Summary
A story ballet where little dancers become the twirling ballerina inside a music box. Sarah guides slow, graceful turns and poses along to the story, giving preschool and kindergarten dancers an easy, imaginative first taste of moving like a ballerina.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
- How does a music-box ballerina move -- fast and wild, or slow and smooth?
- What did you do with your arms to look graceful?
- How did you show that the music box was winding down?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: twirl, graceful, slow, wind down.
Try it: Dance along, then do one slow twirl and finish by "winding down" into a still pose.