Joel Hanna

Diary of a Dancer

Elise is hanging out in Washington Square Park after ballet class at Tisch and is supposed to be on the way to her “Music for Dance” class with Ms. Vanaver. On the way back to her dorm on Sullivan St, she stops to pick up food and a coffee at her deli (she loves this one because Dad came here for the cups they use that were always on that tv show Law & Order). She walks past The Back Fence bar where she sees an old man putting out the signs (the story is that this guy is a cousin of Rocky Graziano). She also wanders past the old chess club and wonders what it must have been like when Bobby Fisher was there every day, wiping the floor with “geniuses”.