Skating on Stage

June 17, 2011

I dreamed I was on the stage of the Haymarket Theatre, having an iceskating competition. Everyone else was wearing leotards, but I seemed to be wearing long flowy pants that just got in the way. When it was my turn, I executed two moves perfectly, but then it was time to do the axel and I sort of freaked out. I mentioned I had never done one before, not even in practice, but nobody else seemed to care very much. I then tried to do one, but I got too dizzy and the stage started spinning, so I sort of lept off the stage in a miraculously graceful maneuver and bounded out the door. Once outside, I sprinted away from the theatre embarrassed and ashamed of my attempt. There seemed to be some sort of graduation going on, so I doubled back in order to hide from the crowd and ran into a large office building. In the office building, I slowed down, which proved to be a bad move, as my librarian and brother both caught up with me. We sort of strolled out of the office in the opposite direction of the theatre, and nobody mentioned my fleeing. My mother joined us at some point and made a mention of how this was what happened when people ran off the stage, but it didn't really make much sense, because it wasn't like any consequences had come about because of my actions.