Amateur and professional tutu makers worldwide are asked to bring their expertise and skills to Jackson June 19-22 to compete for a $1,000 cash prize and to be featured in the renowned Project Tutu ...

Most 16-year-olds are studying and just beginning to think about future career paths, but one local dance already has an established career on stage as a ballerina. Most 16-year-olds are just ...

I learned the importance of the dance costume at a very early age, as both my parents were dancers, and I can remember watching repeated costume fittings for hours from my crib near the piano in my ...

What’s it like teaching pre-ballet to kids under the age of 8? “It’s like herding squirrels,” Tutu School founder Genevieve Weeks said. Tutu School offers classes for kids aged 18 months to 8 years.

Across the nation and around the world, in certain backstage sanctums, people are fretting over tutus. It’s “Nutcracker” season, when the holiday warhorse comes to life and Sugar Plum Fairies learn ...

For the last nine years, children with Down syndrome in Alexandria, Virginia, have had the opportunity to be introduced to ballet thanks to The Purple Tutu. The program is now under the umbrella of ...

The show can't possibly go on. Or, at least, no ballet company should be expected to woo paying audiences without its principal dancers twirling and whirling in hand-stitched tutus. And there's the ...