Classical Performance Tutu Courses

Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned professional, Classical Performance Tutu Courses offer you the chance to both learn new skills and hone the skills you already have. This seminar teaches it all, from the very start to the completed tutu, including figuring how much fabric you will need, cutting the layers, scalloping vs. dagging, panty construction, basic basque patterning and construction, various ruffling techniques, tricks for sewing the net on the panty, and much, much more. We will teach both time-honored techniques and many of our newest ideas and innovations, born from the Tutu.Com Shop - the only shop in the country that makes tutus every, single day.  

Learn everything you need to know to make your own beautiful, professional, performance-ready Classical Tutus. You will learn several ruffling techniques, including Tutu.Com’s signature double-hand pleating method.  As part of this class, you will receive “The Classical Tutu Book” by Claudia Folts, her 57-step “Cheat Sheet” to help you remember the steps in order when you get home, plus her step-by-step, basque-patterning instructions, complete with full-color photographs and an easy-to-use math worksheet, designed by Elizabeth Ekey, TutuSchool graduate, who now runs her own company - Tutu Theatre, and is one of our tutu teachers, and introduction to a great measurement calculator designed by former TutuSchool student, Emily Raynor.

If you would like to continue your tutu training with detailed finish work, you will also want to sign up for Classical Tutu Finishing Techniques - The Art of Steaming/Hooping/Tacking. We do touch on these techniques in the Classical Performance Tutu class, but there simply is not enough time to go in-depth with these very valuable finishing techniques. 

Prerequisites: Each course will list specific prerequisites.

Course Length: 3 days. Also available as a 2-day Tutu Marathon course, but not recommended for your first tutu. See Your City’s Seminar Online Calendar to Plan Your Schedule.