Dancing Mania of 1518 - City authorities initially worsened the crisis by hiring musicians.

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A haunting medieval portrait of the dancing plague of 1518. The plague stricken danced till they dropped. The frenzy turned into a dance. In this scene, musicians are playing instruments frantically, sweating with stress filled faces. The musician's are playing to a frenzied crowd who are dancing maniacally in the streets. Some dancers lie on the ground with exhaustion. The streets are lined with half timbered houses. The sun is bright and there is an unease due to starvation and famine.

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The dancing plague of 1518, also known as the Straßburger Tanzwut, was a mass psychogenic illness that struck the city of Strasbourg in July of 1518.

City authorities initially worsened the crisis by hiring musicians and building stages, believing the dancers needed to "dance it out," which only fueled the frenzy.

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