Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Across the nation and around the world, in certain backstage sanctums, people are fretting over tutus. It’s “Nutcracker” season, when the holiday warhorse ...

Amateur and professional tutu makers worldwide are asked to bring their expertise and skills to Jackson June 19-22 to compete for a $1,000 cash prize and to be featured in the renowned Project Tutu ...

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 ...

For the last nine years, children with Down syndrome in Alexandria, Virginia, have had the opportunity to be introduced to ballet thanks to The Purple Tutu. The program is now under the umbrella of ...

Leading dancers and directors say they find the classic costume both physically and artistically restrictive The ballerina’s tutu remains a traditional object of desire for many young girls: an ...

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 ...

Stormi Llivicura reaches up to pop bubbles floating down from above. To Stormi, 14 months old, it’s a game, but the little girl from Patchogue is also being introduced to ballet positions — rising on ...

What’s it like teaching pre-ballet to kids under the age of 8? “It’s like herding squirrels,” Tutu School founder Genevieve Weeks said. Tutu School offers classes for kids aged 18 months to 8 years.

The show can't possibly go on. Or, at least, no ballet company should be expected to woo paying audiences without its principal dancers twirling and whirling in hand-stitched tutus. And there's the ...