The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Christy Forehand, Dayton Ballet, Dayton, OH

Christy Forehand is a young dancer with a long resume.



She has danced with the Charleston Ballet Theatre and Augusta Ballet. As a member of the Dayton Ballet compnay, she has played the "Snow Queen" in The Nutcracker and the Black Swan in Swan Lake. She has begun her third season with Dayton Ballet this year, performing alongside her husband Eduard Forehand.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Rosalyn Deshauteurs, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York, NY

Time to go to the main Ailey company.



Rosalyn Deshauteurs has been with the primary Ailey troupe since 2000. The New Orleans native has as B.F.A. degree from Juilliard.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Taeler Cyrus, Ailey II Dance Comapny, New York, NY

Could this be a star of the future? :-D



Taeler Cyrus graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx this past spring, and she'd already performed in several dance productions. She joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's "Ailey II" company straight out of college.

So here's to a long career! :-)

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Laura Bowman, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia, PA

Laura Bowman is a member of the Pennsylvania Ballet's corps, and has been since 2003.



She joined the comapny as an apprentice seven years ago, and she has danced in ballets such Sleeping Beauty and Interplay.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Tara Birtwhistle, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Tara Birtwhistle is a pricipal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, a prestigious company in the Canadian heartland.



A prinicpal dancer since 2000, she has danced in Mark Godden’s Dracula, performed the Cowgirl role in Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, ‘Myrtha’ in Giselle and danced as Juliet in Rudi van Dantzig’s Romeo and Juliet.

Tara Birtwhistle has been designated "One of 100 Young Canadians to Watch in the New Millennium" in the Canadian news magazine Maclean’s.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Jessika Anspach, Pacific Northwest Ballet

Jessika Anspach is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, Washington.



An alumna of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Ms. Anspach joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2004 and was promoted to the corps de ballet a year later.

The Beauty of Dance: Part Two!

For the month of December I'm going to revisit the subject of beautiful women in dance. As I once said before, after all, in the dance world, beautiful women are par for the course. :-)

So here we go! :-)