With apologies to pointe shoes, nothing says “classical ballet” like a tutu. For more than a century, little has changed with the basic structure of its two essential styles: the historically older ...

Little girls all over the world share a dream of being a ballerina, gliding across stages in toe shows, fitted bodice and the stiff skirt made of netting. After all, what’s a ballerina without a tutu?

As a senior in costume technology in the School of Design and Production at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Jenna Anderson has always wanted to work for The Royal Ballet, a ...