The application of cognitive neuroscience technology has promoted the further development
of neuro aesthetics. When dance is an aesthetic object of activity, rather than a utilitarian behavior such
as sacrifice, the purpose of its creation and appreciation becomes an aesthetic activity. The exploration
of the aesthetic neurological mechanism of the art form of dance is also one of the important fields of
neuro aesthetics in recent years. From the perspective of cognitive neuroscience, we introduce the neural
mechanism of human observing and perceiving dance, review the neural basis of aesthetic appreciation
related to watching dance, and finally prospect some future directions of dance neuroscience work.