Photographs by Sarah Ferguson

Working from the original design, Jeri Kumery (the steward of Salvatore Aiello's work) gave me the task of updating this classic 4 person ballet, set to lush strings. The costumes are not intended to convey nudity, but rather "warmth, and flesh." We chose a warm nude-tone spandex that was too golden to match any of our company's flesh-tone. We halted the hems at the ankle rather than taking them all the way into the shoe to create an intentional break to convey "costume." We also chose to interrupt the neckline and back of the women with mesh inserts, while creating a hard border around those up toward the top of the form. It was a privilege and an honor to have the task of designing one of Sal Aiello's ballets.