Swan Lake Ballet Class for Kids Beginner Family Dance Along (Ages 2+)

hi balarinas it's miss hannah from stardust dance academy in cambridge and i am super excited you've come to join me for a swan lake themed ballet class today so we're going to start with a little warm up and we're going to be dancing to all of the beautiful music from the famous ballet swan lake so jump up on your feet find a big space and let's get

started [Music] so in the story of swan lake there is a prince prince siegfried and he's getting ready for a very special birthday party and he goes galloping off on his horse into the woods so can you pop your hands on your waist because we are going to warm up by pretending to dance like a prince so pretend you've got your crown on your head standing nice

and tall and we're going to do some lovely marches that's it lift up those knees everyone good job and then we're gonna gallop into the forest so you can pretend you're riding your horse or you can keep your hands on your waist and we're gonna do some gallops around so standing nice and tall here we go lift up your knees up very good keep those heads up

nice and tall and gallon lovely and marching again knees up good job everyone on your horses that's it lift up those knees good and much we're gonna take it round lovely marching round your rooms heads up nice and tall and ready to go good galloping around your room good job everyone and bend and stretch well done everyone so when the prince gets deep into the forest he

comes across a lake full of beautiful swans and when the sun goes down and the moon comes out the swans turn into beautiful maidens and one of them turns into a princess odette and she dances beautifully so we're gonna see if we can do some beautiful dancing like princess odette so pop your feet in first position lovely we're gonna dance two plies bend and stretch lovely holding

those beautiful dresses or hands on your waist well done we're then going to rise on our toes and lift our arms up like a beautiful swan gorgeous then we're going to turn on our toes and finish back in first position so try it with me we do bend and stretch bend and stretch wings up and down and turn on your toes wonderful we're then gonna do some

lovely pointy toes up and we're gonna wave our lovely wings just like we're a gorgeous swan and the other foot up and float beautiful should we have a try together with the music heads up tool plie and stretch [Music] lovely bent stretch up gorgeous everyone lovely and the other side now one and arms make the big moon lovely and open gorgeous and again and open what beautiful

dancing so far well done everyone next i'm going to teach you my favorite dance from swan lake and it's the dance of the little swans so lots of you might have seen this one before it's danced by four beautiful ballerinas and we're gonna do some moves just like they do so we're gonna start this dance up on our toes now boys and girls if you have a

partner at home to dance with maybe you're dancing with your brother or your sister today or maybe mum or dad's gonna dance with you you can do this one with a partner if not you can do it on your own like me so don't worry so if you've got a partner to dance with you're gonna start by holding their hands and you're gonna stand side by side

with your partner beautiful if you haven't got a partner don't worry because we're gonna have lovely swan arms and we're gonna cross them like this beautiful now to start the dance of the little swans we're gonna do a kuru on our toes and karoo is a little run so we go up on our tiptoes really fast to the side beautiful that's it so you're either holding hands

with your partner or you've got your lovely cross one arms beautiful then we're all gonna balance on one leg are you ready we wave our wings and we go up and down and then the other one up and down good job then we're gonna do our little crew the other way up on your tiptoes tiny steps good and again lift and down lift and down good job

everyone so let's have a try with the music so either holding hands or starting your beautiful starting position here we go [Music] tiny steps good job and other way tiny steps on your toes lovely wings beautiful that was very beautiful ballerinas let's try that little bit one more time in your starting poses ready wonderful well done everyone let's learn the next bit so you're gonna hold your

skirts or put your hands on your waist and we're gonna do three little taps just the tip of your toe we tap one two three close it in other foots one two three close it in good job then give me one wave of your beautiful swan wings and twirl on your toes gorgeous then we do it again do it with me ready one two three close it

it one two three and wings up and down and turn round really beautiful let's add it on from the beginning beautiful taps ready one two three one two three wings twelve and again well done ballerinas this is looking very beautiful so for the next part of our dance we're going to do some beautiful rocks side to side and we're going to have gorgeous floaty arms lovely so

remember our arms are like beautiful floaty feathery swans wings so be really light and delicate as we wave side to side beautiful then we're going to have a lovely moon shape can you take your arms up like me open paint a rainbow and one more lovely round moon and open and then we're going to go back to our starting position so either in your lovely crossed arms

or if you're dancing with a partner grab your partner's hands and then we repeat the little beginning section that we already know wonderful should we try it from the beginning so hold hands with your partner or in your starting pose [Music] lovely other way [Music] lovely and a bit higher and a bit higher and the moon back to the beginning good job everyone and oh lovely well

done everyone now we get to do the ending which is my favorite part so we're going to start to the corner with a stretched foot and we're going to rock forwards and point your back foot and then rock backwards and point your front foot so have a little practice forwards and back forwards and back lovely now we're going to add our swan wings so we're going to

float them up and then back to your cross and up and back lovely one more up and back beautiful then to finish we've got an extra special ending which is just what they do in the royal ballet we're gonna step forwards into first arabesque now if you want to make this a bit trickier you can lift your back foot off the floor very gorgeous then we step

it through and we go down onto one knee and we finish in this gorgeous pose well done should we try that little bit again so ready to rock we go forwards and back forwards and back good make your swan wings nice and big up and ready for the ending step and through wow well done everybody i think we should try and dance this the whole way through

