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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).
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Myrtha (Nadia Drake, Ithaca Ballet, Giselle 2007) |
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Giselle (Beth Mochizuki), the Willis (Ithaca ballet corps de ballet)
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men's stretch boot topper |
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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