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Bella Dancerella - Home Ballet Studio Swan Lake DVD
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$54.93*
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| Part No: | B000XAGXVM |
| Manufacturer: | Spin Master |
| MFG Part: | 60008212 |
| Customer Rating: | 3.5 / 5.0 |
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- Step-to-Step mat
- An easy-to-assemble ballet barre
- A 30 minute 'dance along' DVD for hours of dancing fun
Bella Dancerella Swan Lake - makes ballet easy and fun to learn! This complete home ballet studio features a double-sided mat, an easy-to-assemble ballet barre, and a 30 minute 'dance along' DVD for hours of dancing fun!
With Bella's 30 minute DVD and double-sided 'step-to-step' ballet mat, you will learn the basic ballet positions for your left and right foot.
The Bella Swan Lake is a wonderful introduction to the exciting world of ballet or for practicing ballet steps learned in formal classes.
For ages 3-8 years old.
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| Great for your little ballerina | 2008-12-10 | 5 / 5 |
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My four year old daughter loves this dance video and mat. She really tries to put her feet in the right spots and loves to play with the bar.
I realy recommend this for any girl who likes to dance and is between the age of 3-5, maybe older. My little girl has already learned several dance steps.
Like the other reviewer said, you can get this for around $20. I found mine at Walmart and I have seen them in used clothing stores (kid to kid and such) |
| Ballet FUN | 2008-01-05 | 5 / 5 |
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Let me first say that this product is listed for almost $80 and I bought it for under $20 at a discount retail and clothing store. I suggest you look for a better price elsewhere. That being said... buy it, it's great!
We bought this for our 3 year old daughter (who loves to wear her tutu everywhere), despite some not so shining reviews. She absolutely loves it. She wants to watch again and again everyday. It is very engaging for a little girl just starting to dance. However, I think a little girl who has been taking lessons for a while would not get a lot out of it.
The video does its job of being a FUN and visually appealing intro to ballet with upbeat music, positive reinforcement and a pleasant teacher (Bella). There are probably more thorough instructional ballet videos out there. If you want more serious instruction this might not be what you are looking for.
The video is sectioned into segments of warm up, ballet basics (Plié,Port de bras, Relevé,etc.), ballet lesson (foot positions and twirling), "Bellamotions" (face, body language & dancing using emotion including "happy", "sad" and "angry"), "Curtsy"ing and a Swan Lake dance finale. The finale is set on real theatre style set and the the ballerinas wear pretty Swan Lake style tutus. The entire video is produced very well on very nice sets.
In addition, the teacher emphasizes that you need to "practice, practice, practice" and "practice makes your good better, and you better best". My daughter was repeating these phrases herself. The progression of the video shows the girls practicing in leotards and ending up on stage in beautiful tutus, showing that hard work leads to rewards. A valuable lessons for all ages.
The ballet barre is more of a prop than a "real" barre but my daughter likes it and can move it around easily (as they do in the video)and the mat gets a little wrinkled (not too bad), but again she like it and can unroll it and set it up herself.
Overall, this product does it job to get a beginner dancer interested and makes dancing FUN. |
| Not worth it ! | 2008-01-01 | 1 / 5 |
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| My daughter received this for Christmas and it is not worth it. The ballet barre and mat are fine but the DVD is a joke. There is only about 10 minutes of combined stretching and instructed ballet using the mat and barre. The rest is of the cast of the DVD performing ballet (swan lake) in front of an audience. There's no way for the children to follow along when they are performing. The 30 minutes of instructed ballet as advertised is actually only 10 minutes. I'm looking for another instructed ballet DVD to use instead of this one. My daughter loves the mat and barre and I'm sure she'll continue to use them but the DVD that comes with this set is not useful. Also, the mat is not double sided as stated in the description unless they consider one side completely white and one side decorated as double sided. |
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