Medieval Dance, Madness, Ecstasy: A Workshop

LUDUS Workshop

Mary Channen Caldwell (University of Pennsylvania)

When does movement spill over from something we recognize as dance as an artistic and social form to something else? Something potentially otherworldly, whether ecstatic or demonic? This workshop explores medieval dance practices that went outside conventional and socially accepted frameworks, playing with the many meanings of bodily movement (and sometimes also sound) in the premodern period.

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Lunch will be provided.