The Beauty of Dance, Part Three: Chalnessa Eames, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, WA

Chalnessa Eames is originally from Bellingham, Washington, but she had to go through Canada in part to get to Seattle.

She attended the Pacific Northwest Ballet School's summer course, but her training also took her to the School of Royal Winnipeg Ballet, whose company she joined in 1996. She joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet five years later, and she became a soloist in 2007.

She has danced in numerous Balanchine works.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Three: Ansa Deguchi, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland, OR

Ansa Deguchi has been a soloist with the Oregon Ballet Theatre since 2004.

Orginally from Japan, Ansa Deguchi studied at Chika Goto Step Works Ballet from 1989 to 2002, joining the Oregon Ballet Theatre in 2003 as an apprentice. She has appeared in dances such as Serenade, Opus 50, and Swan Lake.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Three: Amanda Cobb, The Washington Ballet, Washington, DC

Amanda Cobb began her third season with the Washington Ballet in 2010.

Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Amanda Cobb studied dance in New York and returned to her native state to perform as a principal ballerina with Ballet Tucson, joining the now-defunct Ohio Ballet in 2001 and the American Ballet Theatre in 2004.

Among the principal roles she's danced are Kick Girl in George Balanchine's Rubies and Tiger Lilly in Septime Webre's Peter Pan.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Three: Eran Bugge, Paul Taylor Dance Company, New York, NY

Eran Bugge joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in the autumn of 2005.

The Florida native has also performed with Full Force Dance Theatre and the Adam Miller Dance Project.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Three: Amy Aldridge, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia, PA

Amy Aldridge has been a fixture in the Pennsylvania Ballet since 1994, when she first joined the company as an apprentice.

A native Richmond, Virginia, Amy Aldridge studied dance with various teachers such as Jacques d'Amboise and Melissa Hayden. At the Pennsylvania Ballet, she's had a meteoric rise, being promoted to the corps de ballet in 1995 and to soloist two years later, finally becoming a principal dancer in 2001.

Among the ballets in which she's dance in principal roles are The Taming of the Shrew and The Sleeping Beauty. She has also had featured roles in dances such as Allegro Brilliante and The Four Temperaments.

The Beauty of Dance, Part Three: Eun Young Ahn, American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY

The Seoul-born Eun Young Ahn has been a member of the American Ballet Theatre's corps de ballet in December 2007.

She brought a wealth of experience to the company upon joining, having studied at the Kirov Ballet Academy in Washington, D.C. on a scholarship. As a soloist in the Universal Ballet Company in Korea, she appeared in numerous ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bayadère, and yes, The Nutcracker.

The Beauty of Dance: Part Three!

Once again, I am devoting an entire month to highlighting dancers. And, as always, looking for beautiful women in dance is like looking for flowers in the springtime. :-)

Attentive visitors to this blog will note that I have settled into focusing on dancers every other December. I hadn't planned it that way, I just fell into that pattern. I'm probably going to stay with that routine, though I could easily present Part Four of this series in 2011 and in some other month. ;-)

Of course, December seems like an appropriate month to feature dancers, especially ballet dancers, what with ballet companies all over America performing The Nutcracker and all that.

Well, I'll see when Part Four comes. For now, let's get to Part Three. As usual, there are many lovely women in modern dance and ballet to feature, and I know just how to present them.

Alphabetically. :-D

So let's go! :-)