Dancing - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

In a spin: the mysterious dancing epidemic of 1518.

5 Jul 2008 In 1518, one of the strangest epidemics in recorded history struck the city of Strasbourg. Hundreds of people were seized by an irresistible urge to dance, hop and leap into the air. In houses, halls and public spaces, as fear paralyzed the city and ... Read more...

Josephine Baker: psychoanalysis and the colonial fetish.

30 Dec 2005 This paper traces an intricate path connecting racial fantasy, aesthetic judgment, and the larger cultural problem of inter-subjective recognition. In particular, the author examines the theme of fetishism, both sexual and racial, in a Western ... Read more...

Psychoanalysis, creativity, and hope: forward edge strivings in the life and work of choreographer Paul Taylor.

30 Dec 2004 Psychoanalysis and creativity are not interchangeable enterprises; however, both creativity and psychoanalysis promise the hope of transformation. But hope may be fragile. Healthy aspects of self may hide and diminish hope to protect it against ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dancing - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A forgotten plague: making sense of dancing mania. 19 Feb 2009
• In a spin: the mysterious dancing epidemic of 1518. 5 Jul 2008
• Discophobia: antigay prejudice and the 1979 backlash against disco. 30 Dec 2006
• Josephine Baker: psychoanalysis and the colonial fetish. 30 Dec 2005
• Psychoanalysis, creativity, and hope: forward edge strivings in the life and work of choreographer Paul Taylor. 30 Dec 2004
• Equivocations of gender and rank: eighteenth-century sporting women. 30 Dec 2001
• [Nijinsky, divine dancer and choreographer. He outlined the geometry of dance and life] 15 Jan 2001
• [Leisure and colonization: confluences.] 30 Dec 2000
• [From the Corpus to bulls: festival, ritual, and society in the colonial Rio de la Plata region.] 30 Dec 2000
• Labyrinth dances in the French and English Renaissance. 30 Dec 2000
• "Is he no man?" toward an appreciation of male effeminacy in English dance history. 30 Dec 2000
• The quickening of the national spirit: Cecil Sharp and the pioneers of folk-dance revival in English state schools (1900-26). 30 Dec 2000
• Controversial consumption in Sweden, 1914-1945. 30 Dec 1999
• Tango and its meaning for a culture. 30 Dec 1999
• A medieval dance craze. Was twisting a disease? 18 Dec 1999
• Relicts of dancing mania: the dancing procession of Echternach. 8 Dec 1999
• [From the history of medical students' dances.] 30 Dec 1998
• Asthma among the famous. Robert Joffrey (1928-1988), American dancer and choreographer. 30 Oct 1998
• The dancing plague: a public health conundrum. 29 Jun 1997
• [The death of Severa] 29 Nov 1996

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Technical information about 'Dancing'

Definition: Rhythmic and patterned body movements which are usually performed to music.

Descriptor UI: D003615

Alternative terms: Dancing; Dancings;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; physiology;

Tree Number: I03.450.642.287;

Technical Notes: /inj: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; Manual 30.31+; dancing as therapy = DANCE THERAPY