get ready in your starting poses [Music] swings and down get ready for the starting position back to the beginning good job lift up and the other way [Music] oh beautiful wings ready for our ending wow ballerinas that looked so beautiful i would love to dance the dance of the little swans with you all one more time so get ready in your start positions and show me your

very best dancing here we go [Music] you [Music] oh well done everybody i hope you enjoyed the dance of the little swans so i've got another fun dance to teach you next so in the story of swan lake the prince falls in love with princess odette when she turns into that beautiful princess and he invites her to his birthday party and all the princesses from all over

the world are invited and there are some special guests at this party who come all the way from spain and they perform a very special spanish dance so i thought we could have some fun learning the spanish dance together now i'm going to be using a lovely fan for this dance so if you've got a fan at home do you want to run and get it and

you can use it for this dance or you could also i know lots of you have made a fan in preparation for the class today they're really easy to make with a piece of paper fold it over and you've got your very own fan for our spanish dance wonderful so when you are ready we're going to start with our fan upside down covering our face good job

and we're going to take it to the side and stretch our foot and then bring it back behind and again open and close open and in then we're gonna lift our fan up and we're gonna go round on our toes spin lovely very good and then we do that again open and tuck your foot behind and open and behind one more open and behind up on your

toes and fan yourself as you spin round wonderful should we try the first little bit together of the spanish dance so tuck one foot behind turn your fan up here we go round on your toes good all the way around and again [Music] up on your toes and in a circle beautiful [Music] lovely well done everyone so for the next part of our spanish dance we're going

to step and hop to the side so holding your fan in front of you we're going to step to the side swish our leg up into attitude devon and do a lovely hop good and then steps point step point to go the other side step and hop step and point step and point beautiful should we try that a little bit quicker are you ready step and hop

step and point and point step and hop and points and points good job let's add it on from the beginning turn those fans up here we go [Music] up on your toes all the way around and [Music] are again ready to step and hop [Music] great work everyone those step and hops are quick so the next bit's a bit easier we're gonna give ourselves a lovely fan

and we're gonna rock side to side beautiful that's it point those toes as you rock lovely and then we repeat our step and hop and step and point section again you're doing well with this dance let's try it from the very beginning here we go round on your toes [Music] [Music] do and rock beautiful get ready to step can you hop higher good job [Music] and good

can we get ready for the beginning one more time beautiful and get ready for a finishing pose wonderful dancing ballerinas this is such fun to do with our fans let's try our spanish dance one more time get your fans ready [Music] and all the way around [Music] ready to step [Music] step and hop again ready [Music] are you ready for the beginning again and finishing pose [Music]

what beautiful dancing well done everybody let's pop our fans away and then we're going to sit down on the floor for a lovely stretch well done everyone so sitting down on the floor and can you stretch your legs out in front of me and we're gonna practice our ballerina toes so can they come up that's it toes up to the ceiling and then stretch your feet down

to the floor and up and down and then we're gonna do a big stretch and reach forwards lovely good job and give those legs a little stretch let's try that again ready toes up toes down ah good keep sitting nice and tall and a big stretch up and reach forwards over your legs well done now we're going to bring our feet together and i want you to

sit nice and tall and we're going to have a lovely rock side to side good job and as we're doing our lovely rocks i'd like to say a big hello to evie who's six from weymouth i've heard you've been joining in and loving my classes so very well done and a big hello to you we also had fleur joiners last week and i heard it was your

first class flirt so i really really hope that you enjoyed it let's see if we can put our head down on our toes ballerinas this is a special stretch we do in our classes very well done now one of my ballerinas who does zoom with me rosalyn you deserve an extra big hello today because you've been doing amazing dancing and your little sister's even been joining him

which has been fun good jobs cross those legs and we're gonna rock side to side well done as i say a big hello to bethany now i heard bethany swan lake is your favorite ballet and you love listening to the music so i really hope you've enjoyed my class today good job everyone let's stretch our legs out again good and reach up tall point those toes and

then your toes are going to go up and can you give them a little tickle good job well done give them a good shake lovely give them a big cuddle and back to feet together show me your lovely rocking side to side very good well done okay darcy gets a big hello from me today because i heard you love dancing and you've been loving my classes so

thank you so much for dancing with me darcy and the last shout out today goes to a birthday girl because lexi you're seven today a very happy birthday i hope you have a lovely day celebrating at home with your family and your little sister good job let's try and put our nose down on our toes one last time ready heads down good and sit up nice and

tall well done let's stand back up ready for our last exercise of the class what lovely dancing today boys and girls well done now before we do our last exercise i just wanted to say how much i am loving making all of these classes for you if you've enjoyed today's swan lake class please let me know by hitting the like button below so i know to make

more videos like this one and if you haven't already you can subscribe to our channel so you get access to more classes just like this well done let's pop our feet in first and follow along with me for our curtsies and vows so standing nice and tall step to the side toes behind curtsy or bow beautiful and the other side curtsy or bow well done and give

yourselves a big clap well done boys and girls thank you so much for dancing with me today if you want to keep dancing today you can check out the other videos on my channel if not i really hope to dance with you all again next week bye everyone you