Choreomania: The Dancing Plague

This week Katie explores the strange, terrifying, and seemingly inexplicable Dancing Plague of 1518. Bali Trance Dance "The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness" by John Waller The history of ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea) I: from antiquity to 1900 - PubMed What was the dancing plague of 1518? by Evan Andrews, HISTORY St. Vitus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Pieter Bruegel Collection "The people who 'danced themselves to death'" By Rosalind Jana 12th May 2022, BBC Culture "Divine Punishment or Disease? Medieval and Early Modern Approaches to the 1518 Strasbourg Dancing Plague" by Lynneth J. Miller, Dance Research Volume 35, Issue 2, November, 2017 "A Strange Case of Dancing Mania Struck Germany Six Centuries Ago Today" By Maris Fessenden, Smithsonian Magazine Keep on moving: the bizarre dance epidemic of summer 1518 | Dance | The Guardian The Dancing Plague of 1518 By Ned Pennant-Rea, The Public Domain Review Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.com Artwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod 2022 All Rights Reserved