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Before performing in their specially designed tutus, dancers need to check the elastic isn’t too tight and the fabric doesn’t chafe. For Principal Artist Lucinda Dunn, performing in a tutu has its pitfalls: “You can’t see your toes, your technique is exposed and, worst of all, the tulle gives you an itchy bottom!”
And while male dancers might not wear tutus, it doesn’t mean they don’t have to grapple with them. “Partnering a ballerina who is wearing a tutu can have its moments,” said former Principal Artist Steven Heathcote. “If you stand too close, you might bump your partner off balance into the orchestra pit. And, when ‘lifting’, we often get tutu burn on our chest (although you can always tell your mates it’s a surfboard rash!)”"
http://www.australianballet.com.au/education/about_ballet/the_tutu
