A Fantasy Garden Ballet Class

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Starring: Rosemary Boross
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2003-08-12
Ballet is fun and easy with this classic program created especially for pre-schoolers. Each of the basic steps is associated with flower and animal characters that make it easy to remember ballet terminology. The beautiful melodies and memorable lyrics make this class a unique and exciting experience for the young child! In addition to the basic ballet steps, the class includes a warm-up, stretching and strengthening exercises, and fundamentals like basic motor skills and creative movement. The floor exercises teach children the format of a dance class, spatial directions, and working together in groups. Special Bonus: The DVD includes audio tracks of all 21 practice songs!

Great DVD
I purchased this DVD, because it came recommended by other dance teachers. I found the material to be age appropriate and highly creative. I was disappointed that the music included with the DVD was not on a CD where I could use it in the classroom. This DVD was helpful in generating new ideas for my classes.

Just like being in a class
I bought this video for my daughters who were too shy to be in a ballet class with all the other children. This video was just like being in the class. Literally. They basically set up a video camera in one corner of the dance studio and filmed the class. So it get a bit boring for my little ones to see the same scenery, etc. and it's like watching a home video. That said, my oldest appreciated that "it was just like our ballet class" and enjoyed learning the steps and terminology. This is a decent substitute if you can't enroll your children in a real pre-ballet class.

Great kids dance movie
I purchased A Fantasy Garden Ballet Class and its sequel A Fantasy Garden Ballet class II for my 2 year old daughter who is not quite old enough for a dance class. She absolutely loves watching it and loves Miss Rosemary, she sings along with the songs and participates as if she's part of the class on the tv. I have used it with my preschool class in the winter when we can't get out to exercise and even the boys like it. It has great little songs to do along with ballet stretches. The children love that there are small children (aged 4-6) showing the stretches. I love that the music is quiet and soft flowing so that it keeps the kids calm instead of getting them too hyped up. I give this movie 5 stars.

music is perfect
As a ballet teacher looking for a method that would teach 3 and 4 yr olds technique, but still keep their attention, the songs on this were perfect and I wanted to adjust movements. The only problem was that there is no CD available, so I ended up not really using this DVD and just coming up with my own syllabus.

Cheaply-Made, Poorly-Executed
I was very disappointed in this DVD. Aside from being lit and directed poorly, there was little to no variation in the camera angles, the sound was mastered poorly, the teacher was nearly impossible to hear over the mildly-grating music, and the moves were not well-taught. The little routines were cute enough, but they weren't really something that could be followed and imitated easily. It just wasn't very engaging.

My daughter really enjoyed Yoga Kids (by Gaiam/Living Arts), which I thought was a far better example of a well-made educational/exercise kids' video.