Ballet costume, History, Materials & Styles

Ballet costume, clothing designed to allow dancers freedom of movement while at the same time enhancing the visual effect of dance movements—for example, the ballerina’s tutu, a multilayered skirt that creates an impression of lightness and flight. In the earliest ballets of the 17th century

Costumes Through the Ages - The Lewis Foundation of Classical Ballet

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File:Triadic Ballet costume 2, Oscar Schlemmer, 1922, recreated by Rachel Ashley Wilkins, organza, muslin, rigilene, steel - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08061.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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Carlotta Grisi (1819-1899), the ballerina who

Ballet costume, History, Materials & Styles

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