New research shows the social activity can even protect against four diseases, one of which the number of cases is predicted ...

Millions of people believe that strengthening the connection between mind and body through activities like yoga, dance or tai chi can lead to inner peace. SUNY Cortland philosopher Andrew Fitz-Gibbon ...

Consider the waggle dance of the honeybee, famed in science and controversial for nearly 50 years. Most scientists firmly believe the dance is a mysterious coded language that the bees use to direct ...

Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion that these are common across cultures. But new research from an ...

Do you like to boogie? So does Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, according to a study published by Current Biology on movement to music. He has 14 dance moves. Videos of Snowball's dancing have ...

Anyone who has watched So You Think You Can Dance or Dancing With the Stars knows that dance can be an incredibly sensual display of self-expression. And now, a new scientific study shows there are ...

Dance as a performative art form alleviates perceived symptoms of depression, helps to understand its root causes and promotes self-actualization, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland ...

Before we were dancing machines, we were primates just finding our groove. Footage of chimpanzees walking in sync — performing what appears to be a “conga” — is informing psychological researchers ...

As a human, when a good song is on, it feels natural to want to move your body and dance. Dancing is one thing that separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom — or so we thought. According ...

Postmenopausal women looking to lose weight or boost their heart health might want to take up ballroom dancing or join a hip-hop dance class. A new study published in Menopause, the journal of The ...

If you think your daughter is getting a good workout in her ballet or tap classes you might want to take a closer look. A new study finds that youngsters often don’t get much exercise during dance ...

“Ch-ch-tsss. Ch-ch-tsss.” On a chilly Wednesday morning, Baja Poindexter sounded out the steps of the rumba to a classroom of fifth-graders at West Athens Elementary School, located in one of Los ...