In the art of ballet, the costume is just as important as the dancer.

Tutu beautiful: Ballet's frothy costume a net gainSCENES OF SEASON--Dancers, portraying snowflakes in their romantic tutus, wait in the wings as the Snow King and Snow Queen perform at the Ballet ...

Every year, the New York City Ballet asks top fashion designers to outfit its dancers for its Fall Gala. Good thing the capacity of its 18-person costume department is "the highest you can get." ...

The tutu is unique in that it sits on a wire frame. Courtesy of New York City Ballet The team may also rebuild costumes in order to ensure they continue to look the same as they did in 1964.

It took the Cincinnati Ballet's wardrobe team roughly 100 hours over four weeks to design and create the Fiona costume for "The Nutcracker" this year.

National Ballet of Canada wardrobe supervisor Marjory Fielding looks at tutus for The Sleeping Beauty. (CBC Arts) I love older costumes because they have a life of their own in a lot of ways.

The man responsible for dressing Ballet West’s dancers, from the tutus for “Swan Lake” to the Sugar Plum Fairy’s wings, is retiring after working for 31 years with the company. David ...

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 ...

The gold standard of tutu design is Barbara Karinska, a Russian-born emigre to the United States who died in 1983 at 96, having executed spectacular costumes for dance, film, theater and opera.

It’s hard to figure out where to focus your eyes when you step into the textile feast that is the Charlotte Ballet costume shop during Nutcracker season.

It’s officially holiday season in Las Vegas when the red battledress, plum tutu and Mouse Queen mask come out of Nevada Ballet Theatre’s immense costume closet.

Costumes worn by Dame Margot Fonteyn and set designs by Picasso are going on display as part of a major exhibition by the Royal Ballet at The Lowry, in Salford.