She Didn't Stop: The Dancing Plague of 1518
The chronicles describe dancing that would not stop. This short history film introduces the Strasbourg episode of 1518, the advice offered at the time and the difficulty of making sense of the reports centuries later.
About She Didn't Stop: The Dancing Plague of 1518
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THE DANCING PLAGUE OF 1518: Strasbourg 💃 July 1518. A woman stepped into the street and began to dance. She didn't stop. Within a month, the chronicles say, 400 people were dancing with her. The doctors blamed overheated blood and prescribed more dancing. The city built stages and paid musicians. Then it banned the music. Would you have joined the dance?
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