Why is a tutu called a tutu?

Question

and whats the point of them being so poofy?

Answer 1

From Wikipedia:

"The word tutu is a corruption of cucu, French baby talk for cul-cul meaning roughly "botty-wotty" (for bottom)."

Then from Royal South Street Society :

"Why do Ballerina's wear a tutu" is a common question at the competitions. So out of respect and understanding, I thought the curious amongst us might like to know why ballet dancers wear tutus:

(a) So the dancers cannot see their legs, which makes their technical work very difficult, a kind of "self inflicted degree of impossibility."

Of course, (a) implies (b), which is the Historical reason for tutus, which is a whole page of reason, which is why I will not just copy and paste it in here -- the link is below and you can read it for yourself, but it boils down to this:

"With short dresses and powerful legwork, the mob in the pits tended to see more, whilst the genteel folk upstairs did not. In order to disguise the under-dress area, the costume makers designed a multi-layered drooping dress with frills that were joined across the bottom. The pit mob called this area of anatomy the "tutu", and over time the special dress took on the commoners name for the area it was meant to cover. That is the origin of the tutu!"

Hope this answers your question!!

Answer 2

Tutu is a French word, which in turn is a baby-talk form of cul, "behind." The term is thus a reference, not so much to a garment.

Answer 3

Because the name TUTU is just amazingly awesome!!!

Answer 4

i dont why but they look good on stage

Answer 5

not sure, but why do they call a banana, a banana, and why is it yellow most of the time?

Answer 6

because it is

Answer 7

good question....??? i'm not sure