Pacific Northwest Ballet | Final dress rehearsal before "Director's Choice"

Dancers practice during the final dress rehearsal for the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s performance of Director's Choice Thursday, May 30, 2013, at McCaw Hall in Seattle. Director's Choice runs for seven performances only from May 31 through June 9 at the Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)

Sea Gals | The Final Audition

Young women show off their mastery of a rehearsed two-song dance routine for their last chance at becoming one of this upcoming season's Sea Gals during the final audition round Sunday, April 28, 2013, in the West Club Lounge at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The top 60 candidates from previous auditions started the day from an original pool of 180 women. The day's cut reduced the final number to around 30. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)

Sea Gals | First Round Auditions

Over 180 hopeful women showed up for the first round of open Sea Gals auditions Sunday, April 14, 2013, at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle. Contestants were judged on dance ability, pizzazz and physical appearance. Nearly half of the attendees made the preliminary cut. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)

Speed Rack Seattle | for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Speed Rack. Drinks. Madness. Capitol Hill. Soaked in champagne. That is all. Enjoy!

Portland resident and bartender Lacy Hawkins, center, competes against Angel Teta, right, during a cocktail creation round at the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington. Hawkins was later crowned Miss Speed Rack Seattle. Speed Rack is a national cocktail competition that pits the top female bartenders in key cocktail markets against each other in timed and judged challenges. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the tour's ten stops will be donated to breast cancer education, prevention and research.

Contestants and onlookers await the start of a cocktail creation round during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Bartender Missy Cross fashions drinks during a cocktail creation round at the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Bartender Angel Teta, center, mingles with the crowd during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Cocktail tasting judge Ann Apte samples a drink prepared for her during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Attendees wait for the next cocktail creation round during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Robert Hess, center, and other cocktail judges sample their drinks during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Portland resident and bartender Lacy Hawkins, center right, screams in surprise after winning the final cocktail creation round during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington. Hawkins was crowned Miss Speed Rack Seattle. It was her first time winning the competition. Speed Rack is a national cocktail competition that pits the top female bartenders in key cocktail markets against each other in timed and judged challenges. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the tour's ten stops will be donated to breast cancer education, prevention and research.

Portland resident and bartender Lacy Hawkins, center right, is showered with alcohol after winning the final cocktail creation round during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Portland resident and bartender Lacy Hawkins, center right, is showered with alcohol after winning the final cocktail creation round during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Champagne is poured for attendees during the Seattle leg of Speed Rack on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Century Ballroom in Seattle, Washington.

Pasifika Festival

Tweet Aspinall, center left, and other dancers from Orem's Aloha Dance School put the last minute touches on their outfits before a performance at the second annual Pasifika Festival Friday, May 18, 2012, at Provo High School in Provo, Utah. Clusters of families and friends dotted the grass of the school's football field to enjoy food, music and dance acts native to the Pacific Islands.

Dancers from Orem's Aloha Dance School perform a dance routine at the second annual Pasifika Festival Friday, May 18, 2012, at Provo High School in Provo, Utah. Clusters of families and friends dotted the grass of the school's football field to enjoy food, music and dance acts native to the Pacific Islands.

Girls from Orem's Aloha Dance School peek through the cracks at the rear of the stage to catch a glimpse at a live band at the second annual Pasifika Festival Friday, May 18, 2012, at Provo High School in Provo, Utah.

The Shelley Irish Dance Company | Pre-show

Just a little backstage lipstick action before a performance by Utah's most esteemed Irish dance group. The girls of The Shelley Irish Dance Company rehearsed for this night - the one and only showing - for over 10 months. This particular group of young women were cooler than most when it came to letting a dude creep around in their dressing room pre-show. Enjoy.

Hannah Cosper, 16, left, perfects the application of her thick, red lipstick before the annual performance by the young women of The Shelley Irish Dance Company on Monday, April 30, 2012, at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah. The concert featured the state teen fiddle and guitar champions, members of the group Firefly, the Timpanogos Pipe Band, An Rogaire Dubh and the local championship Highland dancers.

Spring Fashion Show

Under a greenhouse roof, dozens of women of all ages awaited the start of a spring fashion show by JJeans & Things on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Olson's Garden Shoppe in Payson, Utah.