In the Mood for Dancing

How can dance communicate emotion? Does the audience need to see the full body of the dancer, or are certain movements enough? And is our understanding of dance culturally-specific and acquired, or universal and innate?

Join psychologists Richard Wiseman and Peter Lovatt, and dancer Caroline Duker to explore how dance portrays and triggers emotions. Participate in a live experiment and dance-off, and give your opinion on how dancing makes you feel.

This event is part of Big Dance 2008.

Event organised by:
The Science Museum

Speakers and performers

Peter Lovatt, researcher in psychology of improvisation and role-play, University of Hertfordshire
Caroline Duker, dancer

Facilitator: Richard Wiseman, Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire

Visit the internet experiment on which this event is based.