Fancy Meeting You Here!

As we all come to realize at some point in our lives, the world is a very small place. The circles we run in are rather intimate, and you never know what person from your past, or present will show up at any random place. So was the case last night for me! I went to go see a dance performance which was a collaboration between Lucky Trimmer in Berlin and Dance Off in NYC (some of you might know them). Even though some of the dancers were from NYC, I wasn't expecting to know anyone. However, upon reading the program I came across a familiar name.....Erin. Erin and I used to work together at Chelsea Movements and she now dances with Doug Varone. So I was very happy to see a familiar face after being among strangers for a month! The show was great, a bunch of short sketches in the dance-theatre genre. The performers for the most part were very committed and the work was pretty inspiring.
After the show, I met up with Erin, and spent a few hours talking to her and a few of the other performers. It makes me a little bit embarrassed to be a dancer in NYC and not know any of the other dancers from NYC, but so it goes. There is time. Then a bunch of us moved on to a gay bar nearby called Sharon Stonewall. Yes, it is a tribute to the Stonewall bar in NYC, and it is very pink inside. So I spent the rest of the night talking to gay men from NYC.....just like back home. We all agreed that we would move here in a heartbeat! There was one very cute young man from Bavaria whom I was talking with for awhile. He was the epitome of what I think a man from Bavaria looks like, sounds like, and acts like. He was great and telling me all about his favorite Bavarian foods (Blue Sausage--sausage cooked in vinegar with dumplings in a brown sauce) and about the natural springs in his village that many people come to for rest, rejuvenation, and healing. So now I want to go to Bavaria! Next time :) I left the bar pretty late/early and miraculously found a bus that was going where I wanted it to. So a fun night out with unexpected old friends and hopefully many new ones :)