Paquita Tutu for Principal

Photo by Rosalie O'connor

This was a part of the tutus that were rented for Paquita.  those tutus were in very bad shape.  We needed different colors for groups of dancers, so I slip covered them.  

This one was for the principal dancer.  Against pink for soloists, purple for demi soloists, and black for corps, white tutu stood out for the principal dancer.

Refurbished Tutus for Paquita

Photo by Rosalie O'connor

We borrowed old tutus from some company.  They were for Swan Lake, but they were so worn out that they weren't white at all.  Yellow.  Not really pretty looking.  I was to decorate them to use for Paquita.

The director wanted to have different colors for a principal, soloists, demi soloist, and corps.  Instead of decorating tired dirty tutus, I decided to slip cover them.  I literally made the bodice and over skirt slip cover to sewn on the tutus.  That way I was able to give them vibrant colors.

To make 20 slip covers were big work, especially I had to sew them in by hand so they can be easily removed after the show.