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NEW YORK CITY BALLET
The idea for ByMarisa Dancewear and Pilateswear
began during Marisa’s decade long tenure
with The New York City Ballet, where she started
making dance clothes for herself and her colleagues.
It was while observing in the costume shops of
Barbara Matera and NY City Ballet that Marisa
started to develop her own ideas about designing
couture quality class and rehearsal apparel for
professional dancers.
EUROPE
When the opportunity arose to moved to Europe
and dance as a guest artist with Nacho Duato’s
Compañia Nacionale de Danza in Spain, and
later with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse in France,
Marisa began to develop a more European sense
of classicism and sophistication that translated
into her own fashion designs.
BROADWAY
Upon returning to the U.S.A., Marisa danced the
role of Louise on the 1st National Tour of Nicholas
Hytner’s “Carousel” choreographed
by Sir Kenneth MacMillan and subsequently joined
the Broadway company of “The Phantom Of The
Opera”. Marisa had spent a great deal of
time soaking up the knowledge of Broadway designers
and wardrobe supervisors and in 2003 launched
ByMarisa to showcase her skills and ideas..
FILM
With her broad experience both as a dancer and
dancewear/costume designer, Marisa acquired her
first feature film credit creating the dancewear
for Neve Campbell and members of the Joffrey Ballet
in Robert Altman’s film “The Company”
(Sony Pictures Classics 2003).
ByMarisa was specifically chosen by Sue Kauffman,
costume designer for “The Company”,
to create a look for Miss Campbell that reflected
what real dancers wear.
COSTUMES
ByMarisa has created costumes for many choreographers
including, Kevin O’Day, Carol Parker (Pilobolus),
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Sara Hook Dance,
Pascal Benichou Dance Theater, Neglia Ballet Artists,
Manhattan Youth Ballet and Ballet Academy East
in NYC. In 2008, Marisa was costumier for Pascal
Rioult's new piece " Small Steps,Tiny Revolutions".
Marisa’s work has been featured widely in
the media, gracing the covers of Dance Magazine
and Dance Spirit and appearing in the pages of
The New York Times, Pointe and Pilates Style Magazines.
Marisa was also chosen as a featured designer
for the premier issue of Dance Retailer News and
was featured again in the Dance Magazine article,
"Dancer Designers" in October 2008.
WHAT'S NEXT
Currently Marisa is developing a new line of yoga
clothing called, OnMyMat, while simultaneously
creating a studio workout with the same name,
that combines the essential principles of pilates,
yoga and dance in an exciting new way.
Go to our online store and discover why so many
dancer choose ByMarisa dancwear.
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