85 Text: Lune Visser | Photo: Marc Haegeman hammer — should wear a dressing gown the morning after the ball. With little time to spare, Haller rushed out and found the perfect one at department store de Bijenkorf. Back at the theatre, it was swiftly dyed in a new colour and finished with a ribbon trim. Pink became turquoise The original palette for the ballgowns was pink, purple and dark blue. But when it turned out that pink and purple were just a bit too alike, pink had to give way and it became turquoise. Pure acting The pointe shoe that fits no one but Cinderella is not unusually small. Nor are the feet of the dancers who ‘fail’ to fit it absurdly large. It is all in the acting! Sustainable craft The costumes were created with clever adjustment mechanisms, allowing them to be reused again by new casts, inclu- ding at co-producer San Francisco Ballet, without the need to make a single additional costume. The woman with the hammer A small metal plate was attached to the wooden hammer so that even audiences at the back of the theatre can clearly hear it strike the pointe shoe. 320 costumes This photo shows you just a glimpse of what’s to come. In total, Cinderella, features no fewer than 320 magnificent costumes. Costumes and props in Cinderella A ballet fairy tale in a magical setting
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