Feel me, touch me, dance with me: revising the balance between feeling and reason in Western society through the social dance Kizomba

Abstract

In this thesis we explain how dancing Kizomba, which is a social dance, can positively contribute to the balance between reason and feeling. Generally reason is seen as more important in Western society than feeling. But in recent years people are trying to get more in touch with their feelings. We show that Kizomba can be a medium to lose some of the 'reason' and get in touch with one's feeling.