Midway through the Grands Ballets Canadiens run of the Nutcracker at Place des Arts, 79-year old costume designer François Barbeau is already mulling over improvements to costumes for next year’s ...
Women's Wear Daily: Behind the Seams: Costumes for New York City Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’
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 ...
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, ...
It’s only natural to think of little Clara, of the Dew Drop Fairy and, of course, of the Sugar Plum Fairy when the holiday ballet “The Nutcracker” comes around each Christmas. The delicate ballerinas ...
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 ...