I'm not too familiar with other race emotes, but the only emotes I've seen that don't look statue-esqe are the Lalafel, who rock side to side when sitting on the ground, or kick their feet while sitting in a chair. I haven't noticed anyone else with an emote that did anything similar to this. Maybe for the SMN/SCH at least make it look like they are looking at the pages and maybe turning them. They do just sit way too still. Not sure why Lalafel were the only ones to get animated poses.