The concept for Tutu Tuesday originated with its creator’s new year’s resolution to wear a tutu every Tuesday for the entire year of 2008. Carla Tutu set her stake in the Burning Man tradition of Tutu Tuesday while by chance donning a tutu at a New Years Day party (Stompy/Sunset), which happened to fall on a Tuesday that year. Having so much fun gallavanting about the city in her tutu every week, she decided that others should join the party and began planning the first Tutu Tuesday. Paige Smith, print designer for the San Francisco Ballet Company, designed the Tutu Tuesday logo and Dirtybird Justin Martin posed in the Japanese Tea Garden for the party’s first flyer. After relocating briefly to Santo's Party House in NYC, Tutu Tuesday enjoying 2 luscious years at SF's legendary 222 Club. When the intimate gem sadly closed its doors, resident Atish and Carla Tutu decided to continue the tradition nonetheless for a longstanding reign at Harlot nightclub. What a blessing to the dance community it has been.
