Dancing mania was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time. It affected men, women, and children, who danced until they collapsed from exhaustion. One of the first major outbreaks was in Aachen, Germany in 1374, and one particularly notable outbreak occurred in Strasbourg in 1518.
Dancing mania was well documented in contemporary reports, but poorly understood. Sources agree that dancing mania was one of the earliest-recorded forms of mass hysteria.
<nowiki>Coreomanía; táncdüh; 무도광; Танцувачка манија; هوس الرقص; Dans çılgınlığı; пляска святого Вита; manie dansante; Tanzwut; Dançomania; dancing mania; جنون رقص; Daanswoede; Պարի մանիա; plesna manija; ダンシングマニア; Coreomania; 舞癡; Mania menari; taneczna mania; Sankt Veits-danserne; Sint-jansziekte; dancing mania; dansmani; 狂舞; tanssimania; dancing mania; dancepidemio; Χορεομανία; coreomania; srednjeveški pojav množične psihoze, pri katerem so velike skupine ljudi plesale do izčrpanosti; 奇病，社会現象; dansemani; ziekelijke drang om te dansen; massenhysterisches Phänomen, bei dem große Gruppen von Menschen bis zur Erschöpfung tanzen; 중세의 사회 현상; medieval social phenomena; joukkohysteria keskiajalla; la enfermedad del baile; Ortaçağ Avrupasında bir sosyal fenomen; tarantizem; plesna kuga; ples sv. Vida; Épidémie de danse de Saint-Guy; Épidémie de danse; taneczna plaga; choreomania; taniec św. Jana; taniec św. Wita; Sankt Veits danserne; Dansziekte; Danswoede; Choreomanie; Danszucht; танцевальная мания; эпидемия плясок; Tanz des heiligen Johannes; Tanzwuth; Tanzplage; Epilepsia saltatoria; St. Johannestanz; Tarantismus; Tanz des heiligen Veit; St. Vitus's dance; St. Vitus' dance; St. John's dance; Coreomania; Peste del baile; Danzamanía; Baile de San Vito; χορεία του Σύντεναμ; táncőrület; vitustánc; táncmánia</nowiki>
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