Smooth Moves from Lionwoman’s Dancing Lessons

Mark St. Germain’s Dancing Lessons , now playing at Match via Lionwoman Productions TX, is what you’d call Sweet.

This pleasant rom-com takes a very serious subject, Asperger’s syndrome, a neuro-developmental disorder now considered within the autistic spectrum, and treats it with a light touch. It works, like some modern day fairy tale, although the emotional changes come a touch too quick.

Ever (Brad Goertz, in a phenomenally sympathetic portrayal) wants to dance at his own awards ceremony but is seriously concerned over having to touch somebody. “I don’t like to be touched,” he yells out to Senga (Katrina Ellsworth), a Broadway dancer who’s suffered a possible career-ending accident after a car smashed into her on the sidewalk. Living in the same apartment building, he has a propo