Tag: fashion

Understated classwear puts your technique front and center. Dance Spirit photographed Mikaela, Mio, and Zoe on Juilliard’s campus at the end of the 2016–17 school year. Mio Ishikawa and Mikaela Kelly in Discount Dance Suppy leotards. (Kenneth Edwards) (From Left) Mio Ishikawa is in Just For Kix leotard and So Danca skirt. Zoe Hollinshead is […]

The groundwork for Erin Carpenter’s company, Nude Barre, began when she was a teenager. At 16, she earned a spot in the residency program at The Kennedy Center in partnership with Dance Theatre of Harlem. “We were required to wear nude—as in, our actual skin tone—tights and shoes,” she remembers. Carpenter brought her “sun tan” […]

Dance and fashion are constantly collaborating and believe us when we say, we’re here for it. But what deserves to get attention are the dancers that are fashionable in their own right. Fashion, just like dance, is all about having a personal style and being proud of it. The following six dancers, whether they’re commercial […]

If you’re a dancer with a bust, you know the struggle all too well. Wear a sports bra, and ruin the elegant lines of your leotard? Or go without support, and risk tons of pain and discomfort? The sad truth is, even when dancewear has a built-in shelf bra, that’s often not enough support for […]

When they’re not dancing down the runway or modeling Dior, New York City Ballet members are apparently following their peers at American Ballet Theatre (who were recently featured in a Club Monaco shoot) and switching up their designer duds for (slightly) more affordable ones. Behold, NYCB soloist Zachary Catazaro and apprentice Miriam Miller in a […]

Extraterrestrial—and extra-extravagant! These costumes have the glitz and glam you need to rule the state…or the galaxy.

  Last week, we all got a sneak peek at New York City Ballet‘s most recent fashion collaborations. This week, we have a chance to get even closer to the costumes created by top couture designers for the company’s fall gala on October 30. NYCB released a video going behind the scenes and into the […]

Check out a cutting-edge NYC dance performance, and it’s likely you’ll find Reid Bartelme’s name in the program. But you won’t see him onstage. The costume designer has worked with countless choreographers, bringing work by artists such as Kyle Abraham, Marcelo Gomes and, most notably, Justin Peck to life. (Bartelme is featured in the Peck […]