One of my all time favorite holiday shows is the Nutcracker Ballet, but I didn’t imagined I would get tickets to see it with my toddler for quite a long time–like, ten years, at least. Performances are expensive in New York! Which is one of the reasons that Cool Mom Picks has been fans of the mom-created Prima Princessa series of dance videos, and especially Prima Princessa Presents The Nutcracker.
Well good news: Now it’s free.
Prima Princessa Ballerina
will be airing on PBS this December so set your DVRs and get ready to
be charmed. It tells the famed holiday story in a way that young kids
aged 3-6 can understand it. With footage from England’s Birmingham Royal
Ballet, the story is narrated (and condensed) by Prima Princessa, a
cartoon princess that immediately made my toddler take the show
seriously. In between acts, preschool kids are given a ballet lesson by
students from the School of American Ballet so they can dance around and
copy what they’re seeing on the screen.
Be warned: Your kids will insist on wearing her tutu. And look awfully cute. -Elizabeth
Click here for the Prima Princessa Nutcracker schedule. When your kids fall in love with the show, you can purchase the video from our affiliate Amazon
Wait! If you are in NYC then head to the Queens theater in the Park. They have the Nutcracker for $12 a ticket, only three days (two show times each), mid-week between Christmas and New Years. My 2yr old (boy!) is in love with ‘the dancing movie'(not the same version you listed) so I will probably take him to see it.