Designing a costume differs when creating for either a male or female dancer. Female dancer’s standard costume includes tights that cover the legs and hips and a leotard that covers the hips and trunk (Penrod 13). Leotards are an important basic garment in which most dance costumes are based from (Harrison 8). If the tights have a seam it is worn on the backward of the legs. Women can wear underwear under their tights; however, if they do wear underwear, it must never be seen. By showing the line of their underwear on the leotard the king-size look of the leg is destroyed.

Male dancer’s standard costume includes tights and a tunic worn on the upper body. Men’s Sexy Costumes tights should be pulled up firmly in the crotch to avoid a baggy appearance. Their tights are a deeper less shear material then women’s tights, but they also wear their tights’ seams in the back. Men wear a dance cincture under their tights for bed and to keep the body aligned. Men also wear a regular black belt or suspenders to hold up their tights.