The beat is life. And movement is an integral part of ALL African and African Diaspora music.   

There's no doubt that African Americans move to the music. But what is interesting to me is that we have changed up the way we move.

I've noticed {at least among African Americans is that finger snapping has changed to waving your raised hands in the air from side to side {to the beat}.

Remember the 1960s R&B song "It's Finger Poppin time"? Well,how many kids nowadays would even know what "finger poppin" means? I for one am glad that people don't snap fingers to the music now like they used to,since I never could quite get the hang of how to do it.

And "tapping {one's} feet {or toes"}appears to also be played out as an expression and an action. "Tapping your feet" has been replaced by "stomping your feet." It seems to me that the word "stomping" sounds more forceful than "tapping" {in both meanings of the word "sounds"}. Maybe the increased bass sound has something to do with this change in terminology, I don't know.

Of course, there is still nodding head in time to the beat, but if you attend any or see any African American non-religious concerts,
I doubt that there is much {any?} clapping hands to the beat, including off time clapping.

With regard to religious music, in SOME African American churches, the choir and congregation still clap to the songs, and the choirs still move back and forth while singing, but it depends what Black church you go to whether you'll hear downhome singing and accompanying spirited clapping or not. IMHO, there's too many churches and church people tryin to be middle class and feeling like they have to restrain the spirit to do so. {I believe you can testify to what I'm saying, Jerry}.

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Has anyone else noticed this change in the ways people respond to the beat and describe their response to the beat?