Copeland was showered with golden glitter and flowers after she wowed the crowd at the David H. Koch Theater one last time in ...

New York City Ballet Director of Costumes Marc Happel and Draper Kellie Sheehan conduct a costume fitting with soloist Indiana Woodward for Justin Peck's Pulcinella Variations, with costumes designed ...

Last night, Misty Copeland —the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre—took ...

Across the nation and around the world, in certain backstage sanctums, people are fretting over tutus. It’s “Nutcracker” season, when the holiday warhorse comes to life and Sugar Plum Fairies learn ...

When I was six years old, Santa left me a “Dancerina Doll” dressed out in a pink tutu, pink pointe shoes, and a pink tiara ...

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 ...

Cincinnati Ballet wardrobe mistress Diana Adams knew she was learning a special skill before she traveled to New York City in the mid-1970s to study under Russian émigré Barbara Karinska, famous for ...

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 ...

What do you do when your 8-year-old daughter asks you to dress up in a frilly costume to join her in dance class? Why, you do it, of course. And you don't have to be a mom to jump on that invite, as ...

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 ...