As a Valentine’s Day special event last week, the Philadelphia Dance Center invited aspiring ballerinas’ dads to take class. The results were, predictably, ridiculously funny—and totally endearing. So very many creative variations on a piqué turn: Dad’s moving right along the floor tonight!!! Jumping turning, so impressive!!! A post shared by Philadelphia Dance Center (@pdc5678) […]
A very special New York City Ballet Swan Lake tutu (photo by Travis McGee) Hello, friends! Since we’re entering prime performance season—odds are good you’re gearing up for an end-of-the-year showcase and/or Nationals—it seems like the perfect time to talk a little about costumes, yes? And since it’s also #TutuTuesday, we thought we’d focus on […]
American Ballet Theatre’s gorgeous new-old production of Sleeping Beauty—you know, the one with the gloriously old-fashioned tutus—got us thinking about the history of the tutu. Tutus have evolved a heck of a lot since their debut in 1832, but the basic premise of the costume has persisted. Their hemlines rise and fall, their circumferences increase […]
Dancers from Ellison Ballet’s Professional Training Program in NYC welcome spring with ballet costumes in shades of fuchsia, peony and blush.
Hey hey hey! What’s going on, TSwift nation? We’re guessing that, even six months out, you’re still obsessed with “Shake It Off.” Because who isn’t? It’s straight-up the Best Gym Song of All Time. (Seriously, it’s the perfect elliptical machine tempo—try it!) It also, of course, boasts one of the Best Crazy Dance Videos of […]
Every dancer dreams of the day she’ll get her first tutu. Her first real tutu, that is. Not a puffball of pink tulle designed for pre-ballet class—though, hey, when you’re 5, those are pretty great, too—but a big, glorious platter skirt with a corseted bodice. Ballerinas wear many tiaras over the course of their careers, […]
Feel like playing a little dress-up this Halloween? Why not try one of the fantastical tutus below on for size? Well, OK—maybe you can’t quite try them on. But now you can view them, plus many more, on Google Art Project, which has made the National Ballet of Canada one of its 180+ partners. The […]
