Dr. Coppelius Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I read somewhere about a women who claimed that she in a past life had been a russian ballerina. She also had experienced , under the hypnotic regression, how she during a performance broke a leg in front of the audience, and that this injury was so serious that she never was able to dance again. Could this be true? Are there in ballet history any ballerina that has broken a leg during a performance? Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Dunno. We'll have to ask Shirley MacLaine! She could have been Joyce Cuoco, who broke her leg backstage at Radio City Music Hall, but she ain't dead yet, so ghost is out. Link to comment
Pamela Moberg Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Yes, it does ring a bell somewhere, wasnt it in Moscow end of 19th century? Other mishaps in those days: A poor dancer displeased her audience to such an extent that she got a dead cat thrown at her. I am going on a short vacation to Edinburgh tomorrow, (to view exhibition of Romanov stuff) but when I return I will look through my books to see if I can find it. Link to comment
Dr. Coppelius Posted October 21, 2005 Author Share Posted October 21, 2005 A poor dancer displeased her audience to such an extent that she got a dead cat thrown at her. I don't know if I believe that, who would bring a dead cat to the theatre? But in the movie "Amacord" by Fellini, somebody did that and throw the dead cat on the stage. Link to comment
Pamela Moberg Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Just a brief note before I close the door. I think the one who got a dead cat thrown at her (from the top of my head) was a ballerina called Yelena Andreyanova. It is supposed to be true, not just a Fellini thing, but then Fellini must have got it from somewhere, it is far too construed to be anything but the truth. But who wrote about it? Fernau Hall maybe? As I see you live in Sweden, do drop me a private email if you feel like it - I do speak Swedish as well! Link to comment
Dr. Coppelius Posted October 22, 2005 Author Share Posted October 22, 2005 I found this about Yelena Andreianova On her opening night the audiences resented Yelena, from invading St. Petersburg's ballerina, and instead of throwing flower on the stage they threw a dead cat. Shocked and appalled the ballerina fainted. The audience felt what they had done was over the edge and repented and gave her a standing ovation. So it seems to be true after all. Link to comment
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