Waistline is a performance lecture that seeks to explore what lies at the core of (hyper)masculinity and its conformity to rigidities. The performance lecture seeks to discover the void that exists in speaking about manhood and masculinities, and the ways in which discussions about manhood and masculinities avoid dialogues that complicate and nuance engagement on the spectrum of masculinities. Important to the performance lecturer is the recognition that somatics functions as a methodology of knowledge enquiry and knowledge production. This is fundamental as it appreciates dance, movement and embodied practices as process of sensory experiences towards vulnerable communication. This pursuit towards engaging with embodied practices of masculine vulnerabilities follows Thomas Hanna’s discussion of somatics as a practice of “first-person perception” (1988: 20). Through this understanding, the performance lecture applies somatics as an embodied practice of looking inward in order to engage with processes of being aware of oneself, one’s feelings, movements and intentions regarding gender, masculinities and vulnerability. Waistline seeks to explore the body in conversation with a process of embodiment that engages with internal and external issues – which are in constant motion – of awareness and communication to challenge and critique hegemonic masculinities.