Biography

Alison Brown is a Costume Designer and maker based in Scotland, with over 25 years experience in the industry. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art where she is now a part time lecturer, she has worked extensively with companies such as Barrowland Ballet, Catherine Wheels, Grid Iron, Lung Ha’s, Macrobert Arts Centre, Rob Heaslip, the Royal Lyceum, Scottish Dance Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland.

A collaboration between Scottish Dance Theatre and London based choreographer Botis Seva (Far From The Norm), TutuMucky blurs the boundaries between ballet, contemporary and hiphop dance technique, challenging traditional convention to offer a distinctively innovative form of dance.

TutuMucky searches for peace in chaos and celebrates revolt against every system that tries to oppress us. Coming from an interest in social order, structured lifestyles and hierarchies, the costume design continues the themes of conformity and subversion by uniformly costuming the dancers whether male or female, in traditional tutus in brown hues, unsettling the regimented and pristine culture of the ballet world.