How to be a good dancer: A guide for men (video)
This may be old news but could be of interest to our fellow dance-loving Iranian men who use every opportunity to "bust the move" to impress women in Persian gatherings. In 2010, scientists identified moves that make men irresistible on the dance floor. A team of psychologists at the University of Northumbria used video footage of dancing men to pinpoint the killer moves that separate good dancers from bad.
The team captured the dance moves of 19 male volunteers by 38 infra-red reflectors attached to their clothing and software to transfer dance routines to an avatar on a computer screen. This ensured that the judges ranked the dancers according to their moves and not their height, looks or other physical features. The avatar dancers were judged by 37 straight women, also aged 18 to 35.
Men who were judged to be good dancers had a varied repertoire and more moves that involved tilting and twisting the torso and neck. But the majority of men displayed highly repetitive moves that used their arms and legs, but not the rest of their bodies.
"It's rare that someone is described as a good dancer if they are flinging their arms about but not much else," said Nick Neave, who led the study. "Think about a head banger. Their head movement has a large amplitude, but it's not changing direction or showing any kind of variability. That's a bad dancer. Or someone who is just twisting and turning left and right? That's a bad dancer too."
While features such as body shape and facial symmetry are well known indicators of healthy development, a person's dance moves may send out more subtle clues about their potential as a mate. After all, the results of blood tests on the men appear to show that the better dancers are indeed healthier.
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