{"id":1609,"date":"2024-03-10T09:19:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T09:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-benefits-of-dancing-even-if-youre-not-good-at-it-bbc-reel\/"},"modified":"2024-03-10T09:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T09:19:58","slug":"the-benefits-of-dancing-even-if-youre-not-good-at-it-bbc-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-benefits-of-dancing-even-if-youre-not-good-at-it-bbc-reel\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of dancing (even if you&#39;re not good at it) \u2013 BBC REEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kClzsIO7G1k?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>From the sensual touch of the Argentine tango to the meditative contortions of Japanese butoh; the fluid energy of American breakdancing to the rhythmic control of European ballet, we are a world of movers. But why do we do it? And what can out long love affair with dance teach us about ourselves?<\/p>\n<p>This is the first episode in our new Meaning of Life series, where BBC Reel journalists each explore what gives their life meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Video by Harriet Constable<br \/>\nAnimation by Muriel Rebora<br \/>\nCommissioning Editor: Howard Timberlake<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to BBC Reel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/bbcreel?sub_confirmation=1 <\/p>\n<p>More videos: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/reel<\/p>\n<p>#bbcnews #bbcreel #dance #bbc<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kClzsIO7G1k\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the sensual touch of the Argentine tango to the meditative contortions of Japanese butoh; the fluid energy of American breakdancing to the rhythmic control of European ballet, we are a world of movers. But why do we do it? And what can out long love affair with dance teach us about ourselves? This is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,17,16,18,19],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology","tag-bbc","tag-bbcnews","tag-bbcreel","tag-factual","tag-features","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}