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 ...

Amateur and professional tutu makers worldwide are asked to bring their expertise and skills to Jackson June 19-22 to compete for a $1,000 cash prize and to be featured in the renowned Project Tutu ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 -- 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 ...

New York City Ballet Director of Costumes Marc Happel and Draper Kellie Sheehan conduct a costume fitting with soloist Indiana Woodward for Justin Peck's Pulcinella Variations, with costumes designed ...

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 ...

3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists Continuing the Hometown Tour March 1-4 at the George R. Brown Convention Center's Resilience Theater, Rock, Roll & Tutus features four captivating ...