Two-step trauma: The Dancing Plague of 1518

Mickey Starling  reporter3@greenepublishing.com In my search for interesting moments in history to share this week, I may have stumbled upon the inspiration for the song, “Dancing the Night Away,” which was a Leo Sayer hit from the late 70s. It seems that the year 1518 saw a strange phenomenon that is still a thing of legend. Apparently, in July of that year, a woman named Frau Troffea stepped from her home and began to boogie in her front yard. There was no DJ, no band and no Soul