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tutu

[too-too, ty-ty] / ˈtu tu, tüˈtü /


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And as our little girl puts on her tutu for 3-year-old ballet class, she says, “No, momma, I don’t want to go to dance class.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

There is also a costume inspired by crinoline, the stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt or tutu, but whimsically reimagined using neoprene.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The tutu — it’s a tulle skirt, actually – was Field’s way of presenting an alternative to sweatpants.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

Weir’s technique may not be professional grade, and her tutu may be ripped and bloodied, but by the end of “Abigail,” her triumphant, unbridled dancing captures something true about why real ballet dancers love ballet.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

Nancy's bedroom was the smallest, most personal room in the house—girlish, and as frothy as a ballerina’s tutu.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The choreographer asked her costume designer, Robert Perdziola, to dress her dancers in a variety of looks, with flouncy tutus for the women in her first movement and limp, longer skirts in the others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

His charming, whimsical collection featured ruffled tutus, sculptured soft knits, peplum jackets, skirts with bustles and plenty of shearling fabric.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Then you go in, and there’s a lot of other little kids, and you’re all wearing tutus — that’s how they get you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

The idea is to wrap the material typically used for ballet tutus around the tree like a lollipop.

From Salon ● May 16, 2024

She reached into another bag and brought out a tangle of wildly colored tutus, several pairs of black tights, and some turtle-green socks.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles


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