by Caroline Hamilton | Feb 18, 2020 | Career, Dance History, Instagram, Profiles
Traditionally, ballet costumes are made to have a life of 20 to 30 years. But they sometimes remain in use for much longer, being worn and altered to fit dozens of dancers. Multiple rows of hooks and bars show this progression, but it’s more apparent inside the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2019 | Profiles
We might be biased, but we think that ballet dancers are unusually good at Halloween. After all, they wear costumes for a living, are familiar with elaborate hair and makeup techniques and own leotards in most colors of the rainbow (the perfect base for any costume)....
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Feb 18, 2019 | Career
Building a full-length ballet from scratch is an intense process. For the world premiere of Anna Karenina, a collaboration between The Joffrey Ballet and The Australian Ballet, that meant original choreography by Yuri Possokhov, a brand-new score by Ilya Demutsky,...
by Amy Brandt | Dec 12, 2018 | Ask Amy
What’s the best way to store or hang a tutu? —Leslie Tutus are very delicate and expensive, so storing them properly is a must—especially if you have pets. (I once woke up to my cat chewing my Marzipan tutu to pieces!) I asked Laura Berry, costume shop manager...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Dec 10, 2018 | Career, Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker"
For dancers, The Nutcracker isn’t all winter wonderlands and charming sweets. To bring this ballet to life, we have to spar with swords (often while wearing a clunky head), pirouette in animal suits, and perform day after day with a host of other potentially...
by Marissa DeSantis | Nov 12, 2018 | Training
From tiny floral accents to full-on blossom embellishments, there’s a stage-worthy take on your favorite feminine pattern. Check out this behind-the-scenes video from our tutu shoot, and then see our full array of florals for all seasons in the gallery below....
by Katherine Beard | Oct 29, 2017 | Dance and Fashion
Halloween is almost here and that means its time to get serious about finding the perfect costume. A lot of you dancers need costumes that are both fun and functional so that you can go straight from dance class to the streets, without missing a beat. Here are nine of...
by Katherine Beard | Oct 29, 2017 | Dance and Fashion
Halloween is almost here and that means its time to get serious about finding the perfect costume. A lot of you dancers need costumes that are both fun and functional so that you can go straight from dance class to the streets, without missing a beat. Here are nine of...
