Canadian Costumer's Digital Research Initiative Results
This research is targeted to Canadian Costumers, and more specifically to those working in the production of theatrical costumes.
This research is targeted to Canadian Costumers, and more specifically to those working in the production of theatrical costumes.
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is a Junior Cutter for Theatre, Opera and film. She<br />
graduated from Red Deer College in 2005 with a Diploma in Costume<br />
Cutting and Construction. She enjoys quilting and designing clothing for<br />
herself.<br />
’s lifelong passion for sewing began at the age of nine<br />
with 4-H sewing. Knowing that she wanted to pursue a career that could<br />
put her sewing skills to work she attended Red Deer College and received<br />
a Diploma in Costume Cutting and Construction. She was then able to<br />
foster these skills working as a stitcher (Stratford), firsthand, junior cutter<br />
and cutter at many theatres including the Citadel Theatre, The Banff<br />
Centre, and Theatre Calgary.<br />
is a graduate of Dalhousie University’s Costume Studies<br />
Program and has worked as a stitcher and cutter for theatre in both Nova<br />
Scotia and Ontario. She now lives and works in Toronto, where she has<br />
had the pleasure of cutting for <strong>Canadian</strong> Stage, Young People’s Theatre,<br />
the annual Ross Petty Pantomime, and innumerable independent<br />
productions. She specializes in women’s wear and historical costume, but<br />
especially loves to build for children’s theatre, where costumes are often<br />
large, specialized and outrageous. For the past year she has been working<br />
at the National Ballet of Canada as Junior Cutter on their upcoming<br />
production of Swan Lake.<br />
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