Saturday Superstitions and the Dance
World
I’ve talked before about dancers and
their pre-performance rituals. It is a common thing in the dance world. For an
extensive look at this phenomenon you may find this dissertation interesting: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6b00/1f91890e16b69d8fbd4033d0af15fde8c0f8.pdf
The author references Boutcher (1992)
who proposed “five main benefits from pre-performance
routines for golfers: improving concentration, avoiding negative thoughts,
selection of appropriate motor schema, preventing ‘warm-up’ decrements and
allowing golfers to perform their skill through automated mechanisms.” I’m
sure these five benefits are the same for dancers.
Other dance superstitions discussed include four specific areas: shoes, make-up, choreography and, interestingly, premonitions. It makes
for some pretty interesting reading.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstitious Secret #179:
“Rituals and superstitions are common in the dance
world.”
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Quote of the Day:
“Perhaps
the most important thing we can ever do in our life is to find a way to our
intuition.”
― Ivan Erenda
― Ivan Erenda
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