So you commit murder.  You get convicted.  You wind up in jail for the rest of your life.  You find that prison life kind of blows.  And then you realize that you are trying to find all these things to do in order to kill time.   There’s chess, books, weight lifting, etc etc.  But then all of a sudden this guy recruits you and says “we want you to be part of this dance troop that performs.  The rest is history.