Dancing and Management
What’s dancing got to do with management
Everything!
Oh she is a dance teacher!
What will she know about managing an office?
This is the common perception of people in Buisness setups. They have a dismissive attitude towards anyone who comes from a non aligned field like arts for example.
Having been a dance professional for more than two decades trains you into lot more than dancing. It opens you to pick up people skills culture and mindsets and attitudes that come along with the territory.
Besides there are common skills that go beyond Buisness management and enter life skills that one needs to navigate life effectively.
Here are a few skills that come to mind immediately…
- Time Management
- Code of conduct
- Space management
- Body language awareness
- Self Expression
- Discernment
- Discipline and Focus
- Alertness
- Respect
- Collaboration
- Teamwork
- Mindfulness
- Authenticity
- Precision
- Adaptability
- Planning
- Creativity
Dancing movements can open channels of flow which translates into greater energy optimization.
And each dancer may have explored the art of dancing in different forms and its application would have the potential to create greater depth of understandings.
The value of art may be high but yet the possibilities and potential of the artistic is yet undervalued.
There is so much scope in the art of movement that we can realize. It’s high time to accept that dance education and application has much to offer the world beyond just a stage performance. Great to see radical shifts in the way dance is being perceived across certain parts of the world. But it has to percolate to where all it can matter.
Time to think beyond and open up to these yet underutilized but valuable life management skills.
Savvy
A dare into the unknown