the dancer craves the freshness of the new dance. Once the dance is mastered, the quest to learn something new, go to move to the next level of experience. There is always a new dance to learn, always new styling to try. The dancer does not want to do the same old thing every time. This would only lead to staleness, apathy and atrophy.

The dance floor claims an etiquette in which everyone has a place. Dancing is an art from that is open to all. You don’t need any supplies or equipment, only the desire to move.

this note is inspired by all the dancers out there..:D one love..