Medievalists.net » Dance http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Ecstatic Dance: Medieval Dansomania and the Love Parade in Berlin, 1996 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/13/ecstatic-dance-medieval-dansomania-love-parade-berlin-1996/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/13/ecstatic-dance-medieval-dansomania-love-parade-berlin-1996/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:33:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51848 While dancing they are oblivious to their surroundings, they shriek, scream, and rave - note the use of 'rave' in its older meaning of manic behaviour - and they have visions which 'according as the religious notions of the age were strangely and variously reflected in their imaginations.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/25/how-did-medieval-people-dance/feed/ 0 Dancing Devils and Singing Angels: Dance Scenes in German Religious Plays http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/dancing-devils-and-singing-angels-dance-scenes-in-german-religious-plays/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/dancing-devils-and-singing-angels-dance-scenes-in-german-religious-plays/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:55:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38232 The early Church had a mostly critical attitude towards the dance. It was said that those who dance cherish heathen godheads and that they allow their bodies rule over their minds. Repeatedly, the synods prohibited religious dances and/or dances within churches.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/dancing-devils-and-singing-angels-dance-scenes-in-german-religious-plays/feed/ 0 How Icelandic Legends Reflect the Prohibition on Dancing http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/how-icelandic-legends-reflect-the-prohibition-on-dancing/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/how-icelandic-legends-reflect-the-prohibition-on-dancing/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:35:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37939 The following article is about repression, and how repressed culture can find expression in legends.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/how-icelandic-legends-reflect-the-prohibition-on-dancing/feed/ 0 Etiology of the Dancing Plague http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/17/etiology-of-the-dancing-plague/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/17/etiology-of-the-dancing-plague/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:19:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22856 Etiology of the Dancing Plague O’Neill, Daniel InterCulture: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3, Fall (2005) Abstract The phenomenon of dancing mania (also Dancing Plague or choreomania) has manifested itself in various forms in cultures throughout the world since its first recorded emergence at the beginning of the Middle Ages. The Dancing Plague has often […]

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