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tutu

[too-too, ty-ty] / ˈtu tu, tüˈtü /


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Preston: One of the best compliments that Jon Tolins, our showrunner, ever gave me was when he saw the dailies from that day of the tutu and dancing with the little 6-year-olds.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 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 one truth about managing Celtic, or any other team with high demands, is that, if you are a winning manager, you can turn up in a tutu.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

The hat might have offended some, but otherwise, it’s a silly delight on par with the second season’s pigeon purse and that impractical tutu that defines “Sex and the City.”

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

I didn’t know if Diego was joking about the dress code, but I would have worn clown shoes and a tutu to get out of my house.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

Ruble’s newfound affinity for ballet is part of a wider trend of adults who, after donning tights and tutus in their youth, are now returning to ballet studios in adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

Edgar Degas is here, with his scenes of ballet dancers onstage and in rehearsal, their confection-like tutus and black-ribboned necks.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2024

The woman scooped an armful of tutus from a bin and dumped them in Penelope’s arms.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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