tutu

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.

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

Luna was dressed in pink leggings and a pink tutu, with a silicone bib around her neck and a soft pink hat on her head.

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.

Their bodies were their canvases, which they bedecked in feather boas, tutus, corsets, Victorian petticoats, Edwardian frock coats, wigs, wings, headdresses, ribbons, sequins, rhinestones, satin, face paint and an abundance of glitter.