Among the versions of The Nutcracker which I watched, these was the most interesting and unique one in terms of the costume designs. It is a modern version performed in Mariinsky theatre again, in 2007. Some of the costume are not really typical for ballet, the colors used are very bright. The characters look like they are taken from a fairy tale. I was really impressed by the creativity the designer has applied on the classic ballet and decided to use similar approach for my practical work.
I shotlisted 3 characters and their costumes from this performance - which were female woman bee costume, a clown male costume and a female snow flake costume. And I created 3 sketches to the costumes taken from this performance. My next work will be to choose one of this costumes and to create my own design of 2 different but very similar costumes of the same type. Then, I will actually create them using fabric and applying alternative materials on it. Here are the sketches:
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