Male dance moves that catch a woman’s eye

In 2011, researchers from Northumbria University published an article in the journal Biology Letters about male dance moves. They used motion-capture technology to "precisely break down and analyse specific motion patterns in male dancing that seem to influence women's perceptions of dance quality."

Here's the key part of their finding (for those men seeking to improve their dance moves):

We find that the variability and amplitude of movements in the central body regions (head, neck and trunk) and speed of the right knee movements are especially important in signalling dance quality. A ‘good’ dancer thus displays larger and more variable movements in relation to bending and twisting movements of their head/neck and torso, and faster bending and twisting movements of their right knee.

Below are two videos from their study showing male dance moves that women like, versus those that they don't.

Good Dancer:

Bad Dancer:

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 13, 2024
Category: Science | 2010s | Dance

Comments

As long as you can do the funky chicken you´re cool.

Posted by F.U.D. in Stockholm on 07/13/24 at 08:57 AM

F.U.D: surely you mean the Funky Gibbon?

Posted by Richard Bos on 07/14/24 at 03:00 AM

The 'good' dancer shouldn't be moving his left knee, should he?

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 07/15/24 at 07:20 AM

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