Dance research leaves global footprint

The study, led by psychologists Dr Nick Neave and Dr Kristofor McCarty, used 3D motion-capture technology to film men dancing and mapped their real-life movements onto feature-less, gender-neutral avatars. Women were then asked to rate how attractive the avatars’ dance moves were.

Hundreds of national and international newspapers, radio stations and television programmes, including BBC TV’s The One Show The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Mail on Sunday have rushed to feature the findings of the research.

The study found that females perceived ‘good’ dancing – and were therefore more attracted to –those men who displayed large and