Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake

I ordered this DVD for my 6 year old daughter for Christmas because she has really been into ballet lately. We haven't had the time to put her in ballet classes yet so I thought this would be good until we get some extra time to put her in classes.This DVD is really cute my daughter really enjoys watching it and it does teach them how to do a few steps in ballet. They watch a video on ballet then learn steps then participate in a dance that they just learned the steps for. We bought my daughter some ballet attary for this DVD and I'm sure this was a great start before we actually put her in ballet. I was worried that if I put her in ballet she would get board with it, buying this DVD really is really showing me she might not get board with it.I am very happy with this DVD and my daughter absolutely LOVES it! She now wants the rest of the prima princessa DVDs😊 her birthday is right around the corner so I do see more of these DVDs in our midst.If you have a little girl that's into ballet I would totally recommend this DVD.This is a verified purchase I paid full price for this DVD.

The segments of Swan Lake performance included in the video are absolutely beautiful. I wish there were more. In between the segments the video shows 4-5 basic ballet movements, each demonstrated by ballet students and other real life objects doing similar things (like a top spinning or a tiger jumping). They are all nice to watch. The fairy that is leading the whole video has an annoying voice and laughter, but that's to be expected for a children's video. The 'audience' of the ballet performance are a bunch of little girls dressed up in tutus and they are silly and cute, just as they should be. A very entertaining video even for adult viewers. A nice way to expose your children to real classic ballet, but not one from which you would expect them to learn.

Great choice for a 4/5 year old who has an interest in ballet.

Not happy with this dad at all! It has about 2 minutes of "teaching" ballet, that is repeated back to back, and all 3 acts are this way! It also talks a lot about the evil villain that cast terrible spells on all the swans, not something I want my little ballerina learning and focusing on!

My 5 year old daughter really enjoyed this video when we first got it. She danced around her room imitating the ballerinas. Now I encourage her to do it, but she seems bored with it. She's taking ballet and gymnastics, but the video still doesn't spark her interest. Great concept, I enjoyed it. Wish I could give it more stars.

Ordered this for my 5-yr old. She took very informal ballet lessons when she was 4, and has attended a couple of ballets (geared toward children) that she enjoyed. She really enjoys this video. She has taken it to her grandparents' houses, along with her slippers and leotard, and shows them. I haven't seen the whole thing, but I like that, during the instruction parts, they show a dancer demonstrating the move properly, then show a group of little girls (with their tutus, etc) doing their own version. Then they show an animal or something that is moving in a similar fashion. My daughter, being somewhat of a perfectionist, doesn't get caught up in doing it just like the dancer....and is laughing and having a good time while she's doing it. A very worthwhile purchase in my opinion.

Very cute movie. Love the music and all the tiny dancers. My daughter just turned three, but I think she will enjoy it more maybe in another year.

The twins are 4 and their sister is almost 3. They ran and got their tutus on as soon as they saw the package. The DVD is a nice combination of professional dancers performing, professional dancers practicing and small children dancing in costume. I gave this 5 stars from a child's point of view. The switch of modes keeps the girls interested far beyond what a pure performance video would. And watching them twirl and sway was wonderful.

A good dvd, but quite short. My daughter loves to dance while watching this, and I think it has been a lovely introduction to the world of ballet as I would love yo take her to see one, but at age 2 this isn't practical. Will be buying the rest in the series.