“…The multimodal characteristics of dancing 17,38,39 amalgamate exercise and cognitive activity with emotional and social engagement. As a result of this, the benefits of dance can be observed after only a single session of a dance intervention [40][41][42] . Additionally, previous qualitative research 43 suggests that these the multimodal characteristic of dance fosters an environment where the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness as proposed in self-determination theories can be nurtured 44,45 .…”