Did you know that a specific set of dance movements can make men look more attractive to women?
An international team of biologists analyzed the science behind the way humans dance. They claim to have figured out exactly which dance movements catch a woman’s eye.
Researchers recruited 30 men, strapped motion-capture suits onto them and asked them to dance to a drum beat for 30 seconds. The dancers were given no specific instructions on how to dance beforehand, and their movements were recorded via a sophisticated motion-capture system.
Each dancer’s routine was then used to animate a “featureless, gender-neutral” computer-generated avatar. Researchers asked 37 women to view each of the dancing avatars and rate their performance on a seven-point scale.
According to science, the following video shows how men should apparently be dancing:
A good dancer 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. Arm movement, on the other hand, didn’t do much for women one way or another.
While this video shows the dance moves you should avoid:
Researchers concluded that women rated dancers higher if they showed “larger and more variable movements of the head, neck and torso.” Speed of leg movements mattered too, particularly bending and twisting of the right knee. While the upper body movements should be larger, the bending and twisting of the leg should be less extreme but quicker.
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Going beyond the dance floor, these findings could demonstrate that mens’ dance moves could carry “honest signals of traits such as health, fitness, genetic quality and developmental history,” although the authors stress that more research is needed to be sure.