Mass hysteria? Ergot poisoning? Or just despair? Here’s why what started as one woman’s dance spiraled into one of history’s ...
Medieval Money, Merchants and Morality at the Morgan Library proffers example after example of the sad fate of those who hoard money. Coins from the Chalkis Hoard, Greece, Chalkis (late 14th century), ...
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 ...
In the PBS documentary series “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows how African Americans introduced new rhythms, music and dance to Christianity ...
So you think you can dance old school and take it all the way back to Camelot? One University group can dance a Rufty Tufty that would win any knight’s heart. “You’re the kids on Myers Quad that hit ...
Viva Las Vengeance! As Panic! at the Disco released its seventh studio album, the group’s frontman Brendan Urie starred as “the Duke” in the choreo-filled, medieval times-themed video for “Sad Clown.” ...
The powerful musical score of “Carmina Burana” has become a darling of pop culture, used excessively in movie trailers and commercials, such as a series of Gatorade commercials in 2007. BalletMet ...
A wooden panel lost for more than 30 years in a Northumberland landmark could be the missing part in a series of medieval panel paintings, art conservators say. The painting is believed to be part of ...