GREEN NOT TABOO
BALLET AND SUPERSTITION Superstitions are not the same all the world over —which has been proved by the purchases of members of the de Basil Russian Ballet during their stay at Bombay and Colombo, states the Sydney Morning Herald. Most of the girls of the company bought dress lengths and Indian scarves, green being the favourite colour. And green is generally thought to be taboo in the theatre.
But in Russia, green is the colour of hope and success—and though these girls now share some of our English customs, they will not share our superstition about green. Olga Morosova, Madame Tchinarova. Tamara Grigorieva, and Lara Obidenna were r nong those who bought dress lengths—all green run with a silver thread. But though the girls do not share our superstition about green, they do believe in black cats, The_ whole company has adopted a kitten which watches their rehearsals with such interest at 206 Pitt street, And most of them now have koala bears to act as lucky mascots, too.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24227, 20 February 1940, Page 15
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