Dance of the Mexican Rattlesnake Author:Michael Hastings Michael Hastings' new play maps the extraordinary life of the art historian Aby Warburg (1866-1929) who assembled in Hamburg the last great private library of the 20th century. Throughout the rise of Nazi Germany, Warburg suffered mental collapses and was sent to the Kreuzlingen Asylum. Using visual metaphor and dance, Hastings reveals the uniqu... more »e contribution Warburg made to the history of visual thought and ideas.« less