Why humans love to bust a move | Dance, Dance Evolution

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Why humans love to bust a move | Dance, Dance Evolution

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Dance seems to be the ultimate frivolity. How did it become a human necessity?
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Every culture dances. Moving our bodies to music is ubiquitous throughout human history and across the globe. So why is this ostensibly frivolous act so fundamental to being human? The answer, it seems, is in our need for social cohesion - that vital glue that keeps societies from breaking apart despite interpersonal differences. The French sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) theorised that ‘collective effervescence’ - moments in which people come together in some form of unifying, excitement-inducing activity - is at the root of what holds groups together. More recently, Bronwyn Tarr, an evolutionary biologist and psychologist at the University of Oxford who is also a dancer, has researched the evolutionary and neurological underpinnings of our innate tendency to bust a move. Drawing on the work of both Durkheim and Tarr, this Aeon Original video explores that unifying feeling of group ‘electricity’ that lifts us up when we’re enthralled by our favourite sports teams, participating in religious rituals, entranced by music - and, yes, dancing the night away.
Directors and Animators: Rosanna Wan, Andrew Khosravani
Producer: Kellen Quinn
Writer: Sam Dresser
Associate producer: Adam D’Arpino
Sound designers: Eli Cohn, Ben Chesneau, Maya Peart
Narrator: Simon Mattacks
#dance #animation #sociology

Пікірлер: 39

@CoralineInWonderland 5 жыл бұрын

this might be one of my favourite videos of all time. the animation is absolutely lovely, it is the perfect example of the aesthetics of our decade. the explanation is satisfactory and scientific, while providing information for further research if someone would wish to do so. as someone who used to dance competetively i’m often sad about the lack of discussions about the place of dance in the social sphere so the theme hit close to home! thank you for your effort and keep up the good work!

@elzo_smid 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with the explanation of dancing in / with a group. it however does not explain why people also dance and move to music when they are alone.

@peterfrombelgium4636 4 жыл бұрын

It's a wierd thing but I guess the answer (like why we do most things in life is) that we feel good when we're doing it

@AltOurCumrade Жыл бұрын

@@peterfrombelgium4636 why do we fell good tho?

@gatheringforgood 5 жыл бұрын

This a concisely brilliant commentary on the social phenomena we call dance.

@veronicarodriguez2095 2 жыл бұрын

💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻👠👠👠💃🏻love dancing salsa bachata takes my troubles away!!👠💃🏻♥️arriba Azucaaaa!

@KindaAlwaysBluish Ай бұрын

The animator needs a raise

@zebulator1992 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, now I know that Im not human

@Livingtango 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, just brilliant! Thank you for creating this amazing, probably one of the BEST, video explaining my life and the reason I believe social dance (such as Argentine Tango) is the best antidote to everything, from depression and pain to loneliness and isolation. Let's DANCE!

@1adamgarcia2003 Жыл бұрын

i DONT like taengo.

@cesardiazgranados7200 3 жыл бұрын

Don't even realise why this is not as famous as I supposed it should be

@audrinah6362 3 жыл бұрын

It is a neurological basis to Durkheim's collective effectiveness - the melding between "self" and "other"

@kittiecutiemsp6835 4 жыл бұрын

who else is watching this for a dance class at school?

@BEMCECE 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit this blew my mind you basically described the entirety of humanity 😂

@robbaggs2400 5 жыл бұрын

Without a song and dance, what are we?

@KaOlsonSFX 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the music,

@snorkfroken7056 5 жыл бұрын

Those videos are soo pretty to look at!!

@audrinah6362 3 жыл бұрын

It's that exhilaration, almost euphoria, that overtakes groups of people united by

@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0 3 жыл бұрын

I was the biggest critic of dancing but sometimes u just get the itch to bust a move

@danielkamena8301 Жыл бұрын

May be that was the reason why people allways tried to force me to dance and where terrible insulted when I don't let them forcing me

@milodon316 3 жыл бұрын

so there must be something wrong with me and my brain because I hate dancing.

@sheryllamoureux1068 5 жыл бұрын

fabulous, excuse me, I feel the need for a square dance, a jig, a few arabesques, a bit of pogo, but first the twist

@AndreaAlison 2 жыл бұрын

Very sweet!

@satnamo 3 жыл бұрын

Dancing has no sadness

@chloelanded3891 5 жыл бұрын

interesting 😗

@adityajadhav6319 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome animation where can I learn such amazing art???

@natashaevsimon1441 3 жыл бұрын

This is great

@heekyungkim8147 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative...

@roscomoscow2261 2 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to learn why we dance but then I found this trippy as sht

@Y2Kvids 5 жыл бұрын

aeon !

@lildau254 4 жыл бұрын

cool

@audrinah6362 3 жыл бұрын

a common purpose, pursuing an intensely involving activity together.

@mithranruwodoalvisbeseitri9811 5 ай бұрын

you can skip to 3:18 to get the explanation, also im pretty sure Emile Durkheim overview is just a post hoc rationalization, the simplest explanation would be it was trendy and people got socially pressured to do the same until it became the norm, maybe it started from religious ceremonies and tickled down to the society, and good luck trying to explain rationally why religion does things