WHY do we crave to move to the rhythm of music? We only know that this reaction to rhythmic music is innate, for it is inherent even in young children who have never seen a dance. Apparently, beating out the rhythm with his hand or foot, a person feels it more clearly, more accurately, captures the changes. This agrees with the famous hypothesis of the Austrian musicologist Richard Wallaschek, according to which the music itself was born as a means of coordinating the rhythmic movements, especially the movements of a group of people. Moreover, a number of studies have shown that music stimulates pleasure centers in the brain, as do coordinated movements. Dance, therefore, can bring people double pleasure.
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