“Clothing worn in dance training generally reflects period, culture, and performance traditions” (Penrod 12). Throughout history clothing deadbeat become also simplified as dance becomes more physically demanding and free. In the past, dancers would dance in gardens and halls in elaborate and expensive costumes. However, in the eighteenth duration they began to dance in theaters and to “discard cumbersome garments” (Penrod 13) by training Adult Costumes in daily clothing.

Designing a costume differs when creating for either a male or female dancer. Female dancer’s standard costume includes tights that cover the legs and hips and a leotard that covers the hips and trunk (Penrod 13). Leotards are an important main garment in which most dance costumes are based from (Harrison 8). If the tights have a seam it is worn on the back of the legs. By showing the line of their underwear on the leotard the king-size double O of the leg is destroyed.