Nine Costumes That Prove Dancers Do Halloween Best

Dancers dominate on Halloween. I mean, we’re used to dressing up: Practically half of our life is spent putting on tights, leotards and more just to get ready for class—and the other half is spent onstage, working it in the craziest of get-ups. Of course, some dancers do Halloween in the best way possible. We’ve spent hours scouring the interwebs for the best of the best costumes. Here are our favorites:

First, we have American Ballet Theatre principals Marcelo Gomes and Isabella Boylston (we love Boylston’s take on Maddie Ziegler):

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Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39am PDT

Here are five Miami City Ballet dancers—I mean, Cruella De Vil and four adorable dalmatian pups:

And here’s Dance Spirit 2014 Cover Model Search finalist Alyssa Allen being the best Waluigi we’ve ever seen:

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Oct 10, 2014 at 11:58am PDT

 Then there’s James Whiteside bringing it way back as “Jazzman,” complete with a Flashdance-inspired routine to ’80s anthem “What a Feeling.” Seriously, these ABT principals know how to get down.

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Oct 10, 2014 at 12:31pm PDT

Finally, feast your eyes on on mini-Sonya Tayeh, mini(er)-Maddie Ziegler and mini-MJ, brought to you by @Dance_CAB (Cameron Voorhees, Austyn Johnson and Bella Voorhees from Evolve Dance Complex). This is everything.

Happy Halloween!