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Category Archives: Dance

LACMA Event: Costumes from Cirque Du Soleil

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Costumes of IRIS from Cirque Du Soleil: Characters By Design with Costume Designer Philippe Guillotel Wednesday, June 22 at 7:00 pm The Costume Council proudly presents a behind-the-scenes look at the awe-inspiring costumes of internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil®. Our grand finale program offers an exclusive preview of the upcoming resident production of IRIS [...]

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Dance Costumes Collection at the Bancroft, 1913-1945

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Last week  I came upon the most marvelous collection of Dance artifacts while I was doing a bit of research via Calisphere (a digital consortium of primary sources via the University of California) and the California Digital Library. The beauty of these illustrations stopped me dead in my tracks. Called the Paget-Fredericks Dance Collection, it [...]

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Natacha (Rambova) in the News

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times brought with it a mention of Natacha Rambova – the woman who’s fashion and costume design career I’ve been researching for the last eight years. It always thrills me to come upon new (or not-so-new research). Times reporter, Chris Erskine, took a road trip to Crown Point, Indiana where Natacha Rambova [...]

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