i made love to joanna cheris last night

... with my eyes.

We (a helluva lot of Peace Corps Volunteers and I) went to a free concert in a beautiful Roman ampitheater last night. I thought the concert was going to be traditional Balkan music, but it was a very intricate dance production that combined ballet, tango, and what I can only assume was traditional Balkan folk dancing.

It was amazing. The story went a little something like this: Moody, nostalgic time followed by happy, Balkan times, followed by sexy tango seduction, followed by a war. Then more moody, nostalgic time (to recuperate from the war), followed by more happy Balkan times, followed by more, even sexier tango seduction, followed by another war. This story repeats three more times and yes, it does include WW2.

The main character during the moody, nostalgic time was a young woman ballerina/tango dancer who I like to call the Balkan Fairy Princess. Rather than being the symbol of death, she the "fixer of things." And I shit you not, this woman looked just like the gal who played JoAnna Cheris in the movie "Stick It."

I actually believe she could be the same person for the following reasons: 1) She was by far the superior dancer a group of two dozen. 2) While I realize that all dancers move in a similar respect, this woman's posture and mannerisms during dance were very similar to how JoAnna Cheris "performed."

So, who wants to do some investigative work and see if the gal who played JoAnna Cheris was in Plovdiv, Bulgaria last night doing some crazy-ass ballet?