Inspiration for Ballet Decoration

The red faerie is meant to represent passion.  This is something that is hard to represent in decoration.  It needs to not look like fire which could be tricky as things like using reds could look like a fire, but then using reds and blacks could make it look Spanish.  I think its important for me to represent Passion subtly into the costume.  It needs to look very organic as the designer wants them to look like they have emerged from the ground and out the woods.  There is a briar rose vine on the power net arm that we are all interpreting them we will decide on the best way and use it on all of ours, this is too look as though it is growing from them. 

Those who are not familiar with the story of The Sleeping Beauty, it is a tale that dates way back the the 1400's, before the myths and legends, before Tchaikovsky ballet,  before the Grimm's brothers and way, way before Disney.  They all follow a similar story in which the princess pricks her finger on a spinning needle and is put to sleep for 100 years.  The faeries come into play by casting a spell on the whole land so that all sleep for 100 years.  To protect the land rose vines cover the kingdom walls creating a barrier to the outside world.  This is quite a dark part,  the rose isn't pretty, its thorny and twisted and dark, this is what we need to focus on when doing the vine work. 

For my actual decoration I have decided to use the passion flower as a motif.  This picture below really inspired me, I think it has the organic feel to it, along with the sense of passion and dark twisted feel of the briar rose but also looks pretty and feminine which also has to be represented as they are not evil faeries. 

I am going to experiment with different techniques in interpreting the passion flower using beads, feathers, netting, ribbons, sequins etc. We are aiming to achieve something professional that could be seen on stage not something over textured that it is not a performance piece, it needs to be able to be used!