As you've read in previous postings, the most significant costume build for this program and for OBT is for the world premiere of Yuri Possokhov's Raymonda. Since the end of January, I've been responsible for constructing 10 new tutu skirts for this ballet. At the end of last week, I felt a sense of accomplishment and melancholy as I took down the very last layer of tightly gathered and carefully ironed light blue tulle from the hangers, where layers and layers have hung from the ceiling in various stages of preparedness over the past several months.
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These are just beautiful! For all of the amazing costumes we see on traditional stages, none of them can touch the skill and talent possessed by those who make ballet costumes. I once had the privilege of seeing a similarly made tutu up close, and I was riveted. Many of the bindings are actually sewn with dental floss, because normal thread is not strong enough for the force that is put on these delicate contraptions. It is just amazing that these clothes can have so much fabric and yet remain so light, and retain such buoyancy and ease. I was blown away, and this was one of the simple ones. Some of the more complex ones, like some at the Oregon Ballet Theatre, are truly works of art. Costumes that are both comfortable for the physical strains of dance and still can retain this amount of beauty are not easy to create. I am very impressed.
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