Prima Princessa DVD Review and Giveaway
Written by valmg on July 29, 2008 – 11:19 pm
I gladly accepted when I was recently offered a chance to review the DVD Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake. Dancing is great fun and great exercise. I took tap and jazz lessons for a number of years and remember how much fun dancing could be. My youngest son loves to dance around when he watches Angelina Ballerina. Young children love to dance around and have fun, no matter if they are boy or girl.
Prima Princessa is a cute little animated fairy ballerina who is also your narrator. She explains the story of the Swan Lake Ballet to a group of young girls, as well as you of course. While Prima Princessa is narrating, viewers are treated to footage from the Paris Opera Ballet’s performance of Swan Lake. The performance is broken up into several chapters. At the end of each chapter there is a lesson demonstrating steps seen in Swan Lake. Each time a step is it is shown it is named and shown twice in a row. No more “can you rewind” or “how’d they do that” with this DVD. There is also footage of the young girls dancing and students of the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center practicing in between chapters.
At 40 minutes, this DVD is just the right length to hold a child’s interest. It does a great job of explaining the storyline of the ballet. I’ve never seen a performance of Swan Lake but have heard of it many times. Prima Princessa’s narration was excellent and allowed me to understand what the ballet was about. This is a terrific way to expose young children to the world of dance. I think it’d be neat if future editions of Prima Princessa presented other ballets.
Prima Princessa danced out of the minds of two fellow Jersey moms, Stephanie Troeller and Mary Kate Mellow. (Such cool people and cool stuff comes from Jersey!) If you’d like to see a clip from the DVD one is available on the Prima Princessa website. The DVD is available for purchase for $19.99 on Amazon.com. It can also be found at Capezio stores across the nation, the Lincoln Center Holiday Shop, the San Francisco Ballet Shop, select Learning Express toy stores and many other specialty stores.
The folks at Prima Princessa have been generous enough to offer one of the Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake DVDs to a winner of this giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of the Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake DVD. To enter visit the Prima Princessa website and watch the DVD clip. Then leave a comment on this post stating what you liked about the clip and who this DVD would be for.
Hurry and enter now - comments close Saturday 08/02/08 at 11:59 pm est. Comments must contain the pieces of information specified to qualify for the contest. The winner will be selected using random.org and will be announced on Sunday 08/03/08. The winner must contact me to confirm they wish to receive the prize within three days of my email notifying them they’ve won. Sorry, US addresses only.
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THE GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.
Jessie
July 30th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Love the cute little ballerinas and the shots of the kids trying the dance moves and then the professional dancers performing the same moves. Good learning movie and fun too! This would be perfect for my 4 year old who loves to dance!
Shay
July 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
My daughter would love this! She just participated in her first dance camp a couple of weeks ago. Thanks! Make sure you stop by my site I’m giving away a Princess Bracelet made by yours truely.
tiffany lane
July 30th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
My dughter would love this. She loves to dance.
Amanda D.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I liked how the clip showed a dance move demonstrated by the professionals, then a trained student, then the little girlies. So cute! My 2 year old daughter was captivated by the clip, btw! She would love this.
Thanks so much!
Suzanne
July 30th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Great teaching method! Would give it to my daughter
Michele
July 30th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
My daughter would love this! She would like the dance move demonstrated by the professionals, then the little girls. She always wants to mimic the teacher exactly!
Fedora
July 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Ooh, my daughter would love this! She just finished her first session of dance and loves watching her recital video–this would be a great substitute!
Kristin
July 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
My 5-year-old daughter would love it.
Megan
July 30th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
My daughter would love this!
Go Amie
July 30th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I love that they have little girls, and not just professionals. I would win this for my neighbor.
Sharon Fairclough
July 30th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Bravo, the little girls were adorable looks like a very nice video. Thanks for the giveaway
Genevieve
July 30th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
My daughters would love this! I liked how the little girls and real ballerinas both did the positions.
Trisha
July 30th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I love that this is made for little kids! It even uses little girls in the clip. My daughter would love to be a ballerina! Thanks for the giveaway!
Ginny
July 30th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
This is such a great dvd, I love everything about it. I have a little ballerina that has been wanting a copy ever since she saw my daughters. I’d love to surprise her with it!
Mia J.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I really like how it is geared towards the kids with actual kids doing the moves as well as professionals. My daughter who just started ballet would love this.
Jenn
July 31st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
How perfect. Well, my favorite part is the music, of course. But the snapshot of the two sisters dancing in the yard in their tutus. I have two little girls (4 and 2) and they love dressing up and dancing. My four year old insists she is a Ballerina Princess Mermaid. Can you just picture a mermaid doing a Demi-Plie?
Julie
July 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
My daughter would love this.
I like the way the moves are demonstrated more than one way.
Marina John
July 31st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
wud luv this for my twinkletoed dottie
Suzie G
July 31st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I think the movie looks like a lot of fun. I like the princessa animation that moves around on the screen. I also loved how it showed boys and girls dancing! Ballet isn’t just a girl’s activity!
kristen
July 31st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
i heart that they have little ballerinas on this dvd . . . my lil girl loves watching other real little girls on tv. thanks. kristen.
ryankristenwilson(at)msn(dot)com
Jodi
July 31st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Oh, I think little girls dancing are so adorable. My daughter would love this.
Cherie J
August 1st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I loved the shots of the kids trying out the dance moves. So cute! This would go to my daughter who is a cutie herself. Thanks for the contest!
Kathy Conley
August 1st, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I loved the kids dancing in the clip and this would be for my own little girl!
lorene
August 1st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
we liked the dance move demonstrations, I would give to my dancer daughter
Rodney K
August 1st, 2008 at 2:54 pm
My neice would adore this.
lace
August 1st, 2008 at 5:00 pm
This dvd would be for my niece. I love how the clip has little girls dancing.
Stephaine
August 1st, 2008 at 6:29 pm
This would be for my three year old future ballerina! I liked the part where both adults and children would do the dance moves.
grayjones5(at)yahoo(dot)com
LeeAnn P.
August 1st, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I really like that the DVD shows boys/men
dancing as well as the girls/women.
This would be for my 2 yr old daughter who fancies herself a ballerina and also for my 4yr
old son who always wants to join the fun!
Kristie Noguera
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 am
I liked the flamingo dancing and the way the professional ballet was mixed in with fun elements to keep the kids entertained. This would be for my daughter.
Lisa
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 am
The kids dancing and it would be for my 4 year old daughter.
Julie Kenyon
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 am
I love the cinemotography of the ballet. Most children can’t sit through a whole ballet, but they get to experience it in this DVD. My niece would love this!
Holly
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
What a GREAT DVD. It has all the elements of an entertaining and educational product. I love the combination of animation, real kids and professionals. I think it’s super that they included boys/men as well and girls/women and I love that they included the printed label/word for the various dance positions.
Heather C
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I love how the clips showed boys, girls - even flamingos! - doing dance moves. Very cute!
Audra Marie
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:16 am
I love that it has a little animation, has little girls dancing plus professionals. I also like that it names the specific dance moves. I’d love to win this for my Little Miss Princess.