Thank you.
They lived happily ever after and that's the story of Sleeping Beauty.
Goodnight.
Sleeping Beauty is the story of a baby princess named Aurora.
The king and queen decide to hold a party for her christening
and invite everyone in the kingdom, including all the fairies.
But they forget to invite one fairy called Karabos.
Karabos is very angry and casts a spell on the little princess
that although one day she will grow up to be very beautiful and very graceful
she will prick her finger and die.
The lilac fairy can't remove the spell, but she can change it.
So she changes the spell so that the princess won't die when she pricks her finger
but will only fall asleep until a handsome prince wakes her with a kiss.
Which is just what happens.
Have you ever wanted to be a ballerina? We thought you might have.
Well today we're going to show you how.
I'm going to teach you a children's version of the beginning of a very famous ballet called Sleeping Beauty.
But before you do anything, please make sure that you've got plenty of room.
And if this means you have to move anything, make sure that an adult is going to be there to help you.
All dancers have to warm their bodies up before they do any dancing at all.
So before we learn any solos or we rehearse, we're going to do a small warm up.
Just a few easy exercises to warm up our head and our feet, our legs and our arms.
Let's start with our head.
Sit with your legs crossed.
Sit very straight and your head up.
And we're going to start by looking down and straight, up and straight.
Look to the side, to the front, the other side and the front.
Keeping your shoulders down.
Your head go all the way round.
One way.
Look up.
And all the way round.
The other way.
Repeat the same thing again.
Down and up.
Back and up.
Side and front.
Other side, front.
All the way round.
To the front.
All the way round the other way.
Look up and finish.
Good.
Okay, now that we've done that, we're going to start with our feet.
Can you put your legs out to the front?
Sit very straight up on your backs.
Hands by your sides.
Head up.
It's like somebody's pulling you with a string right through the top of your head.
Point your feet down to the floor and keep your legs straight.
We're going to start with one foot.
It goes up and point.
And the other foot.
Up and point.
Both feet together.
Up and slowly down.
Point.
Hold.
And once more.
Up and point.
Two feet.
And slowly down.
Now, be very clever and turn your legs out.
Still pointing your feet.
And turn them in.
In and out.
While they're turning out, can you flex them up?
And point them down again.
One more time.
In, out.
Lift one off.
Just one inch off the floor.
Put it down.
And the other one.
And put it down.
Relax and shake your legs.
We're going to warm up our arms.
We're going to sit cross-legged again.
Put your hands on your knees and sit up very straight.
We're going to start by putting our wrists together.
It's like pretending you've got chewing gum on the palms of your hands.
And you're going to stick them together.
And because it's very sticky, it's very hard to pull it apart.
Use all your fingers.
And again.
Very sticky.
And it has to come back.
And this time a really big circle.
Watch your fingers.
And it comes in.
One more time.
And up.
Look at your hands.
They should be very pretty.
Use every finger.
All the way round.
And bring them in.
And now we're going to use our arms.
And we're going to push.
And push.
And reach right to your fingernails.
And then do the same thing side.
Side.
And side.
Right to the very end of your fingers.
One more time.
Front.
Really push.
And side.
And hold.
And finish.
Okay, shake your arms if they're tired.
Very good.
We're going to stand up.
And do a little knee bend exercise.
Which we call plies.
Can you turn your legs out in first position?
Perhaps put your hands on your hips.
To make it a little bit easier.
Your heels should be close together.
And your knees turned out.
And you must make sure that when you bend your knees.
They're right over your toes.
Not this way.
Right over your toes.
We're going to do
three little bends.
Down and up.
And again.
Down and up.
Once more.
Down and up.
And stretch and wait.
And again.
Down and up.
And finish.
Nicely.
Good.
From that I think we'll do a skip around the room.
Be careful if you're at home not to bang into any furniture.
So make sure it's all out of the way.
I'm sure you can all skip.
If you've got a little skirt.
Hold that.
And we're going to go.
Skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip.
One more time.
Good.
The last thing we're going to do is a little jump.
Just as we did our plies.
We're going to start with a bend.
And then we're going to push off from the floor.
We'll have our hands on our hips.
Up into the air.
And land down into the plie.
Can we do eight of those?
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight.
Good.
I think now we're ready to do our rehearsal.
Okay, now we're going to learn one of the solos
from Sleeping Beauty.
And we're going to learn The Enchanted Garden.
Are you ready?
So we're going to start off in the corner.
We're going to walk on beautifully.
And over there we have to pretend as the queen
and the baby.
So can you walk on very, very nicely.
And do a little curtsy.
Just nod your head.
And then you're going to point your
foot.
Put your arms in third position.
And stand up very beautifully.
Do you look like a ballerina?
Lovely.
And we're going to start by going hop, step,
together, hop, step,
together.
And then four gallops.
One, two,
three, four.
You got it?
Brilliant.
We just do that again.
Okay.
One more time.
And hop, step,
together, hop, step,
together. Gallop,
gallop, gallop,
gallop.
Now, where you've stopped,
you're going to use your left foot
and turn that way.
Doing exactly the same step.
Point your left foot.
Okay.
You got that at home as well?
Great.
Hop, step, together,
hop, step, together,
gallop,
gallop, gallop,
gallop. Everybody okay?
You okay as well?
Okay. Other foot
in front. Four
gallops. Still going round in your circle.
Gallop,
gallop, gallop,
gallop.
Do you think you can get behind me so you can see
from here,
you're going to point your foot which is behind
and do a spring point
and then change.
Change again.
And again.
Everybody okay?
Are you okay as well?
Okay. Now we're going to do some
skips. Skip,
skip, skip,
skip. Just four.
Step,
step, up
and down on your knees
and smile at the audience. Can you do that?
Have you got it?
Brilliant.
Okay. We're going to do it
once at speed with the music.
Are you ready in the studio?
Are you ready at home? Right.
And.
Alright. Now we're going to
learn the woodland glade fairy which is a nice
simple solo. Lots of walking
steps. Are you ready to learn
it? Are you ready at home?
Okay. We're going to start with two little
walks just the same as the last solo
and our curtsy to the queen and
the baby. And we go
with our right foot. One,
two, three.
Here. This leg is
bent. This leg is pointed.
Can you have your arm
over your head and could you look underneath
it? And again.
One, two,
three. This time can you
pretend you're looking at the baby?
And again. One,
two, three.
Underneath Lucy.
That's it. One, two,
three.
Look at the baby Lana. That's right.
And. One,
two, three, four.
That's a little spring point and we're travelling
backwards. Alright.
And the other foot. One,
two, three,
four. This time
very clever. Only two.
One, two.
The other foot. One,
two. Extra clever.
One on each leg. One,
two, three,
four. Can you be really,
really clever and try and use your head
over the legs that are pointing?
Do you think you can?
Okay. And then we're
going to go forward. Can you jump onto this leg
that's pointed? Point it harder.
Jump, jump,
jump, jump,
jump, jump, jump.
Now tiny weeny steps.
Step, step, step,
step, up
and down.
Alright.
Have you got that? Have you all got that?
Should we try it one more time?
Let's go right to the back.
From the back again. We've done our
curtsy. Let's pretend we've done that.
And we go. One,
two, three,
point.
Make sure you've got the right arm. Are you okay at home?
Are you looking under your arm?
And the other way. One, two,
three, there.
And again.
Two, three, there.
Just tiny weeny steps.
One, two, three,
underneath. Now we're doing our spring
points and don't forget to travel backwards,
alright? One,
two, three, four.
Change legs. One,
two, three, four.
Change legs. One, two,
and again. One, two,
one, two, three,
four. Now we're jumping
forwards. One,
two, three, four.
Five, six, seven,
eight, little,
little, little, up.
And curtsy.
Look at the baby when you finish.
That's very good. Good girls.
Alright, now we're going to do it
with the music and at full speed.
Are you okay at home?
Are you all ready in the studio?
Alright, and...
The next solo we're going to learn is the Songbird Fairy.
So we're going to have to use our hands
and have very fluttery arms like feathers
and wings. Can we do that?
Can you practice your fingers?
Okay. We start exactly the same
as the other solos. We have to walk on.
We have to be very polite
and bow to the Queen and the baby.
And then we're going to run.
Just practice a little run. Run on.
On your toes. You must be on your toes.
Okay, this is perhaps the easiest
solo for you at home that
haven't perhaps done too much ballet before.
Okay?
Are we ready?
We're going to do little runs forward
and then we're going to put our hands by our mouths
so it's like we're singing, yes?
Alright, so we go...
Run!
And then we put our hands
still fluttering behind our backs
like little tail feather.
And we go backwards.
On your toes! Jennifer, on your toes.
Okay, now we're going to go forward.
Can you use your hands like wings?
Can you flutter?
And we go...
And this time we're going to go that way.
Just little tiny steps.
Put your hands to your mouth
and we're going to sing to the baby.
On your toes, Rebecca.
That's it.
Are you alright at home? Can you do that too?
Sing to the baby.
Put your hands behind your back
and go backwards.
On your toes, tiptoes.
Good.
And now, once more, forward, fluttering.
Not too far, not too far.
Not too far.
Okay, and then up.
And finish on your knees.
Good girls.
Everybody got that?
Everybody at home? Yes.
Let's try one more time.
Quickly, girls.
One more time. How do we start?
With our hands here.
So run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
Over your heads.
Little tail feathers.
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
Now we have our wings.
Now we're going to where?
Run. Okay, off we go.
Then what do we do?
Sing to the baby.
Then our hands go over our heads
and we go where?
Backwards. Okay.
Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back.
And very last time.
Forward, forward, forward, forward.
Up.
And finish.
Are we all on the same leg?
Morgan, other leg.
Good.
Alright.
Are we ready to do it with music and up to speed?
Are you ready at home?
Let's have a go then.
Wait, wait.
We're going to do our little walk.
Our little curtsy.
