2006-09-10 07:47:19 · 7 answers · asked by shan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Species other than humans dance.
Honey bees dance to communicate the direction and distance of good sources of food to other bees at the hive.
Many birds dance as part of mating rituals.
In terms of humans, see the site below for some information on the Biology of Dance:
2006-09-10 07:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 70⤊ 0⤋
This is an interesting question. It is similar to many other questions about human behavior, such as why do we laugh? But that is an entirely different question, of course.
Getting back to dance, it seems to me that it is a form of communication. When someone puts his hand in the fire and then draws it out quickly and waves it up and down a few times, most other humans can surmise that there is burning pain present, simply by observing the motions and antics of the burn victim. Similarly, dance can communicate a whole variety of things. But most dance I believe is sexual, since it advertises a person's sexual desirability. Fred Astaire, John Travolta and Patrick Swaze are not the best looking guys out there, but they cause women to swoon because they can dance so well. And most men are mesmerized by women who dance and slowly remove clothing as they go, much to the disdain of other women. In Victorian times when contact between the sexes was strictly forbidden and women's clothing had to be such that virtually all her skin was covered up, dance was one of the few acceptable activities that allowed flirtatious people to touch each other. (The other acceptable method of those days was for the woman to fake fainting, falling in the direction of her favorite man so that he would be obliged to catch her.) I would not be at all surprised if dance preceded language in human evolution.
2006-09-10 15:22:16 · answer #2 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The parameters which limit choreographic potential are functions of human anatomy and physiology. Also, the coordination of movement to music involves neurophysiological function in that there is interaction of auditory and voluntary muscle control factors at the cerebral and cerebellar level.
2006-09-10 14:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by Traveller 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals dance to develop relationships with others of its kind.
2006-09-10 14:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by xt_oo_tx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans have to use their brains, muscles, skeletons etc. to move. That could be one way how it is related to biology. The question is pretty ambiguous.
2006-09-10 14:54:07 · answer #5 · answered by superc4 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to dance you need energy...U'll have to use your brain...maybe your breathing will increase so does you heart beat..
2006-09-10 15:17:26 · answer #6 · answered by P.Y.T. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has nothing to do with biology in my opinion .......
2006-09-10 14:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by faisal b 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