Tutu (ballet)
The tutu [ tyˈtyː ] is a ballet costume . It is a skirt made of several layers of tulle .
After the dancer Marie Taglioni first performed in a tutu in La Sylphide in 1832 , it became the common costume of a ballerina . Until then, the dancers had worn panniers (hoop skirts) or classic, simple clothing. With the shorter and lighter tutu they could jump higher and their legs became visible, which in the 19th century was still considered highly immoral.
The romantic tutu is calf-length, as in Giselle , for example . Later it got shorter and shorter, up to the stiffly protruding tulle skirt, as it is used in most Swan Lake productions. Ballet dancers owe their present form of tutus to costume designer Barbara Karinska , who invented this so-called powder puff tutu at the New York City Ballet in 1950 .
Fashionable dresses inspired by the tutu, especially from the 1950s, for example the cocktail dresses by Pierre Balmain , are also known as ballet dresses . One also speaks of the ballet style .
literature
- Eliza Gaynor Minden: The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet . Simon and Schuster, New York 2005, ISBN 0-7432-6407-X .
- Robert Greskovic: Ballet 101: A Complete Guide To Learning and Loving The Ballet . Hal Leonard Corporation, Pompton Plains 1998, ISBN 0-87910-325-6 .
- Sabrina Kuffer, Ursula Roth: Ballet: pirouettes, tutu and lace dance . Knowledge is child's play, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 3-86751-000-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The History of the Tutu . Dancewear Central.Retrieved February 20, 2014