Sugar Plum Fairy Costume Roundup

December 8, 2015

Do you have a favorite Sugar Plum Fairy costume? It’s kind of like trying to choose a favorite child—but each company decks out the show-stopping tutu in such unique and gorgeous ways that picking one isn’t really slighting the others. And anyway, we’d rather just enjoy the beauty of costume craftsmanship brought to life by gorgeous ballerinas around the world. Enjoy!

The National Ballet of Canada’s pink perfection:


Sonia Rodriguez (photo by Bruce Zinger)

 

San Francisco Ballet goes for the gold:


Maria Kochetkova and Gennadi Nedvigin (photo by Erik Tomasson)

 

The Royal Ballet’s demure blue:


Laura Morera and Federico Bonelli (photo by Dave Morgan)

 

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s pop of purple:


Elizabeth Murphy (photo by Lindsay Thomas, Courtesy PNB)

 

Boston Ballet’s dynamic details:


Misa Kuranaga (photo by Rosalie O’Connor)

 

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