The Plague Dances single work   musical theatre  
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Plague Dances
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'The phenomenon of dancing mania has left a mysterious trail through history - entire communities infected with a spontaneous urge to dance until they literally drop. It's suicide with a backbeat, but what's behind these lethal outbreaks? The devil's drumming or religious ecstasy? Neurological decay or otherworldly arrival? A riot of motion and mayhem that spans from medieval rites to modern day marathons of mass movement, "The Plague Dances" is a dance of death with a contagious undercurrent.'

Source: http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/ (Sighted 27/04/2012).

Production Details

  • Produced by Four Larks (Malthouse Theatre's 2012 Company in Residence) and Malthouse Theatre at the Tower Theatre, 14 April- 6 May 2012.

    Designer: Ellen Strasser.

    Lighting Designer: Tom Willis.

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First known date: 2012
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Works about this Work

A Sensual Step into the Medieval World Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 April 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of The Plague Dances Marcel Dorney , 2012 single work musical theatre
A Sensual Step into the Medieval World Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 April 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of The Plague Dances Marcel Dorney , 2012 single work musical theatre
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