Saturday Rehearsal Saying
Dancers and actors are a superstitious
lot. I’ve talked about this before. And today I present an old adage that comes
up often in the dance world.
I’m talking about the idea that if one
has a bad dress rehearsal it means a good performance. This is a common thought
for anyone in the theater. But where does it come from and could it actually be
true?
Where this well-known saying comes from
is a mystery. Perhaps it started with a director trying to boost the morale of
his dancers/actors after a disastrous dress rehearsal. Maybe it evolved simply
because mistakes happen in rehearsal and are thus able to be fixed in the opening
show. If this is the case, the saying is
true: make all the mistakes you can before
an audience is in the theater.
Whatever the case, a dose of positive
thinking before opening night is a good thing!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #105:
“It is said that a bad
dress rehearsal means a good performance.”
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“Human
spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and
optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved.
It is a type of confidence...”
― Bernard Beckett, Genesis
― Bernard Beckett, Genesis
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