Saturday Sunday Superstition
According to this site: http://www.theatrehistory.com/misc/superstitions001.html "Dion Boucicault, the noted actor and playwright of former days,
declared that most of the superstitious beliefs attached to the theatre
originated in the continental cities of Europe, where the ballet predominated,
members of this branch of the profession being particularly susceptible.” Hmmm…
Also from the same site is this: “Another of their dogmas to which they
attached the utmost faith was that participation in a rehearsal on Sunday would
bring disaster to the theatre or its people. The story is told that when
"Jim" Fisk was manager of the Grand Opera House in New York, he
called a Sunday rehearsal of the ballet he had imported from Europe. They came
to the theatre, but absolutely refused to take part, and when later in the week
Fisk was shot, they pointed to it as irrefutable evidence of their contention.”
In my experience, dancers often rehearse
on Sundays and have Mondays as their day off. There is a practical reason for
this: because most businesses (like banks) are closed on Sundays, it is
difficult for dancers to transact any business on their days off. Also, since every
company I worked with had a six-day work week, it left only one day for us to
take care of the usual chores of living (like laundry, banking, shopping etc.)
I’ve heard this six-day week practice is – thankfully - slowly being
eliminated.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstition #156:
“Rehearsing on a Sunday is said to bring bad luck.”
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Quote of the Day:
“The city
takes a breath on Sunday. Of all that’s lost with the pursuit of what’s next, I
hope we don’t lose that…”
― Hawksley Workman
― Hawksley Workman
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