Marge_Simpson
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I once had a very embarrassing moment with a retired NYCB dancer, we have the same dentist. I didn't recognize him, but we were yacking it up in the waiting room, talking about whether we liked our jobs. He said he mostly liked his, but he felt like screaming at everyone a lot. I asked him what he did, and he said he was a former ballet dancer, now a teacher.
He's not a native New Yorker and had a bit of an accent from another part of the country I couldn't place, and I didn't hear him say "ballet dancer". I thought he said "belly dancer"
And so I stupidly said I'd never realized there were male belly dancers. He, of course, thought I'd said I'd never heard of male ballet dancers, and got quite huffy with me.
After he got called inside by the dentist, I asked the receptionist who I'd been talking to, and was chagrined to find out he was a dancer I'd seen on stage many times.
He's not a native New Yorker and had a bit of an accent from another part of the country I couldn't place, and I didn't hear him say "ballet dancer". I thought he said "belly dancer"
And so I stupidly said I'd never realized there were male belly dancers. He, of course, thought I'd said I'd never heard of male ballet dancers, and got quite huffy with me.
After he got called inside by the dentist, I asked the receptionist who I'd been talking to, and was chagrined to find out he was a dancer I'd seen on stage many times.