Tips to Having a Good Posture

[DanceMentor]

I've had dance teachers tell me all sorts of things to help me have a good posture...
...one teacher would punch me in the stomach (a girl ... and it hurt!)
...one World Champion mad me feel bad by saying I didn't look like a professional.
...another told me to stand against the wall (and then walk away with the same posture)
...another told me to bring my shoulder blades together
...and most recently a jazz teacher told me to think of making my chest "higher"

What would you say to help someone hold themselves upright on the dance floor?

[Pacion]

Don't know from a dancing perspective but I was told and have done it :D that you should practice walking balancing a book on your head. The straighter you are, the smoother you walk, the longer the book stays on your head :D Then for fun, you can then try sitting down/standing up!

For the ladies, you can then try this wearing heels to check your posture/that you are not sticking your bum out too much.

[DancingMommy]

From a ballet-reject perspective: I was told to imagine a string that comes from the top of my head being pulled up.

[Pacion]

I was told the same thing Dancing Mommy. I found the book thing very helpful and I guess you could try simple steps in the studio. A book slamming on the floor is clearer (and more deafening) evidence that something is not quite straight :lol:

[DancingMommy]

The Russian ballet teacher with the big stick that whacks your legs is muich clearer than the book, my dear friend, lol!

[Pacion]

Perhaps, but it still does not help you in being aware that your body is at an angle :?