Cute Pink Ballet Tutu Dresses

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Posh Int’l Ballet Tutu Pink Leotard Dress
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This ballet dress can be worn as a costume, or as your little girl’s ballet attire for a school play, to a dress-up party, as well as to a dance presentation. The tutu comes in the colors pink, purple, as well as other rainbow colors. The material is composed of 65% cotton, 5% Spandex, 10% Polyester and 20% Nylon, and the Spandex allows the costume to stretch enough to allow your little girl to run around and play in these tutu dresses without running the risk of the dress ripping. If your little girl will be wearing this dress as a Halloween costume, consider a fuzzy pink headband, or one with rainbow-colored fuzzy material. Ask your little girl if she perhaps wants a tiara instead, one with shiny crystal ornaments that can be glued to the plastic tiara. A lot of these materials are available at Michaels and other similar craft stores. For the shoes, any pair of pink ballet shoes will be best.

Review: Growing Through Arts – The Nutcracker Ballet Story & Activity Books

nutcracker-ballet-by-aleksaAh, The Nutcracker! It’s often a child’s first “real” taste of the world of ballet, inspiring many a young Sugar Plum, Clara and Nutcracker Prince!

Now you can encourage your little one’s love for this classic holiday tale with this sweet storybook from Growing Through Arts.

The Nutcracker Ballet by Aleksandra features delightful illustrations and charming prose that are sure to please budding ballerinas and baby danseurs of all ages. This beautiful hardcover book features a generous 11×11 size (perfect for those chubby little hands!), character building questions carefully woven throughout the story to fuel further discussion, and a handy glossary which explains new terms in a clear and simple way.

The Nutcracker Ballet Practice & Play Book is a robust 32-page activity book filled with fun mazes, printing practice, pattern recognition exercises, drawing lessons, hidden pictures and – one of the best features by far – the Nutcracker Paper Doll!

Class Act Tutu's Testing Lab featuring Miss Avianah Class Act Tutu‘s Testing Lab featuring Miss Avianah

The book features standard dimensions of 8.5 x 11?, colorful illustrations and a larger font making it ideal for preschoolers through 2nd grade. While the book contains plenty of stand-alone learning activities, it’s designed to complement The Nutcracker Ballet storybook.

Both the story book and activity book are written by Russian Pointe’s own Aleksandra Efimova, illustrated by her sister, Elizaveta Efimova, and published under Aleksandra’s latest venture, Growing Through Arts. Founded in 2010 and “inspired by the classical, world-acclaimed Russian educational system, Growing Through Arts products are infused with the philosophy that participating in the arts can have a dynamic impact on children’s careers, educations, and social lives. Our system combines a uniquely powerful set of learning elements to boost your child’s mental and emotional growth.”

Their products build on and develop:

Creativity and imaginationConfidence, leadership and character strengthMemory, abstract thinking, discipline, focus, and a wide range of pre-academic skillsArts vocabulary and much more!

The Nutcracker Ballet by Aleksandra & The Nutcracker Ballet Practice & Play Book offers children an insightful peek behind the curtain and brings to life Clara’s world and that of her beloved Prince like never before. I was very impressed by both the quality of these items, as well as their unique ability to encourage a young child’s love for dance in such a positive and insightful way. These books would make a great Christmas, birthday or “just because” gift for tiny dancers.

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This entry was posted on Friday, December 16th, 2011 at 10:14 am and is filed under Reviews, The Nutcracker Ballet. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Angela Sterling: Ballet Photographer

Leslie Rauch, Principal Pacific Northwest Ballet and Angela Sterling. Lesilie is wearing Class Act's V Neck Bodice and Classical <a href=Tutu Skirt” src=”http://www.sweetpersonalizedgifts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wpid-PNB-Shoot-11-9-11-72-500-crop1.jpg” width=357 height=333> Leslie Rauch, Principal Pacific Northwest Ballet with Angela Sterling, Photographer


Check out this great video featuring dance photographer, Angela Sterling! Pay close attention to the clip because at approx. 3 mins, 50 seconds, you’ll see Leslie Rausch, Principal Dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, wearing Class Act Tutu’s V-Neck Tutu Bodice and Classical Tutu Skirt.

And as a little side note, Angela provided the gorgeous photos you see here on Class Act Tutu as well as Vala Dancewear. {Pretty awesome, huh? ;) }

Thank you, Angela for sharing your talents with the dance world!

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This entry was posted on Sunday, December 18th, 2011 at 3:47 pm and is filed under Behind the Scenes, Dance Photography, General Interest, Interviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Can Ballet Help Parkinson’s Patients?

english-national-balletMembers of the English National Ballet are teaming up with scientists to determine whether ballet can help Parkinson’s patients. A class of approximately 40 students will work with the famed ballet company over a period of nine weeks, learning various elements of classical ballet, including Nutcracker. Watch the video here.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 11:38 am and is filed under Dance, General Interest. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Our Deepest Sympathies to all of Ballet West…

ballet-westMark Goldweber, ballet master for Ballet West and director of Ballet West II, died December 9th of cancer. He was 53 years old.

Goldweber always remained a dancer, even after he retired from the stage and began teaching, said Ballet West demi-soloist Beau Pearson. “He really gave himself to the art form more than anyone I’ve ever known.”

And he was a consummate teacher, whose corrections in class were more than just repetitive reminders. “They were something that would open up a whole new idea and change everything you were doing,” Pearson said.

Read the remainder of the story here.

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This entry was posted on Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 8:24 pm and is filed under Dance, General Interest. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.