ballet

LambaLena on 35mm by Masumi Taguchi

The Portland Zouk community is really grateful to have Lena join the land of evergreen, awesome food carts & weirdness. Lena specializes in Lambada, which is a lovely partner dance style that I hope to one day dance well. 

You can easily see from the photos that Lena has experience with ballet and contemporary dance, dance forms that amaze me always. What is best about having her as a new instructor here in Portland though is really, her silly personality. Anyone who knows her would most likely describe her as cute & silly. Quirky. Personable, & respectable. As a Japanese person, I'm happy to have happa Lena to speak Japanese with too!

Thanks for being here Lena ^^. 

Masumi

Moe Yamamoto: Rain Dance by Masumi Taguchi

Portland has been seeing a lot of rain these days. It's nothing to complain about, given that all of this rain is what makes this beautiful land it's lush green color. About two weeks ago I got to shoot with this ballet dancer Moe Yamamoto, and as forecasted, we had rain visit us. It helped us create such beautiful images. I hope the images speak to you.

We took some time to add a few accessories from fashion stylist Rei Rei Nguyen.

More dance and travel images coming to you soon.