Sara Bacon pulls out a nearly-finished tutu and lays it on her dining room table in the San Fernando Valley. She spent the last night working in front of her TV, carefully sewing on hooks and eyes.

The Summer Olympics are upon us, and among those who love fashion, quirky sports and excessive sequins, this means one thing: rhythmic gymnastics. Regular-flavor gymnastics — or, as it’s officially ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Across the nation and around the world, in certain backstage sanctums, people are fretting over tutus. It’s “Nutcracker” season, when the holiday warhorse ...