The idea is that traditionally, ballet dancers would perform in large operas visited by upper class individuals and nobility. Due to their primary method of transport being horse-drawn carriage, the ideal situation was to see a lot of horse droppings outside as it meant a lot of people were coming to see the performance and merde means shit in French, where a lot of ballet originated. While obviously this does not apply now, it stuck around as a method of saying good luck for ballet specifically.
Published on January 31, It was used so often, that the term stuck to wish you good luck. Unless you're a rockette in the Christmas Spectacular, you probably don't have to worry about that anymore. Salzberg Jeffrey Salzeberg is a lighting designer for theatre, dance, opera, and puppetry www. If wishing people good fortune is tempting fate, then, logically, wishing them ill is likely to also bring about the contrarian result. Since telling dancers to "break a leg" is, well, kind of creepy, we say, "Merde".
Note: as with most other backstage traditions "Why is the lounge called the 'green room'? You're still responsible for turning it on and performing your best. Angyil: I don't think ballet dancers realize how structured and serious hip hop can be. The focus is a bit different, but it's to the same level. Just like there's vocabulary in the ballet world, there are names for everything in hip hop as well. There's freedom in the display, but structure behind it.
Just because you're smiling and look like you're enjoying yourself doesn't mean you're not working extremely hard at a move. Angyil: Don't allow someone to put you in a box and tell you that you should only do this or that. If you love dance, research and study as many genres of dance as possible. Read books. Go to the places where these dances and styles were created. Get a mentor and spend time with them. And once you've learned a lot, don't be afraid to experiment.
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The Tresor de la langue francaise, which is kind of like the OED, doesn't have that sense for "merde" though it certainly exists. When I can dislodge this cat from my lap I will venture out to the library and see if I can find anything in the Grand Robert. Thanks for the welcome Janet. The first post in a forum has all the elements of opening night nerves You need to be a member in order to leave a comment.
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