Dance Concert 2016: The Goddess ran this past weekend at Otterbein University. I had the great pleasure of being part of this show. Having taken part in many dance performances throughout my lifetime, I’ve seen a trend in the topics of dancers’ dreams when a show is near curtain call. If you’re a dancer, hopefully you can relate, but if you’re not a dancer, hopefully you’ll get a good laugh out of it.

Forgetting the choreography when you step on stage

You’ve been rehearsing daily for weeks and you have the choreography down but there is always this fear of totally blanking when you go onto stage since hundreds of people will be watching.

Stepping on stage in front of an audience and realizing you’re naked

You step on stage with the confidence that you’re going to perform well and the audience starts laughing. You look down to see if you put your costume on wrong and notice that you forgot to put your costume on at all. How embarrassing!

Getting put into a section of the performance that you did not learn

You’re waiting patiently backstage for your next cue and the director tells you that you’re next, but it’s not a piece you learned. You panic and think it’s a mistake but they confirm that they decided to put you in last minute. Good luck making it look like you know choreography that you don’t know in the slightest.

Having a hair, makeup or costume malfunction

Dancers’ hair, makeup and costumes are set a certain way because that’s the vision of the designer. There are so many things that could go wrong that it’s difficult to not dream of a mal-function of one kind or another.

Being able to do movement you cannot do in real life

In my dreams, I am way more flexible than I actually am. I can do multiple turns in a row without stopping.

Forgetting to go to the performance

Do you ever jolt yourself awake in the morning, thinking you’re late for something important? Sometimes in my dreams I jolt myself awake because I slept through the dance concert.

No matter what kinds of dreams dancers have leading up to a performance, performing is the only dream that matters. Performing is worth every minute of rehearsal and more. Each performance is a dream come true.