Giselle revisted

Bathilde (center) meeting Albrecht in the forest

Back in 2010 our local ballet company put on a full length Giselle. Talented local designer, Scott Dolphin designed Giselle, Myrtha and the Willis costumes and created their gorgeous bodices and Myrtha's headpiece. Together with a friend and my daughter, I created the Willis tutus and their veils. I made headpieces for Bathilde (braided velvet edge to resemble Italian hair taping and a hand-embroidered pearl snood) and her lady-in-waiting (a black velvet "bonnet" with ostrich plumes and black and white snood).

Myrtha (Nadia Drake, Ithaca Ballet, Giselle 2007)

Giselle (Beth Mochizuki), the Willis (Ithaca ballet corps de ballet)

men's stretch boot topper

Hilarion's dance boots.

 For the 2014 production I was asked to create stretch dance boots for the men. Hilarion's boots had special strapping on them so that they fit more tightly than the other boots.
There was a small video slide show of the 2014 show here:
Ithaca ballet's Giselle 2014