How Our Enjoyment of Dance Changes After We Learn It

In one study we were working with some professional dancers from the Leipzig Ballet, Guy in a Gal. And then we had them perform all sorts of, I think, 80 movements each. We cut these beautiful bits of movement into three second segments and we showed them to people in the brain scanner. People liked watching the dancers doing split leaps or bringing her leg right up next to her ear. But they weren't deriving so much aesthetic pleasure from seeing the dancer walk in a circle Or put their hands above their head. They're like, yeah, not so impressed. That's actually really cool.