It certainly appears like a form of dancing, which can be beneficial in many ways*. But this is more cerebral than dancing. It is all in the specific...
I wonder if that was because the people who were responsible for the punishments wanted to shift the blame and so painted the "hit men" as different...
Even in the dark days of the past where public executions and tortures were common the executioner's were seen as a breed apart and "untouchable" or...