Mother Ginger's Attendant

This was made for the young dancers who dance with Mother Ginger.  This studio had Mother Ginger as a female soloist, and corps of girls about 10 years old.  It's a very cute scene.

This simple costume for kids looked very adorable on them. 

Mother Ginger

Usually Mother Ginger is played by a guy and he has huge skirt and kids come out there and dance.  But this studio didn't have that kind of Mother Ginger.  It was a girl's solo and young girls corps.  They wanted to refresh the whole thing.  I noticed that Mother Ginger was not rally the glamorous one comparing to other characters from 2nd act of Nutcracker.  

They wanted to make the costumes more domestic looking.  Like for somebody who likes bake.  The color was decided to contrast with other characters in 2nd act.

So I made it more like a peasant in very cute macaron color.

The color is so youthful and brilliant on the stage.  But we didn't loose the feeling of her liking baking.  She comes out with a cooking tool.  Yet the girls liked it because it was not dull.