Unboxing Historic Ballet Costumes Margot Fonteyn Anna Pavlova Sleeping Beauty Treasures

Step inside ballet history with this unboxing video of rare ballet costumes and ballet shoes worn by some of the most legendary dancers of the 20th century. 🩰✨

Join curator of dance Jane Pritchard as she carefully unboxes and explores these historic ballet objects – from Margot Fonteyn’s costume from The Sleeping Beauty, designed by Oliver Messel in 1946, to a ballet shoe thought to have been worn by Anna Pavlova in the 1920s.

Get an insight into classical ballet costume design, dance history and the incredibly talented performers that shaped it through the beautifully preserved pieces.

Chapters:
00:00 – Margot Fonteyn's costume from The Sleeping Beauty, designed by Oliver Messel (1946)
08:11 – Nadia Nerina's The Sleeping Beauty costume, designed by Oliver Messel (1946)
11:25 – Costume from Cotillon, designed by Christian Bérard (about 1932)
14:28 – Ballet shoe worn by Tamara Karsavina, crafted by renowned shoemaker Romeo Nicolini (1914)
16:34 – Ballet shoe possibly worn by Anna Pavlova, made by Romeo Nicolini (1920s)