MAKING DANCE AND MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO ALL + Cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation | S2 E10
THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
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THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
What does it mean to be human? How do our internal rhythms shape our perception of the external world? Why do we dance and make music? Where is reality really experienced? Combining evolutionary thinking with anthropology and anecdote we explore what it means to be a human in the modern world. We question what is really means to be a healthy human on a healthy planet and how we can shift from surviving to thriving.I’m Natalie, a Success Coach and Dance Expert with a Masters in Dance Anthropology and a curiosity for how we can empower ourselves to create a better internal and external world. This podcast explores topics such as perfectionism, holistic health, dance, music, community, culture and empowerment.
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WHY ARE MUSICIANS GOOD AT MATHS? + Are Dance & Science Compatible? | S2 E9
PATTERN RECOGNITION
The importance of making good predictions
Music and dance as pattern prediction practice
Story time: why I was good at maths
What I learned about myself from orchestra
What I really wanted to study at university
ATTRACTION, LOVE MAKING AND DANCE - is musical ability linked to reproductive success? | S2 E8
The evolution of sex and courting behaviour
Dance and music making as attractive
Can art be sexy?
HUMAN BONDING & BELONGING - the evolutionary importance of music and dance | S2 E7
What does dance have to do with war?
How could music help us heal?
What’s the danger of making music and dance something for only the ‘talented’ rather than the masses?
THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL BONDING & RHYTHMIC PERCEPTION through music and dance | S2 E6
Rhythmic entrainment
Human rhythmic perception range
Rhythmic entrainment in music
Rhythmic entrainment in dance
Social bonding which is embodied vs narrative
Physical entrainment
Emotional entrainment
Spiritual entrainment
Dance rituals to connect with the divine
THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
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BETTER LEADERSHIP THROUGH DANCE - What social salsa teaches us about leading and following | S02 E05
Hierarchy vs leadership
Understanding followers
Forcing and manipulating vs signaling and leading
Responding to followers and maintaining flexibility
Self-awareness
The role and power of the follower
Human sociality and dance
THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
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HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITHOUT SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE - dance and music | podcast S2 E4
How much communication is through words?
What about posture and body language?
What is communicated through dance and music?
Can anything be communicated universally?
THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
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FREE MOTIVATION AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION TOOLS: Music and Dance & how to harness their power | S2 E3
Why do music and dance affect us emotionally?
Why does rhythmic movement (and sound) motivate us?
Are we being manipulated through music?
Can dance and music literally keep us alive?
How to harness the power of music and dance in your life.
THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
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THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC AND DANCE AS HUMAN BEHAVIOURS, my Masters hypothesis | podcast S2 E2
Why would intentionally rhythmic behaviour (dance and music) be adaptive?
1 - affective
2 - communicative
3 - socially cohesive
4 - healing
5 - rhythmic entrainment for the act of reproduction
THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
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Can anyone dance and sing? THE HUMAN EVOLUTION OF RHYTHMIC BEHAVIOUR | Podcast S2 E1
What is the definition of music and dance?
Can all humans dance and make music?
What is the point and power of dance and music?
Why am I sharing this now?
MA Dance Anthropology dissertation, never public before until now…
Want to work with me 1-1? Life coaching places available, message me on IG @natalieorr.coaching
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WHO ARE WE REALLY? The evolutionary key to living a healthy and fulfilling life | episode 10
A crash course in human evolution…
Context: dinosaurs, ancient cats, common mammalian ancestors
When did humans evolve?
Where did humans evolve?
Are we Neanderthals?
The agricultural revolution
The start of ‘history’
What is Natural selection?
What is sexual selection?
What is survival of the fittest?
How does evolution actually happen?
What’s our evolutionary purpose?
EPIGENETICS (one of my favourite topics!)
What’s coming in season 2!
Website (launching soon) natalieorr.com
IG @natalieorr.coaching @nataliedanza
THE RHYTHMIC BODY with Natalie Orr
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REAL DIVERSITY AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SEXES: beyond cultural perfectionism | episode 9
Racial and gender diversity isn’t enough. We need thought and intelligence diversity too.
Perfection isn’t natural so WHO decides what perfect is? What are their objectives financial? Power? Status or control?
Rejection of shadow instead of integration
A perfectionist culture will find it hard to admit it’s own mistakes and that’s dangerous if the current narrative will lead to more harm.
Constant and obsessive correcting of each other and adamant that there is one right way to do things
One correct way to deal with a crisis and blame others when it doesn’t go how you want
The male vs female ways
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RELIGION VS SCIENCE how did we become perfectionists? + cancel culture | episode 8
Good vs evil
Heaven and hell
Cultural narratives of perfectionism
Can we have both science and religion?
Spirituality
Music, dance and community
Secularization of rituals
1-1 coaching with me, Instagram @natalieorr.co
THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON WE WERE NEVER TAUGHT - ethnocentrism vs cultural relativism | episode 7
Who gets to tell the world what’s right or wrong?
Ethnocentrism definition
Can everyone just do what they want?
Cultural relativism definition
Junk safety is bad for our health + CULTURAL PERFECTIONISM vs RISK | podcast episode 6
Illness and death
Risk and safety
Conversation shutdown
Long term risks of junk safety
METAVERSE: What they’re not telling us + WHY DISEMBODIEMENT IS DANGEROUS | podcast episode 5
- What is disembodiment?
Where do we feel emotions?
Why is it dangerous to disembody?
What will the METAVERSE mean for us?
What are the health risks?
IG @natalieorr.co
THE SAFETY PARADOX - Why do we feel so insecure & how to regulate our nervous | episode 4
Why do we feel unsafe?
How did our ancestors deal with danger?
How to regulate our nervous systems during fight or flight
How to create feelings of safety in our daily lives
How to make better decisions and life your life fully
I GOT MUGGED (STORY) + What animals teach us about female assertiveness | Chats with Nat - episode 3
Are personalities fixed or changeable
Lessons on female assertiveness from my cat
The story of when I got mugged
Trauma and control
The education system and obedience
Personally responsibility and cultural change
Parenting
HOW TO REPROGRAM YOUR BIOLOGICAL SOFTWARE | Chats with Nat - episode 2
The evolution of human hardware and software. How they interact. Why we should focus on reprogramming our software and how to do it!
Nature, Nurture and Epigenetics | episode 1
Welcome to my podcast, The Rhythmic Body.
In this first episode I share a little bit of my story and what we will be exploring in this podcast as well as unpacking the nature vs nurture debate!