Consider the tutu, that light, ethereal ring of fluffiness encapsulating a ballet dancer's waist and hips. If there's one thing above all others that announces you're about to hear classical music and ...

It’s spring, and the tutus are in bloom: The Kirov has come and gone, City Ballet is on view, and American Ballet Theatre opens next week. The so-called classical tutu, that skirtlet that sticks ...

About 75 hours of painstaking work, layers of tulle and netting, rows of hook-and-eye closures, appliqués, ribbons and Swarovski crystals go into each tutu Brenda Smith makes for Columbia Dance as a ...

While most families relished the whirl of summer vacation, Gina Gray already had begun living "The Nutcracker." The San Anselmo seamstress has spent more than 500 hours since July as leader of a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Across the nation and around the world, in certain backstage sanctums, people are fretting over tutus. It’s “Nutcracker” season, when the holiday warhorse ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tutus immediately conjure up images of gracefulness, of ballerinas en pointe, pirouetting (seemingly) effortlessly across the stage. The ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Once upon a time there was a vogue for mirror-lined musical jewellery boxes with a tiny ballerina inside. Lift the ...

How do you revamp one of the world’s most popular and most recognizable ballets? Nix the white tutus. Calm down, purists. The Milwaukee Ballet Company’s production of "Swan Lake," held May 16-19 at ...