, 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 ...

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 ...

The holidays aren’t the holidays without a Nutcracker ballet production, and the experience promises to be even sweeter this time around. George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, opening Thursday night at ...

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 ...

From the beginning, Gelke, also the manager of the ballet company, divvies up the "Nutcracker" costume tasks, putting parents or dancers in charge of scenes. Wojnar's daughter, Gina, a company member, ...

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 ...

“We made a set of rubies,” said Howard Merlin, Boston Ballet’s director of costumes. “But diamonds and emeralds we’re renting from National Ballet of Canada.” In late October, Merlin and his staff of ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by After the pandemic pause, nearly 130 costumes had to be remade for a cast that’s older and taller. Built in? Ways to adjust them back down in size. By ...