Costume Guidelines

  • Please note that we recommend the wearing of body liners that are similar to the tone of your skin under your costumes.

  • Characters wearing pointe shoes should have at least a second (back-up) pair ready for the performance

  • All performers MUST arrive with basic stage makeup already done

Specific makeup requirements are outlined:

HAIR

We recommend that you put a hair net over the bun that matches the colour of the hair. Also, you may wish to use hair glue instead of hair spray to avoid breathing in the hairspray.

Characters: Personal Gear Required, Hair do’s, Makeup Requirements & What Cadance Will Provide:

Cadance will provide the costume.

You will need: Own black ballet slippers and black knee high socks or tights

Drosselmeyer

Adult Waltz

WOMEN:

Cadance will provide an old fashion floor length skirt or dress.

You will need: Own floor length skirt or dress. Hair done in an updo or wear a hat/bonnet type for shorter hair.
Stage makeup: what you would normally wear, just more of it.

MEN:

You will need: Black pants with dress jacket and white collared dress shirt and old-fashioned suits preferred if available. Hair can be worn in any style you like.

Nutcracker

Cadance will provide the costume and sword.

You will need: Own black dance shoes and tights

Clara

Cadance will provide the costume

You will need: Own ballet slippers and pink or white tights. Hair half up, half down & curled. Stage makeup.

Cadance will provide the costume (rental).

You will need: No tights, bare feet. Stage make-up.

Mice in Training

Mice

Big Mice

Cadance will provide the costume and remaining make-up.

You will need: Stage makeup is required. Dance in bare feet. Hair to be done in low buns

Little Mice

Cadance will provide the costume, black whiskers and the pink for the nose

You will need: Stage makeup is required. Dance in bare feet. Hair to be done in low buns

Mouse Queen/King

Cadance will provide costume, cape, crown and make-up

You will need: Dance in bare feet. Hair to be done in bun.

Harlequin Dolls

Cadance will provide the costume and remaining makeup.

You will need: Wear own black bodysuit, leggings and socks or black tights and ballet slippers. Pigtails (female). Stage makeup.

Cadance will provide the costume and hair accessories.

You will need: (Female) ballet pink tights, pink ballet shoes. (Male) black socks, black ballet slippers

Gingersnaps

Children’s Polka

A party dress will be provided by Cadance

You will need: Pink ballet slippers and ballet pink or white tights. Hair should be worn in a bun if you are in more than one piece. Hair may be ½ up, 1/2 down (curled if desired) if this is the only piece you are in. Basic stage makeup is required.

Fritz and Friends

Cadance will provide the remainder of costume.

You will need: Own white dress shirt, black jogging pants with elastic at bottom without writing on them if you own a pair and soft black shoes or black Jazz shoes

Clara’s Friends

A party dress will be provided by Cadance

You will need: Wear your own ballet slippers and ballet pink tights. Hair should be worn in a bun.

Cadance will provide the costume.

You will need: (Female) pink ballet tights and black ballet or jazz shoes. Pink or light coloured bodysuit or body liner for under garment. Hair in buns. (Boys) black ballet/jazz shoes, black knee high socks, black tights or leggings without writing on them.

Trepak

Snowflakes

Cadance will provide costume and hair accessories,

You will need: Own pointe shoes & pink tights. Hair in a bun. Stage makeup with white eyeshadow to be worn with roll on or gel glitter (not loose). Bras need to have clear straps or match skin tone in colour.

Snow Angels

Cadance will provide the costume.

You will need: Wear light coloured clothing underneath and pink or white tights or bare legs and pink ballet slippers; hair should be worn in a bun. Basic stage makeup, no red lipstick.

Angels

Cadance will provide the costume.

You will need: wear light coloured clothing underneath and pink or white tights or bare legs and pink ballet slippers; hair should be worn in a bun. Basic stage makeup, no red lipstick.

Cadance will provide the costume.

You will need: (wear light coloured clothing underneath and pink or white tights or bare legs and pink ballet slippers; hair should be worn in a bun. Peacock make up

Peacock

Ribbon Candy

Cadance will provide costume, purple bodysuit and remaining make-up.

You will need: Own black ballet slippers or jazz shoes, black socks and black leggings or tights. Basic stage make-up. Hair to be worn in a mid level bun.

Snow Queen

Cadance will provide the costume.

You will need: Own white performance (shiny) tights recommended. Own pointe shoes.

Sugar Plum Fairy

Cadance will provide the costume.

You will need: wear light coloured clothing underneath and pink or white tights or bare legs and pink ballet slippers; hair should be worn in a bun. Basic stage makeup, no red lipstick.

Cadance will provide the costume and accesories for hair.

You will need: Own ballet slippers/pointe shoes and ballet pink tights. Hair in a bun Bras need to have clear straps or be similar to skin tone in colour.

Waltz of the Flower

Chocolate

Cadance will provide costume.

You will need: Hair to be done in a low bun or hair out of face. Basic stage makeup with red lips for female dancers.

Reindeer

Cadance will provide the costume and remaining makeup.

You will need: Pink ballet tights and ballet slippers. Hair to be in a bun. Reindeer makeup.

Peppermint Twists

Cadance will provide the costume and hair piece.

You will need: Own pink tights, pink ballet shoeOwns. Hair in bun. Males: White legging and white slippers.

Clara’s Parents

Father: dress pants and shirt, suit coat, dress shoes;

Mother: party dress and shoes. As old fashioned as possible