A dance style, or a dance genre, is simply a certain type of dance.
Different kinds of dance styles include ballet, modern dance, hip-hop – and diverse folk dances from around the world, such as flamenco, bhangra and samba..
Electronic dance music is typically composed using synthesizers and computers, and rarely has any physical instruments.
Instead, this is replaced by analogue and digital electronic sounds, with a 4/4 beat..
Spotify defines danceability as an attribute that "measures how suitable a song is for dancing based on a combination of musical elements including tempo, rhythm stability, beat strength, and overall regularity"..
Music Lights Up the Brain
The brain region that causes movement is called the primary motor cortex.
When we hear music, this part of the brain is activated and encourages us to move..
A recent study in the journal Current Biology found that people danced 12% more when very low frequency bass was played.
The study was done by scientists at the LIVElab at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, who wanted to see what musical ingredients make us want to dance..
Some of the most popular upbeat genres include house, techno, drum & bass, jungle, hardcore, electronica, industrial, breakbeat, trance, psychedelic trance, UK garage and electro.
There are also much slower styles, such as downtempo, chillout and nu jazz.
Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved..
