Zorbitality emerges as a resistant imaginary, where differences in sexuality cease to matter and where personal movement styles are celebrated within a set of shared rhythms.

Finally, I conceptualise Zumba as (i) an asexual space, (ii) a celebration of the autoerotic body and (iii) an invocation of West African collective movement rites. Secondly, I examine the emergence of Zumba Fitness as a contemporary Dionysian rite, mediated by digital culture, capitalism and globalisation, through my insights from the ZIN Academy and Believe party (London, July 2015) and work as a Zumba Fitness instructor. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest. I firstly conceptualise Zorbitality, via Csikszentmihalyi’s theory of ‘flow’ and Deleuze and Guattari’s ‘rhizome’. aesthetic color palettes aesthetics Aguar Fetell forrest Ingrid joy Joymakers lee Michelle Norris. In response, this article proposes an emergent concept for reconfiguring female (a)sexualities through collective ecstatic motion - Zorbitality - drawing on the global Latin dance fitness phenomenon, Zumba Fitness, as a central example. In Joyful, designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explores how the seemingly mundane spaces and objects we interact with every day have surprising and powerful effects on. With the rise of a postfeminist culture, the lived experiences of asexual-identified women are in danger of being lost within static narratives of frigidity and singledom. As a former design director at IDEO, author of Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness, and the founder of the website The Aesthetics of Joy, she empowers. This definition is problematic, as it assumes that everybody is sexual and that sexuality is immutable. Ingrid Fetell Lee is a designer and author whose groundbreaking work reveals the hidden influence of our surroundings on our emotions and wellbeing. In the 21st century, asexuality has become synonymous with sexual orientation, being described as a 'lack' of sexual attraction. Designer Founder, The Aesthetics of Joy Author, Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness.