{"id":6647,"date":"2016-06-14T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/?p=6647"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:31:03","slug":"stitches-new-costumes-phare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/stitches-new-costumes-phare\/","title":{"rendered":"In Stitches: New Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Stitches: New Costumes at Phare<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13315783_10201667301241763_4536272697082790263_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6650 alignleft\" src=\"\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13315783_10201667301241763_4536272697082790263_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"13315783_10201667301241763_4536272697082790263_n\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>The costume department at Phare is busy! They&#8217;re in the middle of a three week costume workshop, the third in a series of four sponsored by the EU and UNESCO. They&#8217;ve been brainstorming new concepts, scouring the markets for fabrics, and bringing new ideas to life. The costumes will be used in a brand new show, currently in creation and set to premiere next year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The inspiration for the workshop is traditional Khmer characters, with paintings, photography, cinema, music and books as sources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The goal is to create five convertible costumes. The finished products will be used by performers in a variety of ways. The full versions will include stilts and wings and other appendages. The pared down versions will be simple enough to allow acrobats and contortionists to strike any pose they like.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6647 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/13350457_10156969012560207_4157372441920595050_o_opt\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13350457_10156969012560207_4157372441920595050_o_opt-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus costume design, two women seated while sewing feathered costume\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/13331016_1043127495764076_7799736517072923035_n_opt\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13331016_1043127495764076_7799736517072923035_n_opt-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus artist on stilts in billowing costume outside iconic red big top\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/13310590_1043127669097392_8634378625227864704_n_opt\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13310590_1043127669097392_8634378625227864704_n_opt-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus performer in billowing costume outside the big top\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The only criteria are that the costumes should be creative, contemporary, shiny, brilliant, attractive, fun, and inspire amazement. Shouldn&#8217;t be too hard, right?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6647 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/13327495_10201667300361741_867229831232658509_n\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13327495_10201667300361741_867229831232658509_n-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus costume design workshop - mannequin with yellow costumed wings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13327495_10201667300361741_867229831232658509_n-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13327495_10201667300361741_867229831232658509_n-1-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/13336042_1043127309097428_620326293447138147_n_opt\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13336042_1043127309097428_620326293447138147_n_opt-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus artist on stilts wearing traditional Khmer costume\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/13403854_10156969012570207_7233823079805091010_o_opt\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13403854_10156969012570207_7233823079805091010_o_opt-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus costume design, seated woman sewing circus performer&#039;s costume\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/?s=workshop\">workshops at Phare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the support of:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6749 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EU-Logo-Final-cropped_opt-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6751 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unesco_opt-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Stitches: New Costumes at Phare The costume department at Phare is busy! They&#8217;re in the middle of a three week costume workshop, the third in a series of four sponsored by the EU and UNESCO. They&#8217;ve been brainstorming new concepts, scouring the markets for fabrics, and bringing new ideas to life. 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