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Apryl Sullivan

The life of a dance costume, from the inside out

March 27, 2017 - Jill Morena

Shaping the fosshape form with heat guns

A costume worn for the Ballets Russes’s production of Narcisse, currently on display in the exhibition Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, presents an intriguing glimpse into behind-the-scenes work at the dance company that electrified pre-World War I audiences in Europe and beyond. [Read more…] about The life of a dance costume, from the inside out

Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Apryl Sullivan, Ballets Russes, corset, costume, dance, Ethafoam, exhibition, Fosshape, garment, Jill Morena, mannequin, Narcisse, Rigilene, seamstress, Stories to Tell

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