The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518 (French: Épidémie dansante de 1518), was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in the …

In July 1518, residents of the city of Strasbourg (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) were struck by a sudden and seemingly uncontrollable urge to dance. The hysteria kicked off when a …

Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's Dance, tarantism and St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that may have had biological causes, which occurred …

2025年1月17日 · Dancing plague of 1518, event in which hundreds of citizens of Strasbourg (then a free city within the Holy Roman Empire, now in France) danced uncontrollably and …

2023年9月29日 · On July 14, 1518, a woman identified only as Frau Troffea stepped out of her house in Strasbourg, Alsace (in present-day France) and started to dance. After hours, …

The mysterious and deadly epidemic known as “The Dancing Plague of 1518” took over the town, causing people to dance uncontrollably for days on end. The outbreak began with a woman …

2021年9月27日 · The “disease” — at the time called St. John’s dance — wasn’t just contained to Strasbourg. The dancing plague spread up and down the Rhine River to cities including Liege, …

If dancing mania was caused by mass hysteria, it explains why it was so prevalent throughout centuries of deprivation and why it eventually died out as living conditions and medicine …

2017年4月25日 · The dancing plague, also known as the dancing mania, St John's Dance or chreomania was a societal phenomenon that primarily occurred on the mainland of Europe …

2023年1月27日 · Clearly, this dancing plague of 1518 had roots in physical and mental issues faced by the people of Strasbourg. While this disease has not disappeared, the tools to …