Its officially nutcracker season and new york city ballets costumes are as classic as the ballet itself. The costumes nycb new york city ballet official site. Sarah kjelleren what would the nutcracker be without its pink tutus and. Wwd goes inside the nycbs costume atelier as the company prepares. Ballet people will argue that all of these elements in the nutcracker are just tradition, that no insult is intended. Costumes for new york city ballets the nutcracker wwd goes inside the nycbs costume atelier as the company prepares for its annual production. The new york city ballet is very fortunate to have its own, permanent costume shop. In the costume room, mouse heads and tails sit at the ready just before their. Where sugar plum fairies and marzipan shepherdesses are born. Backstage with the nyc ballets iconic nutcracker costumes. All 90 dancers, 62 musicians, 40 stagehands, and more than 125 children in two alternating casts from the school of american ballet join forces to make each performance as magical as possible. Karinskas costume shop only made costumes for new york city ballet after 1964. Jan 23, 2014 a few weeks ago, the huffington post did a piece on dancer fashion at new york city ballet.
During the holiday period, the entire company is immersed in activities surrounding george balanchines the nutcracker. Layered tutus in blues, pinks, and purples are paired with satin bodices of blush pink. Backstage at nycbs nutcracker ballet costumes, ballet dress. Inside the nutcracker costumes at new york city ballet wwd. Aug 27, 20 ashley bouder as dewdrop, new york city ballet nutcracker.
Behind the scenes of new york city ballets the nutcracker. Waltz of the flowers from the new york city ballets awesome production of the nutcracker with the equally awesome ashley bouder. One of a series of short films for the new york city ballet, this film was featured at the companys spring gala, and tells the story of how the costume shop brings a faded tutu back to life. New york city ballet is one of the foremost dance companies in the world with a roster of 90 extraordinary dancers and an unparalleled active repertory of mo. Black swan hits theaters tomorrow, and well finally be able to get a look at those rodarte costumes oh, and that muchhyped sex. From april 21 through may 29, new york city ballet presents digital streams of two ballets a week, along full slate of other online programming, including new podcast episodes and livestreamed classes, to coincide with the dates of our nowcancelled spring 2020 performances at lincoln center. Nutcracker ballet nyc dance shows for the 2019 holidays. Besides george balanchines the nutcracker, she is well known for her costume designs for balanchines jewels, vienna waltzes, and western symphony, among many others. George balanchines the nutcracker new york city ballet. Use our guide to find the nutcracker in nyc in 2019.
But theres nothing to restore your littlekid sense of nutcracker wonder like a look at the sheer scale of a worldclass nut. Peninsula dance theatre is raising funds for new snow costumes for nutcracker. Each year the city ballets inhouse costume shop sees a mad dash in the leadup to the nutcrackers fiveweek run at lincoln center, where the. Even when a ballet is clad in the simplest of clothes black tights and white tops or simple white and black tunics they are known most familiarly not by their title or composer or choreographer. The nycb costume shop is responsible for creating and maintaining a wealth of imagination that has been translated into fabric, thread, buttons, ribbons and, of course, feathers. Behind the scenes of the nutcracker ballet new york city ballets. The costume shop overlooks the hudson river and is filled with light from. Behind new york city ballets nutcracker costumes marie claire. The beloved christmas ballet comes in many shapes and sizes. Ashley bouder as dewdrop, new york city ballet nutcracker. Marc happel, the new york city ballets director of costumes, describes the studio as the highest level of costumemaking, with phenomenal craftspeople and. New york city ballets the nutcracker includes two sugarplum fairy costumes, including this pink look from act one.