I found this on Henkjan Honing's Music Matters blog (link here). For some reason, I find this research really exciting.
It's a fascinating TEDx Amsterdam talk by Honing, summarising research on 'beat induction' in human beings. The basic gist of it is that human beings appear to be hard-wired from birth with musical skills that are quite complex.
[video=youtube;EU7HcV83RXc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7HcV83RXc[/video]
I'm wondering what practical applications this sort of research might have for dance teachers. I'm already trying to come up with ways to work this into my teaching patter...
-Dave
Musicality an innate trait in humans
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