Hands ready.
Off you go.
Now we're going to learn the lilac fairy solo which is perhaps the hardest solo we're going to do today.
So don't be too upset if you can't do it straight away.
Are you all ready?
Yes.
Are you ready at home?
Let's do our walk on and our curtsy to the queen and the baby.
Then we go forward, back, side, soft arms and pointed feet.
Side, jump, jump, jump and through.
Everybody okay?
Yes.
Everyone okay at home?
We're going to be travelling that way with the other foot.
Forward, back, side, side, up and up.
This is just a little bit different now.
We're going to do a run round.
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
And stop in the middle.
Ready to go.
Hop, chasse, back, side, front.
Little step, up and down.
Same thing the other way.
Hop, chasse, back, side, front.
Little step, up and down.
Everybody okay?
Yes.
Alright, we finish here.
Pull up, look at the audience.
A very regal walk.
Little bow to the queen.
Have to be polite.
Walk, walk, walk.
When you get to the middle, stand on your toes.
Little chasse forward.
You lift your arms up.
Look at them as they go all the way round.
And we're going to do a little turn.
Turn Lucy.
Turn this way.
That's a good girl.
Everybody got that?
Everyone at home?
Okay, then we're going to take our arms down
and we're going to go backwards.
And we're going to do a little blessing.
Nice soft arms that are waving.
And the other way.
Bless the baby.
Same thing going the other way.
Little walk forward.
Step, step, jump over.
Up on your toes.
Turn.
And finish.
Okay, let's do the Lilac Fairy
up to speed with the music.
Everybody ready?
Right.
Little walk on.
Curtsy and...
...
Alright, now we've learnt the solos.
We're going to learn a bit of dancing with some mime.
Who knows what mime is?
Anybody?
It's how you speak on stage without talking.
You use your whole body and you use your arms.
Okay?
To start with, we're going to have a wicked fairy
who's going to come on,
who's going to be very nasty to the baby,
and all the other fairies are going to stand round the cot
and look after her.
Alright, so shall we start from the beginning?
Take Lana back here.
She's going to be the wicked fairy.
And she's going to run on
very angry, very angry.
And she's going to step to the side
and step to the side
and do a little jump all the way around
here.
Side, side, jump.
Round.
And then she jumps up and back.
Up and in.
Jump out
and in, out
and in.
And then she runs over to the cot
and they're all looking very scared of you, aren't they?
And you say to them,
you.
You step back and you say, you point to your ears
and you say, listen.
Then you go to me
and then you say, speak.
And then you go back
to the cot and you point to the baby
and you go, she
will grow and you go from little
bit bigger, bit bigger.
And then she's going to
prick her finger
and die.
Which is horrible but you think it's
funny so you laugh, ha ha ha.
So if you're at home being the wicked fairy
you've got to look wicked as well.
Okay?
Then the good fairy
is going to come on
and she's going to say
stop.
And the wicked fairy goes back and looks scared
oh.
And then she goes forward and she
bows, she's very polite.
Very polite.
Little steps forward
and another bow.
And then she goes
I
love, that's on your heart.
The baby.
You
want to kill
why?
And Lana's getting
very angry in the background.
And she goes
you, and that's to everybody
listen
same thing as the bad fairy did
to me
speak, that comes from your mouth.
Alright?
And you go
to the baby
she
will prick her finger
and die.
No.
And then you go back again and you say
she
will prick her finger
and she's going to
go to sleep.
Then you go up to the corner
and you say
from over here
we'll come
stand in the middle and you say
one, use one finger
one handsome prince
and that's your beard, so don't make it too long
it's like a little beard
who is going to kiss her
and wake her
up.
And she comes and she battles with the good fairy
that's right
and then the good fairy says
go away
and off she goes
all the way round
and then the other fairies chase her off
off you go
that's it
and the good fairy joins in with them
good girls
Have you
chosen the character you'd like to be?
Alright, now we're ready to do the whole
thing with music
do you think you're ready? Are you ready
Lana? Okay.
Have you chosen which character you want to be?
Make sure you follow the character you think you
want to be. Ready? Let's go to the back
here.
We'll do our run on.
While we're dancing
I'm going to talk you through the moves one more time.
All of you
listen
to me
speak
the baby
will prick her finger
and die
stop
I
love
the baby
you want to kill
but why?
All of you
listen
to me
speak
the princess
will prick her finger
and die
no
she
will prick her finger
and sleep
and one day
there will come
one
handsome prince
who will kiss her
and wake her up
now go
go
well done, you did really well at the rehearsals, now it's time for the stage
so go and get into your costume if you haven't already got it on
it's time for your big performance
where's the eyeliner?
what are these for?
is there a tissue anywhere?
there's not a magic wand
hello, does anyone have a tissue?
maybe these are the magic wands we're using as a thing
oh, look at that
five minutes
where's the hairspray?
I don't know
you have to make it straightly
sorry
hello
I don't know
I need some powder
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applause
wasn't a dream
I really am a ballerina
I'm a ballerina
thank you
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