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Engraving by Hendrik Hondius portraying three people affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Pieter Brueghel.. 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 Holy Roman Empire from July 1518 to September 1518.
Dancing mania on a pilgrimage to the church at Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, a 1642 engraving by Hendrick Hondius after a 1564 drawing by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. 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 primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th ...
The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel. The Danse Macabre (/ d ɑː n s m ə ˈ k ɑː b (r ə)/; French pronunciation: [dɑ̃s ma.kabʁ]), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.
After the death of The Vivienne, also known as James Lee Williams, at the start of 2025, many friends, fans and colleagues paid tribute to them.But the reality TV show Dancing on Ice's tribute to ...
Following the interview, Till's murder investigation was reopened in 2008, but the grand jury declined to indict Donham. She contends that she "felt tender sorrow" for Mamie Till-Mobley, Till's ...
Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a shining star in the ballet world who once danced in a Beyoncé video, has died too soon at the age of 29. DePrince's family confirmed the news of her passing on social ...
After her adoptive mother becomes ill and passes away, Karen doesn't attend her funeral, choosing to go to a dance instead. Once again, the red shoes take control; this time, she is unable to stop dancing. An angel appears to her, bearing a sword, and condemns her to dance even after she dies, as a warning to vain children everywhere. Karen ...
Professional ballet dancer Michaela DePrince—who was featured on Dancing with the Stars and Beyoncé's Lemonade—is dead at 29.. On Friday, Sep. 13, DePrince's official Instagram account ...