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The review 2-27-10:
Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake DVD *Review*
Friday
My daughter and I had a lot of fun watching the Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake DVD yesterday. My four and a half year old gal took her first ballet class a couple of months ago. It was a great experience. Now she spins around the house in her tutu on a regular basis. She has even been know to go to bed wearing a leotard.
Prima Princessa's Swan Lake DVD got my daughter all excited about ballet again. The video does a nice job of combining footage of profession dancers, ballet students and young children. The story of Swan Lake is shown in clips from each of the four acts. The voiceover does a fabulous job of explaining the story as the dancers from the world-renowned Paris Opera Ballet perform excerpts from Swan Lake live on stage. Between acts the adorable cartoon Prima Princessa guides viewers through ballet steps preformed by School of American Ballet students. Then you get to watch young children (ages 4-6?) practicing the steps.
My little gal really enjoyed watching the professional dancers and following the story. The summary at the end of each act really helped her follow along. She also liked watching the students show the various steps. Her favorite part seemed to be the scenes when animals were "performing" the steps. She absolutely cracked up when a flamingo was doing a piroutte! I was surprised to find her so entranced with the music. She kept asking to have to sound turned up. The 40 minute running time was just the right length. The only part I would want to change is the section between acts when the children are practicing their steps. It is adorable and got my daughter moving, however she seemed to want to have the "encore" showing of the steps shorter. She said that she'd already seen that part and that she wanted to get back to the story.
I knew this DVD was a hit when my daughter kept asking to watch it again. "I want to watch the ballet show again!"
You can find the Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake DVD on Amazon and at Target. It is very reasonable priced at $6.99!
Keep any eye out for the rerelease of the Prima Princessa Presents the Nutcracker. It would be a wonderful holiday gift for little girls! I will be looking for it for my little dancer.
Disclaimer: I was sent me a complimentary copy of this DVD for my review. I heard about it from The Product Review Place. Please review my disclosure policy for additional information.
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