the
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About the artist and creator
Margo Krody Blutt
Beyond the artistry of the dance, many of NYCB’s amazing sets and costumes have also been visually inspiring for her. Marc Chagall designed those for George Balanchine’s “Firebird” and Noguchi did his “Orpheus”, but Margo’s work is more closely influenced by the costumes of Karinska and the sets by David Hays and Rouben Ter-Artunian which can most clearly be seen in the Balanchine ballets, “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Vienna Waltzes”.
Margo’s design aesthetic is deeply influenced by her many years as a professional ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet. She danced with the company for over thirteen years, and then after leaving the stage, Margo continued to create through a variety of mediums including textile arts, jewelry making and mixed media collage.
Margo has loved collecting seashells since childhood, growing up with summer vacations in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Now, her family’s home on Long Island is filled with mirrors, picture frames and chandeliers that she’s transformed into works of shell art created from treasures found on the beaches there. After finishing a long-term project of shelling a large console, Margo was at a loss for a good gift for a family friend. The many boxes of shells that she had left over led her to create her first seashell bouquet and beachblossoms was soon to follow.
Ballet dancers are required to pay careful attention to the overall design created by the artful placement of their entire form in space from the tips of their toes to the tops of their heads. Dancers call this “line”, and that carefully crafted and expressive shape must be in unity with fellow dancers and also to the frame and three-dimensional shape of the entire stage. It is this attention to the finest details in spatial composition, along with ballet’s timeless elegance and classic beauty, that Margo is inspired to bring to her art forms.
Margo’s arrangements are handmade by her in New York, and she is excited for her current works to “perform” for you, your friends and family in your own home.