MERMAID BALLET Class Beginner Family & Kids Dance Class — Dance along & learn routines to

hello everyone it's miss hannah and i'm so excited you've come to join me for a special mermaid themed ballet class today so you're going to need something a little bit later in the class to make yourself a mermaid tail so you could use a scarf or a fluffy blanket just something soft that you can lay on your legs to make your own mermaid tail at the end

of our class wonderful so jump up on your feet find a big space and let's get warmed up so for our warm-up dance today we're going to pretend we're mermaids swimming through the ocean so starting in first position and we're going to swim swim and then we're gonna do front crawl good can you do it with me swim swim and then forwards very good nice swimming everybody

then we're gonna swim forward so you can come forwards you can run on your toes and you can swim backwards very good and then we're gonna become something else that flies above the ocean and we're gonna dance like fairies so can you show me fairy wings today beautiful very good ballerinas so feet in first position here we go are you ready to swim through the ocean ready

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] wow [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] dancing everyone [Music] [Music] now we're gonna swim really fast in a circle [Music] now we're gonna turn into fluffy fairies [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] very [Music] [Applause] [Music] beautiful [Music] [Music] very good [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] lovely work well done everyone next we're gonna do some mermaid arms together so for our mermaid arms we're gonna

rock and wave and rock and wave beautiful we're gonna dance two slow and then four quick one and two and three and four beautiful then we're going to take our arms all the way up paint your lovely rainbow gorgeous and all the way up and hold your lovely shape up on your toes and turn it round up on your tiptoes with those teeny tiny steps before you

open again beautiful let's start our mermaid arms with the music little wave ready quick and open and again turn and arms up open [Music] beautiful well done everyone so we're now going to use our mermaid arms in a very special mermaid story dance and this dance is all about ariel the little mermaid so we're going to start with our lovely mermaid arms that we just practiced and

then we're going to swim through the ocean beautiful and you can follow along with me for the rest of the dance here we go [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] and [Music] the little mermaid missed the prince and wanted to see him again but how the little mermaid wanted to squix so she could walk run and dance instead she drank magic potion and two legs appear her beautiful tail

had not disappeared when she swam to the [Music] looked shore staring at your seat to find the one who saved him when he saw the little merm that he started to play they were so happy had a big wedding [Music] the love was so strong and so very true beautiful dancing well done everyone our next ballet dance is going to be about mermaids exploring the ocean so

we're gonna swim around and we're gonna look to see what we can find on the ocean floor maybe we're gonna find some treasure or some beautiful seashells are you ready dance along with me come on mermaids it's time to explore the ocean are you ready to swim up on your turn mermaids like to swim swimming to [Music] we're gonna swim [Music] hold the seashell up to your

ear and try the other one do you hear the waves crash [Music] hold the seashell up to your other ear can you hear the ocean i hear it mermaids like to slim swim to explore mermaids like to swim along the seashore [Music] what is that it's a wiggly jiggly [Music] great job now get down to the floor can you wiggle your mermaid tail like a jellyfish wiggle

wiggle those mermaid tails very nice [Music] mermaids like [Music] oh what's that over there do you see it oh it's furry treasure well let's go see what's inside open it up oh there's a necklace let's turn it on and there's a pair of earrings one earring and the other oh they look lovely oh and there's even a ring let's put that on too oh sparkly oh it's

so pretty and look there's gold coins throw them up in the air mermaids like to slim swim to explore mermaids like to swim along the seashore up on your toys what is that oh it's a clown fish [Music] he's so silly well let's swim with the clown fish can you swim like a fish can you make a fishy face good job mermaids like to swim swim to

explore mermaids like to swim along the seashore oh no [Music] that was a close one you gave us quite the scare mr shark mermaids like to swim swim to explore mermaids like [Music] well done everyone so the next dance is one of my favorites and it's called the mermaid ballet and we're going to start with our mermaid arms so we're going to rock side to side show

