Here is a handsome photo of Jock Soto, the retired NYC Ballet principal dancer, taken by Daniel C. Miller in the lobby of the Walter Reade Theatre in Lincoln Centre after a showing of “Waters Coming Together” the documentary about his life and  career by Gwendolen Cates.  The film was wonderful.

We had seen some of the exerpts of dance shown live in performance.

His personal story, as a young dancing boy on the Navaho reservation in Arizona, then as a young teen completely on his own in New York, his devotion to dance, his beautiful talent and career  were all very compelling.

We witness the tough work and behind the scenes pain of dance not often depicted in film.  Also, so many other wonderful dancers are shown.

Makes you want to dance.

Even on a dark, gray rainy day there is always something new happening. This afternoon, after the rain stopped we noticed the Red-tailed Hawk soar by after pigeons and  spotted  six police officers and a suspect in a pink shirt and black cap, on a nearby rooftop! This not anything that we commonly see. It was a first.

One officer searched the rooftops. The others cuffed the suspect, secured him further with something that resembled reins or a leash.

The officers waved at a neighbor in a nearby window, and lowered the suspect carefully into the building onto the staircase or ladder that led to the roof.   The officers followed down the staircase and took the suspect’s full backpack and helmet with them.

We know nothing more.

We will let you know if we learn more. When we walk the dog, we will walk by and ask one of the best sources of local news: a doorman. Doormen are better than much media.