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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 ...

The opportunities to tutu-up in life are sadly few, but we can still spend some quality time with those artists who know #tutulife like they know their own ballet slippers. We're talking about the ...

PHOENIX — Ballet Arizona will be debuting 32 brand new costumes including 18 tutus that were all handmade in their costume shop. The outfits will be worn during the performances of Cinderella at the ...

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 ...

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.

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The New York City Ballet’s costume shop is located on the eighth floor of a building in Lincoln Center. There are spectacular views of the Hudson River, but no one’s looking out the windows. They’re ...