Course Description: In Ballet Bodice Level One class you will work with woven fabrics, and will learn about the importance of proper fit, while working with little ease and still making the bodice comfortable. Fabric choices include several different woven fabrics.

You will learn how to properly use the fabric grainline and seam allowances, flatlining techniques, how to add bone casings to linings, finishing techniques with cotton cording and/or bias tape, and time-honored hand-sewing techniques.

Prerequisites: Clothes or costume making experience; sewing-machine and hand-sewing skills. This course is not appropriate for those who do not yet know how to sew. If you are new to dance costuming, Level One courses are a great place to start!

Bodice Pattern Guide:

• Adult 6-piece European-style bodice, with a point at the center front waistline and a low, rounded back.
• Adult 8-piece European-style bodice, with a point at the center front waistline and a medium-low, rounded back.
• Adult 10-piece European-style bodice, with a point at the center front waistline and a medium, straight back (we use this bodice in class to teach how to make changes to the back of a pattern)
• Child’s 6-piece European-style bodice, with a point at the center front waistline, and a medium-low, back.
• Child’s 8-piece European-style bodice, with a point at the center front waistline, and a medium-low, back.

Class Length: 2 days. See Your City’s Seminar Online Calendar to Plan Your Schedule.

Payments: Tutu.com Courses are available for those attending TutuSchool. Cost for this course INCLUDES the class, the teacher, and all fabrics and notions. Payments are non-refundable, however a TutuSchools credit, less 10%, will be granted for use within one year at any of our seminar locations when requested more than 30 days in advance of your seminar. If you must drop out within 30 days of the class date, no credit will be issued. Pay in monthly installments with ShopPay or PayPal Credit.