me those lovely arms beautiful four times and then we're gonna do two plies that's it practice with me and then two points slide your foot out slide it back in good very beautiful and we also get to go swimming around the ocean and we're gonna do our lovely mermaid arms to swim with some skipping so we're gonna lift our knees up nice and high and point those

toes to the floor are you ready for the mermaid ballet [Music] when i do [Music] lots of pretty steps for you [Music] [Music] [Music] and i dance so [Music] are you ready to go swimming can you skip proud good job lift up those knees nice and high can you go the other way round on your toes good job point your toes to the floor beautiful [Music] stretch

lovely we're gonna do our arms next up beautiful taps one two three and in [Music] what lovely pointy toes today [Music] ready mermaid arms i'm a mermaid in the sea and i dance soccer totally yeah i will show you how i take a finish with a flower oh that was so beautiful boys and girls well done so what we're going to do next is we're going to

have a little bit of fun making ourselves a mermaid tail so i've got some rainbow scarfs which i'm going to use maybe you've got a towel or a blanket something soft you can lay over your legs so have a sit down on the floor and let's make a mermaid tail so you can use your scarves or your blankets wrap your legs up to make yourself a tail

reach up tall and stretch over your mermaid tails and again reach up to your mermaids and stretch beautiful now can you bring your mermaid tail in and show me lovely arms beautiful stretch it out again and another big stretch and tuck your tail in show me those arms beautiful one more time give yourself a mermaid tail stretch and reach good reach toe and stretch over your mermaid

tail beautiful bring your tail in and [Music] beautiful welcome wow there's been some really beautiful mermaid ballet dancing today well done everybody the last thing for us to do now is our special ballerina curtsies or you might choose to do a ballerina bow and this is how we say thank you to each other for dancing today so pop your feet in first position and follow along with

me step to the side curtsy or bow and again [Music] and give yourselves a big clap well done everyone thank you so much for joining me boys and girls for today's mermaid themed class don't forget if you have taken any little photos or videos get your grown-ups to send them to me because i would love to see you all dancing along with me at home now i've

got a few special people let's just say hello to and first on my list is eva who is four and i heard eva that you've been dancing along with my classes with your dolls that's amazing i really hope you've been enjoying my classes either violet jean from warwick has also been enjoying my classes and she's found lots of my other classes on youtube so if you haven't

already found my youtube channel make sure you head there because i've been very busy making you lots of videos and i'm really pleased violet doing that you've been enjoying them now sophia age five from exeter sophia i think you are such a superstar because your grown-up has been in touch with me and told me that you broke both your legs back in october but you are back

dancing which is so amazing sophia so keep going you are such a superstar and i'm so pleased that you've been enjoying my classes online now i want to say hello to bethany and her dancing partners who have been winter and her mum who've been dancing along with bethany at home so keep up the good work bethany ava age six i want to say a big hello to

you and thank you so much for joining me tilly age four and erin age h3 you've been joining in for mogahanga hello and thank you so much for joining in with me we've also got another hannah what a great name hannah from rayleigh thank you so much for joining in with me now we've also got a special message for little grace who lives in the lake district

your nanny mary wants me to say a special hello to you because she says you love singing and dancing at home so keep up the great work race i want to say hello to rosa who's five from canby thank you so much for dancing with me at home rosa now we've got two sisters scarlett and juliet from northern ireland who've been joining in with my classes thank

you so much for joining me and i'm so happy you've been enjoying my classes girls now this week we've got a birthday to celebrate and it's esme who's turning five on january 9th so esme i want to wish you a very happy fifth birthday i hope you have a lovely day and thank you so much for joining in with my mermaid class today and that is it

for my shout outs if you'd like a shout out in next week's class don't forget to tell your grown-up to send me a message so i can say a special hello to you at the end of my class next week and i will hopefully see lots of you in my zoom classes if you haven't already signed up for a zoom class there's still time i've got lots

of classes which are interactive so i can talk to you you can talk to me and we've been having lots of fun dancing together thank you again for joining me have a wonderful week and i hope to dance with you all again soon bye everyone [Music] you