zerbinetta Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 The most peculiar dream. Quasi BT, Balanchine, Midsummer both Shakespeare & Mendelsohn. It was BT Live - an overanimated discussion, begun & moderated by Helioscopo, an elderly, frail, white robed & capped gentleman, well respected by the board. All in a dither, he announced that the evil Choreosco was creating impediments to the marriage of the beauteous Amphibimaia & the noble Ballanotte, an event joyously anticipated by BT-ers. Much passionate discussion ensued. Just before my awakening, the lovers posted that they had run away to the forest & been married by none other than Helioscopo himself. Great joy. I then awoke with a foot cramp, the result of 5 hours of Y class.I immediately wrote down the names & outline of the dream, but it has stayed with me for two hours so I thought I'd exorcise it here. Does anyone else here "enjoy" this sort of dream? Off to have a dose of melitonin. Link to comment
carbro Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 So vivid! It sounds like the makings of a ballet in itself! Doesn't sound like anything like I might have dreamed, but you never know. Sweet dreams, zerbinetta. :yawn: Or, more sweet dreams. Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I sometimes have dreams that i wake up from laughing -- I remember one, my favorite, i was in grad school at the time, I dreamt I was swimming in a bowl of warm oatmeal, and it was SO delightful -- very wet, watery oatmmeal, with just the ideal resistance, so swimming was effortless and I could on top of that breathe easily without having to come up for air, and every now and then there'd be this cute oldenburg-y huge oat-flake, and I'd swim around it, and just before I woke up I heard this genial booming voice saying "Searle perfectly understands the cooking of gruel." And i just woke up laughing out loud, shrieking. This sounds like one of them -- the wit is so fantastic. Link to comment
Leigh Witchel Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 How come MY dreams aren't Arcadian or oatmealy? I just feel like I'm falling and then wake up in bed with a thump. Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 The oatmeal dream is hilarious. The falling type dreams not funny - waking up with heart thumping, stressed, can't get back to sleep .. don't like those. Link to comment
bart Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 After starting ballet classes last year, my "movement dreams" have become quite realistic and effortful -- rather like trying to keep up with a combination you don't really understand, employing a technique that is quite underdeveloped, relying on a rather elderly body, always a bit behind the music, focusing on either the legs or the arms but never both together ... -- and it's still fun! (for some reason). My last such experience involved pique turns across the stage while wearing some kind of Albrecht costume. Arms were okay, but didn't have the time to think about the legs. I can still see the scenery and a blur of white wilis swirling by. Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 After starting ballet classes last year, my "movement dreams" have become quite realistic and effortful -- rather like trying to keep up with a combination you don't really understand, employing a technique that is quite underdeveloped, relying on a rather elderly body, always a bit behind the music, focusing on either the legs or the arms but never both together ... -- and it's still fun! (for some reason). My last such experience involved pique turns across the stage while wearing some kind of Albrecht costume. Arms were okay, but didn't have the time to think about the legs. I can still see the scenery and a blur of white wilis swirling by. These may stop when your muscle memory kicks in. Then you'll have the "forgetting the choreography" dreams. Link to comment
carbro Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 This brings up another question. A friend once mentioned that her ballet dreams are all like Dances at a Gathering. Mine are almost the exact opposite -- 24 ladies in white tutus. I wonder where the rest of us lie along -- or beyond -- this continuum? Link to comment
artist Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I had a dream that i was sitting in front of Fernando Bujones and he was giving me tips on choreography and smiling. But I forgot what he had said b/c in and out of the dream I was too shocked that he was even in my dream - b/c he's dead. (and i've been chor. a lot these days) in another, I was taking the place of Kurgapkina in Harlequinade.... smiling and jumping away.... Link to comment
Ostrich Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Leigh, I also have the falling and landing with a bump problem! I love it when I dream I can dance like nobody before ever could - I stay suspended in grand jetes, cabrioles, etc. for as long as I like, I take curtain calls with all the "bees knees" (don't know how they all got on one stage together) and when I get sent on to replace somebody in a starring role, i'm quite happy just improvising the entire ballet... But my usual dreams go along these lines: I'm preparing for an important performance, but I'm upset because I haven't had enough preparation time. As the peformance comes closer, I realise that my teacher has only seen me about once or twice. Next I realise that my costume hasn't even been started on. The final realisation, just before I step on stage, is that I've actually never learnt this dance at all! I wake up sweating, not laughing! Link to comment
scherzo Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I stay suspended in grand jetes, cabrioles, etc. for as long as I like Yes! Last night I dreamed that I could do up to and beyond entrechats quarante-deux! :rolleyes: (I can't even manage six!) Link to comment
Hans Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I once dreamed that I could pirouette as much as I liked. When I ran out of force, I'd just turn my head quickly and off I'd go again! Eventually I stopped out of respect for the pianist. Link to comment
missvjc420 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I've had the grande jete dream, but in mine the jump never landed-I was flying in the night sky in a perfect split. When I performed, I had the forgot this or that, or naked dreams. Link to comment
artist Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I once dreamed that I could pirouette as much as I liked. When I ran out of force, I'd just turn my head quickly and off I'd go again! Eventually I stopped out of respect for the pianist. me too. In real life, I can do 4. In my dream I did 5 & was happy, but then kept going and going and thought I would stop b/c I was slowing down, but just kept spotting my head and extra turns kept coming. Then closed nicely so other people wouldn't feel bad. Must have done maybe 9 or 10........ still could never beat Misha Link to comment
4mrdncr Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 NIGHT or DAY When I was dancing it was all about doing the choreography perfectly, or ulcers because I wasn't. Now...Day or night it's: Hear music and immediately start choreographing it. Sometimes with me dancing it, sometimes with other (more famous/experienced) dancers in mind, sometimes just by drawing figures on paper as 'aides memoires'. Then, yes, I come back to the reality of my environment/life with a thump. But for those moments I was free. Link to comment
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