Let Textile Dance-From Barre to Bonbon
jenniferyudanni@gmail.com
This interior textile collection explores how ballet can be translated from a physical practice into a material language for space, and how embroidery and material layering can become ways to choreograph a space. “From Barre to Bonbon” describes a transition: the barre represents discipline, repetition, and control, while “bonbon” suggests a heightened, dream like state drawn from stage performance and childhood imagination. The project is concerned with how these two conditions coexist and gradually transform into one another.
The concept is rooted in my personal experience of ballet training. What begins as repetition and physical constraint slowly develops into rhythm, familiarity, and emotional attachment. Movement becomes internalized, and discipline begins to carry meaning. This shift forms the foundation of the collection. To frame this progression, the project draws on the narrative structure of The Nutcracker, where reality and dream are closely intertwined. The rehearsal space and the stage are not separate worlds, but connected states shaped by time, effort, and imagination.
Jennifer Yu
Textile Designer
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Let Textile Dance
From Barre to Bonbon
Chapter 1
This chapter holds the quiet discipline of the studio
— a space shaped by repetition, control, and gradual transformation.
Through line, structure, and restrained composition, the textiles reflect the process of becoming, where movement is not yet expressive, but carefully formed.
These textiles are intended for interior applications such as upholstery and lighting, bringing a sense of structure and quiet rhythm into space.
— Before movement becomes visible, it is learned, repeated, and held within the body.
In the studio
Movement
Barre
pointe shoes
Let Textile Dance
From Barre to Bonbon
Chapter 2
This chapter moves from the discipline of the studio into a dream-like stage inspired by “The Nutcracker”, where space becomes theatrical and control gives way to expression through light, colour, and ornament. The visual language shifts towards luminosit y and play fulness — colours intensify, compositions loosen, and textures become layered, reflecting a state where movement is no longer restrained, but performed.
These textiles are developed for interior surfaces such as curtains, panels, and feature upholstery, allowing atmosphere and narrative to extend into space.
— Where discipline dissolves into imagination
On the stage
The nutcracker
candy
snow flake