Articles from the ‘Costumes Gone Awry’ collection

The Trouble Laugh

When your director has specifically told you to not laugh… and then your partner’s pants rips. From Stephanie Salts: One of my biggest issues at work is giggling. I think things are funny. I’m a little goofy (but my work is always my priority). My director has a lot of patience […]

October 9, 2014  |  Read Article

The Grandma-Sees-All

When your crotch splits mid-performance and your grandma is left staring at your dance belt… From Luke Willis: I was performing with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet in Nicolo Fonte’s piece “Left Unsaid.” We wore Gucci suits and ripped the shit out of them. One performance my grandma flew out to see me. […]

October 6, 2014  |  Read Article

The Shimmy Switch

When you accidentally switch costumes with the dancer next to you who is definitely a different size, and then you are asked to shimmy… From Jessica Bremner: I was in a high school dance troupe and we were doing a jazz routine to “Teach Me How to Shimmy” by Smokey […]

October 2, 2014  |  Read Article

Costumes Gone Awry

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Meet Ann… as in Anna Pavolva. And then meet Vas… as in Vaslav Nijinsky. You may have heard of them. They were famous dancers in the early 20th century. In fact, they were so famous that they were made into paper dolls almost 100 years later. How’s […]

September 29, 2014  |  Read Article