Saint Vitus' dance, named after

Saint Vitus Vitus (), whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical ...

, may refer to:

Pathologies

Chorea Chorea, or (rarely) choreia, () is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, characterized by quick movements of the hands or feet. It is one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. The term ''chorea'' is derived , as the move ...

, a movement disorder, specifically either: **

Sydenham's chorea Sydenham's chorea, also known as rheumatic chorea, is a disorder characterized by Chorea, rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet. Sydenham's chorea is an autoimmune disease that results from childhood ...

Huntington disease Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that is mostly inherited. It typically presents as a triad of progressive psychiatric, cognitive, and motor symptoms. The earliest sympt ...

Dancing mania Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's Dance, tarantism and St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that may have had biological causes, which occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centu ...

, a Medieval European social phenomenon

Music

El vito "El Vito" is a traditional folk song and dance music of Andalusia whose origins can be traced back to the 16th century. Its name refers to Saint Vitus, patron of dancers. It was created in the nineteenth century as a dancing song typical of the bol ...

, a traditional folk song and dance music from Andalusia * "St. Vitus Dance", a song by Bauhaus from ''

In the Flat Field ''In the Flat Field'' is the debut studio album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was recorded between December 1979 and July 1980, and released on 3 November 1980 by record label 4AD, the first full-length release on that label. The cover ...

'', 1980 * "St. Vitus Dance", a song by Black Sabbath from '' Vol. 4'', 1972 * "Saint Vitus Dance", a song by

Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, the King ...

, 1941 * "The St. Vitus Dance", an instrumental by Horace Silver from ''

Blowin' the Blues Away ''Blowin' the Blues Away'' is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet & Trio, recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 29–30 and September 13, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features h ...

'', 1959 {{disambiguation Obsolete medical terms