The Influence Of Dancing: Nonverbal Communication

Throughout human history, how dancing became a method of socializing and a significant part of the human being life is still mysteries for researchers. Besides, studying about this topic is even more fascinating when it comes down to how our brains function while we dance, what signal it sends and receives, etc. However, as far as we know, it is evident that dancing is nonverbal communication. Dancing supports many type of communications as well as are affected by the differences in gender and cultural backgrounds. With that being said, researchers in the related field such as anthropology, psychology, linguistics, etc. will wonder whether or not there is a difference in the strengths or the types of relationship that was formed through cultural dances, compared with verbal communication. Linguists might wonder whether or not the meaning or the way people will be changed by the communication through dancing. In order to answer this …show more content…
Traditional dances have always been essential for gatherings, and for certain cultures, gatherings play a momentous role in connecting the community as one united body. For instance, gathering of indigenous people in Australia would have trading in terms of songs, goods and especially the Australian Indigenous dance among the people in the community (Australian indigenous ceremony”, 2015). Similarly with the Hawaiian ceremony, “family and friends would gather for celebrations or religious ceremonies and you would get up and dance or tell your story.” (Hong, 2013 p. 70). This is somewhat consistent with the conducted research about nonverbal communicating in certain social setting mentioned above. The research can be applied for this idea since no matter what the environment is, we can always send and receive messages through proxemics, haptics and kinesics. As a matter of fact, religious dance connects people with the same beliefs and gather as an