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May 2024
1h 26m

La Chorémanie

TBD et Jason Lévesque
About this episode

Durant l'époque médiévale et jusqu'à la renaissance des épidémie de chorémanie ont secoués l'Europe dans différentes régions!

Aussi appelées Danse de Saint-Guy (ou de Saint-Jean-Baptiste) ou épidémie de danses, ces épisodes mystérieux voyaient de 1 à plusieurs centaines de personnes danser de manière incontrôlable pendant des jours, des semaines ou même des mois!

Encore sans explications officielles qui fait l'unanimités en 2024, on explore ce phénomène curieux et dérangeant dans cet épisode!

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