Today I’d like to tell you about costumes of ballet.
I showed toe shoes before. These are the shoes that enable you to stand on tiptoe. When a dancer uses toe shoes, she seems to be floating like fairy. Actually, toe shoes were used for performing a fairy for the first time. Now these are used not only for performing fairies but also performing princesses, girls and so on (men don’t use toe shoes).
But when dancers practice, they often use “ballet shoes” which don’t enable them to stand tiptoe. Sometimes children use ballet shoes on the stage. Standing with toe shoes is difficult and a little dangerous. By the way, men always use ballet shoes.
When dancers practice, they wear leotards. Leotard looks like a swim suit. Leotard doesn’t hinder a dancer from looking her real style and attitude.
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On the stage dancers wear a variety of costumes. The audience can tell many characters apart by looking their costumes. For example, most of princesses wear white chuchu in the wedding scene.
Dancers put on makeup. The makeup is very different from that which women usually put on. Ballet’s makeup is very heavy(sometimes I cannot recognize my friends who wears ballet's makeup). But when we see them from the seat, we can recognize them.
Shoes, costumes and makeup help dancers to perform their characters effectively. When you see ballet, I want you to pay attention to not only dancers' techniques but also their looks.
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