Chapter 1, Section 1 of The Dancing Mania

Chapter 1, Section 1 of The Dancing Mania examines the true story of a medieval dancing plague through a present-day lens.

What makes your blood boil?

In 1518, the residents of Strasbourg were stricken with an unexplainable, irresistible, extremely painful urge to dance madly until they collapsed. Hundreds were affected; dozens died; two months and many rival curative attempts later, it was suddenly over. After the invention of the printing press, in the midst of the Protestant Reformation, a time of great social turmoil colliding with the aftermath of plague, famine, and natural disasters – a time not unlike our own.

Run time: 50 min