It's International Dance Day AND Arbor Day!

This year, International Dance Day coincides with Arbor Day, so some of the ballerinas who ran off to dance their way through the wide world are spending it with the trees that have become their friends.

Others are dancing with or for their mighty friends...
 

 

... and some, like Irena, are communing with the spirits of trees long gone.

A few of them did return to Shades of Gray HQ for some slightly more traditional International Dance Day activities...

 

 

 

But the question now is... how long will they stay?

In Observance of International Dance Day...

 ... we bring you a line-up of ballerinas from different nations!

Valeska Miller of the United States of America...

... Nina Theilade of Denmark..

... Yvonne Craig of the United States...

... Leslie Caron of France...

... Maria Tallchief of the United States...

... and Oksana Bondareva of the Ukraine.

We WOULD have featured last year's International Dance Day's star Brigitte Bardot (of France), but she was still getting ready by the time we had to make this post. 

You can also see one of this year's featured dancers, Valeska Miller, in the brand-new horror short film, "The Ballerina", at Terror Titans. Click here!