Open your kids' imaginations with the color and elegance and beauty and excitement of ballet! These 3 tales have action and intrigue and storytelling drama and are stunningly danced by the Bolshoi on the DVD.
The hardbacks of the Tale of the Firebird and Petrouchka both have exquisite art and help tell the story in words.
What's included:
- RETURN OF THE FIREBIRD DVD (5743)
3 ballet classics stunningly created by the Bolshoi: Stravinsky’s Firebird and Petrushka and Rimsky- Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Take the time to share the stories with your classes and discuss what to look for in the dances. 120 min.
DVD
- TALE OF THE FIREBIRD (7126) by Gennady Spirin.
This legendary bird of Russian folklore inspired Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet. Spirin adds his elegant, exquisite art to the adventure of the Prince seeking the Firebird, who has been stealing the king’s apples.
Hardback
- PETROUCHKA (9352) retold by Vivian Werner, illus. by John Collier.
The folk tale behind Stravinsky’s ballet. Are the ballerina, Moor, and Petrouchka the clown really puppets, or do they have lives of their own?
Hardback
