21. Designed and built by English National Ballet in Collaboration with Giles Deacon

Fashion designer Giles Deacon built this tutu out of a combination of feathers, silk and black Swarovski crystals as part of the English National Ballet’s 60th Anniversary in 2011. 

The National Ballet of Canada is honored to display this piece as a representation of our greater artistic community. The English National Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies, which celebrated its 60th year in 2010. The original vision – to take classical ballet of the highest quality to the widest geographical audience, at a price everyone can afford – remains the cornerstone of the Company’s philosophy today. The Company of 67 dancers and full orchestra performs large scale, high quality classical ballet nationally and internationally, presenting the same scale and excellence on tour as in London.

For more information, visit the National Ballet’s Virtual Museum, and the Design Exchange exhibits, 60 Years of Designing the Ballet and The Tutu Project on display from July 11 to Sept 2. 

Photos by Setareh Sarmadi and Marta Ryczko.