Dance Across Cultures: Joint Action Aesthetics in Japan and the UK

Western European and East Asian cultures show marked differences in aesthetic appreciation of the visual arts. aesthetics are often associated with a holistic focus on balance harmony, contrast to aesthetics, which expression individual. In this study, we examined whether cultural also exist relation dance. Japanese British participants completed an online survey they evaluated synchronous asynchronous dance video clips eight semantic differential scales. We observed that group depend background. Specifically, preferred over whereas equally liked movement. For both cultures, preferences were based distinct associations movement synchrony. argue perception relate culturally specific social signals conveyed by unison