Saturday Running Superstition
A dance superstition I witnessed was
running laps around the stage. It probably started as a way to warm up right
before curtain, but for many dancers it became a ritual.
Every dancer who does this seems to have
developed their own set of rules for having it produce a good performance.
Running clockwise, or counterclockwise; or running a set number of laps.
This is usually done in costume, right
before the curtain goes up. And of course it is done very quietly. I guess that’s
why I usually saw male dancers doing it – not the women in pointe shoes.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstition #168:
“Running laps around the stage is thought to assure a
good performance.”
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― Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems
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