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I went back a few times. He gave me lessons in massage therapy. Like, “Make sure that you’re moving your thumbs in a circular fashion. Okay, now a little bit higher, now a little bit lower.” He talked to me about ballet, art, theater. He knew the difference between ABT and New York City Ballet. He could talk about Peter Martins, Gelsey Kirkland, and dancers he said he knew personally. He spoke my language fluently, which was the point. The escalation was slow enough that I couldn’t…
