Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Two Hundred Women!

Since I began this picture blog in September 2006, I have posted pictures of two hundred beautiful women, all different, all diverse, and all deliriously delightful. (So, do you love my alliteration? :-D)

And I'm not done yet. I'll be back in 2009 more more pictures of more beautiful women to share.

Happy new year.

Monday, December 29, 2008

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Hong Yang, Carolina Ballet, Raleigh, NC

Hong Yang is a first soloist with the Carolina Ballet.



A native of Beijing, China, she graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy in 1995 and quickly joined the National Ballet of China, where she was a principal dancer. She has also performed with a company in Toronto.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Michele Wiles, American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY

A member of the American Ballet Theatre company since 1998, the lovely Michele Wiles became a principal dancer in 2005.



Her many roles include Polyhymnia in Apollo, the Fairy Godmother and the Winter Fairy in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella, Aurora in Coppélia, and too many more to list.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Leann Underwood, American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY

Leann Underwood is one of the newer members of ABT's corps de ballet.



An alumna of the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, training at Japan's Naha City Ballet, and The School of American Ballet, Ms. Underwood became an apprentice at Oregon Ballet Theatre in 2003 and joined that company a year later. She has been with ABT since August 2007, and there she's had a leading role in From Here On Out and a featured role in Ballo della Regina, among other things.