The weather outside was stormy and warmish. Inside the Houston Ballet's wardroom shop, it was chilly enough to craft snowflakes. There, in a space that looks like a cross between a kitchen and a ...

Perhaps you've heard, Colorado Ballet's Nutcracker costumes and sets are on life support. The sets and props are held together by duct tape and glue. More than 30 years old, the costumes are routinely ...

It took a team of 12 people at the National Ballet of Canada, including a fabric buyer, costume cutter and jewellery maker, to create the Sugar Plum Fairy costume that shines and sparkles in Act 2 of ...

What would “The Nutcracker” be without its pink tutus and illustrative sweets? The annual festive production is now under way at New York City Ballet, where it takes a staff of nearly 50 to craft and ...

“The Nutcracker is a blessing and a curse,” says Chris Takashima. “We call it a beast.” She’s not talking casting or choreography—it’s the costuming that makes her head spin faster than a dancer doing ...

After decades of use, the once snow-white outfits used for the Marion Ballet Theatre’s performance of the Nutcracker’s snow scene have transformed to an ecru hue. While the production has embraced the ...

PROVIDENCE — Restless with anticipation, ballet dancers flexed their feet and spun in pirouettes, their elaborate costumes dazzling the eye — fluffy white tutus for the snowflakes, lace accents in ...

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 ...

Cincinnati Ballet wardrobe supervisor Noelle Wedig-Johnston says she gets one question a lot: “How long does it take to build a tutu?” More than likely, people ask her how long it takes to make a tutu ...

Before Pacific Northwest Ballet closed the curtain on its recent ”All Premiere” production, the costume shop was already hard at work on the company’s annual production of “The Nutcracker.” In fact, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Grinch who stole the Nutcracker's mask and the Sugar Plum Fairy's tutu from a Rhode Island warehouse has had a change of heart. Several costumes from "The Nutcracker" were ...

, which began at the company's former HQ, St. Lawrence Hall, in 1995. Unlike the paper-thin fast fashion of today, the original costumes, designed by Broadway royalty Santo Loquasto, have managed to ...