Researchers at Northumbria University stuck 38 reflective markers to the body parts of 30 males and asked them all to dance to some bass-y tunes for 30 seconds as though they were in a nightclub.
Footage of the dancers was then shown to a group of straight women who rated them according to whether the man was a good or shitty dancer. Turns out the most important factor to the women was how much the man moved his head, neck and torso. That’s right — arms and legs get no love, except for the right knee, according to the head researcher Nick Neave. What?
“Legs and arms we thought would be important, and they’re not, apart from the right knee.”
Welp, looks like I might need a little shake up in the dance floor department. Apparently I’ve been doing it wrong from 2001 till now. I mean I was never going to be busting out moves like Bruno Mars, but I thought I was pretty good. Apparently not, according to science.
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Wild and unpredictable movements of the head, neck and torso is what’s big in the streets, so go with that from now on. Shame about the arm findings because I thought my arm dance game was particularly strong. That’s about 85% of my dance move repertoire out of the window.
