Strasbourg 1518: reliving a 16th-century ‘dancing plague’ in lockdown

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Strasbourg 1518: reliving a 16th-century ‘dancing plague’ in lockdown
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Inspired by the true story of a summer dance mania in 1518, a haunting new Artangel project directed by Jonathan Glazer films lone performers around the world dancing till they drop

In the summer of 1518, in the French city of Strasbourg, a woman walked into the street and began to dance unstoppably, for days on end. Within a week, dozens more had been overcome by the same compulsion. Within a month, some of the hundreds who found themselves imprisoned by this irresistible urge to dance had danced themselves to death.

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