tutu

Japanese: tutu
tutu

...they require the dignity to play the role of a prince or aristocrat. tutu is a skirt unique to ballet, made of several layers of thin fabric. It first appeared in the ballet La Sylphide (1832), and at that time it reached down to the ankles, but towards the end of the 19th century it became long enough to reveal the knees.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tutu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…王子,貴族などの役柄を演じることのできる風格が要求される。チュチュtutu薄い布を何枚も重ねたバレエ独特のスカート。バレエ《ラ・シルフィード》(1832)に始まり,このときはくるぶし付近まで達する長さであったが,19世紀の終り近くには膝が見えるほどの長さとなった。…

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