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Monday, December 17, 2012

Spanish skirts and practice tutus


Several weeks ago, I blogged about the Spanish skirts and the practice tutus I had been making. Thanks to Stephanie Harris of Harris photographyhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Harris-Photgraphy/366353280120806?ref=ts&fref=ts and Annelise, Catherine, Bridget and Gabrielle, soloists and senior dancers at the Ithaca Ballet for participating in my first photo shoot.
The costumes highlighted each individual dancers unique beauty and style (and I ran out of adjectives to describe them; I mean how many ways can you state the obvious that these girls look magnificent?!)
Bridget and Catherine look gorgeous in these Spanish skirts

 Bridget looks regal and beautiful in this four tiered Spanish skirt in black and

Soloist Catherine embodies a Spanish princess in this Spanish skirt with matching mantilla and rose headpiece


Annelise personifies the icy beauty of the Snow Queen.
This costume includes a stunning Russian style headpiece



Practice tutus are available for sale at my Etsy site or via SharpSewingNY facebook page.

These tutus are perfect for class: 

Practice tutus in pink, white and black
Perfect for class 

 

Rehearsal: 

Catherine soars in her practice tutu, customized with a double hand-pleated top layer.

Or Performance:

Catherine, Bridget and Annelise take a bow
Catherine, Bridget and Annelise


Soloists Catherine (at left) and Annelise (at right) model their practice tutus
Catherine's tutu has a double hand-pleated top layer and Annelelise's tutu is custom sized.

The dancer's also modeled some of the custom made items that I offer:
Annelise models a custom made Sugar plum performance tutu

3 comments:

  1. Found your blog today and really enjoyed reading it. Your work is lovely. I make tutus too, in Australia, my blog is tutusbydani.blogspot.com if you want a look.
    Cheers
    Dani

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    1. Hi Dani,
      Thank you so much! you are the first person to be kind enough to comment! I "know" you blog and work, which is lovely. I was just in Oz. I also "talk" to Suzanne from time to time. I am hoping that maybe this year I can go to another (more) costumer's intensives and we might meet there. I love how you work with stretch fabrics. I have only just started to tinker with that, now that I have "gone out on my own"; I think that would be helpful to get a good fit for rental costumes.

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  2. Thanks for your reply. I hardly get any comments on my blog either, I think it's hard to comment if you don't have a google account. I started a tutu Facebook page for precisely that reason, much more interactive. Email me at danilegge@me.com if you want to chat! This thing keeps freezing on me ( this is my third attempt at a reply)! Cheers dani

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