Christmas and Easter costumes typically portray mythical characters such as Santa Claus (by donning a santa suit and beard) or the Easter Bunny by putting on an animal costume. Costumes may serve to portray various other characters during secular holidays, such as an Uncle Sam costume worn on the Independence day for example.
Isadora Duncan made a great impact on dance costume today. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries she âthrows off the corset, bares her limbs, and dances barefootâ (Penrod 13). Duncan began a new look, inspired by the Greeks, of tunics and scarves. This simple costume inspired a new form of dance costume and new ways of moving (Penrod 13). This imitation of the Greek clothing freed the naturally beautiful lines of the human body and movement. This change in costume extended the dancerâs space, and caused the costume to be made to conform to the curves and shapes of the body as much as possible (Art of Production 57).
