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 ...

Houston Ballet’s costume shop, in late November, bursts at the seams with costumes for the The Nutcracker. When I visited the week before Thanksgiving, the show’s 1,750 opulent costumes bulged from ...

WORLD Book Day is on March 1, and many schools observe the day by getting their pupils to dress as their favourite book character. Angelina Ballerina is a popular children’s book and a surprisingly ...

Chung Han-ah, once a ballerina herself, now channels her artistry into designing ballet costumes rather than gracing the stage. Her elegant and charming ballet costumes are sought after not only by ...

The man responsible for dressing Ballet West’s dancers, from the tutus for “Swan Lake” to the Sugar Plum Fairy’s wings, is retiring after working for 31 years with the company. David Heuvel, director ...

In Madison Ballet’s final production of the season, Fernanda Yamaguchi will be on stage twice: She’ll dance the part of a fairy butterfly in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” bringing the story to life ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- From the evil step-sisters to the fairy godmother, and to Cinderella herself, every costume in the Boston Ballet's production of Cinderella is crucial. More than a dozen people work in ...

Of all colors, red remains trickiest for dyeing ballet shoes. Usually, several applications are needed for the shade to absorb evenly on the canvas of ballet slippers or the satin of pointe shoes.

This is part of an ongoing series of visits we make to those who are making an impact in the arts community throughout the region. How To Go What: “Cinderella,” a full-length story ballet presented by ...

LONDON — In the summer of 1975, WWD reported that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made a rare appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House after the death of her shipping tycoon husband, Aristotle Onassis.

David Heuvel is retiring after 31 years, and this production of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ is his ‘swan song.’ When a ballet dancer is performing a character — whether a sugar-plum fairy or a dying swan or a ...