“All these costume-makers were in trouble,” said Hynes.
There was also an excess of fabricators who needed work during the health crisis. Hynes and the in-house team at Colorado Ballet who worked closely together got a full extra year to think through their decisions. The were some advantages to the postponement. 24.Ĭolorado Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” runs from Nov. Many have to be made in duplicate to accommodate the three distinct casts of dancers who will fill roles over the 26 performances running Nov. That may seem like a lot of samples, but “The Nutcracker” requires more than 125 costumes and some use as many as 15 different fabrics. We sat there for days and went through them,” she said. “One time Ricky brought 7,000 swatches to my house in New Jersey. When it was possible, she and her assistant Ricky Lurie met in her home. She got by, borrowing neighborhood teens to model lithe ballerina outfits and working through problems via Zoom. Those are things that Hynes and her team prefer to do in person, traveling to different cities, but were forced to handle locally or through digital screens. Costume designers need to see and feel fabrics, to watch dancers up-close as they move in new creations made of chiffon, taffeta and silk, to push and pull at stretchy materials during multiple fittings. Provided by Colorado BalletSketches of costumes for a Snowflake, the Mouse King and the Nutcracker Prince by designer Holly Hynes, for the Colorado Ballet’s “Nutcracker.”įor Hynes, the pandemic lockdown presented challenges she never might have imagined.
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