History: The Strange Disease That Made A Village Dance To Death

In July 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea walked into a narrow street in Strasbourg. Without further ado, she began to dance non-stop for six days, by the end of the week another 34 people had joined her.

Within a month, the crowd dancing without explanation reached 400 people. Although it may seem even funny, this episode was called “The Plague of Dance” and was considered a strange disease.

Many of those unhappy dancers died of cardiac arrest, blisters, fractures, and other ailments resulting from the tireless dancing….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>