"It was 2009, I had just wrapped up a dance performance at Melbourne fringe festival and I was unwinding in the artists' bar when circus performers began doing outrageous naked tricks. Over the crack of whips, my eyes found Jarred in the audience. He was absolutely gorgeous. Wasting no time, my friend Amy introduced us. Jarred told me he was studying circus arts; I was a contemporary dancer, so we bonded over a love of movement."
"On New Year's Eve, we headed to a house party in Carlton North. It was teeming with noise and bodies. We quietly slipped away on to the balcony to be alone. It dawned on me that life felt infinitely better since meeting Jarred. As our friends' countdown shouts reached a crescendo, something instinctive pulled us together. The countdown entered single digits. On one, we turned to each other and kissed."
They met in 2009 at the Melbourne Fringe Festival when circus performers performed naked handstands and the narrator noticed Jarred in the audience. Jarred studied circus arts and the narrator was a contemporary dancer, and they bonded over a shared love of movement and late-night Facebook messaging. They spent time together by the end of the year, enjoying Xena: Warrior Princess and horror films while intentionally not rushing into a relationship. On New Year's Eve they kissed on a balcony and became a couple. Jarred joined Circa while the narrator toured as a dancer and drag queen, requiring long spells apart that tested the relationship.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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