Teaching Resources

Academy Award-winning film directed by Suzie Templeton has stunning stop-motion animation and no dialogue or narration.

Watch with baby conceptual animation in wonderful forms and colors set to short classical and jazz standards. Imaginative and fun!

Stop-motion animation and live action in this inventive adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's tale.  
 

The marvelous story of a young boy who writes a magical musical for an imaginary carnival is brought to life by award-winning puppeteer Jim Gamble. Based on Saint Saens story and accompanied by full orchestra. Delightful!

The puppet Prokofiev serves as narrator in Jim Gamble's production featuring a wide variety of puppet characters portraying people, animals, and animated instruments.

Jim Gamble creates a magical marionette production of The Nutcracker with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.

Follow Peer Gynt into an enchanting world of witches, trolls and animals with Jim Gamble's imaginative marionette production.

Jim Gamble's marionette production of Humperdinck's opera is a wonder of drama and music for kids.

Puppeteer Jim Gamble recreates children's classics with symphonic performances by European orchestras.

The Royal Ballet brings Beatrix Potter's lovable animal tales to life with choregraphy by Frederick Ashton. 

Jim Gamble's delightful marionette production and Debra Lindsay's packet of reproducible activities introducing the story and music. 

A cricket, mouse, and cat compose Yankee Doodle, help write the Declaration of Independence, and assist Paul Revere. Plus 5 more Chuck Jones/Disney cartoon features.

The long awaited opera of Antoine de St. Exupery's classic tale with music was composed by Rachel Portman.

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens classic. Winner of 6 Academy Awards.

Hilarious live-action production mingles life-sized Spitting Image puppets with real-life musicians and characters. Includes 2 bonus films

15 classical selections "choreographed" by the animal kingdom!

Humperdinck's 1893 opera, animated using 35 hand-sculpted dolls and lavish sets, done especially for children.

42 min. production with lavish sets and costumes, English narration and songs in German—perfect way to introduce children to opera.

Designed to capture the imaginations of children, these classroom length DVDs are a perfect intro to opera and ballet. Humperdinck, Mozart, Prokofiev.

Five joyful ballet and opera productions designed to capture the imaginations of children.