It's true, Peco was there.
And yes, her smile is quite dazzling.
Well, I think that although she doesn't belong to ayu's staff anymore, and she doesn't represent ayu in any way, the true is that she does, in some way. Otherwise, her name would never have appeared in this thread, right? and it did, 'cause she'll be always related to ayu. Also, they stopped working together, but maybe they're still friends, or have some kind of relation, whether good or bad.
All the exhibition follows a coherent line (okay, the same line that Kee have been following since he was born, but a line anyway), and the dancer's pics are also under that line. Those pics are not different from the rest, they are not casual portraits or something; they are a part of the exhibition, as well as the rest. For that reason, I can't believe those pics were really a gift to ayu or whatever.. to me, it's a part of his project, a part as studied and designed as the other exhibited images, in order to build a cohesive composition.
If he wanted to take some pics for a bday gift, he would do something totally different. To me it's a real nonsense, and the only logical reason I can find, is that they were never meant to be ayu's gift. I don't think she's a liar, but there's a part of the story that's missing, that's for sure (to me, at least).
It would be good and interesting to hear what the dancers have to say about this whole drama.
PS: I just found a post on leslie's facebook thay says:
I don't know, maybe it's just a misunderstanding between ayu and leslie, and the one who's making a big deal about it are us.