There is evidence that the impulse to dance may have existed already in early primates before they evolved into humans.
Thomas R. Verny, MD is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, public speaker, poet and podcaster. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child and 2021′s The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness and Our Bodies.
Music is assumed to have originated concurrently with language, around 150,000 years ago. Travelling back in time even further, there is evidence now that the impulse to dance may have existed already in early primates before they evolved into humans, as demonstrated by Prof. Yuko Hattori, at Kyoto University.
In 1990, while she starred in Guys and Dolls at the Stratford Festival, Richard Monette, artistic director of the festival, requested that she choreograph the Feast of the Lupercal in his production of Julius Caesar. That gig started her on a long and illustrious career as a choreographer and later director-choreographer.
Concurrently the limbic system, which is involved in emotion processing, triggers the release of feel-good hormones, such as endorphin, oxytocin and dopamine, while the cerebellum integrates input from the brain and spinal cord and helps in the planning of fine and complex motor actions. Prof. Metz, jointly with Prof. Birgit Arabin in Berlin, and the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra, is presently involved in several clinical trials that investigate how dance and music can improve mental and physical health and relieve stress in pregnant mothers and improve their birth outcomes .
Exercise positively affects both physical and mental health in people. However, participation in all forms of physical activity tends to decrease with age, leading to deteriorating health. Research has shown that dance is a suitable form of activity for older adults, as it combines physical movement with cognitive and social engagement and often with hands-on contact with another person.
“Many of these people spend their days withdrawn and silent. But when I come and play music from the 50s or 60s, music that was popular when they were young, they light up,” she says, referring to people living in long-term-care settings. She remarked that even “the staff are happier and more present.”
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