ABSTRACT

Every part of a man which can move gains a life of its own and acts as if independent, but the movements are all parallel, the limbs appear superimposed on one another, and thus density is added to their state of equivalence. Density and equality become one and the same. Clubbing is very much a social phenomenon at the heart of which is the clubbing crowd. Individual clubber's relationships to the clubbing crowds of which they are a part, to the music and, perhaps most of all, to themselves, and the role of the micro-spacings of clubbing within these relationships, are of paramount importance to the clubber's enjoyment of the experience. The level and intensity of meanings invested in music by young people is unmatched by any other organised activity in society, including religion. In Brazil, there are certain dances which, in effect, write their own meanings. And there is an understanding of the possibility of a corporeal intelligence.