I learned the importance of the dance costume at a very early age, as both my parents were dancers, and I can remember watching repeated costume fittings for hours from my crib near the piano in my ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Across the nation and around the world, in certain backstage sanctums, people are fretting over tutus. It’s “Nutcracker” season, when the holiday warhorse ...

It’s hard to figure out where to focus your eyes when you step into the textile feast that is the Charlotte Ballet costume shop during Nutcracker season. There’s a cluster of mice heads on a sewing ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This gossamer ballet tutu was worn by ...

As the quiet, constant hum of various sewing machines overlaps with music floating up from dance studios below, a team of busy costumers concentrate on the task at hand. This hum is ever-present in ...

Cincinnati Ballet wardrobe supervisor Noelle Wedig-Johnston says she gets one question a lot: “How long does it take to build a tutu?” More than likely, people ask her how long it takes to make a tutu ...

CINCINNATI -- Call them the Team Fiona Tutu Squad. Wardrobe Mistress Diana Adams, second assistant to the wardrobe mistress Noelle Wedig and stitcher Jackie Andrews created a custom-made Fiona costume ...

Damir Yusupov/bolshoiteatr.com Each costume or prop for all the operas and ballets performed at the Bolshoi Theater, from Boris Godunov's coat through Princess Turandot's dress to Carmen's fan, is a ...

NEW YORK — For the New York City Ballet Gala last month, top-tier fashion designers collaborated with the company's costume shop to create the looks for four works. This intersection of high art and ...

For 37 years, the ballerinas playing Clara in Ballet Minnesota’s annual production of “The Classic Nutcracker” have worn the ...