Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake

What I like so much about this video is that it completely satisfies my 3yr old who is hungry for any and all items related to being a princess/ballerina. I find it very hard to stomach all the Disney princess stuff (I disagree with much of the content), and I think this is a great alternative. It provides a way to introduce her to the arts while also allowing her to feel like a princess, in the imaginary sense. The video is a mix of an actual performance of Swan Lake that breaks here and there with video footage of young children practicing ballet moves. This keeps it interesting for young children whose attention span is short.

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.

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.

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.

I have two little ballerinas and they both love the Prima Princessa series. Their Nutcracker video is the most popular, and their favorite too, but after seeing it for the umpteenth time I ordered this one. Once again, the music, narration, and dancing is excellent. The kids can get excited about quality dancing and music from these videos. They provide a solid introduction to ballet, and the kids can even learn a few moves from the videos. Overall, I recommend this series highly. The people who produce these have a great formula.

I bought this DVD for my 3 year old granddaughter after reading the rave reviews, but I was disappointed. Two aspects of the program left me wanting more. It was great to see the professional ballerinas, and also the (approx.) 10 - 12 year old students demonstrating the first positions and a few movements, but then they also continually cut to a group of 4 - 5 year olds dressed in tutus prancing around outdoors free-form and acting silly. These scenes are cute, but did not help my 3 year old relate to the fact that she is expected to follow the movements and instruction of her teacher when she goes to ballet class. It really would have been better if they had shown a teacher with the girls, and showed them at least attempting to follow along. The second thing which I felt was not helpful to my 3 year old, was that during the demonstration by the older students of the first positions and a few movements, the producer continually cut to scenes of live animals to convey the concepts of numbers and movements. This really wasn't necessary, and just confused and distracted my granddaughter who was initially very interested in watching the student's movements.

It is a very fun movie to watch for all ages. Me and two of my girls, 6 years old and one and four months old love it very much. The little one started walking two months ago and she had already tried to copy the ballet movements. She was super excited to see the kids jumping. My older one just started ballet school this month. She gets to see the professionals and the learners in the movie. She can't wait to see the Nutcracker movie now. I wish to see more kids performing from the dance studio. Highly recommented!

This keeps my daughter thoroughly entertained. The actual dance scenes and the NY city ballet dancers are really great, but the kids are a bit kitschy. Great for the 4-6 set of girls, and the fact that its only about 25 mins is great if you dont prescribe to too much screen time (or while you fix dinner)

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.